Why Resistance Spikes Right Before a Breakthrough

Mindset Monday episodes explore the inner work of writing: blocks, beliefs, identity, resistance, procrastination, perfectionism, and creative flow.

Have you ever noticed your resistance gets louder right before your writing asks more of you?

Maybe you’re close to a breakthrough scene. Maybe the end of your manuscript is finally in sight. Or maybe you’re starting a brand-new book, with ideas in your head and a deadline on the calendar, but somehow opening that blank document feels impossible.

In this episode, Maddison explores why resistance often spikes right before an important shift in your writing. You’ll learn how to stop treating resistance as proof that something is wrong with you, and instead begin reading it as information that can help you understand what your writing is really asking from you.

You’ll explore:

1. Why resistance often gathers around the parts of your writing that matter most
2. How resistance can show up when you’re starting, finishing, or facing a chapter you’ve been avoiding
3. A simple way to identify what your resistance is protecting and choose one small next step through it

Whether you’re writing your first book, returning to a manuscript, or beginning again as a published author, this episode will help you meet resistance with more clarity, compassion, and self-trust.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 30 June at 10:00am Sydney time, Maddison is running her free writing masterclass:

Write To Your Wiring: Discover your NLP writing modality and build a process that works with your mind

Inside the masterclass, you’ll discover the four NLP writing modalities: Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, and Auditory Digital. You’ll begin to see why some parts of writing come naturally, why other parts feel harder, and how to build a writing process that works with your unique wiring.

Save your free spot here: maddisonmichaels.com/masterclass

Can’t attend at 10:00am? Register anyway and you’ll receive the replay.

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And remember, you are the vessel for the story. Let the words flow through you and onto the page.