Questions and answers

From Sunday 1 November to Sunday 6 December 2026. That is 36 days rather than 30 because Diwali falls in the first week, so session one gets a fortnight.

Four recorded sessions containing multiple short videos, released once a week. Three live sessions with IC on Zoom, Sundays at 6 pm IST. Three stories that you record yourself and send in, each answered personally.

Record yourself telling a two-to-three-minute story. The Record now button on each story page does it from your device, or you can choose a recording you made in your device's own recorder. One recording per story.

Tuesday 17 November, Tuesday 24 November and Tuesday 1 December, each by 11:59 pm IST.

Feedback follows the cohort calendar, so a story that is not sent by its deadline does not receive feedback. All submissions count for the completion certificate.

A voice note from IC and a story map he draws by hand while listening. It is not a score or a rubric. Download it to keep it: it closes with everything else when your access ends on 31 January 2027.

Yes, signed by IC, once all three stories are in. It comes with a link anyone can use to verify it.

Until 11:59:59 pm IST on Sunday 31 January 2027. After that everything here closes for you: the videos, your recordings, the feedback and your certificate page. Download what you want to keep before then. The check link on your certificate keeps working for anyone you share it with.

There is a voluntary WhatsApp group. You choose whether to join it; nobody is added without asking.

The Founding Cohort is full. The next cohort opens in January 2027. Write to team@storyworks.academy and we will let you know when enrolment opens.