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#6: Building (and Maintaining) Your Fiction Writing Muscles Through Habits and Habit Stacking

29 min • 2 december 2024

Is one of the roadblocks to your writing career a lack of consistency? Do you feel ready to conquer your writing goals in 2025, or already overwhelmed?

In this episode, I cover:

>>How to prepare for a new habit
>>The power of “Habit Stacking”
>>Positive reinforcement
>>Setting yourself up for success

Success isn’t about big resolutions; it’s about consistency. With the right mindset and skills, 2025 can be your best writing year yet. I’m going to give you some new tools, including a powerful hack called “Habit Stacking” that changed my writing life.

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Free resources for you:

The Confident Fiction Author Toolkit: fictioncourses.com/toolkit

Dictation + Scrivener Power Combo Mini Course: fictioncourses.com/dictation

Dictation for Authors: Tools and Tips of the Trade: fictioncourses.com/dictationguide

5 Stereotypes to Avoid When Writing about Native Americans: fictioncourses.com/stereotypes

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#6: Building (and Maintaining) Your Fiction Writing Muscles Through Habits and Habit Stacking

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