Writing Process

If you’ve ever found yourself staring at your manuscript and thinking, “Something feels off, but I just can’t put my finger on what it is” — you are definitely not alone in that experience. Most writers don’t abandon their stories because they lack talent or are simply lazy. Instead, they stop because the plot begins…

There’s a very specific and unsettling kind of dread that creeps in when you find yourself halfway through a draft and suddenly everything feels… beige, dull, and uninspired. The beginning was exciting and full of energy. You had momentum on your side. You were completely obsessed with your characters and the world you were building….

There are definitely days when writing feels completely impossible. It’s not dramatic or tragic — just flat and uninspired. I open the document, stare at the blinking cursor, and immediately want to do literally anything else to avoid facing the page. For a long time, I believed that meant I simply shouldn’t write. That motivation…

I used to believe there was something fundamentally wrong with me because my stories never stayed consistent or unchanged. I would meticulously plan everything — characters, chapters, even specific scenes that I was absolutely certain I would write exactly as I had imagined them. And then I’d sit down to draft… and none of it…