difficulties people come up against when trying to write their book
Peter Cook, when told by a dinner companion that he was writing a book, said “Neither am I.” – it’s clever and funny…and it expresses a very common situation. Is that the book-writing situation you’re in?
Many things can get in the way of writing your book. Here are just a few:
- too busy
- time flying by
- not sure how to start
- lack of confidence in writing ability
- perfectionism: writing bits then throwing them all away
- not making it a high enough priority
- lack of clarity and direction
- too ambitious scale of project
- pessimism about chances of success
- worry about difficulty in getting published