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You know how you thought about writing your book today...
but instead spent your time on Facebook?
And now you’re mad at yourself?
The Way To Write Your Book is... All About ...  YOU

Win Your Writing Game:
Finish Your Book in 2020

Transform Your Inner Storyteller
From "I Can't" to "I Can" in 10 weeks

One Simple Step to Win Your Writing Game and Finish Your Book in 2020

Step 1: Flip Your Mental Switch From "I Can't Write Now, Because... to "I Can Write Now."

Isn't that simple?

So...when you know you want to write, and you know writing is how you will finish your book...

...why don't you do it?

I used to ask myself this very question. Here's how I used to write: when I could find the time.

Guess what? I was a mom, a student, had a job, and...didn't find a lot of time.

Worse, my inner storyteller was convinced I couldn't find the time, either. I had so many stories about why I couldn't write, it was a wonder I didn't just give up. But I'm stubborn.

What is your inner storyteller telling you about writing? Is it saying you're too busy? You can't write in a fishbowl and you don't have an office? You aren't the "writer-type"?

I can relate. I had so many stories about why I couldn't write that...

...you guessed it...

I rarely wrote, until I needed to finish a story to bring to my critique group, or to my writing class. Those deadlines flipped my "I can't write" script to "I can write."

What flips your script from "I can't" to "I can"?

Why Do Deadlines Help You Change "I Can't Write Because..." to "I Can Write Because..."

Deadlines are a great way to flip the script and encourage you to make the time to write your book. But deadlines don't change the circumstances of your life. A deadline doesn't create a quiet office for you to retreat into and write. A deadline doesn't make unsupportive relatives become more supportive.

Your inner storyteller may grudgingly tell a story about why you can...when you have a deadline...

But when that deadline is weeks away...your inner storyteller is all about why you can't write right now.

I'd spent a lot of time believing my inner storyteller was right about all the reasons I didn't have time to write. And then I sold my first book, and had a deadline, with an editor waiting, and an advance on the line.

Technically, I had more than one deadline. I had a deadline to take that first book I'd sold (which was complete) and change it from Regency era to Victorian era, as well as make any edits my editor thought I should make to the story.

But...when I sold that first book, I also sold two more. Two more unwritten books. With short deadlines to get them finished and back to the editor.

Exactly.

After indulging my inner storyteller in stories about why I couldn't write, more than in stories about why I could, I needed to learn how to flip the "I can" script on, and turn off the "I can't" script, so that I could finish more books, quickly. Even though my life hadn't gotten any less busy.

How would you feel if you suddenly had a publishing contract for your book? Do you think you'd immediately flip your script from "I can't" to "I can"?

Sounds easy, right? Let me tell you, I sold my first book in the spring of 1999.

By 2002, I had written six books in 3 years, and revised that first book extensively.

Flipping the "I Can't" to "I Can" script, however, was not easy. It worked more like a wonky circuit breaker, that I had to keep flipping back to "I Can" every time I noticed that doubt and fear and the general busyness of life had flipped it to "I Can't."

Finishing a Book is Always Simple, But Rarely Easy

You believe that you would flip that switch to "I can" if you had a publishing contract.

I know you do. I did, too.

But I've had lots of writing contracts and deadlines.

It was simple to flip that switch when I had those tight deadlines. But not easy. During those 3 years, my husband had a summer internship at NASA (fear flipped my switch to "I can't" daily during that summer), so we moved our family to Hunstville for 2 months. He had a sabbatical at Kent State, so we moved our family to Ohio for six months (again, I had to keep flipping that switch back to "I can").

I worked hard to figure out how to get past writer's block, procrastination, and general life distractions. I have accumulated a giant toolbox of hacks and rituals to flip that switch to "I can" as quickly as I notice it is in "I can't" mode.

My brain, it turns out, is both my greatest creative ally, and my greatest creative enemy.

Over the last twenty years, I have looked into brain science, I've done motivation seminars, I've read every book there is on how to get the darned book done. I've asked every writer what she does to get the writing done.

And I've found there's really one secret to finish your book: you have to figure out, as quickly as possible, every day, how to get past the block, flip the switch to "I can," and write.

I've had a lot of help along the way. Critique groups and writer's friends who offered me new things to try when the old things stopped working (they seem to do that with a fairly reliable and inconvenient regularity).

And now, I'm going to help you.

I promise, it won't take you 10 years to get that book done. Or to get the next one done, either.

Work with me for 10 weeks to clear the mind clutter, flip the switch, and see your path from start to finish; write every day: finish your book.

Sound like something you're ready to do?

Email me. We'll chat about whether Win Your Writing Game: Finish Your Book in 10 Weeks is right for you.

But don't hesitate -- flip the switch to "I can" and talk to me. Because I'm only taking on 10 students for this special opportunity, and they only way to get in is to talk to me (promise I don't bite...or do any kind of hard sell).

