So You Want to Be a Writer. But You Won’t Do What It Takes.

Writing isn't about talent!

You say you want to write a book.

You say it like it’s a matter of time. Like the story is already inside you, ready to spill out. It’s not.

Because when it comes down to it, you won’t do what it takes.

You won’t research the setting before writing three chapters based on it, learn how character arcs work. You won’t take feedback that hurts, even if it’s true. You won’t kill the sentence you love, even though it’s dragging your scene down.

But you’ll do this instead:

👉 Fantasise about your book launch.

👉 Daydream about quitting your job once the royalties pour in.

👉 Tell people you’re “working on something,” but you haven’t opened your draft in months.

You’ll even Google “How to go viral on LinkedIn” before you Google “What makes a plot work.”

Because somewhere along the way, you mistook the idea of being a writer for the work of becoming one.

Let me tell you what most people won’t:

Writing isn’t about talent.

It’s about craft. About building skills that no one sees. It’s about showing up to your draft with no inspiration, no clarity—just grit.

It's knowing that sometimes a sentence needs five rewrites. Sometimes, an entire chapter needs to be discarded. Sometimes your favourite idea doesn’t fit, and you have to let it go.

And it hurts.

But if you can’t do that? If you can’t sit in the mess and clean it up word by word, then you’re not writing. You’re pretending.

Harsh? Maybe.But I’ve seen too many brilliant stories die in half-finished drafts. Not because the writer wasn’t good, but because they didn’t want to learn what “good” actually means.

If any of this made you squirm a little, that’s okay. It means you care.

And if you’re ready to stop pretending and start doing, come find me.