You’ve started your book and you’ve written a few pages. You’re on a roll and when you stop for the day you promise to write daily. But the next thing you know you haven’t written in days.
When you start writing each time you type a sentence, your inner editor cringes. You’re terrified you’re going to write something dreadful, so you don’t write anything. You stare at the blank page.
You may have even started to question whether you should be writing a book at all.
In your mind you wrote something great that first day and you consider yourself a great writer. Writers have this image of the literary greats sitting at their typewriters banging out their stories. You think they sit down and keep writing from the first page to the last. Since you want to emulate them you feel that you have to be perfect each time you write.
If this sounds familiar then you might be struggling with these common obstacles of perfectionism and procrastination. And yes, they go hand in hand. Trying to be perfect leads to procrastination.
But this mindset keeps you from growing. After all, you can’t improve your writing until you’ve actually written something. Rather than staying chained to the belief your work must be perfect, focus on creating that first draft.
Push yourself to see quantity versus quality in your writing, in your word count, or with your page count.
Give yourself permission to write a terrible book. When your inner editor criticizes you, remind her to wait her turn. She’ll get her chance to point out flaws when it’s time for you to do your revisions. In the meantime, keep writing.
Hire ME as your book writing coach
Has perfection kept you from writing?
If you’ve tried everything else and nothing seems to be working, it might be time to hire a writing coach. A writing coach will listen to your ideas, give you feedback, and help you brainstorm when you’re stuck.
But one thing a writing coach won’t do is put up with your excuses. He or she will call you on them. You’ll be challenged to keep working on your book, regardless of what’ going on around you and encouraged to keep at it until you’re done.
I am the Book Coach to guide you through the writing process. I will provide structure through accountability, actionable and achievable goals to transform your words into a finished manuscript. I’m like your personal trainer for your writing journey! Together we’ll break through your writer’s block.
About Rebecca
I’m author and book writing coach, editor and ghostwriter, Rebecca Camarena, and I would love to connect with you!
Would you like to Write and Publish Your Book with Ease?
Here’s how;
- Fill out the contact form and I’ll be in touch to set up a calendly appointment
