Are You Making It Harder Than It Has to Be?

Does finishing your book feel heavier than it should? Are you making it more complicated than necessary without realizing it? Let’s find out where the real friction is and how to lighten the process.

Overthinking and overplanning can often disguise themselves as progress. But in reality, they’re just noise—keeping you busy but not productive. If your book feels more tangled now than when you started, it’s time to take a step back and simplify.

The Overwhelm Trap
You gather resources. Sign up for another webinar. Open five tabs and rewrite your outline again. Sometimes, the search for the perfect process becomes a reason to delay. Overwhelm isn’t a sign you’re doing it wrong. It’s a cue to simplify.

Is Your Workflow Helping or Hurting?
Your system should support your energy, not drain it. Look at what’s currently on your plate: is it moving the book forward, or just making you feel busy? A publishing checklist should make things clearer, not more confusing.

The Myth of More Time
We tell ourselves we’ll finish the book when our schedule clears. But most progress happens in the middle of life, not after it settles. A simple tracker or step-by-step visual helps you move forward in the time you already have.

What If It Could Be Easier?
Publishing isn’t about proving how hard you can work. It’s about sharing what matters. The Write Tracker is a free resource you can use to stay accountable without pressure.

If you want a clear, visual roadmap to completion, check out PublishPro Workflow, a comprehensive Trello system for organizing and managing your publishing process.

These tools serve different needs—but both can help you make progress without the overwhelm.

You’re not behind. You’re not doing it wrong. But you might be making it harder than it has to be.

Let’s make the next step simple and take it.