The Hidden Reason Writers Break Their Streaks (And How to Fix It)
Why Preparation Is the Secret to Consistency
My Medium friends can read this article over there as well.
Publishing While I Was Away
I recently went on holiday to Scotland with my family for two weeks.
And yet my Substack newsletter and Medium posts still went out every single day.
Not because I was writing on the road. But because I prepared in advance and scheduled everything before I left.
That preparation made the difference between keeping my streak and breaking it.
Commitment Isn’t Glamorous—But It Works
Consistency is what separates writers who make progress from those who stall.
It isn’t about having the best idea or perfect draft. It’s about showing up, over and over.
That’s why commitment matters more than inspiration.
Preparation Creates Freedom
Consistency doesn’t happen by accident. It’s engineered.
Batching and scheduling gave me the freedom to step away and still publish.
If you’ve only got 30-60 minutes a day, you can still get ahead.
Write two posts in a sitting, then repurpose them into multiple formats and load them into your queue.
Prepared writers don’t break their streaks.
Persistence Is the Long Game
In 25 years of writing, persistence has kept me in the game above everything else.
Most creators vanish because they never build the habits or systems that make persistence possible.
But if you commit, prepare, and refuse to quit—you’ll already be ahead of most people online.
👉 Never Break Your Writing Streak Again
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