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Johnnie Mazzocco

Johnnie Mazzocco

Coaches Coaching Coaches, Ad Hoc: When Helping Isn’t Helping

I’m a writing coach, and although I’ve been teaching writing for a couple of decades to college students, I’m new to the world of coaching…

5 min readJan 19, 2019

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Coaches Coaching Coaches, Ad Hoc: When Helping Isn’t Helping

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Johnnie Mazzocco

Writer as Shaman: 7 Ways Stories Will Change Your Life and Heal the World

Twenty-five years ago, I started writing a novel, and the process of developing the main character and her story world created a crack in…

4 min readOct 22, 2018

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Writer as Shaman: 7 Ways Stories Will Change Your Life and Heal the World

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Johnnie Mazzocco

Perspective + POV: How you look at things changes how you look at things

This past weekend, I headed out to the Oregon Coast for a business retreat with a group of phenomenal visionary business builders. We…

3 min readOct 12, 2018

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Perspective + POV: How you look at things changes how you look at things

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Johnnie Mazzocco

Amalgamation — or How to respond when someone asks, “Is this about you?”

According to Merriam-Webster, amalgamation is “the action or process of uniting or merging two or more things.” This can show up in the…

5 min readOct 7, 2018

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Amalgamation — or How to respond when someone asks, “Is this about you?”

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Johnnie Mazzocco

Using Music to Enhance Your Writing

Music has always held an important place in my life. I grew up in the 60s listening to the sounds of my mom’s melodic 33 1/3 vinyl records…

4 min readJul 28, 2018

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Using Music to Enhance Your Writing

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Johnnie Mazzocco

Three Easy Ways Strangers Can Enhance Your Writing

I live in downtown Portland, Oregon, on the second floor of a 113-year-old building. I love my apartment, and while the building has its…

3 min readJun 15, 2018

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Three Easy Ways Strangers Can Enhance Your Writing

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Johnnie Mazzocco

The Surprising Secret to Creating Believable, Engaging Characters

We all know a good story when we read, watch, or hear one. But do you have a clear idea of what makes one story better than another?

2 min readJun 8, 2018

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Johnnie Mazzocco

Johnnie Mazzocco

Johnnie Mazzocco is a writer, book content developer, speaker, and the creator of the Writing Through the Body™ method. She’s also an adjunct professor.

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