Why listen to today's episode:

Today you'll learn how to maximize short study sessions to help you prepare for the Writing section of the CELPIP Exam. If you've only got 5 to 10 minutes, you can use today's practice challenge!

• You'll learn that short, consistent study segments are effective practice,
• I'll challenge the misconception that only lengthy study sessions count.
• I'll share a short story about how I've been applying this in my own writing life and the result: a 60k word novella!

You'll get practical advice for utilizing brief moments for targeted CELPIP writing practice, alongside an invitation to join the CELPIP Success School for accountability and support.

Helpful Quotes mentioned today:

I realized a way forward in the midst of motherhood with no time to write: I seized tiny moments. I learned that a single sentence or well-crafted phrase composed in five minutes could lay the foundation for a future manuscript. -Ann Kroeker

and

In her book The Right to Write, Julia Cameron says:The ‘if-I-had-time’ lie is a convenient way to ignore the fact that novels require being written and that writing happens a sentence at a time. Sentences can happen in a moment. Enough stolen moments, enough stolen sentences, and a novel is born–without the luxury of time…Yes, it is daunting to think of finding time to write an entire novel, but it is not so daunting to think of finding time to write a paragraph, even a sentence. And paragraphs, made of sentences, are what novels are really made of. (Cameron)

Both of these quotes are at: No time to write? Make solid progress in just 5 minutes

00:00 Maximizing Short Practice Sessions for CELPIP Success

03:25 Introducing the Speak English Fearlessly Podcast

05:41 The Power of Small Writing Sessions: A Personal Journey

13:40 Joining Forces: The CELPIP Success School & Writing Group Insights

18:17 Daily Writing Challenges: Transforming Listening into Writing

24:29 Join the CELPIP Success School & Weekly Newsletter Benefits

LINKS Mentioned Today:

Anne Kroeker's website + blog article I'm referring to today.

Previous episode where I talk about the listening challenge you can do in just 2 minutes.

The CBC listening resource I mentioned.

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