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Learn to Write Like You Mean It

21 ridiculous things you DON’T need to write your book

Published 16 days ago • 1 min read

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Hey Reader,

Opinions and instructions, as far as the eye can see!

Google “how to write a book” and you’ll find all manner of exhausting advice about what you should (and should not) do.

And it’s all contradictory, because all most people can do is tell you what THEY did and then insist that will work for you, too.

(It might; it might not.)

The others have something expensive to sell you that you don’t need.

So here’s a bunch of things I DON’T use to write books:

  1. Yet another course on “how to write a bestseller in a weekend.”
  2. To neglect the entire rest of your life to focus on this one thing.
  3. A perfectly organised Trello board with all the ideas.
  4. 3 months of uninterrupted writing time.
  5. Fancy leather-bound notebooks.
  6. A snazzy little French beret.
  7. Expensive writing software.
  8. An antique fountain pen.
  9. Fancy writing software.
  10. Unwavering positivity.
  11. A cabin in the woods.
  12. A bucket of absinthe.
  13. A 100% original idea.
  14. A brand new laptop.
  15. Existential misery.
  16. To get up at 4am.
  17. A foolproof plan.
  18. Kale smoothies.
  19. A fancy agent.
  20. A publisher.
  21. Permission.

Wanna know what I do have?

Something to say.

And the means to say it.

How about you?

TTFN,

Vicky 🫡

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