The Goodjelly Blog
By Christine Carron
In 2001, a group of tech folks drafted the Agile Manifesto, a set of principles that revolutionized software development. Before Agile, the accepted way to manage software projects was the waterfall method. A project would be initiated, all the requirements drafted, then...
By Christine Carron
When I worked with teams in the corporate world, I spent a lot of time focused on the group’s interpersonal dynamics—how they related to each other. I was often helping them to strengthen, and in some cases rebuild, trust.
When I work with writers, the focus...
By Christine Carron
One aspect of the writing adventure I do not like is the thread that runs through it that creates an environment of intellectual and emotional, well . . . violence. I know. Violence is a strong word. I am not sure how else to categorize perspectives where creativity is a...
By Christine Carron
A common problem for writers is how to stay focused during a writing session when you have competing priorities. Let’s set the scene.
There you are. Intrepid writer. You’ve kept your commitment to yourself, to your art, and gotten your derrière in...
By Christine Carron
Last week, I shared the first five causes of writer's block I identified after getting peeved by something another writer wrote about writer's block that, in my opinion, was lacking in compassion and not overly helpful. If you missed that post, pop back to get the...
By Christine Carron
A couple of years ago, when I was struggling to make progress with my writing, I read an article about creativity (that shall remain nameless) and got a bit peeved by something the author wrote. Basically, the author asserted that if you were blocked as a writer you were...
By Christine Carron
No matter that writers are involved in the creative process, and often talk about the writing process, there is limited information and training available to help writers ace the process side of the writerly adventure. (My mission with Goodjelly is to change that.)
As a result...
By Christine Carron
Recently, I read an interview of a famous author. The interviewer asked the FA (famous author) about their writing process. The gist of what the FA said was, “There’s a lot of chocolate involved.”
I am sure there is chocolate involved in that writer’s...
By Christine Carron
Writers, especially those working on long-form projects like novels, have to be momentum mavens. Otherwise it is easy to get discouraged, sidetracked, and possibly even give up. I don’t want writers to give up. I don’t want YOU to give up. Your voice, your vision,...
By Christine Carron
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I was helping a client with a huge change management effort. The client was retiring one of their technology tools and needed a large number of their business customers to move their data out of the old tool and into the new...
By Christine Carron
Once upon a time, a work friend invited me for a weekend visit at her parents’ house. We would arrive on Friday night and leave on Sunday. That same weekend, my friend’s younger brother was moving out of his college apartment that wasn’t far from the family...
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,...
