Getting started on your writing is hard, we all know that. But you don’t have to actually write when you’re at your desk.
Watch my video or read the text below to find out why thinking about your book and mulling it over is still working on your book.
Hello my lovely writers.
I wanted to do a quick video about getting started because that can often be a hard place to start. Sometimes it’s not difficult, sometimes the getting started is easy, but there are times where getting started on the actual meat and bones of a book is hard and it’s eluding you.
I know I’ve got work to do on my non-fiction book. Non-fiction for me is not something I do often as my focus is very much on fiction, but I’m writing a book based on my course, Unlock Your Creative Block, and so the topics I’m writing about are things I talk about all the time.
Getting started on your writing is hard
They are things I include in my own writing life, so it should be easy, shouldn’t it? It should be really easy to do but I’m finding it hard.
It’s cold so I’ve put the fire on and I’ve got my lovely cat here for company. But just by being here and taking some time out with my book, even if it’s just twenty minutes to give it some thought, I am still working.
I’m still working.
I might not get the answer I’m looking for today and I might not get what I want to write down on paper but I’m still working because 80-90% of writing a book happens in our heads.
I need to embrace that, be aware of that, lean into it and think, ‘Okay, spend the time with the book, spend the time thinking, doing the mulling it over and the answers will come.’
So that is today’s work for me. Mulling it over.
How are you getting on with your book? Do let me know in the comments.
Emma xx
Emma Dhesi
Emma Dhesi is an author mindset coach and bestselling author who helps writers let go of perfectionism, self-doubt and writer’s block through her signature programme, Unlock Your Creative Block.
She is the host of the YouTube Channel, Emma Dhesi, where she interviews debut and experienced authors alike.
Through her 1:1 coaching programme, Emma helps new authors start and finish their first novel. Emma provides personal written feedback on their pages and guides them through the emotional rollercoaster that is writing a novel!
