The Complete Worm School

My summer course on wriggling through a creative life has now concluded—read the entire series here.

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Greetings! Last spring, I decided that I needed to make a plan to finally finish my overdue book project—and I figured that the advice I would be giving myself / the habits I would be adopting in my writing cave might prove useful for anyone trying to make progress on an ambitious creative project.

Thus Worm School was born: an eight-part series on “wriggling through” a creative life, which ran from June 3–July 22. Paid subscribers can catch up on the entire series here or via the links below.

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• Introducing WORM SCHOOL

• Week one: THINK SMALLER

• Week two: FORGIVE YOURSELF

• Week three: FIND SOME ACCOUNTABILITY

• Week four: FOLLOW YOUR ENERGY

• Week five: LEAN INTO RITUAL

• Week six: SEEK FUNNY LEAPS

• Week seven: KNOW YOUR CREATIVE CYCLE

• Week eight: FINISH WHAT YOU START

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Paid subscribers can also join the weekday Worm Zoom sessions that I started hosting in July as part of my quest for greater writing accountability. I’ve been finding these sessions so helpful that I decided to continue hosting them on an ongoing/indefinite basis. Join us anytime:

The normal newsletter format/schedule will resume on September 9th. Thanks to everyone who participated in Worm Zoom this summer! Your emails and comments gave me a lot to think about, and I’m already mulling over the possibility of second edition next year. 🐛