There is no quick fix for writing. There is no magic ‘one-size-fits-all’ cure for procrastination. It takes time to learn, to shape your stories and to find your own voice. It takes time to overcome the doubts and devils that steal your time and to silence the inner critic: but the solution to these obstacles is also simpler than you think.

You need to learn how to write and critique short stories. You need to study the craft. You need to write. A monthly membership – which includes a course, writing sessions, a reading challenge, community feedback and coaching, will help you do all of that, so that you can write better short stories.  

Usually, you have to choose between a course or a coach or feedback. This unique membership offers all three. You don’t have to choose. We need different things at the different stages of our writing journey. Each story is different. Sometimes we need to go back to the theory. Other times we need feedback on how we applied that theory to our stories. Sometimes we simply need someone to cheer from the side lines.  

We all want results, and I am sure you want me to make promises about how quickly you will progress. In today’s instant gratification society, we want it all, and we want it now. Writing does not work like that. You don’t decide to run an ultra-marathon the night before the race, right? Writing is the same. We need to build up our endurance. We need to work on our mental game. We need to train.

Sure, I can give you a few quick tricks that will produce fast results and I will do that, but I’d prefer to teach you why and when and how you should apply a certain rule, but I also need you to know when and how you can break that rule. Every story you write is different and requires something different from you as a writer. 

For my part, I want you to build a healthy, sustainable habit which will help you to write awesome short stories consistently and not in a mad rush that leaves you exhausted, dependent on false muses and burnt out.