One of the biggest ideas that stops people from writing is that it’s hard work. I’ve mentioned before in this podcast how greatly our school experiences have conditioned us into a lot of negative beliefs about writing. This is one of those beliefs.

A belief isn’t necessarily a truth. We make beliefs based on what we experienced, and you may have found writing difficult in school. Maybe the assigned subjects bored you. Maybe you got confused about outlines and footnotes.

Don’t give a thought to how good it is until you’ve established the practice of writing. It does make perfect.

Is writing really hard work?

How you can stop believing that

You’re not in school any more.

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Pat Iyer is an editor, ghostwriter and book coach. Her first publication came out in 1980 and was an article about battered women. 

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