The truth about resistance no one talks about. Four books in, three more at the final edit, and I’ve finally figured out why the work gets harder, not easier Press enter or click to view image in full size Finishing isn’t resistance — it’s grief for the person you were before the work became real. / Author created image using AI I’m going to tell you something that contradicts almost every piece of writing advice I’ve ever read. The blank page isn’t the hard part. I’ve written four books. I have three more sitting at the final edit stage right now, close enough to done that I can see the shape of them, far enough from done that I could still walk away. And after all of this, I can tell you with certainty: starting a book is uncomfortable, but finishing one is something else entirely. Finishing one feels like dying. This is the part nobody warned me about.…