Well, I imagine that some of you listening are like me. You sign up for classes online and fall off the wagon. Something seemed like a great idea. You love it. You sign up. You put your credit card in. Then, you never do it. I certainly don’t think it’s just me, but I do that a lot. About a year ago I said, okay, that’s it. No more signing up for anything unless you’re really sure you want to do it. And so far, that’s worked pretty well for me.

Now I’ve signed up to do a writing course. It’s a 12-week commitment, and I was really excited about it only to show up to day one and realize that I had not carefully read the fine print. It’s not at all what I expected. It is a writing lab where writers working on something specific come together and do weekly check-ins, get some live coaching once a week, and basically have the accountability of the group. I think I was expecting someone to sort of whip me into shape.

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