Your Story Matters.
The story you’re living.
The story you’re writing.
Writing from a place of rest makes room for both.
Rest isn't writing less. It's knowing what comes next.
You have a story you can't shake and a life that's already full. Wondering if this planner is for you?
START HEREWhich of these sound like you?
- You've always felt called to write, and you want to steward your God-given story well.
- You have an unfinished novel in a drawer, or a file you're almost afraid to open.
- You're writing around a full-time job, a full house, or both, and you keep putting off writing until "someday."
- You're starting a new novel this season or making a New Year writing resolution.
- You're starting a new novel this season or making a New Year writing resolution, and you want this to be the year it sticks.
- You've dreamed of finishing your novel for years, and you're ready to stop dreaming and start doing.
- You've tried writing harder, and it mostly made you tired.
If you checked even one box, this planner was made for you…
or for the Inspired Writer in your life.
You don’t need more time or more willpower.
You need a plan.
The 2027 My Brilliant Writing Planner meets you right where you are:
The 2027 My Brilliant Writing Planner meets you right where you are:
- Called to write? Plan your writing as an act of stewardship, not striving.
- Stuck on your book? Leave yourself a starting place every session, and your unfinished novel starts moving again.
- Short on time? Power Blocks and realistic writing goals fit inside a full life.
- Starting fresh this season? Get a plan that keeps you writing long after the New Year energy fades.
- Ready to finish? Dream it, plan it, and finish your novel, one small habit at a time.
I understand, because I've been every one of these writers.
After 25 years of writing and more than 100 novels, I've been the called writer and the stalled writer. I've been the busy writer running three businesses, and the one starting over every January.
When a cancer diagnosis stopped me in my tracks, I asked a different question. Not "How do I get more done?" but "What story do I want to tell with the time I've been given?" The answer became the My Brilliant Writing Planner.
Last year, a knee replacement took away my desk and my long writing stretches. Willpower didn't carry me through. My plan did: habits I'd already built, a little writing every day, and a starting place left for tomorrow.
Here's what every one of those seasons taught me: rest isn't the absence of a plan. It's the fruit of one.
Without a plan, every writing day starts with a decision. When will I write? Which scene? Is this even working? Those questions drain you before you've typed a word, and that's where the dread creeps in.
A plan settles those questions once, ahead of time, from a place of peace. Then each day you simply show up and take the next small step. That's writing from rest. It isn't writing less. It's writing from trust instead of fear: you do your faithful part and leave the outcome to God.
And here's what nobody tells you: growth doesn't come from big breakthroughs. It comes from habits. And habits don't happen by accident. You plan them.
A plan replaces pressure. When you know what's next, you stop carrying the whole book in your head.
Habits do the heavy lifting. Willpower runs out. A rhythm you've planned carries you on the days you don't feel like a writer.
Small beats heroic. Thirty honest minutes a day, on purpose, will finish a book that heroic weekends never will.
You're never behind. A plan gives you a kind place to begin again, on any ordinary day.
Your story is bigger than a word count. It's your whole life, your writing career, and the books you're called to write. The My Brilliant Writing Planner helps you plan all three.
How? The planner turns good intentions into habits.
Every page is built to help you decide once, then rest in the rhythm.
- Dream from what matters. Values-based vision and goals, so you plan the life you want and not just a to-do list.
- Plan your year from rest. A personal creation strategy with writing seasons, realistic word goals, and room for the hard months.
- Build your book. SEQ, Plot, and Premise worksheets to shape the story before you draft it.
- Build the daily habit. Power Blocks, habit stacks, and the Sacred Rest planner, all made for full lives rather than empty calendars.
- Never face a blank page. Bookmark and starting-place pages, so every session begins with a running start.
- Room for the whole you. Weekly and daily pages for tasks, habits, menus, and movement, plus an optional daily inspiration.
- Begin-again checkpoints. Quarterly goals, a monthly focus, and a kind year-end review. No guilt, just your next starting place.
- Brainstorming boards for every idea that won't leave you alone.
Dream. Plan. Do... Take a look inside...
