The Writing Through the Body™ course is a pre-recorded DIY video course that offers in-depth instruction on this unique and effective method, based on the seven main chakras of the body.
Writing Through the Body™ focuses on characters…
…because story ALWAYS begins with the people.
We can’t move forward with a book of any kind in earnest until we truly understand the people involved – our beloved fictional characters.
Deep character development takes you inside the mind, heart, and soul of your people, and in the end, it will save you precious time.
Writing Through the Body™ not only provides in-depth insight to the seven main chakras of the both and how to use them to enhance your character development, but it also pairs a writing element with each chakra.
Not only will you approach understanding your characters like never before, you’ll also gain valuable instruction and tips to enhance and improve your writing skills and practice.
Prompts, a meditation, and copious handouts and guides accompany each module.
Who Writing Through the Body™ is For
Beginning and intermediate writers who want to learn how to create deeply considered, human-like characters using this method and to expand their understanding of writing craft.
Seasoned writers who want to enhance and evolve their writing practice, especially with regard to deep character development.
Get to know your characters from the inside out.
What Writing Through the Body™ Is
A pre-recorded DIY video writing course that
- teaches deep character development, using the traits and expressions of the seven main chakras of the body.
- teaches the basics of writing craft, specifically: backstory/setting, description, characterization, antagonists/supporting characters, dialogue, interior monologue, and point of view.
- provides copious handouts and examples, prompts, and writing exercises, and accompanying clearing and connecting meditations for each module.
So you can write your book and tell your stories.
What Writing Through the Body™ Is Not
A group program that provides 1:1 communication with and/or feedback from Johnnie. (Written in Stars does that!)
A course that teaches you how to develop and maintain a writing practice (Alchemy of Writing does that!)
A platform for critique of your work. (Johnnie offers services to help with this!)
What’s Covered in Each Module?
Module 0 - INTRO to Writing Through the Body™
This Intro to Writing Through the Body™ module serves as a solid foundation from which to delve into the course.
In this module, you’ll learn about why and how Writing Through the Body™ was created, some of the science behind it, and how its three-part structure works. You’ll also have the opportunity to complete a practice exercise.
Handouts include:
How to Use Amalgamation (for fiction)
How to Use This Course
A List of Course Content
This module is also available as COMPLIMENTARY stand-alone module.
Module 1 - Root Chakra | Backstory / Setting
This module covers the fundamentals of the Root Chakra, including its full, depleted, and extended traits and expressions. We cover how to apply these to your characters for fiction, memoir, and non-fiction, self-help books. (The “character” in your non-fiction, self-help book is your Ideal Reader – and yourself, if you plan to weave in your own story.)
This module also covers the fundamentals of the writing elements of Backstory and Setting.
You’ll learn how we can use this chakra and these writing elements together to create deeply considered, humanlike characters.
This module consists of a 1-hour pre-recorded video, a 6-minute guided, clearing meditation, and handouts that:
- summarize what backstory and setting are, what they do, and how to use them.
- offer examples of this writing element in use for both fiction and memoir.
- offer a list of examples of non-fiction, self-help books.
Each module also provides a story for reading that exemplifies the writing elements covered in the module. For this module: “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Module 2 - Sacral Chakra | Description
This module covers the fundamentals of the Sacral Chakra, including its full, depleted, and extended traits and expressions. We cover how to apply these to your characters for fiction, memoir, and non-fiction, self-help books.(The “character” in your non-fiction, self-help book is your Ideal Reader – and yourself, if you plan to weave in your own story.)
This module also covers the fundamentals of the writing element of Description.
You’ll learn how we can use this chakra and these writing elements together to create deeply considered, humanlike characters.
This module consists of a 56-min pre-recorded video, a 7-minute guided, clearing meditation, and handouts that:
- summarize what description does.
- offer examples of this writing element in use for both fiction and memoir.
- offer a list of examples of non-fiction, self-help books.
Each module also provides a story for reading that exemplifies the writing elements covered in the module. For this module: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates.
Module 3 - Solar Plexus Chakra | Characterization / Character Motivation
This module covers the fundamentals of the Solar Plexus Chakra, including its full, depleted, and extended traits and expressions. We cover how to apply these to your characters for fiction, memoir, and non-fiction, self-help books.(The “character” in your non-fiction, self-help book is your Ideal Reader – and yourself, if you plan to weave in your own story.)
