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You did everything right, here’s what’s to do next #writing #motivation #author #fiction #writer

8 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief motivational video, the speaker addresses adults aged 30‑40 who have followed conventional life paths—college, career, marriage, mortgage—but have never written the novel they have long dreamed of. He acknowledges their achievements, points out that their children are now more independent and their careers less demanding, creating a window of time to pursue writing. Drawing on his own experience of struggling to become a writer, he claims that the fundamentals of writing can be learned in weeks rather than years. He offers a one‑hour training that promises to compress years of trial‑and‑error into a single session, and invites viewers to comment the word “draft” to receive details. The overall purpose is to motivate the target audience, position the speaker as an empathetic guide, and generate leads for the training program.

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You did all of the right things. You went to college and got the practical degree. You started a great career. You got married, took care of your family, took on a mortgage and made every single payment. The only problem with that is you're now 30 to 40 years down the road and you never wrote that novel, that book you've been dreaming of writing since you were a kid. But, and this is the good news, for the first time you actually have some time. Your kids don't need you as much anymore. Your career isn't killing you, taking 60+ hours a week, and you've got that time to invest in this dream you've had since you were a kid. The only problem is you don't have another 20 or 30 years to flail around and figure it out on your own. And I get it. I was in the same place. I was spending years and years trying to figure out how to be a writer. And then what I found is that you can quickly learn the fundamentals of writing in weeks instead of years. And I want to show you exactly how I did this. So just put the word draft down in the comments. I'll send you all the details on the training, but this is going to be the best hour you've spent on your writing. It's gonna save you years of trying to figure this out on your own. I'll see you there.