Before I started working with Susanne I was avoiding getting properly started on my book. I had an accepted proposal, publishing contract and a great editor but still I wasn’t able to prioritise writing. I felt dangerously close to ruining everything, like I had done in the past in a similar situation, and I was scared.
I started my work with Susanne for accountability but wow, did I get so much more than that! It is not an exaggeration to say that working with Susanne has revolutionised my practice. I have been writing my whole life. I love it, I am good at it, and rather arrogantly I didn’t think I would learn anything much about HOW to write from working with Susanne. I thought I just needed some encouragement and deadlines to keep me on track. But within the first session Susanne helped me see that my current practice wasn’t going to get my book written by my fast approaching deadline. I needed radically different strategies. I’m amazed at how much difference this has made to me as a writer, but also a person with ADHD.
Many of the tools and techniques Susanne has introduced me to have spilled over into other areas of my life and for the first time ever I am a person who plans, has a routine, sticks a schedule (mostly!), and most incredibly of all finishes things. I feel like I hired Susanne just in time as together we have pulled my book back on track and I am about to submit a whole two weeks ahead of my deadline. Ahead of deadline? I literally don’t recognise myself and feel like anything is possible now! I’m looking forward to working with Susanne more strategically for my next writing projects – tackling my life-long tendency to over-commit and making space for projects I truly want to write.
