Today is the day you don’t want to write.

Today is the day that writing is hard, no fun at all.

“I don’t want to.”

And yet, you’ve made a commitment to yourself to work on your novel, your short story, poem, essay, book.

What do you do?

You write anyway.

You write through your pain, your jitters, your fears, and you do that by facing the truth about your fears, doubts, what’s boring, what’s uncomfortable, and yucky.

Welcome to Stage 3 of the Writer’s Adventure: Resistance. Or Refusal of the Call.

Last week we looked at the Call, your book and your vision for your book.

This week we face all the reasons why you can’t write, won’t write, shouldn’t write.

Write Anyway.

Start with the pain, and appreciate the hell out of it by writing about IT.

Happy Facing Your Resistance!

c. 2009 Beth Barany

Resources

You can find the rest of the stages in Beth’s new book, The Writer’s Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book.

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