The Complete Worm School

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

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Greetings! In the spring of 2024, 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, and 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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WORM SCHOOL EXTENSION

In 2025, I decided to write an additional five lessons, reflecting on some further ideas and habits that helped me finally get this book project done. Here they are:

• WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR PROJECT

• STEP INTO YOUR HEROIC PERIOD

• GIVE SOMETHING UP

• TRACK YOUR PROGRESS

• BURROW INTO FERTILE SOIL

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Paid subscribers can also join the weekday Worm Zoom sessions that I started hosting in summer 2024 as part of my quest for greater writing accountability. I found these sessions so helpful that I decided to continue hosting them on an ongoing/indefinite basis. Join us anytime: