Finally start that project you’ve been putting off
A 30-Day creative accelerator to get you moving.
The world has changed.
It’s not about what you know.
It’s about what you do.
Launch a podcast Write online Vibecode an app Write a book proposal Start making videos Make a digital product
Act Two is a live, 30-day creative accelerator to get your best idea out of your head and into the world.
Start that project you’ve been putting off.
Become someone who creates things, not just consumes.
Be proud to answer the question “So what have you been up to?”
Cohort 2 begins March 4
Act Two is built by the team behind Write of Passage:
“Hands down the best investment I've made in years, maybe ever.”
3,100+ students from 75+ countries
98% alumni would recommend
“Life-changing” results
Write it, record it, code it, film it, make it, do it. “It” is up to you. What’s that one idea you just can’t shake? A stirring vision? An inspiring new direction?
Any creative medium. Any project type. The choice is yours. As long as you can share it with the world, it’s fair game.
What will you choose?
What do you mean I can work on anything?
Real People. Real Second Acts.
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Cris
Cris vibe-coded a website for her new business and even secured her first paying customers – and she’d never written a line of code before.
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Kyle
Kyle wanted to launch his “Ask Your Elders” project for seven years but never found the time – until the accountability of Act Two snapped him into action.
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Brian
Brian spent ten years thinking about launching the perfect YouTube channel, but never following through. In Act Two he finally started publishing videos consistently.
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Fei-Ling
Fei-Ling had been putting off her new website project for her service offering. Act Two sparked a work sprint that led her to hit publish and share it with the world.
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Richard
Richard used his newfound momentum from Act Two to launch his new AI-driven marketing business.
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Mohammad
Mohammad turned his passion for storytelling into a story-driven cohort-based program for engineers looking to improve their communication skills.
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Magnus
Magnus used Act Two to explore language study through comedy – he performed standup and even improv comedy in German, his second language, and has plans to teach others his methods.
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Pranav
Pranav had a breakthrough around his creative approach – he learned to anchor to the internal, to pursue projects that intrinsically motivate and excite him – which led to the launch of his new Substack and YouTube channel.
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Jan
Jan finally finished the book he’d been working on for years, benefitting from group accountability and feedback to get across the finish line.
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Karena
Karena used Act Two to explore a new writing project–sharing her journey and back story for her children.
Accountability
No more excuses. No more delays. In Act Two, you’ll commit to a clear project timeline and actions each week. We’ll hold you accountable. On-the-spot exercises will get you moving in the moment. And regular check-ins will ensure you keep your momentum.
Community
Here, you’ll build alongside others. Expect to meet enthusiastic, curious, driven peers working on Creative Projects they care about. You’ll receive feedback and encouragement from people who care. Share your wins. Make friends. And once you join, you’re a member for life.
What creative project feels motivating for its own sake? Something that feels like a flow state? We first anchor to the internal, start creating consistently, then focus on winning on external metrics.
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Anchor to the Internal
What’s the one-sentence framing that will help others understand what you’re building, and why it’s valuable? You’ll work your one-liner and battle-test it through feedback from others.
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Get Legible to Others
It’s time for massive action. You’ll go from 0 → 1 on your project, doing the creative work necessary to usher your vision into reality. No overthinking. Instead, you’ll “attack the canvas” with gusto.
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Attack the Canvas
Explore Your Pocket
As you take action, you’ll start finding the pocket of the Internet who most wants what you’ve got. Find the others, start reaching out, and achieve your “slingshot moment”.
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Hone Your Practice
As the cohort ends, set yourself up for ongoing consistency over the long haul. Get guidance on your creative work, build your routine, and set yourself up for long-term creative stamina.
Got a day job?
We know you have commitments – work, family, school and beyond. Don’t quit your job. Don’t cancel all your plans.
You can complete Act Two on your nights and weekends.
Expect to give at least 10 hours per week toward your creative project. A focused time investment with power-law returns.
It’s simple – you come in with a project idea. And you build it alongside other exceptional people.
Monday Group Session
Momentum Mondays. A live session to kickstart your week. Set your intentions and start taking action – in real-time. Think exercises, breakouts & guest speakers.
Creative Labs
Small peer groups to smash your roadblocks and harvest novel perspectives to sharpen your thinking.
1-on-1 Collaboration
Fellow humans to help you along the way. Includes two personalized 1:1 sessions to scope your project, plus ongoing 1:1 sparring and peer feedback.
