How to Be a Writer, Like You Always Thought You Would.
Plenty of us thought we’d be writers when we grew up. It was right up there in any eight-year-old’s top five answers to “What do you want to be when you grow up?” along with “professional surfer, Broadway dancer, marine biologist, child psychologist, and movie star!” Oh wait…was that just my top five? Still…a LOT of people thought that when they became grown-ass adults, they’d be writers. And yet…not that many people are.
When I ask new clients what’s stopped them from writing before, they answer:
“I didn’t know where to start,”
“I didn’t know what to write about,”
“I tried and it was too hard,”
“I was too busy,”
“I started but didn’t keep going,”
“I opened a blank page ,and nothing happened!”
I get it! It’s not that writing itself is all that hard. It’s all that other stuff that stops potential writers in their tracks. I also hear people say they weren’t sure if their story was any good and since it’s almost impossible to get published, why even try?
For sure, writing is a discouraging occupation and for centuries, people have been gate-kept from trying. It’s a fear-driven industry with a severe scarcity mindset that tells potential writers they’re not among the few, the proud, and the publishable.
Almost every writer I know feels the fear-factor - fear of rejection, fear that their grammar isn’t perfect, fear that someone will read about themselves in their story and get mad, fear that no one will ever read their story, fear that since they can’t find a way to start, they’ll never find a way to finish, fear that they’ll never become the writer they thought they’d be.
That’s a lot of fear to bring to what should be a beautiful, creative process. But you know what feels worse than fear? Regret! Regret that you never did the things you truly wanted to do. Regret that you left your joy, talent, and creativity behind. Regret that the story you most wanted to tell will go undocumented and forgotten for all time. Regret sucks!
That’s why I created an e-course to help people get past that. How to be a Writer is a practical, 7-lesson class that covers the basics everyone needs to become the writer they always thought they’d be. It’s super practical with lessons that cover the tools, habits, reasons, and structures you need to be a writer. You’ll get plenty of writing practice during the course itself and when you’re done, you’ll know exactly how to write the story you most want to tell.
Being a writer doesn’t mean you have to write the next great novel or best-selling book. I mean, you certainly can, and those are totally achievable goals. But being a writer might mean writing a book, journal, blog, short stories, essays, articles, poems, or love letters. Whatever it is that wants to be written through you, How to be a Writer is where you start. Come on over to the E-courses tab on my website, sign up, and take the class! The little kid in you who always knew you’d be a writer will thank you.
