Write the Damn Thing

Got a novel to write? It’s time to write the damn thing.

The characters are living rent-free in your head. The plot keeps demanding attention. Maybe you even have a beautifully organised novel plan.

Now you just need to finish the first draft.

Write the Damn Thing is a practical, no-nonsense 30-day novel writing journal and planner designed to help fiction writers set realistic writing goals, track their word count and keep going when motivation disappears.

No guilt. No lectures. No pretending your first draft needs to be magnificent.

Instead, this guided writing journal gives you a structured, slightly irreverent way to show up, make progress and turn I’m going to write a book someday into actual words on the page.

Inside you’ll find:

  • 30 days of guided writing and accountability
  • Daily word-count goals and progress tracking
  • Plan vs Reality check-ins to record what actually happened
  • 10,000-word milestones to celebrate progress and reassess your draft
  • Self-care pit stops to check your energy, confidence and motivation
  • Story prompts and draft diagnostics for when the plot starts misbehaving
  • Emergency drafting space for ideas that refuse to arrive at convenient times
  • Revision notes and a final backup checklist for dealing with the glorious mess you’ve created

Whether you’re tackling a 30-day writing challenge, aiming for a 50,000-word draft or simply trying to build a consistent writing habit, this workbook gives you a place to show up, track the work and keep moving forward.

It’s for planners, pantsers, plantsers, aspiring authors and experienced fiction writers who occasionally need reminding that thinking about writing is not technically the same as writing.

Your first draft doesn’t have to be perfect. It doesn’t even have to be good yet.

It just has to get written.

So stop procrastinating.

Write the damn thing.

Part of The Writer’s Toolkit, a practical, no-nonsense collection of journals, workbooks and resources for fiction writers.

Available as a paperback DIRECT FROM THE AUTHOR or on Amazon