Weekly Challenges
Custom challenges to help you uncover unexpected opportunities and leverage.
Guest Experts
Live instruction + AMAs from skilled practitioners in your creative domain. Learn from those in the arena.
Co-working
Live co-working. Come along to spar with others, learn new tools, collaborate and get feedback on your project.
Our Past Practitioners
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Louie Bacaj
Vibe Coding
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Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Mindset
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Ali Abdaal
Media
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Paul Millerd
Writing
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Eric Jorgenson
Book Writing
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Charlotte Grysolle
Physiology of Creativity
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Jonny Miller
Authenticity
“So what have you been up to lately?”
Have an answer you're proud to tell others.
This is not a step-by-step how-to. You don’t need more knowledge (that’s a Google/YouTube/ChatGPT search away). Specific skills are vulnerable to the latest AI update. The world belongs to those who conquer inner fears and BUILD.
That’s exactly what you’ll do here. Bold moves. Courages leaps. Life-shifting results.
This is not a course.
Who is this for?
Does your work feel cog-in-machine? You can find an entry point to a new path.
Are you wasting away your free time? You can find a fulfilling creative pursuit.
Are you ready for a new challenge? You can find your next peak.
Are you busy consuming, not creating? You can get off the sidelines.
Act Two won’t be a good fit if:
X You feel content. You don’t feel like you were ‘made for more’
X You’re not motivated to put in the work (even alongside driven peers)
X You prefer to sit back and consume information
X You’re not a self-starter or internally motivated
X You’re someone who prefers comfort over new challenges
Join the Next Act Two Cohort
Applications Are Now Open
Important Dates
2026 Cohort Dates: March 4 – April 3
Kickoff Session: Wed, March 4 at 4pm ET
Live Group Sessions: Every Monday at 4pm ET
Enrollment Ends: February 25, 2026
Questions? Email us: hello@act-two.academy
What You’ll Get Inside:
🎯 Monday Momentum Sessions — 90-minute live sessions to kickstart your week. Real instruction, real exercises, real action. You'll leave each session with meaningful work done, not just notes taken.
🎤 Guest Practitioner Workshops — Live workshops and AMAs from creatives who’ve had success in your path. Past guests include Ali Abdaal, Paul Millerd, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, and Eric Jorgenson.
🧠 Personalized guidance — Get personalized support throughout the cohort to scope your project and work through your specific roadblocks.
👥 Mentor Sessions — Small peer groups where you get honest feedback from people who care about your work.
🎯 Weekly Challenges — Custom challenges to help you keep publishing instead of just planning. You’ll join the challenge with other creatives to help keep yourself accountable.
🔑 Lifetime Access — Once you join, you're a member for life. Access all materials and community resources forever.
$1,500
Or Spread The Cost Over 3 Months
(Save $500 when you enroll before Feb 9)
Our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee & Money-Back Promise
Enrollment is risk-free. If you're not satisfied with your program experience, you can request a full refund within 14 days of the start of the course. No questions asked.
A word from the Founders
The world has changed.
Endless information. AI superpowers available at our fingertips.
We’re entering the Golden Age of Creativity.
There’s just one bottleneck left: the mind. Ancient biology holds us hostage: hesitations, doubts, self-sabotage. How many one-of-one creative visions have stayed trapped in someone’s mind thanks to these pesky psychological blocks?
Act Two exists to help you break through.
To help you follow through on that project you’ve always been thinking about.
To get your best work into the world, so you can get in the game, and start tapping into the Internet. Endless opportunities await. Who knows what path you’ll carve? There is no ceiling to the Internet’s abundance.
But why us? Why are we building this community of creative reinvention?
First, we built Write of Passage, the gold standard of online courses: 3,100 students from 75+ countries. Thousands of students launched their work onto the Internet in the program we built. We’ve pioneered the frontiers of top-quality online learning experiences.
And we both have track records of creative follow-through. Will became a standup comedian in China (after thousands of hours of practice). Dan created a vibrant community of woodworkers (and rebuilt his house from scratch).
So what about you? What’s that creative project you’ve always wanted to complete, but keep putting off? What gives you that gnawing sense of having had, and lost, an infinite inner potential?
In Act Two, you’ll smash these barriers, alongside hundreds of other curious, driven learners from around the world. You’ll finally follow through. And your creative project, shared with the world, will start to attract new opportunities your current self can’t even imagine.
What will you create?
