How To (Finally) Finish Your Book With Roz Morris

What are the most common reasons why writers don't finish their books —and how can you overcome them in order to finish yours this year? Roz Morris gives practical writing and mindset tips.

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Roz Morris is a best-selling author as a ghostwriter and an award-nominated author with her own literary novels. She writes writing craft books for authors under the Nail Your Novel brand, and is also an editor, speaker and writing coach.

You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.

Show Notes

* The most common reasons that writers abandon books

* Creating a system for your creative process

* Finding the motivation to finish your book even when it gets tough

* The importance of research to help you keep going

* How to commit to finishing one project when you have multiple started

* Staying confident when you start doubting your book

* Knowing when to park a project

You can find Roz at RozMorris.org

Transcript of Interview with Roz Morris

Joanna: Roz Morris is a best-selling author as a ghostwriter and an award nominated author with her own literary novels. She writes writing craft books for authors under the Nail Your Novel brand, and is also an editor, speaker and writing coach.

Today, we're talking about why writers abandon books and how you can draft, fix and finish with confidence. And we'll have tips for both fiction and nonfiction authors. So welcome back to the show, Roz.

Roz: Thank you, Joanna. It's so nice to be here again.