by Suzanne Lieurance
You’ve shown up all month. Now it’s time to finish the writing project you’ve been devoted to.
April has been a month of devotion — of choosing your writing life on purpose, of showing up even when it was hard, of building a practice that belongs to you. And if you’ve been working on a project alongside that practice, this final week of the month is your invitation to bring it home.
Finishing is its own skill. It requires something slightly different from the sustained devotion that got you this far. It requires a decision — a clear, deliberate choice that this is the week you cross the line.
Here’s how to set yourself up to finish. First, get clear on exactly what “done” means for this project right now. Not perfect. Not publication-ready. Done for this stage. A completed first draft. A revised chapter. A finished outline. Define the finish line so you know when you’ve crossed it.
Next, look at the days you have left this week and block time specifically for finishing. Not for general writing — for this. Treat those blocks as non-negotiable appointments with the version of yourself who finishes things.
Finally, let go of the parts that aren’t essential right now. Finishing doesn’t mean perfect. It means complete enough to move to the next stage. Every word doesn’t have to be exactly right. The project just has to be done.
You’ve been devoted to this all month. Give yourself the gift of finishing it.
And, if you want a community that celebrates finishing as much as starting — and shows up every Monday to hold you to the writing life you’ve chosen — Monday Morning Manifestors is where that happens. Join us here.
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.