Self Limiting Stories hold back many creative heroines from reaching their goals. Many people, a great many, in fact, have a goal to write a book. I hear it all the time. Yet only a fraction of them ever do it. It remains the elusive goal. I think it is more a case of wanting to have written rather than do the writing.  Unless you have a ghostwriter, a book will not write itself.

Besides, for many people the goal is to sell a book. To sell a book, you first must write it (or at least a proposal). Commit it to paper, page by page. That is the part that can be, well, work. It is tough enough with a positive quest story.

Myths You Tell Yourself

I can’t because I can’t even spell my own name.   Get a spell checker or hire an editor.

I can’t because there are already too many books out.  Always room for one more.

I can’t because I don’t have an agent.    Self publish.

I can’t because I may fail.     What is the worst that can happen?

I can’t because I will have to quit my job.   Do it parttime.

I can’t because I am too old.  Better late than never.

I can’t because critics may trash it.   What does not kill you makes you stronger.

I can’t because I don’t know what to write.  Write about what you know.

I can’t because I am not an idea person.  You don’t have to reinvent the wheel

I can’t because I can’t get started.  Join a writer’s group.

Hint:  Remove the “I can’t from your vocabulary, and replace it by ‘I will’