This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, especially given established and hugely successful authors are well-known to struggle with the same challenge.

Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy, famously wrote, “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”

For Hunter S. Thompson, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, “every deadline was a crisis.”

When my coaching clients come to me looking for help meeting their writing deadlines, they’re often surprised by my initial response.

Before I recommend course corrections, pull out the ol’ Eisenhower matrix, or start teaching focus techniques, I first ask them a simple, but extremely important, question.

Click here to discover the question.

Once you have read the article, hit reply and let me know if it applies to you!

Your pal in writing, 

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​​​​​​​Kevin T. Johns, writing coach