Roadmap 2023 Tools and Resources

Roadmap Prework + Guidebook Doc. Version Three 10 Steps on the Journey

Kanban PDF To define the status of your writings

Immunity to Change PDF When you’re not doing what you said you wanted to do— to explore why with kindness

Time Study Map

Reflective Questions

Review the welcome guidebook and think about how far you’ve come. 

How much shifted for you both in your inner and outer environment? 

How much were you able to accomplish and get under your belt? 

Look back and review how far you have come!

What of your “harvested” or stored writings did you inventory? 

What did you complete, or get into a near-final draft?

How did you feel about writing and being a writer over the past few months? 

Seasonal Reflection, Intentions and Planning

I’d like you to think seasonally now….How do you want to feel about writing and being a writer in the season ahead? 

What seeds did you plant in the winter? What do you see for the road ahead? What is next for you?

What do you want to have sprouted this spring? 

What do you want to tend and grow this summer? 

What do you want to harvest by fall?

What do you want to give yourself or others by winter?

The Roadmap Dashboard: The Writing Plan Post-it Process:

After you’ve looked through your writings and know the status of each, start to make a place based on the map of what to complete, in what order. (The order can change— you can go from most finished, or most complex, etc…

1. # of chapter, essay, etc.
2. Title
3. Lesson
4. 1-word summary
5. 1-4 segments of the writing
6. Next step

Weekly Tools for Accountablity

5 Qs for the Road
1. Looking back, what did you accomplish this week? (Can be large or small wins.) 
2. What helped you accomplish that? (Was it something you set out to do? Made space to do?)
3. What obstacles or derailments did you encounter? (Can be internal or external) 
4. What are your next steps? (Large or small)
5. How will you set yourself up for success? (Directly or indirectly)

Micro Monday Text: 3 things you KNOW you can accomplish because they are small and doable.

FoundationAL SENSE OF PLACE WRITING Frameworks

The Sense of Place Creative Compass Framework

1. Self-Discovery (personal story, curiosity, ideas, experiences, narratives) 
2. Place Discovery (layers of time and story in a place) 
3. Meaning-making (finding the symbolic meanings, the treads that stitch the ideas together) 
4. Story-crafting (Honing your craft, polishing your skills, getting feedback, support) 

The Four Creative Fires

1. Nurturing your creative self
2. Prompts for exploring
3. Techniques for mapping your ideas and different formats for crafting stories, blogs, essays and more. 
4. Tools and techniques for honing your work and polishing your craft

The Story Lab Pillars: Experimenting with What Works

1. Time Management for Creative Writers 
2.  Organizing Tools for Creative Writers
3.  Goal Setting, Awareness and Self Compassion 
4.  Accountability 
5.  Story Structure and Formats
6.  Tools for Idea and Story Mapping
7.  Giving Soulful Feedback

Honoring your Seasonal Flow

The Writing Garden/Seasonal Flow
What season are you in with your life? And with your writing?

Planning
Planting
Tending
Pruning
Harvesting
Sharing

Cyclical Year Retreats
January/ Feb: Plan, reflect, envision (Virtual Writing Retreat, Vision Box Retreat) 
March/April: Feel the calling, planting your seeds (Blossom Retreat: Let your creativity bloom) 
June/July/August: Growing, tending, enjoying (Summer Deep Dive Retreat: Nurture your creative self and tend to your stories) 
Sept/Oct: Harvest, plan (Fall Harvest Retreat) 
Nov/December: Celebrate, share. (Gratitude Retreat & Gift of Story Retreat) 

When you’re ready for the next step, a kickstart or restart:
Book a VIP Day!

Customized to meet you where you are, and get you on the road to where you want to go!

Phase one: Optimize your Environment. Clearing, organizing, and staging. 
Phase two: Mapping at the Macro Level: Looking at what you have, what you need and finding the gaps.
Post it note process & KanBan
Phase three: Mapping at the Micro Level: Honing in on going through some of the writings— to highlight the parts already complete, and where there needed to be more work done
Phase four: Metta level: Mapping out what your high-level roadmap will be.