Writing a novel is hard. It takes a ton of time, effort, energy, and a big dollop of emotional resilience to go from the spark of an idea all the way to The End.

There’s no getting around that effort, but there are also lots of ways we unintentionally make that process harder than it needs to be.

On today’s podcast, I’m breaking down the parts of writing that will always be hard and the places where we can make some small shifts to avoid making it harder.

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