– Will and Dan
Will Mannon
Dan Sleeman
FAQs
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A completed creative project
A public-facing showcase of this project, on the platform of your choice
New know-how and skills around your creative domain (including the latest AI tools)
A supportive community of curious, driven peers (with lifetime access to the virtual Act Two workspace)
Lifetime access to all program materials and resources
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You will be able to take Act Two alongside a full-time job.
Expect a minimum of five hours per week. Most people will spend 7-10 hours per week on the program.
Five hours includes: core session attendance, completing each weekly step, additional project work, and exchanging peer feedback. 7-10 hours will include attending optional Action Gyms, AI Labs, and tactical guest workshops.
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Any project that involves creativity, making something, and can be shared publicly is fair game. Some common project areas include:
Writing, podcasting, creating videos, software products and projects, visual storytelling, learning in public, making your first online dollar, or using AI to create a fundamentally new creative output (ex: an AI- co-hosted podcast or an AI-driven art project).
If you’re unsure if your project is a good fit, we’d love to chat to you about it. Send us a note here.
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Yes. We’ve built a wide network of creative practitioners who will be available for conversations and support. Some will even be featured more prominently as leaders of guest workshops.
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Yes. Even after the program ends, you will be a permanent member of the Act Two virtual community as long as it exists. You’ll also have unlimited access to all program materials and resources.
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Act Two is far more than a course – it’s a fast-paced action sprint. It’s a smorgasbord of sessions. It’s a thriving community of creatively-minded, ambitious people from dozens of countries around the world. Call it “Coachella for Creativity.”
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No. This is a live learning experience, focused on taking action on your creative project. There will be plenty of activities beyond the weekly 90-minute core sessions, including personalized pre-course 1:1 Welcome Calls, weekly Action Gyms, AI Labs to experiment with new tools, tactical guest workshops, and an active community hub to talk and exchange feedback with fellow students.
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Core Sessions include central themes for the week, plus key live steps toward your creative project, so we encourage you to join them all. But if you have to miss one, that’s okay. All sessions will be recorded and shared in the virtual community hub. You’ll have indefinite access to watch all session recordings, even after the program ends.
We also offer “Watch Parties” – live, next-day replays of Core Sessions with the opportunity to complete all live exercises alongside fellow students. If you have an ongoing conflict or live in a time zone that makes Core Session attendance inconvenient, we’ve designed the Watch Parties just for you. These are at 12pm ET.
One of our Europe-based Write of Passage alums put it best:
“The Watch Parties are truly incredible. A second bite of the apple for those that just can't make a session and a great way to include people in non-US time zones in the Write of Passage community.”
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Enrollment is risk-free. If you’re not satisfied with your program experience, you can request a full refund within 14 days of the start of the course.
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Yes, you can receive a certificate of completion for Act Two.
That said – we believe the real qualification you earn will be:
Your completed creative project
Your public-facing project showcase
The personal transformation achieved while completing your project
Ongoing connections and friendships with dozens of fellow Act Two-ers
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Yes, in the sense that you’ll complete a creative project and share it publicly. This is the first step toward attracting like-minded followers and fans.
In another sense, this is a six-week program focused on taking action and kickstarting your Second Act. It is not a tactical marketing or audience growth bootcamp. The momentum from your creative project can and will produce audience growth for Act Two members (the same dynamic played out for countless students in our last program, Write of Passage). That said, there’s also tremendous value that can come from sharing a creative project in public that’s separate from audience growth. Consider this quote from Andrew, who launched a niche Marketing History podcast just a few months ago:
“I had doubts about whether the podcast was worth pursuing, but I’m a few months into the podcast and it’s going great.
I get to speak with some of the most interesting authors, academics, and marketers I admire just because I host a podcast. Other important and influential people have discovered my podcast, either organically or through podcast guests sharing the show. It’s not topping the Spotify charts, but these connections have been incredibly rewarding.” -
The first Live Session kicks off on Wednesday, March 4th. All Live Sessions:
Wednesday, March 4th from 4-5:30pm, ET
Monday, March 9th
Monday, March 16th
Monday, March 23rd
Monday, March 30th
Final Showcase: Friday, April 3rd
There will also be a number of other optional sessions each week, with specific dates to follow.
We’re looking for people with a creative inclination, the desire to make a change, and a curiosity and enthusiasm that will help drive the entire group forward.
If that sounds like a fit, please share your email here, and let us know what you plan to work on. What will you build?
If you have an questions, comments, or concerns, please let us know.