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No Mess, No Magic · March 14 · 20 min

The Case for Half-Assing It

We talk about why lowering the bar sets you up for success in your writing life! Subscribe to my newsletter Check out my Instagram! Website New here? Hi, I'm Monica! I'm a writing coach who specializes in helping writers overcome resistance. I help writers finish drafts even when their brains are screaming “maybe reorganizing the spice cabinet would be better right now.” Because here's my take: Writing isn’t hard because you don’t know enough craft or because you're not skilled yet. Writing is hard because: it’s vulnerable it’s uncertain your brain wants to protect you from failure So I help writers build systems, friendships, and practices that let them keep writing anyway. Mess and all.

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We talk about why lowering the bar sets you up for success in your writing life!

Subscribe to my newsletter

Check out my Instagram!

Website

New here? Hi, I'm Monica! I'm a writing coach who specializes in helping writers overcome resistance.

I help writers finish drafts even when their brains are screaming “maybe reorganizing the spice cabinet would be better right now.”

Because here's my take:

Writing isn’t hard because you don’t know enough craft or because you're not skilled yet.

Writing is hard because:

  • it’s vulnerable
  • it’s uncertain
  • your brain wants to protect you from failure

    So I help writers build systems, friendships, and practices that let them keep writing anyway.

Mess and all.

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