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What If You’re Not the Kind of Writer You Thought You’d Be?

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 What If You’re Not the Kind of Writer You Thought You’d Be? — a podcast episode — What if I’m not the kind of writer I thought I’d be?Many writers start with a fixed idea of the kind of stories they’re supposed to write, but creative growth often reveals a different voice or genre that feels more authentic. Embracing this shift isn’t failure; it’s part of discovering your true identity as a writer. Helping writers craft authentic, immersive stories.Find out more about us here. Inside Creative Writing Email this Page Share on Bluesky Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Threads Share on Facebook Table Of Contents Formatted and Edited Transcript Expectations vs. Reality When Writing Takes a Turn Why Writing Takes So Long Writers Who Evolve The Trap of Early Success The Problem of the Platform Signs You Might Be Writing the Wrong Story Shiny Object Syndrome Wise Words Writing Challenge for the Week Talk to Us! Share This Resource What if the writer you thought you’d be isn’t the writer you actually are? This episode dives into one of the most important (but rarely discussed) challenges writers face: discovering that their creative voice may not match the genre, tone, or style they originally envisioned. Whether you’re feeling creatively stuck or wondering if a pivot is necessary, this conversation will help you listen to what your writing is trying to tell you. Key takeaways from this episode: How to recognize the difference between resistance and authentic redirectionWhy early success can trap you in a version of yourself that no longer fitsPractical tools to explore a shift in genre or voice without scrapping your workHow to use flow state and “guilty relief” to evaluate new story ideasEncouragement from authors like George Saunders, Margaret Atwood, and Franz Kafka, who reinvented their work mid-career You don’t have to be the writer you set out to be. In fact, discovering who you really are on the page might be the most exciting part of the journey. Ready to go deeper? Explore the How to Write a Novel page or try the Story Rescue Checklist to see if your current project needs a fresh look. Formatted and Edited Transcript When you started writing, you probably had a clear idea of the kind of writer you were going to be. But what if you were wrong? And what if that’s actually a good thing? Let’s dive in. Welcome back to the Inside Creative Writing podcast. This is Brad Reed. I’m thrilled to be here with you again today. I want to talk about something that almost every writer struggles with at some point, but we don’t often say it out loud. We don’t often talk about it. And that thing is the question, what if I’m not the kind of writer I thought I was going to be? Expectations vs. Reality When most of us start writing, we have this clear idea in our heads, right? We picture ourselves maybe writing sweeping fantasy sagas or gritty detective novels or maybe some deeply emotional literary fiction. We might even imagine ourselves sticking to a particular genre or a specific audience or a specific style. We tend to think we should be writing the type of work that we love to read, and sometimes that is the case, but not always. Sometimes that love of a specific type of story is only the thing we need to start writing in order to find what we’re truly meant to write. Now the same thing happens to musicians and singers all the time. Some start out aiming for pop stardom but find their voice in folk or blues. Others might dream of being country stars, but they realize once they get started that their passion actually lies in indie rock or jazz or something like that. Even huge names like Taylor Swift pivoted dramatically during her career, which is still ongoing and still pivoting, right? Moving from country to pop to indie folk, all sorts of stuff. Over time, artists often need that first step into a familiar genre just to get started, only to realize that their true sound lives somewhere entirely different. Alanis Morissette is another great example of this. She started out as kind of a teen pop singer. She had some level of success with that, not nearly the success that she had when she shocked the world with Jagged Little Pill, an album that is so far away from teen pop that I don’t think you could get much farther away. When Writing Takes a Turn So writers experience this same thing. We step into writing thinking we’re one thing and we’re writing one kind of story, but the deeper we go, the more something else starts to emerge. And then somewhere along the way, what actually comes out when we sit down to write doesn’t really match that picture we had going in. The stories we’re drawn to feel different. The voice feels different. Sometimes the whole process feels different, especially different than what we thought it would be. When this happens, it can be really confusing and off-putting. It can ...

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