by Monica Miller
3 Myths Keeping You
from Writing Your Book
by Monica Miller
Many of you may be wanting to become an author this year . You ’ re telling yourself , “ This is the year I ’ m breaking free and I ’ m going to say yes to my dream !”
Then ….
Crickets . From yourself and your dream .
What happened ? Why didn ’ t you become the author you wanted to become ? Why didn ’ t your dream come true ?
I can tell you some reasons why and it ’ s because you ’ re believing some serious old writing myths that most people believe in and you keep repeating it to yourself , so no action is taken .
Let ’ s debunk these myths and get you into taking action and becoming an author this year !
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MYTH ONE : I DON ’ T HAVE TIME TO WRITE IN MY BOOK .
I highly dislike this one so much because last time I checked , Stephen King , James Patterson , and Danielle Steele all have 24 hours in a day , 7 days in a week , and still live 365 days a year . I don ’ t think they have figured out a portal to jump into that will stop or slow down time .
So why aren ’ t you giving time to your book ? When you tell yourself , “ I don ’ t have time ”, I want you to think about , “ What am I giving time to that is sucking my time away ?” This could include TV , social media , and Netflix binge watching .
Stop saying yes to meaningless activities and start saying yes to writing activities that has the potential to change someone ’ s life forever ! ( That includes your own !) Bottom line : Limit yourself on pointless activities and reward yourself with writing activities for small increments at a time .
MYTH TWO : I AM A PER- FECTIONIST AND MY BOOK NEEDS TO BE PERFECT BEFORE BE- ING RELEASED !
When is anything in this life perfect ?
NOTHING !
Why are you expecting yourself and your writing to be perfect ? We ’ re human beings and we ’ re definitely not perfect . Get over this illusion of perfectionism when none of us has reached it . Do you know what is better than perfect though ? Done . Done