by Suzanne Lieurance
Each month we feature a writing challenge that is the theme for the entire month and all our content is based on that theme.
Each monthly theme builds on the previous one, so be sure to look back at each theme for this year, no matter when you are reading this.
You can start manifesting your writing life based on these themes at any time.
Our April Theme
Writing is no longer a task on your list — it’s a calling you answer.
This month, you deepen your relationship with the work itself.
Not from obligation. Not from guilt. Not from the pressure of a deadline.
From love.
Devotion looks different from discipline. Discipline is showing up because you said you would. Devotion is showing up because something in you can’t stay away. It’s returning to the page the way you’d return to a person you love — not because it’s convenient, but because it calls to you.
That’s the energy of April.
This challenge is not about word counts. It’s not about finishing a draft or hitting a milestone. It’s about falling more deeply in love with your writing life — and letting that love become the reason you return, again and again.
How This Challenge Works
You will not be pushing harder this month.
You will be going deeper.
Each day in April, you’ll spend a small, intentional amount of time not just writing — but connecting with your writing. Remembering why it matters to you. Choosing it not as a chore, but as a gift you give yourself.
Think of this as a month of tending.
Devotion isn’t dramatic. It’s quiet and consistent. It’s the candle you light every morning. The ritual you protect. The page you return to even when the world gets loud.
Your April Focus
Choose one writing project — or one writing relationship — to devote yourself to this month.
This could be:
• A book or manuscript you’re actively working on
• A creative practice you want to deepen (journaling, poetry, essays)
• A project you’ve been circling but haven’t fully committed to
Choose the one that feels like a calling. That’s the one that deserves your devotion.
The Daily Devotion Practice (15–20 minutes)
Every day in April, move through these three steps:
1. Light the Candle
Begin your session with a single intentional thought. Before you open your document, pause and ask:
Why does this work matter to me?
You don’t need to write the answer. Just feel it. Let it orient you toward the page.
2. Write from Love, Not Obligation
Write something. Anything. A paragraph, a page, a scene, a fragment. The amount doesn’t matter.
What matters is that you come to the page as a devoted writer — not a distracted one. Not a guilty one. A writer who chose to be here.
3. Close with Gratitude
At the end of your session, write one sentence: Today I gave my work __________.
Fill in the blank honestly. Time. Attention. A new idea. An honest revision. Presence.
This closing ritual anchors your identity. Devoted writers don’t just write. They acknowledge the act of showing up.
The Weekly Devotion Arc
Week 1: The Return
This week is about simply coming back. If you’ve been away from your project — emotionally, energetically, or literally — this week is the gentle re-entry.
You are not catching up. You are returning.
Write small. Write slowly. Let yourself remember what you love about this work.
Week 2: The Offering
This week, give your project something it needs.
Not something you think you should do. Something the work is asking for.
Maybe it needs a scene you’ve been avoiding. A character who deserves more depth. A section you’ve been rushing past. Listen to the work this week, and respond with devotion.
Week 3: The Renewal
Midway through the month, devotion can start to feel like routine. That’s not a problem — but it is a signal to refresh the connection.
This week, before each writing session, read a passage from a book you love. Remind yourself why writing matters. Let someone else’s words light the fire before you tend your own.
Devotion is renewed, not just maintained.
Week 4: The Integration
In the final week of April, your task is to recognize what has shifted.
Look back at the month. Notice:
• Where did you show up for your work, even when it was hard?
• When did writing feel like a calling rather than a task?
• What does your writing life look like when you approach it with love?
You are not the same writer you were on April 1.
Devotion changes you.
Your Simple Tracking Method
Use a calendar or journal and mark each day with one of these:
• ♥ — I showed up and wrote from love
• ✦ — I showed up, even when it was hard
• ○ — I reconnected with why this work matters to me
Any mark is a win. You are tracking presence, not perfection.
The Real Goal of This Challenge
By April 30, the real win is not a word count.
It’s this: You have chosen your writing life, over and over again, not because you had to — but because you wanted to.
That’s devotion. And it’s the foundation of everything you’ll ever create.
Want the Deeper Work?
This month’s issue of Manifesting Monthly magazine is your companion for this challenge. Inside, we go deeper into:
• Releasing the guilt and obligation that block creative love
• Building rituals that make devotion feel natural
• Writing through resistance without losing the joy
• Deepening your relationship with your creative voice
• Sustaining devotion across seasons of life
If this challenge is the daily practice, the magazine is the energetic and identity shift that makes it last.
Your First Step
Today, don’t overthink it.
Open your project.
Ask yourself why it matters.
Write something — anything — from that place.
Then close with: Today I gave my work __________.
You’re not trying to become a devoted writer someday.
You are one, today.
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 and the host of Monday Morning Manifestors.
