Master 'Show, Don't Tell' So Your Reader Feels Every Scene

Starting Saturday 2nd May 2026

A 12-week live cohort for fiction writers who know the rule, but still struggle to make their writing land — now with NLP communication frameworks, experiential exercises, live coaching, and your own AI writing companion from Week 2.  

For fiction writers who want their words to create an experience — not just describe one.

If you already know the rule...

You’ve heard “show, don’t tell” before. You may even understand it intellectually. But when you sit down to write, something still feels flat, over-explained, or just not quite alive on the page.  

That’s because this isn’t only about technique. It’s about learning how to create an experience for your reader — through sensory detail, behaviour, subtext, action, and emotional precision — so they don’t simply understand your scene; they feel it.  

Why this cohort is different

Most writing courses teach “show, don’t tell” as advice. A rule. A list of dos and don’ts. A few examples.  

This cohort goes deeper. You won’t just be told what to do — you’ll discover, in real time, what your writing is actually doing to a reader, using live exercises, NLP perceptual positions, coaching, and applied practice that helps the learning land in your body as well as your mind.  

The shift is simple, but powerful: you stop describing experience, and start creating it.  

What changes in your writing

By the end of the cohort, you’ll be able to:  

• Write scenes that feel more vivid, embodied, and emotionally alive.  
• Use sensory detail without overwriting.  
• Reveal emotion through behaviour, dialogue, action, and setting rather than         explanation alone.  
• Create stronger subtext and tension inside scenes.  
• Recognise when you’re informing the reader instead of inviting them into the moment.  
• Revise your work with much more clarity and confidence.  

This is the kind of skill that stays with you long after the cohort is over.  

What makes this powerful

NLP communication frameworks applied to writing
You’ll learn how language shapes internal experience, and how to use that understanding in fiction so your characters and scenes are not merely described, but felt.  

Experiential exercises, not passive learning
Each session is designed around live discovery, application, and reflection. You’ll write, notice, test, and learn in the room — not just consume information.  

Your own AI writing companion from Week 2
When you’re writing between sessions and something feels off, you won’t need to wait days for momentum to disappear. You’ll have a dedicated “Show, Don’t Tell” AI companion to help you spot where a scene is explaining instead of embodying, and where a stronger reader experience is available.  

NotebookLM audio deep dives
For writers who like to listen and absorb as they walk, travel, or make coffee, each module comes with an audio companion to deepen the learning between sessions.  

Live coaching and hot seats
You’ll be supported in real time, with space for your writing, your questions, and the deeper insight that only live conversation can unlock.

What’s included

Inside the cohort, you’ll receive:  

• 6 live training sessions  
• 5 hot seat coaching sessions  
• Your dedicated Show, Don’t Tell AI companion from Week 2  
• NotebookLM audio deep dives for each module  
• Private community access throughout the 12 weeks  
• Workbooks and resources for every module  
• Lifetime access to all recordings and materials
  
  

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