The Write Stuff

Anyone Can "Do" English

What if you could author the future???


The Write Stuff 1.0 is a 4-week online College and Career writing experience to support students (and their teachers) in reading and writing essays and stories powerful enough to shape the future.


This Interactive Learning Experience provides collaborative and one-on-one instruction opportunities using Teachable, Slack, and Zoom.


Serving Writers in Grades 6-12 with Custom Content


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Course Curriculum


  Why Write: Introduction to Persuasive Writing that will save Your Life.
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  Rainmakers: Change the Word, Change the World.
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  Authoring Impact: Write the ESSAY/STORY that changes the world.
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  Radical Revision: Get line by line editing and encouragement to polish your work and begin creating
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Your Instructor


Athena Fliakos
Athena Fliakos

After a decade of service to affluent as well as traditionally underserved schools as a teacher, teacher developer, and building leader, Athena's focus has become to re-imagine the business of doing business by solving the problem of underestimation and underutilization of our planet's most valuable and renewable energy resources.

Her first and forever love remains the English Language—anyone can “do” it, because its few variations in rhythm, mimic the heart beat, making the sound forms playful, democratic, and consistently inconsistent.

Her workshops with independent and public school students have inspired dozens of young people to grow their greatness; participants in The Write Stuff have won over $1.25 million in scholarships and prizes.

Athena holds a B.A. in American Studies from Middlebury College and an MFA in Poetry from Bennington College. Her most recent poem appears in Sissu Magazine; her writing (the good, bad, brilliant and gory) can be found at Got Guts? www.athenafliakos.com, and a few other places easily “Googled.”

As with most of her work as a teacher, she is called by the students she has served to adopt a deeper digital channel for those who know and desire to grow The Write Stuff.


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The GoodBrain Project


The GoodBrain Project was founded in 2013 with the mission to re-imagine the business of teaching and learning in the 21st Century. We create individualized experiential and multiple-modality enrichment experiences for education stake-holders within and beyond the school building that focus on outdoor engagement, arts & adventure entrepreneurship, and environmental preservation.

The GoodBrain Project powers a small sustainable apparel company and an adventure sporting brand, both of which offer education, engagement, mental health resources to individuals at risk of dropping out of school or life.

During this time, when traditional schooling models have been remanded, The GoodBrain Project is partnered with Social Sector Network; Head, Heart and Hands Consulting LLC; The United Way; CASDA; and Rotary International to offer immediate, intelligent, and joyful solutions to the problem of what to do, when there is no school!

Families of primary, middle, and secondary school are eligible for special pricing and teachers in participating districts in NY State, can be fully funded.


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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts when you enroll and goes for 4 weeks.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

This course is closed for enrollment.