Are you ready to create a full, flourishing writing life?

Introducing a 6-week course to help you design an enjoyable, sustainable life as a Catholic writer - PLUS a bonus 1-1 meeting with Claire to help you gain clarity and conviction around your next right steps!

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Is God asking you to write your story?

Introducing a six-week writing experience for aspiring Catholic authors

Getting Clarity on Your Writing Goals

Tired of floundering around, wondering what you should be doing each day? In order to make real progress, we’ve got to get intentional about identifying what we really believe God is calling us to. This course will help you diffusion the confusion and get crystal-clear on the big vision AND the next right steps. I’m even going to meet with you, 1-1, for 30 minutes in the weeks following the course to help you make the most of the content.

Professional, Experienced, and Authentically Catholic Writing Advice

As a published author, editor, writing coach, certified Full Focus Pro, and certified Catholic spiritual director, I bring together the best of the creative, coaching, and spiritual worlds. We’ll meet each week at the intersection of productivity and purpose—where your writing goals align with your deeper calling, and where disciplined habits serve not just your craft, but your vocation.

Co-create the Life You Were Meant For

We only want to follow God’s will, right? And He’ll make it all possible! Yes, that’s true…to a degree. We were designed by God with agency over our lives and given freedom to co-create with him. That means he wants us to make choices, set boundaries, and take action. He’ll bless and multiply our work–but we have to have work to give him. Let’s make an offering of our creative lives that witnesses to our freedom and also speaks of his abundance and our trust in his providence.

Learn from a Teacher who is Also a Writer in the Trenches

No fluff here. Who’s got time for that? And I’m going to share what I’ve learned from my own struggles, failures, and experiences. You’ll hear my stories. You’ll get all my own best practices and the fruit of my successes. This Design Your Writing Life Course is not just tips and frameworks, but personal connection and interaction. This is one course AI could never have come up with.

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Course Details

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Six Online Sessions

Each Wednesday via Zoom

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Dates

October 8 - November 12

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Time

7:30-8:30 pm Central

Meet Your Teacher...

I’m Claire – wife, mom of six, grandma of two little cuties.

I’m a writer, editor, speaker, author of This Present Paradise: A Spiritual Journey with St. Elizbeth of the Trinity and Blessed is She’s 2025 Advent Devotional, In Time: Living in the Now and Not Yet. In 2022, I began teaching writing courses and co-founded Write These Words and the Catholic Writing community, PraiseWriters. Coaching writers helped me discover a passion for helping them find their purpose and flourish in their calling.

As a certified Full Focus Pro and Catholic Spiritual Director, I bring the best of spiritual wisdom and practical guidance together in each coaching hour and writing class.

I believe with everything I have that you need to believe not only that you’ve been given permission to write, but a commission to do. It’s not only about the stewardship of your creative gifts–it’s about being faithful to the prophetic aspect of your baptismal call. And we have never needed words of truth, inspiration, and conviction than we do now.

I also know that writing is hard. It is deep work and it requires something of us. That means more often than we’d like to admit, it gets pushed aside or crowded out by just about everything else in life.

And when we look at our progress, we can feel discouraged, paralyzed, or ashamed. What happened to all those dreams?

I’ve helped hundreds of writers gain confidence, clarity, and find their community.

And I’d love to help you do the same.

I wanted to express my sincere thanks for all you poured into us through your course. I knew from being in PraiseWriters that it was going to be amazing but it far exceeded any expectations I had. It was truly worth every dollar and has made me aware of so much that I hadn't considered. It has also got me thinking in new directions as far as my book.

Lana Bergeron

Last night's class was amazing - again. It 50-50 milk and honey. I love that! It's a lovely balance of inspiration and practical advice. You articulate so many of the things that hold writers back.

Rebecca Sande

I was blown away by the writing class last week. It far, far exceeded my expectations. What a gift! Looking forward to learning so much more in and with this amazing community.

Shelia Murray

Working with Claire took me from inspiration into meaningful activity. I had been spinning my wheels putting words to paper for several months but I left our phone call with a clear vision for my book and the tools I needed to create a structure going forward. Not only that, Claire helped me to integrate my desire to write a book within the broader context of my life and vocation. Nothing we do happens in isolation from the other areas of our life and Claire understands that. Keeping all those things together in our coaching call gave me the confidence and the internal conviction to get in gear and get writing. I think many of us have a story latent in our souls. Claire will call that out of you. Praise God for her "fiat" to this important work of coaching.

Megan Philip

Here's what we'll cover...

Focus
Identify What Really Matters, Set Goals, and Start Making Your Schedule work FOR you, not vice-versa

Reframe
Shift your thinking so that your mind and heart align with your creative vision

Simplify
Purify your life of all non-essentials with the art of the graceful no and the careful cultivation of a life that supports deep work

Act
Create rhythms and use systems to make real, sustainable progress.

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Course Agenda

Week 1

❖ Introduction of a 4-part framework to help you gain clarity and focus

❖ Set Your Goals and Make Your Calendar Work For You

❖ Learn the Scriptural Principle behind Protecting Your Time

Week 2

❖ Recognize Resistance and Retaliation

❖ Identify the Beliefs and Lies holding you back

❖ Name and Claim your Creative Calling

Week 3

❖ Consumption vs. Creation

❖ Putting healthy limits around outside voices

❖ Discerning how to spend your time

Week 4

❖ Building Rhythms

❖ Don’t try to manage your time - here’s what to do instead

❖ Use your nature, don’t fight it

Week 5

❖ Designing Systems

❖ Creating an External Brain

❖ How habits become supportive scaffolding

Week 6

❖ The people you need to support you

❖ How to pivot–and persevere

❖ Sharing of takeaways

Everything You’ll need to Reclaim Your Focus and Design a Life that Supports Your Creative Calling.

Over these six-weeks, we'll meet together, and pray for the anointing of your creative work.

The Design Your Writing Life Course includes:

Weekly LIVE, interactive teaching
Each week, our class will meet LIVE via Zoom to work through that weeks content. I will coach you through our topic of the week and provide you your assignment for the next 7 days.
Downloadable worksheets and Enlightening, Clarifying “Homework”
Don’t worry–no one is checking! Worksheets will assist you in creating your work each week.
Video Course Portal
You have access to your private course portal to be view videos and content as often as needed.
30-minute 1-1 Zoom call with Claire**
**After completion of the course, connect with Claire to discern your personal next steps and design a life best suited for your season.
Private, Supportive, Faith-Filled Community
A room for you to comment, ask questions, and interact with classmates.

Course access is for six-months.

Registration Information

Join the Design Your Writing Life course today, a 6-week course designed to help you create a sustainable, joyful, and purpose-driven life as a Catholic writer.

You’ll gain clarity on your vision, confidence in your direction, and a customized plan for taking meaningful next steps—all grounded in faith and tailored to your unique calling.