On Growth & Resistance

When writers first join the Write Things Community, they arrive with all the things you'd expect. Uncertainty about their writing. Nervousness about sharing it. A quiet fear that what they've created isn't good enough — or that they aren't good enough. They come in carefully, testing the water.

Within three months, something shifts.

They're not just comfortable sharing their writing. They're hungry for it. They're showing up to feedback sessions with pages ready, not because the writing is perfect — it never is — but because they've learned that it doesn't have to be. The deadline of the private feedback group teaches them something no amount of advice ever could: that a page of imperfect writing takes you farther than a perfect idea that never gets written. They move from needing the perfect idea and the perfect plan to simply writing, exploring, and finding joy in the process again.

But here's what I've also watched happen.

Resistance doesn't disappear. It never does. It just changes shape.

The writers who once feared sitting down to write now face the uncertainty of finishing. Of revising. Of wondering whether the story they've been carrying for years will become what they imagined. The founding members — the writers who have been here from the beginning — are deep in their manuscripts now. Some are crafting new drafts. Others are revising. A few have already worked with editors. And every one of them has encountered new fears at this new stage. Finishing anxiety. Revision paralysis. The gap between the story they imagined and the draft in front of them. The quiet voice that says — even now, even after everything — am I really a writer?

This is completely normal. Resistance returns at every new threshold. It is not a sign that you're not meant to write. It is a sign that you are growing — that you are attempting something that matters. It will appear when you sit down for the first time. It will appear when you finish your first draft. It will appear when you share your work, when you revise, when you send it out into the world. At every new stage, in every new form.

The writers who understand this don't wait for it to go away. They recognize it, name it, and keep going anyway.

And more often than not, they do it together.

Having a community of writers around you — people who understand the road because they're on it too — changes everything. Not because they have all the answers, but because they remind you that the questions are normal. That the doubt is shared. That the page is worth returning to.

I've watched founding members inspire one another with their writing and with the wisdom they've earned from working through their own obstacles. They ask hard questions and offer real answers. They show up for each other in ways that genuinely move me. And every single one of them knows something they weren't sure of when they arrived.

They are writers.

That's what community does. Not just at the beginning — at every stage. When the resistance returns in a new form, you don't face it alone. You bring it to the group. You write through it together. And slowly, over time, you build something resistance can't take from you — the unshakeable knowledge that you belong on the page.

The Write Things Community is open for registration now. And if you join today, your access begins today. You don't wait for a season to start. You start now.

When you join, you become part of a private feedback group where you share your writing and receive thoughtful, supportive responses from fellow writers every month. You get access to two monthly coaching calls with me, where we work through everything from scene development to story inspiration to rekindling the joy of the process. You can drop into community writing hours — live sessions where writers come together to write, sprint, and connect. And once a month, you have access to office hours with an editor, a hybrid publisher, and a book formatter and cover designer — people you can ask real questions of as your manuscript moves toward the world.

There is much more waiting for you inside. You can explore the full details on the registration page.

Registration is $800 CAD or three payments of $275 CAD.

And here's something I want you to know: I am so confident that these three months will exceed your expectations that if you participate fully in your private feedback group throughout the season, I will return your $800 as credit toward more time in the community. Show up for your writing and your fellow writers, and your investment pays for itself.

Whether you work with me or find your people somewhere else — I want to encourage you to find your tribe. Writing is a long journey. The road is better when you don't walk it alone.

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Wishing you and your stories all the best, Trevor Martens Founder, I Help You Write Things

P.S. Join today and your access to the Write Things Community begins immediately — writing hours, coaching calls, Trevor Assistant, and more. That's over three weeks of bonus time before the July season even begins. The only thing you'll wait for is your private feedback group, which kicks off with everyone else in July. Consider it a head start.