The Goodjelly Blog
No. 164 | By Christine Carron
It’s that time of year. The start of school is almost upon us. Can you feel it? The new school year energy? I can. I will even bravely acknowledge my extreme childhood nerdiness quotient by admitting that I loved starting school each year. Adored it. For me the joy of ...
No. 163 | By Christine Carron
Do you have fun getting your creative work done? If not, your productivity could be suffering.
Growing research shows that the way we engage in our work impacts how fast we get that work done. It even impacts our ability to get our creative work done at all. Bob Nel...
No. 162 | By Christine Carron
One of my favorite poems is To Be of Use by Marge Piercy*. The poem starts with a simple declaration—The people I love the best / jump into work head first. The poem pays homage to the very human yearning for work “that is real.”Â
I’ve always found the imagery in the ...
No. 161 | By Christine Carron
Imagine you have to (get to) eat a pizza. A big pizza. Do you pick up the whole pizza and start chowing down? No. You pick up one slice. Do you eat the whole slice at once? No. You take one bite at a time.
It’s impossible to eat a pizza in one bite. Even trying to eat...
No. 160 | By Christine Carron
Have you ever felt time poor when it comes to your writing? If you have, then I'm guessing you also know how much of a distraction it can be. Instead of focusing on the work at hand, you get fixated on the time you don't have but believe you should. That drags on your ...
No. 159 | By Christine Carron
Can you think of a writerly task that scares you? Perhaps it’s getting your work critiqued. Perhaps it’s reading the feedback from a critique. Perhaps it's tackling marketing. Or doing author talks. Perhaps it’s drafting. Or revising. Or going to a conference and doing...
No. 158 | By Christine Carron
Sometimes it feels like the only certain thing on the writing adventure is uncertainty. We might work for years on a project only to abandon it when we realize it doesn’t work. We may get a project done and then experience rejection after rejection. We may get the publ...
No. 157 | By Christine Carron
When you think about being productive, what comes to mind? Perhaps phrases like buckle down or crack the whip flit through your brain. Or you start mapping out a time and task schedule that is so intensive you maintain it for a week at most—which is when you cry Uncle!...
No. 156 | By Christine Carron
Last week I piloted the Plan for Done (PFD2023) challenge, where I taught writers how to plan their writing year ahead, Goodjelly-style. It was a grand success. I am thrilled with the energy and spaciousness that was created for the writers who participated. They are n...
No. 155 | By Christine Carron
This whole Goodjelly adventure started with a dream of helping writers create more confidence, ease, and flow on their writing journey. So in honor of the blog's 3-year anniversary, something a little different.Â
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Tend to Your Writing Dreams
They keep you going t...
No. 154 | By Christine Carron
One of the most powerful actions you can take on behalf of your writing and your writing productivity is to be more intentional about how you design your writerly work. When you do, it is easier to get your writing done. Stress and struggle subside. Confidence and flo...
No. 153 | By Christine Carron
A few days ago, I went to get a sandwich. The sandwich place is in the next town over. The normal way to get there takes me through a stretch of gnarly local traffic.
On a whim, I decided to get lost on purpose. (This was actually possible as I left my cell phone, mea...
