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Free Week overview (Watch replays while they're up!)
Monday, Jan 12th
11:00 am ET - Kick off Free Studio Week with Gateless Founder Suzanne Kingsbury! Terri starts us off with the fairy godmother of Gateless - and how to cope with your critic.
6:00 pm ET - Write Your Next Chapter with NYT-bestselling author Tamsen Fadal! Midlife is, by definition, not the end of anything. Find out what it means to be the author of your own life, not just the lead.
Tuesday, Jan 13th
9:00 am ET - Write with Studio instructor Daisy Florin, author, My Last Innocent Year (1 hour)
4:00 pm ET - Join Terri and her guest Michael Roderick to discover how to tap your unique strengths and style to write as YOU, not someone else.
Wednesday, Jan 14th
12:00 pm ET - Terri will introduce her limited series, "Business Class," for Studio members only, starting in Feb. How to close the gap between creative and business in your work. (1 hour)
Thursday, Jan 15th
12:00 pm ET - Write with Studio instructor Serena Eastman (1 hour)
Friday, Jan 16th
12:00 pm ET - Write with Studio instructor Murphy Lewis (1 hour)
2:00 pm ET - Close the week with Laura Belgray! Discover what keeps one of the most popular copywriting pros on the planet inspired, and why TMI gets you ROI. (75 mins)
Jan. 12-16, 2026
Here's how it works
This is a no-stress situation!
When you sign up for the event, you’ll receive an email with all the info you need.
You’re welcome to come to all of the sessions or just some. You certainly don’t need to come to all! We just wanted to make lots of options available.
We will meet live on Zoom in a meeting set-up (camera optional, but it’d be great to see you).
We’ll go over the guidelines, give you your prompt, and you’re off to the races!
You’ll write for 10-20 minutes (it varies), and then the instructors will call on people to share what they just wrote (no pressure ever).
To get the full benefit of this experience, we ask that you start from a blank page vs. an existing draft. We only share what has been written during that session.
FAQs
Is this a live event?
Yes! Studio is a live and ongoing program that meets virtually several times a week. This special event is like an open house, where we’re giving new people a chance to try it out.
I can’t make the live calls! Will there be replays?
Think of the regular Studio sessions like yoga class at the gym. If you miss it, you miss it. We’ve made sure there are plenty of sessions at different times this week (we added a few) so that you can make whichever ones work with your schedule. We certainly don’t expect everyone to come to every single session!
NOTE: While there are no replays of the regular Studio sessions, Terri’s sessions on Monday and Friday will be available as replays.
What if I don't consider myself a writer — will I be out of my league?
Not at all. That’s the beauty of this approach: We all start from a blank page.
Some people have been writing inside the Gateless container for ten years (like me!), and others a few weeks, if that. Know that part of what makes Studio and other Gateless spaces non-competitive is that we do not “graduate” to other levels or scale a hierarchy.
It doesn’t matter if you used to be a writer or are currently a professional writer or have never picked up a pen. We are a very diverse group.
…Trust me, if you are reading this deep into the registration page, I’m PRETTY sure you’re supposed to be here with us.
What kind of writing will we do — fiction or nonfiction?
Ah so glad you asked. Doesn’t matter. Why? Because this approach serves writing of allll kinds, whether you’re working on a novel, writing a talk, or drafting social media content and email newsletters. Writing is writing is writing. And the more you do, the more you want to do.
If you’re a nonfiction writer and you want to dabble in fiction? Do it! Novelist and you want to start writing a Substack? Perfect. We are genre-agnostic!