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No Time For Craft Practice, Writer?

No. 147 | By Christine Carron

Are you getting as much craft practice in as you want? As much as you know would help you grow as a writer and achieve what you want on the page? If not, you are not alone.

Many writers want to have a regular craft practice but they also want to churn out their next d...

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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 excitement when those first plans a...

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On How to Effectively Lead Your Writerly Adventure

By Christine Carron

It was one of the most unpleasant few moments of dancing Argentine tango that I ever experienced. I was in Buenos Aires for a month on a tango adventure and in a class at DNI Tango*, a beautiful tango school in the heart of the city. One of my favorite Argentine tango couples, A...

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On Planning Savviness

By Christine Carron

Your writing adventure is most likely not going to proceed in a straight line. There will be zigs, zags, challenging twists, and exciting turns. You may have already experienced this. Truth is, the whole adventure could end up feeling a little discombobulating. Unless you take c...

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On Acceptance as Writerly Plan Rocket Fuel

By Christine Carron

A client hired me to reset a project that was months behind schedule and about one million dollars over budget.Ā In the first week, IĀ completed a high-level analysis of the remaining work, met with senior leadership and the delivery team to get a picture of the challenges from va...

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