by Suzanne Lieurance
Before you can expand your writing capacity, you need to see it clearly.
Many writers skip this step.
They try to do more without knowing where they are.
What Capacity Looks Like
Your current writing capacity shows up in:
• How long you naturally write
• Where your focus starts to drift
• When you feel ready to stop
This is your baseline.
Why Awareness Matters
If you don’t know your starting point, you’ll either:
• Push too far
• Or not stretch at all
Neither leads to steady growth.
A Simple Way to Find It
Today, just notice:
• When do you usually stop?
• What does that moment feel like?
• Do you stop because you’re done—or because it’s familiar?
No judgment.
Just awareness.
What You Might Notice
Many writers stop:
• Right before things get interesting
• Right when it gets slightly uncomfortable
• Right when focus dips a little
That’s the edge.
Where Growth Happens
Not before that point.
Not far beyond it.
Just past it.
Where This Fits Into May
This month, you’re expanding your capacity.
And that starts with seeing where it is now.
Your Next Step
Write as you normally would today.
Then stay just a little longer.
That’s how you begin to grow.
And, to keep growing, join us every week for Monday Morning Manifestors, a community of writers helping each other move towards their writing goals.
Suzanne Lieurance is the author of over 40 published books and a transformational Law of Attraction coach for writers who are ready to stop waiting to feel like the real thing. At Write by the Sea, she guides writers through the identity shift that changes everything — not just the writing, but the whole life built around it. She is the publisher of Manifesting Monthly magazine and the host of Monday Morning Manifestors.
