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Write or Die Magazine (Forever Workshop)

How to Pick a Project (for Writers with Commitment Issues)

Well, well, well, here come The Four Horsemen of Procrastination (and we're gonna kick ALL their asses)

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Jo Gatford and mort the write or die vulture
Sep 30, 2025
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Right. It’s time. You’re finally gonna write that thing you really want to write. That thing you’ve been thinking about writing forever, but somehow never get to the starting part.

In this workshop, we’re focusing on all those brilliant, full-of-potential, hypothetical ideas we’ve spent so much time speculating about and actually make them real.

Every lesson, we’ll be targeting a different Horseman of the Procrastination…ocalypse (catchy!) so you can get out of your own way, tell writer’s block to go screw itself, and start writing something.

Let’s face it, you’re probably gonna forget to check back here unless you subscribe and get reminders sent straight to your email, soooo you should probably do that:

The First Horseman of the Procrastin-ocalypse:
✨ Decision Paralysis ✨

Do you have a metric shit-ton of creative ideas banging around your head but don’t seem to be making progress on any of them?

If you’re struggling to write anything right now, it might be that you simply have too many choices.

As frustrating as this is, it’s a pretty fantastic problem to have. And there’s a very simple solution — so long as you’re willing to set aside some of the subconscious bullshit that’s stopping you from making the decision in the first place (natch).

Got 5 minutes? Got a scrap of paper to scribble some notes on? Let’s figure it out.

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