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Plan, write and package a workbook around the job it needs to do.

Written September 11, 2026

Reader
A person ready to write in it
Built from
Short lesson + exercise
Typical length
6,000–10,000 words plus room to write
You bring
A method you have used with real people
01

Best use

A workbook exists to be written in. It turns a method into exercises the reader completes, so the value is what the reader produces, not what the author explains.

02

Recommended structure

Alternate short teaching with action: a page or two on the idea, then the exercise with space to answer, then what to do with the answer. Chapters follow the order of the work, and each one ends with something the reader has made.

03

What a finished version should include

Exercises with real room to write (the PDF export keeps its page layout for this), consistent prompts, a progress structure the reader can see, and a closing section that gathers the results into a plan. A workbook can be short; what matters is that each exercise earns its place.

Worked example

The plan the studio would build for The Clarity Workbook

A workbook 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 Clarity WorkbookImani RobertsSample book · Workbook

  1. 01

    How to use this workbook

    One exercise a day, in order, in pen.

  2. 02

    What you are actually deciding

    Separating the decision from the noise around it. Exercise: the one-line question.

  3. 03

    What you already know

    Listing the constraints you keep forgetting. Exercise: the constraints page.

  4. 04

    What it would cost to be wrong

    Sizing the downside honestly. Exercise: the worst-week sketch.

  5. 05

    Choosing

    A short decision record. Exercise: the one-page decision.

  6. 06

    Thirty days later

    Reviewing what you chose. Exercise: the follow-up page.

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