Are you ready to write a book - the fourth sign that you're ready to be an author #authoradvice

Ingredient4 is a clear reason to write for that audience. I think writing can be very therapeutic and getting it out of your head onto the page can be a powerful way to process things that have happened. But if it's still really raw or emotional, whether it's a firing, a rejection, a death, abuse, abandonment or some other trauma, these things take time to process and to really learn from them, but before they can be shared with others in a way that really adds value and perspective. I've chatted with many authors who want to write a book out of revenge or spite because they're still so angry or hurt by what happened. They want to tell it to the world and stick it to the person that hurt them. And that's about you and your emotions. You can write a book, and maybe you should as a way to work through it, but you're maybe not ready to publish it until you can rewrite it in a way that will benefit your reader.