Master writing by writing mindfully

Tips from mindfulness and mind wandering to improve your writing style, habits, and attitude. Become a mindful writer.

4.20 (342 reviews)

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English

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Humanities

What you will learn

Tips to improve your writing

How to have a positive and mindful attitude in writing and in life

The benefits of mind wandering (really!)

How to overcome writer's block

Concrete tips for improving your writing style

Why take this course?

What is this course about?

This is an unconventional course. I take a different approach to teaching writing skills. Sure, you can memorize a bunch of grammar rules and fancy-sounding words; you can read the classic writing style guides. Those are good uses of your time, and obviously you need a decent grasp of grammar. But memorizing rules and words won't make you a better writer.

I've read tons of style books and websites, and took several writing courses in university. And what did I learn? I learned that all good advice on being a better writer is basically the same, except no one says it in a straight forward way. So let me spare you the time and effort: Good writing comes from mindful writing.

What is mindful writing? It's basically taking principles of mindfulness and applying them to writing and editing. I take a psychological and experiential approach to becoming a better writer. I think this is much more fruitful than taking a purely technical/academic approach. That's because I believe that being a good writer comes from having the right mindset. And that mindset is what I focus on in this course.

What will you learn in this course?

You will learn about mindfulness and acceptance and how to apply these to your writing. You will learn different kinds of mind wandering and how the right style of mind wandering can promote creative problem-solving. You will learn how to deal with writer's block. And you will learn concrete tips along with real examples of improving sloppy writing.

Why is the instructor qualified to teach this?

I've published four books (and am working on two more right now!) and over 100 research articles. I've received praise for my clear and easy writing style for decades. And several of my teachers when I was a kid told me I should be a writer when I grow up ;)

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Reviews

George

September 7, 2023

I thoroughly enjoyed the writing challenges. The book that Mike recommended in his lecture is truly life-changing. I am devouring it (figuratively speaking, of course). I wish there had been more writing challenges.

David

June 6, 2023

This was an excellent course at improving academic writing. I am not too familiar with mindfulness, and this was my first real effort at understanding using mindfulness. The tips on how to improve writing were very helpful and I plan to use these tips as a resource for improving my writing.

Rebecca

March 28, 2023

I enjoyed the section on using mind wandering to help inspire creativity. I found many of the explanations in the section and the related content around that topic helpful for me to improve at the skill I struggle with. Much of the rest of the course was not helpful because his writing process and the writing process he thinks all writers have is very different from mine. I don't struggle to sit down and write "mindfully" or with writer's block. I struggle with getting my brain to wander off, forget the rules and guidelines, and think creatively. I wish there had been more content on that. Additionally, in the "Write with Style" section, he changed or assumed the meaning of several sentences without saying that's what he was doing or that he might have done that, so I found it hard to take his editing advice seriously.

GJoseph

March 2, 2023

I like the 'requirement' that I actually "DO" something rather than just sit at/in a lecture. Too, I enjoy the steering towards intentional writing and its focus

Mattie

November 14, 2022

All of the writing tips were helpful. I especially enjoyed the exercises. Multiple opportunities to practice what I learned. My biggest challenge was writing passive sentences. Notice, I said that "was" a challenge. The sentence exercises were followed up with paragraph challenges, who could ask for anything more? Overall, just what I needed and I am most appreciative. Thank you.

Michael

November 4, 2022

This is a great course on writing. I would recommend it to anyone who want to improve. I'm particularly enjoying section 5, "Writing with style".

Trishna

September 29, 2022

This is an informative and interesting course, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to improve upon their writing skills.

July 18, 2022

This is a refresher for me. I haven't written anything other than short messages. I love how you are addressing the issue of mind wandering. I am the queen of that. Happy to be here.

Sadia

July 12, 2022

This course enlightened many aspects of writing which need to be known by the content creators. I have thoroughly enjoyed the course content and hope to write mindfully and unleash my thoughts.

Daniel

July 3, 2022

Mike presents the idea that you can catch thoughts that tend to go away through meditation is exactly right. For most people their best writing or thoughts never end up on the paper.

Eric

March 25, 2022

Some of the the thing's discussed in the course have been wriggling around in my skull for quite a long time. But they've only been caterpillars, waiting for the perfect piece of information to feed on. To become something bigger and better. I'm only about half a hour in and I feel like I've made big steps. I would recommend listening to his advice for a few videos and then to practice it yourself. Come up with some fun experiments and then use them to enhance your writing.

Adele

February 25, 2022

So far so good. I am a long term meditator and just interested to hear your take on bringing that whole amazing infinite creative space into my writing.

Nikki

August 27, 2021

Very much enjoying the class so far. Easy to follow, great pace and setting the scene nicely for the work ahead

Bruno

March 11, 2021

This course is a gem! Mike is really knows how to teach you about writing - and he shows it. I've already done so many courses about writing on Udemy, and this one is unique because it also helps you to develop the best mindset to good writing: presence, simplicity and acceptance. I feel much more confident with my writing style after this course. I recommend it.

Paul

February 3, 2021

This course covers the both the mindset and logistics of writing. The first part focuses on some of the barriers and distractions with writing, and the second part covers the planning and provides tips on writing and reviewing.

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