Mini-Catalysts
Welcome to Swordcraft, a collection of on-demand mini-Catalysts for writers who want to grow their writing practice and hone their wordcraft, one snippet at a time. Available exclusively to WriteSPACE and WS Studio members, these short courses can be accessed in the Courses section of the WriteSPACE library.
The Wayfinder
The WriteSPACE Wayfinder is a playful yet powerful interactive tool for anyone who aspires to write more stylishly, productively, creatively, confidently, joyfully, or simply more.
I Dream of GenAI
Subtitled “A Playful Perfectionist’s Guide to Writing and Editing with Generative AI,” this short course explores the nuances, affordances, and creative potential of generative AI writing tools from a variety of perspectives.
Collage Studio
A collection of behind-the-scenes videos documenting the creation of Helen Sword’s weekly newsletter collages. Learn powerful techniques for incorporating collage-making into your own writing and thinking processes.
Notebooking with Pleasure
Inspired by the Pleasure Catalyst, this 6-part mini-Catalyst introduces you to six core features of pleasurable writing — patterns, tools, processes, identity, challenge, and balance — and guides you through prompts for exploring those themes via playful note-taking practices.
Productivity School
Based on the Productivity Catalyst, this 6-part mini-Catalyst introduces you to six core elements of productive writing — time, space, flow, craft, community, and joy — and helps you develop strategies for integrating each of them into your everyday writing practice.
Social Balance in Writing
What does social balance in writing look like and feel like to you? This 3-part mini-Catalyst will show you how to find your own personal sweet spot between the allure of solitary writing, the intimacy of a writing partnership, and the comfort of writing in community.
Creative Ways In
Inspired by the Creativity Catalyst, this 6-part mini-Catalyst introduces you to six core elements of creative practice with activities and prompts designed to help you integrate creative ways of knowing, thinking, and being into your writing practice.
Structural Metaphors
In this 6-part mini-Catalyst, an early precursor to the Structure Catalyst, you’ll explore a playful-but-serious series of metaphors to help you structure key aspects of your writing practice and projects.
Research Bites
This 6-part mini-Catalyst delivers bite-sized summaries of some of Helen Sword’s most frequently cited research articles on academic and professional writing.
The World of Wordcraft
This 6-part mini-Catalyst, loosely based on the Wordcraft Catalyst, focuses on nitty-gritty issues of grammar, sentence structure, and style.