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487 words

Hey Reader,

It’s not all about the word count. I get that. But in order to write that book, we do have to produce words. A lot of them.

And my MicroBook Magic client Sarah had written 13,980 words as of February 2026.

Then she stopped. Stalled. Ground to a halt.

Her book became a thing she kind of avoided, and every time I asked about it I felt the side-eye that she would never give me because she’s far too nice, but it was definitely there: resistance.

We could have gone around the houses on what the problem was but honestly the fix was simple in the end: make a pact with herself and get it done.

Okay okay it wasn’t quite that simple.

See, at the start of July I decided I was going to do a Tiny Experiment (thanks to Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff) and write a little bit of the fantasy novel I wanted to write every single day.

Even if it was only a single idea or a handful of words.

I had to do something.

Sarah joined me, except her goal was to write at least 100 words every weekday.

And she bloody well did.

In 18 days, she’s written 4,358 words bringing her MicroBook to a total of 18,338 words.

On Friday, she told me wrote 600-odd words during our morning Power Hour, which is very cool…

But the day before that, she afternoon-panicked her way to 100 words because she got to the end of the day and realised she hadn’t worked on her book yet. She couldn’t let her streak go, and breathed a sigh of relief when the wordcount hit 105.

She forced those words out, which honestly sometimes we just have to do.

But most other times, she’s found the flow much easier because she’s had a time set aside each day to write.

And as she said:

Yep.

The foundation is what makes the rest of the book possible. And the foundation is the part most people skip over — either because they’re so keen to get to the writing part they don’t think about it, or because all the advice they’ve seen for writers focuses on productivity and mindset and grinding it out and tools and all the other stuff, when that’s not the problem.

And that’s exactly what I do in my Book Breakthrough: Unlocked sessions.

I have three spots available in August.

If you’ve been sitting on your book idea for a while and you’re not sure how to begin, this is how.

​Book a session here or reply to this email with any questions.

TTFN,

Vicky 🫡

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