Best use
A course companion sits beside a course a reader is already taking. Its job is to hold what the lessons cannot: the reference material, the summaries, the worked examples and the space to apply each lesson before the next.
Recommended structure
Mirror the course. One chapter per module, in the course's order, each opening with the module's outcome in one sentence, then the key points, a worked example and an exercise the student completes before moving on.
What a finished version should include
A contents page that matches the course syllabus, consistent chapter openings, exercises with room to answer, and a closing chapter that ties the modules together. Six to ten thousand words is usually enough; it should not repeat the lessons.
Worked example
The plan the studio would build for The Quiet Ledger
A course companion planned the way the structure above says, in the order its contents page would show. Every line is an editable chapter in the studio.
The Quiet LedgerDaniel WhitmoreSample book · Course companion
- 01
Module 1 — Where the money goes
Key points, a worked month, the tracking exercise.
- 02
Module 2 — The spending plan
Key points, a sample plan, the exercise: your version.
- 03
Module 3 — Debt in order
Key points, a worked payoff schedule, the exercise.
- 04
Module 4 — The buffer
Key points, how much is enough, the exercise.
- 05
Module 5 — Saving without deciding
Key points, automation set-up, the exercise.
- 06
Putting the modules together
One quiet ledger: the whole system on two pages.
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