by Suzanne Lieurance If you’ve ever sat down to write and wondered why it felt so different from the last time, you may have experienced the gap between writing from fear vs. devotion — and learning to tell the difference can change everything about your relationship with your writing. Writing from devotion feels like coming…
by Suzanne Lieurance There are times when life gets in the way of writing — and everything around you seems to conspire against the work you love. The demands are real: a family member who needs you, a job that’s spilling into every hour, a home that won’t stop requiring attention. These aren’t excuses. They’re…
by Suzanne Lieurance Writer’s block is one of those things every writer dreads — and almost every writer misunderstands. You sit down to write. The document is open. The time is yours. And nothing comes. Or worse — something comes, but it feels wrong, and you delete it, and an hour disappears. You call it…
by Suzanne Lieurance Okay, so can you guess what the one thing is that devoted writers do that other writers don’t do? It’s probably not what you might think. It’s not waking up early. It’s not writing every single day without exception. It’s not having a perfect writing space or a rigid word count goal….
by Suzanne Lieurance You can write anywhere now. That’s one of the best things about being a writer today. You’re not tied to a desk, a schedule, or even a computer. You’ve got a full writing studio in your pocket. And yet… that doesn’t mean your phone is the best place to write a book….
by Suzanne Lieurance Ask most writers about their pre-writing rituals and they’ll tell you about routines that make sense: the fresh cup of coffee, the desk cleared of clutter, the timer set for a focused session. All of that is fine. But some of the most powerful rituals devoted writers use have nothing to do…
by Suzanne Lieurance Does this sound like you? You want to be more consistent with your writing. You want to finish what you start. You want to feel like writing is just part of your life… instead of something you keep trying to get back to. So you tell yourself you need to be more…
by Suzanne Lieurance Most writing advice treats sessions as interchangeable. Show up, open the document, write. But writers who finish know something that advice rarely acknowledges: not all writing energy is the same, and what you can do well today depends almost entirely on what you’re bringing to the page. Learning to read your energy…
by Suzanne Lieurance There’s a lot of writing advice about how to feel like a writer. Less about what it looks like when you actually are one — not from the inside, but from the outside. The observable version. The decisions other people notice. Because living like a writer isn’t just an internal shift. It…
by Suzanne Lieurance You know the project. It’s the one that lives in a folder you don’t open. The one you think about when you’re falling asleep. The one you’ve told yourself you’ll get back to — soon, when things settle down, when you feel ready. You already know you’re going to finish it. You…
by Suzanne Lieurance Yikes! Does this sound like you? You were moving. You had momentum. And then something happened — life intervened, the chapter got hard, or you just put the manuscript down for a day that turned into a week that turned into a month. Now you open the file and it feels like…
by Suzanne Lieurance Writing momentum is one of those things that feels obvious when you have it and impossible when you don’t. When you’re in it, sessions flow. One day leads naturally to the next. The project feels alive. And then something interrupts. A busy week, an illness, a difficult chapter. The momentum breaks. And…
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