Hi, Wit!
Every Hero collects armor.
Some of it is useful.
But some of it’s heavy, rusty, and extremely committed to making everything harder than it needs to be.
Maybe your armor looks like:
- Waiting until you feel inspired
- Editing before you finish the first draft
- Avoiding feedback
- Comparing your beginning to someone else’s
- Calling perfectionism “having standards”
- Telling yourself you work better under pressure
- Planning endlessly instead of taking the next step
These patterns usually begin as protection—at some point, they helped you avoid disappointment, embarrassment, uncertainty, or the possibility of getting it wrong.
But protection can become a prison if we never update it.
In The Storyteller’s Way, a character’s wound often shapes their choices long before they understand what’s happening. They may cling to a vice because it feels safer than reaching for the virtue they need.
Writers (humans) do this, too.
We repeat an old pattern because it feels familiar—not because it still works.
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Try This: Reflect, Reframe, Retry
Choose one pattern you’re ready to eject.
Reflect: What has this pattern helped me avoid?
Reframe: What might be possible if I no longer needed this protection?
Retry: What is one small action I can take differently this week?
For example:
I keep waiting until I feel ready.
This protects me from feeling inexperienced.
But I don’t need to feel ready to begin.
I will write for fifteen minutes before I evaluate the quality.
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You don’t have to transform your whole life by Thursday.
Just stop carrying one unnecessary piece of armor into Q4.
Happy writing!
