When I first started writing and working on my books,
I used to get stuck.
Not on ideas —
On checking, re-checking, adjusting…
Going back “just in case.”
I would finish a piece —
A poem, a page in my book —
And feel satisfied it was done.
Then I’d go back.
Overthink it.
Pull it apart.
Convince myself it wasn’t good enough —
A bad habit I carried from childhood.
And that’s where everything would stop.
I’d get stuck.
Frustrated.
Disappointed in myself.
So I built a system.
Not a perfect one.
Not a neat one.
But one that works for me.
I break everything down.
Step by step.
Track it. Tick it. Move on.
Because I learned something the hard way —
If I rely on how I feel about the work,
I’ll stay in it forever.
So I don’t.
I rely on the process.
Now I can move through a full body of work
Without getting trapped in it.
I trust my gut when something is done.
When it’s done, it’s done.
No going back unless something is actually broken.
Order is king —
Not to control the work,
But to let it be finished.
Without that system, The Lie — the book, the audiobook, all of it — would still be sitting unfinished in my notebook.
It’s not just for The Lie.
It’s how I work — across all my writing.
To anyone else looking at my notes, they’d probably think,
“Wtf… lol.”
But it’s my process — and it works for me.
Find what works for you,
And make it work for you.
Thank you for reading
Your DislexicPoet đź–¤