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Process | Get Your Writing Moving, Part 3
No. 109 | By Christine Carron
This is the third post in the Goodjelly Moves series. Each of the five Moves represents a core quality or energy needed to ace the writing adventure. The Moves framework conveys the reality that productivity is, like the seasons, cyclical—requiring both...
Power | Get Your Writing Moving, Part 2
No. 108 | By Christine Carron
Editor's Note: This is the second post in the Goodjelly Moves series. Each of the five Moves represents a core quality or energy needed to ace the writing adventure. The Moves framework conveys the reality that productivity, like the seasons, is...
Possibility | Get Your Writing Moving, Part 1
No. 107 | By Christine Carron
The core premise behind Goodjelly is my conviction that while the writing adventure is hard, there are countless ways to make it easier. One of those ways is to keep a healthy, balanced perspective about all aspects of the journey, from the way we manage our work, to...
What to Do When Your Writing Plan Doesn’t Go to Plan
No. 106 | By Christine Carron
In the first week of the Jam Experience—Goodjelly’s signature training program—writers create a 2-week plan for their writing work using the new tools and techniques that are introduced in the program’s early lessons. There’s so much...
Claim Your Annual Writing Wins with a Victory L.A.P.
No. 105 | By Christine Carron
Completing an annual celebration is a way to frame a year of writing in a positive, powerful way. According to Canadian-American psychologist Albert Bandura, the acknowledgement of past accomplishments is one source of self-efficacy. [1] Since self-efficacy...
3 Benefits of Writing in the Buff
No. 104 | By Christine Carron
No. I’m not talking about writing nekkid. I am talking, however, about something that you might find equally surprising: scheduling buffers into your writing plans. Or alternatively, to stop over scheduling yourself. To be clear, from a project management...
101 Places to Process-Rock the Writing Adventure
No. 103 | By Christine Carron
Cultivating a process mindset is one of the smartest things you can do on the writing adventure. I admit, as a process improvement consultant, I’m biased. Even so, I know I am right on this. Test it out for yourself. Whenever you are feeling stuck, frustrated,...
Bake Ease Into Your Writing Process
No. 102 | By Christine Carron
I don’t remember a time in my childhood where baking was not involved. My nana baked. Cinnamon rolls. Blackberry cobblers. Bundt cakes. My mom baked. Angel food cakes. Lemon meringue pies. Breads, muffins, rolls galore.
We had the goods. I was taught how to...
Reclaim Your Bounce
No. 101 | By Christine Carron
Photographer and experimental filmmaker Mathieu Stern recently captured and shared a public performance by French dancer Yoann Bourgeois. As he moves up and down, falls from and bounces back to a freestanding staircase, Bourgeois creates a captivating metaphor. In an...
Give Your Writing the Happiness Advantage
No. 100 | By Christine Carron
In The Way of Goodjelly masterclass, I teach a strategic blueprint for the writing adventure that has three key pillars, or resolutions. Land your Jam, which is all about using smart process to add ease and flow to your writing adventure. Own your Oomph, which...
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