E35 - Turn Your Dream Into Reality: Complete Your First Draft This Year!

💬Episode Summary:In this episode, we discuss how to overcome the fear and uncertainty of writing a first draft and turn your dream of completing a book into reality. Using a combination of creativity and logical planning, you can create a writing routine that works for you and ensures steady progress. Whether you're a discovery writer or an outliner, you'll learn how to trust the process, stay consistent, and finish your first draft this year.

💬Key Points Discussed:

• Embracing Uncertainty in Writing: Writing is like driving at night—you only need to see a little ahead to reach your destination.
• The Shitty First Draft: First drafts are messy, and that’s okay! Treat it as a way to familiarize yourself with your story or idea.
• Managing Writing Fears: Your brain craves certainty, but writing requires embracing the unknown and pushing forward despite the discomfort.
• Using Logic to Support Creativity: The logical brain can help the creative brain by setting realistic goals and structuring writing sessions.
• Step 1: Figure Out Your Writing Output: Identify how many days and hours you can dedicate to writing and set a manageable daily writing goal.
• Step 2: Establish a Production Goal: Based on your writing output, calculate how long it will take to finish your draft and set a deadline.
• Step 3: Plan to Win Every Writing Session.

• Step 4: Cross the Finish Line: Pushing through the final stretch builds confidence, reinforces your identity as a writer, and sets the foundation for revisions and future projects.

💬Takeaways:

• Writing a first draft is about progress, not perfection.
• Planning and consistency help overcome fear and writer’s block.
• Writing one page a day can lead to a completed draft sooner than you think.
• Trust your writing process.
• Crossing the finish line is about persistence—finishing your draft transforms you from an aspiring writer into an accomplished one.

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Welcome to Becoming A Writer, where writing inspiration is served fresh in 20 minutes or less, every 2nd and 4th Saturday.

One big lesson to learn as writers - it’s not just about publishing a book—it’s about becoming a writer who writes for life. There’s plenty of advice out there on how to write and publish, but not much about how to be a writer—how to love the process and grow into it. Once you figured that out, you will never stop writing.

This podcast is here to help you explore, experiment with, and express your writer self. Writing can be fun, fulfilling, and a lifelong joy—and your books deserve the writer you’re meant to be.

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I’m Rubina Gauri Gomes, a multi-genre writer exploring mystery, suspense, and the creative life.

I encourage writers to pursue their passion through my podcast, ⁠⁠Becoming A Writer⁠⁠.

I have authored⁠⁠Soul Writer vs. Social Writer⁠⁠, a guide to discovering and embracing both the introspective Soul Writer and the engaging Social Writer within you, helping you balance these aspects for a more fulfilling writing journey.