What’s the #1 issue aspiring authors hit as they reach for their book goals? They’re just not writing!
Regardless of their good intentions, the words are not flying on the page the way they’d like.
Sidenote: Get our guide on how to create a writing plan you can stick to HERE.
Sound like you? If so, you may need to ask yourself the world’s simplest question:
What’s really going on?
Yeah, this sounds a little too simple, right? But srsly—have you tried it?
Because until you’ve zeroed in on the specific issues you’re facing, it’s far too easy to get caught in the washing machine of stuckness.
Which goes:
- Not writing
- Beating yourself up about not writing
- Promising yourself you’ll start writing
- Not writing
- Repeat
Ugh—no fun for anybody!
So let’s go back to basics.
If you’re not writing, what’s really going on?
❌ Maybe your writing schedule is unrealistic.
❌ Maybe your household is too loud and distracting.
❌ Maybe you’re editing every word over and over, getting no further than a page or a paragraph or—gulp—a sentence without trying to make it even more perfect.
Each one of these problems has a very different solution.
Unrealistic goals? → ✅ Create a doable writing schedule that you can actually stick to (try ours here)
Noisy environment? → ✅ Go write at the library or a coffee shop
Death by editing? → ✅ Put a moratorium on editing until you have a first draft
See? Very different solutions even though they each come from the same “symptom”—not writing!
(And none of them includes “I’m a failure” or “I’ll never meet my goals” or any of those other nasty stories we use to beat ourselves up!)
We hope this gets you one step closer to holding a finished book in your hands!