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The 3 Pillars of Writerly Progress

No. 112 | By Christine Carron

Writers want to make progress. I’d also like to believe that all writers would like to suffer less while achieving said progress, but I know that some writers believe that suffering during the making of the work somehow makes the work itself more legitimate....

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Patience | Get Your Writing Moving, Part 5

No. 111 | By Christine Carron

This is the fifth and final 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...

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Grace | Get Your Writing Moving, Part 4

No. 110 | By Christine Carron

This is the fourth 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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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What to Do When Your Writing Plan Doesnโ€™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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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