This module also covers the fundamentals of the writing elements of Characterization and Character Motivation.
You’ll learn how we can use this chakra and these writing elements together to create deeply considered, humanlike characters.
This module consists of a 1-hour pre-recorded video, a 7-minute guided, clearing meditation, and handouts that:
- summarize how characterization works.
- offer examples of this writing element in use for both fiction and memoir.
- offer a list of examples of non-fiction, self-help books.
Each module also provides a story for reading that exemplifies the writing elements covered in the module. For this module: “Neighbors” by Raymond Carver.
Module 4 - Heart Chakra | Antagonists / Supporting Characters
This module covers the fundamentals of the Heart Chakra, including its full, depleted, and extended traits and expressions. We cover how to apply these to your characters for fiction, memoir, and non-fiction, self-help books.(The “character” in your non-fiction, self-help book
is your Ideal Reader – and yourself, if you plan to weave in your own story.)
This module also covers the fundamentals of the writing elements of Antagonists and Supporting Characters.
You’ll learn how we can use this chakra and these writing elements together to create deeply considered, humanlike characters.
This module consists of a 45-min pre-recorded video, a 7-minute guided, clearing meditation, and handouts that:
- summarize why and how antagonists and supporting characters matter.
- offer examples of this writing element in use for both fiction and memoir.
- offer a list of examples of non-fiction, self-help books.
Each module also provides a story for reading that exemplifies the writing elements covered in the module. For this module: “The Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams.
Module 5 - Throat Chakra | Dialogue
This module covers the fundamentals of the Throat Chakra, including its full, depleted, and extended traits and expressions. We cover how to apply these to your characters for fiction, memoir, and non-fiction, self-help books.(The “character” in your non-fiction, self-help book
is your Ideal Reader – and yourself, if you plan to weave in your own story.)
This module also covers the fundamentals of the writing element of Dialogue.
You’ll learn how we can use this chakra and these writing elements together to create deeply considered, humanlike characters.
This module consists of a 50-min pre-recorded video, a 9-minute guided, clearing meditation, and handouts that:
- summarize how to use dialogue and waht it does.
- offer examples of this writing element in use for both fiction and memoir.
- offer a list of examples of non-fiction, self-help books.
Each module also provides a story for reading that exemplifies the writing elements covered in the module. For this module: “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway.
Module 6 - Third Eye Chakra | Interior Monologue
This module covers the fundamentals of the Third Eye Chakra, including its full, depleted, and extended traits and expressions. We cover how to apply these to your characters for fiction, memoir, and non-fiction, self-help books.(The “character” in your non-fiction, self-help book is your Ideal Reader – and yourself, if you plan to weave in your own story.)
This module also covers the fundamentals of the writing element of Interior Monologue.
You’ll learn how we can use this chakra and these writing elements together to create deeply considered, humanlike characters.
This module consists of a 54-min pre-recorded video, a 7-minute guided, clearing meditation, and handouts that:
- summarize how to use interior monologue and what it does.
- offer examples of this writing element in use for both fiction and memoir.
- offer a list of examples of non-fiction, self-help books.
Each module also provides a story for reading that exemplifies the writing elements covered in the module. For this module: “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen.
Module 7 - Crown Chakra | Point of View
This module covers the fundamentals of the Crown Chakra, including its full, depleted, and extended traits and expressions. We cover how to apply these to your characters for fiction, memoir, and non-fiction, self-help books.(The “character” in your non-fiction, self-help book is your Ideal Reader – and yourself, if you plan to weave in your own story.)
This module also covers the fundamentals of the writing element of Point of View.
You’ll learn how we can use this chakra and these writing elements together to create deeply considered, humanlike characters.
This module consists of a 57-min pre-recorded video, a 7-minute guided, clearing meditation, and handouts that:
- summarize what Point of View is, what it does, and how to use it.
- offer examples of this writing element in use for both fiction and memoir.
- offer a list of examples of non-fiction, self-help books.
Each module also provides a story for reading that exemplifies the writing elements covered in the module. For this module: “The Telephone Call” by Dorothy Parker, “Orientation” by Daniel Orozco, and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson.
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