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I still remember the night I typed the last sentence of my first manuscript. My hands were shaking. My coffee had gone cold hours ago. I stared at that final period on the screen and felt a wave of pride. That tiny dot meant I’d actually done it — I’d written an entire book. The […]
I sat at my kitchen table a few years ago, staring at a blank screen. I had a real story inside me, not fiction. I wanted to share what I learned over a decade. But starting felt like standing at a mountain’s base with no map. Many feel this way. British author Ed Parnell said […]
I sat at my desk one Saturday morning, staring at a blank document for two hours straight. My coffee went cold. My cat gave up waiting for attention. I had a powerful true story burning inside me, but I couldn’t get a single word onto the page. That’s when I realized something Abbie Emmons often […]
I sat at my desk three years ago, staring at a blank screen. I had many ideas but didn’t know where to start. Writing a book seemed huge and scary. That night, I read about Tom Wolfe’s daily writing habit. He wrote 2,000 words every day. This simple discipline clicked for me. I started with […]
A few years ago, I was in a small coffee shop in Brooklyn. I stared at a blank screen for months. I had lots of research and interviews on a topic I loved. But, I didn’t know how to write a book that people would read. This struggle changed me. I learned that nonfiction writing […]
I stared at my laptop for two hours last Tuesday. Not a single word was written. My cursor blinked like a tiny judge. I had a true story to tell but couldn’t start. That night, I found an interview with Sonia Faleiro. She worked on 3,000 pages and hundreds of interviews for a project. It […]
I was stuck in a Brooklyn coffee shop three years ago. I was trying to write about my grandmother’s immigration story. The words were dull, and the scenes felt lifeless. I was about to quit when I read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me. Coates’ writing was raw and powerful. It showed me what […]
I stared at a blank Word document for three hours one rainy Tuesday night. My cursor blinked like a tiny heartbeat on the screen. I had a story burning inside me — a memoir about growing up in rural Kentucky — but I had no clue where to begin. That night, I typed one sentence. […]
I still remember sitting in a Barnes & Noble café back in 2019. I was flipping through Brené Brown’s “Dare to Lead.” Something clicked in my brain that afternoon. I thought, “I have stories and expertise worth sharing too.” That single moment launched me into a journey I wasn’t prepared for — writing my first […]
I once stared at a blank screen, feeling stuck. The book inside me seemed trapped. If you’re feeling the same, know you’re not alone. Even famous authors like Stephen King and Brené Brown started where you are. Starting to write a book can be daunting. You might wonder where to start or if you’re good […]