The Goodjelly Blog
By Christine Carron
When you think about process in context of getting your creative work done, I'm guessing words like “groovy,” “fun” and “wheeee!” don’t pop into mind. Many folks associate process (and productivity) with concepts like restriction, buckling down, boring, and even kicks in the pat...
No. 165 | By Christine Carron
Imagine for a moment that you had to read a three-hundred page book that had no punctuation, no capitalization, no line breaks, no chapter breaks, no chapter headers, and no page numbers. Just page after page after page of unbroken text. One long beast of a run-on sent...
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. 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. 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. 148 | By Christine Carron
In high school, I was both the varsity football team’s water girl and the drum major of the marching band. Fulfilling those roles required me to make quick changes behind the scoreboard both before and after halftimes. Despite my past proximity to the game, I am far fr...
No. 144 | By Christine Carron
It’s that time of year again. We are a skip, hop, and jump away from the final quarter of the year. That means even if you don’t consider yourself much of a planner, you are likely going to feel some energy pulling you to take stock, assess, and get into gear to knock ...
No. 139 | By Christine Carron
Goodjelly’s 100% focus on writing productivity using process and mindset tools is unique. Writers learn no craft in my programs. They don’t share their work for critiques. They don’t have to critique anyone’s work.
So what do we get up to in a program for writers that...
No. 134 | By Christine Carron
This week I launched Goodjelly’s Youtube channel. (Wahoo!) The experience was a delightfully maddening reminder of something that I coach writers on all the time: that getting something started pretty much always takes longer than you think it will.
In honor of the la...
No. 129 | By Christine Carron
I’ve been a process improvement consultant for decades. If you view process as dull and restrictive, you might think that sounds like a terribly boring career. Rest assured, I’ve found it fascinating. Here’s how I frame what I’ve been getting up to all these years: I g...
No. 124 | By Christine Carron
During the Winter 2022 Olympics, I watched a few of the curling events. I don’t know much about curling, but I was particularly fascinated when pairs of team members—brooms in hand—would swoop in and sweep, sweep, sweep away in front of the stone, intent on helping it ...
No. 119 | By Christine Carron
Last year, I pulled a book off the library shelf, captivated by the title. It was bestselling crime writer and self-help author Sophie Hannah’s How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment—The Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life.Â
Grudges, anger, and resen...
