Your Writing Excuses
Your Writing Excuses
You know your writing excuses are lying to you. Let’s be brutally honest: the biggest obstacle to writing your book in 30 days isn’t your job, your kids, or your bank account—it’s the comfortable little bundle of excuses you keep wrapped around yourself like a blanket.
You’ve told yourself:
1. “I don’t have time”
Of course you don’t. Nobody does. But you do have minutes—and that’s all you need. Fifteen minutes before work. Twenty in your lunch break. A half-hour before bed instead of scrolling. Do that every day and you’ve got 500–1,000 words. In 30 days, that’s a full draft.
Real people—parents, shift workers, full-timers—have done it. You’re not waiting for time to appear; you’re making it by deciding your book matters more than Netflix tonight.
2. “I’m not a writer”
Neither was J.K. Rowling before she started. “Writer” isn’t a title you’re born with—it’s an identity you earn by sitting down and writing.
Your first draft doesn’t need to be good; it just needs to exist. A bad first draft can be edited. A blank page? Not so much. In 30 days, you won’t just have words—you’ll have the proof that you are a writer, because you wrote a book.
3. “It’s too expensive”
If you think writing a book costs thousands, you’ve been sold a myth. Writing is free.
Editing can be affordable if you shop smart or swap services with another writer. Publishing can cost less than a decent dinner out—especially with self-publishing tools. The “too expensive” excuse often hides fear: fear of failure, fear of judgment. But fear doesn’t pay the bills, and it certainly won’t print your book.
Here’s the truth: writing a book in 30 days isn’t about finding perfect circumstances—it’s about starting anyway. The people who succeed aren’t those with more time, talent, or money. They’re the ones who decided that “someday” wasn’t good enough.
Your book isn’t going to write itself while you wait for the stars to align. In fact, the longer you delay, the more those excuses become your reality.
So here’s your challenge: for the next 30 days, trade your excuses for action. Write daily. Show up messy. Stay uncomfortable. Because at the end of the month, you can have a finished manuscript—or you can still have your excuses. But you can’t have both.
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Marji Hill
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