Words in progress

Words in progress

By Christine Cawthorne and Robert MillsEducationHow To
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Words in progress episodes

  • Episode 9: How do you finish a project?

    Christine is thinking about setting up a content community of practice while Rob reflects on how the pair and trio writing processes are being embedded into the organisation. 

    Transcript for episode 8.

    Episode music credit: Give A Little by Shane Ivers.

    35 min
  • Episode 7: A crisis of confidence

    Christine's worried she is just rearranging mess into a different order while trying to improve the content creation workflow and Rob sets boundaries over stakeholder engagement and his remit. 

    Transcript for episode 7. 

    Episode music credit: Give A Little by Shane Ivers.

    49 min
  • Episode 6: *Special edition* All about the trio writing technique

    Rob discusses how he adapted the pair writing technique to work for translating content. Along with a translator and a user researcher, he created user centred content in two languages, using the translation process to improve the original content. A fantastic listen about using an existing technique in a different situation. 

    Transcript for episode 6. 

    Episode music credit: Give A Little by Shane Ivers.

    27 min
  • Episode 5: Who has the authority?

    Rob's been mapping user journeys with stakeholders and Christine wonders if she has the authority to make improvements to the content creation process?

    Transcript for episode five. 

    Episode music credit: Give A Little by Shane Ivers.

    45 min
  • Episode 4: Suddenly it's all happening

    This week Rob reveals how he's going to write content with not one but two other people, Christine ponders what you do when scope creep threatens and both reflect on their bumpy sprint planning session. 

    Transcript for episode 4.

    Episode music credit: Give A Little by Shane Ivers.

    41 min
  • Episode 3: The reader is in trouble

    This week, Christine worries she hasn't done a lot while Rob has feedback on his content and user research to go through. 

    In this episode we mention two pieces of research and a book:

    • The Public Speaks: An Empirical Study of Legal Communication
    • The Public Speaks, Again: An International Study of Legal Communication
    • The Elements of Style by William Strunk and EB White (1959)
    • Transcript for episode 3.

      Episode music credit: Give A Little by Shane Ivers.

      41 min
    • Episode 1: Getting started on a new project

      Christine and Rob introduce themselves, the project they're working on and get right into the nitty gritty of what to do at the start of a content project. 


      Transcript for episode 1.


      Episode music credit: Give A Little by Shane Ivers. 

      27 min

    About Words in progress

    From the publisher's feed

    Hello lovely listener, welcome to an ongoing conversation between Christine and Rob, two people who write for a living and for pleasure.