With the new year, a lot of us are back to work. For many of my friends, that means back to writing.
I’ve been fielding questions about the process. One friend wrote me to say she’s wondering, “Am I on the right track? Can you tell me whether I should write this or something else?”
No author ever knows if she/he is on the right track. We all feel “at sea.” In fact, as you get into the writing of your book, it will get worse before it gets better. Yep. My friends call it the “oh, crap” moment, and even New York Times bestselling authors report to me that they have it, too.
Which is a long way of saying, this is normal.
The trick is to believe in your project despite those internal voices which say, “Argh! Why did I ever think this was a good idea? I should give up and write something else! Anything else! This is dumb! It will never sell! No one will want to read it but me! I’m wasting my time!”
Sound familiar? You see, that nasty chorus is why most people never finish writing their book. Most people