Don’t Wait to Start Writing

“If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?”

Author and publisher Brooke Warner posted that question on social media recently.

Without a doubt, my answer to that question is this:

Don’t wait for good ideas, just start writing.

A lesson I learned the hard way

Although I have been writing my entire career, I only started writing books in my own name in the last six years.

Decades ago, I started working on a nonfiction book idea. After one interview, I was overset by doubts. My idea wasn’t well-defined or marketable. I abandoned it and returned to writing for clients.

I kept waiting for the great idea, and the great idea never came.

Finally, about six years ago, I had another half-formed idea I wanted to share with the world, and started writing my way into it.

This work eventually led to my first book, Subscription Marketing. And that launched my author career, and my next book, The Writer’s Process.

The inner game is the most important part of writing.

Everyone can learn grammar and fine-tune their phrasing-once the ideas are down on paper.