It Doesn’t Get Easier; You Get Better

“A writer is one for whom writing is more difficult than for others.”

This quote, translated from Thomas Mann’s 1903 Tristan, describes the novella’s character, Detlev Spinell.

Spinell’s a writer. He’s also a mess. A sanitorium patient with a brooding mind who can barely eke out a line or two at a time.

Honestly?

It’s boring, this archetypal portrait of the tortured artist, alternately self-aggrandizing and self-sabotaging.

Nobody has time for that.

Not you, and certainly not your readers.

Now, I get why writers psych themselves out in the face of great literary canons—not to mention, agents, publishers, bestseller lists:

“Who am I to write a book?”

Good writing involves a lot of moving parts—structure, story, skill, style. It’s no “easy” thing. But those of us who write for a living can’t afford to brood.

As my ballet teacher puts it: “It never gets easier, but you get better.”

One thing’s for sure anyway: a good ghostwriter or book coach will make it much, MUCH easier for you to finish and publish your book.

Not because we've cracked some code to make writing less difficult.

We’ve just learned to get it done anyway—to ignore the internal critic, resist distractions, and fill the damn page.

We’ve earned this superpower through grit and praxis, countless outlines and deadlines, drafts, and revisions.

In doing so, we realize that the greatest power of a book has nothing to do with exalting its author. 

No one cares if your title becomes a bestseller, and no one needs you to be a genius.

But your hard-won insights and fresh industry perspectives—delivered in your authentic voice? They may not forever change the course of human history, but they can and will build invaluable connections.

A good book focuses not on the author but on the reader, converting your trials into treasures for others to find. 

It all starts within, as you connect the dots in your own mind, synthesizing ideas, stories, and strategies into a curated whole.

After years of professional ghostwriting and book coaching (and many more as an amateur ballet dancer) I can attest. This was never meant to be “easy.”

It’s a complex process. At its best, it’s downright transformational.

Those connections you forge—with yourself and others—they’re worth a little sweat and strife.

So, if you’re psyching yourself out, keep writing.

If you instead keep succumbing to distractions and self-doubt—or you simply don’t have the time to give what’s needed to get better at this difficult but supremely worthwhile task—I can help.

You’ve got a book in you. Let’s get it out.