Can You Write a Novel in 15 Minutes a Day? Kim Purcell on What Writing Workshops Don’t Teach

Your Creative Midlife · Oct 29, 2026 · 42m

Have you been waiting for the right moment to write that novel?

In this episode of Your Creative Midlife, I talk with Kim Purcell, author of Write a Novel in 100 Days: The Busy Writer’s Guide to Finishing Your Book Fast, newly published from Penguin Random House. She’s taught writing for twenty-five years and published critically acclaimed YA novels.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

→ Why 97% of books are never finished

→ The two types of writers and the pros and cons of both

→ Why comparison is the writer’s first obstacle (and how to build confidence)

→ When to edit (or not edit) your draft…