Being a fiction writing coach gives daily insights into the common and different struggles aspiring authors face. It also helps us find solutions we can apply to challenges in our own creative work. Here are 5 valuable lessons we’ve learned through working with diverse writers:
In the second act of Beckett’s famous play Waiting for Godot, the tramp Vladimir says to his friend Estragon ‘habit is a great deadener’.
This is true for the writing process in that sometimes we get into habitual ways of working that are self-defeating; block-creating.
When writers tell us ‘help, I’m stuck’, often their method is making their process harder.
It might feel more instinctive to work the way you know. Yet you can still consciously shake habits that hamper productivity. A process – one you develop with intent to finish your project – is better than auto-pilot.
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