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Writing Diaries #3: The 20k Writing Impasse

Writing Diaries #3: The 20k Writing Impasse

Determination is an uphill battle.

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Kendra Mase
Jun 30, 2025
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Welcome to Writing Diaries! This is a behind-the-scenes peek into my real-time writing process for paid subscribers. These entries will be honest snippets capturing the ups, the downs, and everything in between. It’s less polished, more personal — like a creative journal I’m letting you read over my shoulder.

Thanks for supporting my work and being part of the process.

Writing is a fickle creature. I’ve said it once. I’ll say it again.

I’ll say it a million times. Because it is true.

Especially when you are working through the ten-thousand words that stands between 20k and 30k.

If you have written a book before or maybe even a large thesis, I have a feeling that you know what I am talking about.

It brings out the best and worst of you and your story.

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