EXPLORE HOW TO FINISH YOUR BOOK

You Have a Million Excuses

You want to write.

But you don't.

You want to finish your book and move to the next step.

But you don't.

Your story is stuck in your head and you want to get it out.

But you can't.

You want to feel like this...without the whisky.

 

What Does a Finished Book Look Like?

A finished book tells a complete story, from beginning to end, depending on the rules of its genre.

It's about 200-500 pages long (40,000 - 150,000 words).

It follows one character, or several, through amazing adventures and ultimate transformation.

It makes the reader laugh, cry, gasp, and sigh.

Usually.

Sometimes you know when the book is finished.

Sometimes you're so close to it, you need someone else to gently pull it from your hands and tell you you're done.

Dreams Are Nice...

You dream of having a finished book.

But you don't know how to get there.

It took me ten years to write my first novel.

I wrote many short stories, took university classes, belonged to a critique group with published writers and editors.

But I was afraid to start a novel.

Can you relate?

I didn't know how.

I had dozens of excuses.

• I felt like I'd never make my dream of writing a book come true.

• I felt there were too many hurdles to ever overcome because of my family and my job.

• I was afraid I wasn't good enough.

I know, you can relate.

But you're lucky -- you have me. I can help you make your dream come true faster than you believe possible.

...Action is Nicer

You want to take action.

But what action?

Once I flipped the switch to "I can," I created a writing plan and got to work.

It was very simple. Write the book.

I didn't even have an outline, just a book that wanted to be written.

I didn't have a lot of free time, so I wrote before my family woke up, and late at night when they were in bed.

When I started to flag (because it was hard to do and that darn switch kept flipping back to "I can't" when I wasn't looking), I found a local writer's group and joined a critique group. Suddenly, I had people who cared if I finished the book. They wanted to know what happened to these characters.

So I finished that book.

And many more.

All the exact same way. I wrote them word by word, paragraph by paragraph, page by page, scene by scene, chapter by chapter.

I learned some short cuts along the way, of course. A lean mean outline saved me (eventually) from going down blind alleys and having to back up and start over. The right feedback can deepen the story and take it places I didn't realize it could even go.

But there was only one thing that really mattered: flipping the switch to "I can" and getting the writing done on a regular basis.

Most of the writers I know, successful and aspiring, still struggle with "I can't." We want the short cuts to get the story out of our heads and onto the page.

There are shortcuts.

But all of them involve one key factor -- you have to write.

 

“[Kelly] gave me the courage and permission to get out of my way and write.”

I write (business) non-fiction. But I've always wanted to write fiction. A thriller. I knew it was in me, buried deep. But finding the courage to write, to give myself permission, had been a challenge; mission impossible.

God knows I've tried. I own all the books on Amazon. I've been to author events. I've paid to learn from those doing this. Yet: writing that story; a short story, was elusive. Until I had the idea of hiring a coach: Kelly.
Sometimes the fearful reluctant writer just needs a kick in the ass, some encouragement, and the pressure of accountability.

I loved working with Kelly. It was uncomfortable. It was rewarding. It gave me the courage and permission to get out my way and write.
 
Forward motion is a thing of beauty. From the shitty first draft to the fifth rewrite; a story takes shape, the words arrange into something worth reading. Like magic.
 
Thank you, Kelly. You rock!
 
 

André Chaperon, Tiny Little Businesses

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Someone to Answer Your Every Writing SOS

There are a lot of decisions to writing a book, from the beginning, until you type 'the end." The story is there in your head, but what genre should it be? How long? Who is the main character? Her antagonist? How much faster would those decisions be made if you could bounce them off a coach with a lifetime of experience to offer you? That's what 1-to-1 coaching offers. When your switch is stuck in "I can't," I'll help you flip it back to "I can" in record time.

 

Complete focus on getting your book finished

A book is a big picture project. But your focus needs to be on the scene in front of you when you're writing. You'll create a Lean Mean Outline to give you the big picture, and then be able to focus on each scene with your full attention, knowing how and why you're writing it.

Rapid Brainstorming

Picture this: you have three good plot twist possibilities. Which one to choose? Or should you keep looking?

A rapid brainstorm coaching session (10-15 minutes), and you're ready to write with confidence.

No More Getting Stuck and Spinning Your Wheels

When you have a question (as soon as you do), you ask and get an answer that gets you back to writing.

Know Your Elephant

Remember the story about the blindfolded people who each describe an elephant by feeling the part nearest them?

Sometimes writing a book can feel like describing an elephant blindfolded.

That won't be you. You'll know every part of your book very well when you finish your book. The trunk, the spine, the four legs, the tail.

You won't forget to write the tail -- or pin it in the place where the trunk belongs.

You'll know your elephant.

And so will the readers who read your -- finished -- book.

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