Phiroozeh Petigara Coaching
Bio: Hi, I’m Phi
I help writers who procrastinate to get consistent and confident with their writing.
I KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LIVE IN CONSTANT OVERWHELM AND SELF-DOUBT.
My first novel came easy. I was 25, just taking a random writing course, and before I knew it, a ten minute writing prompt became a 300 page novel.
Every single thing I wrote after that first innocent, joyous project, was mired in self-doubt, over-editing, and crippling anxiety.
The more I wrote, the harder it got.
I spent the next two decades stuck in a vicious pattern. I’d feel inspired to write, ready to birth my magnum opus. I’d go to a cafe and order the frothiest latte, and create a new google doc confidently entitled “Solo Travel Memoir” or “Divorce Memoir” or “Coming Out Memoir”. I’d work on it for a week and then… Oh, and then.
I’d get overwhelmed by how many directions this could go.
Voices would slither into my head like toxic fumes under a door, hissing their vicious nothings into my ear.
“This is a journal entry not a book. You didn’t go to school for memoir, who do you think you are trying to write one? Whoa, whoa, pick a lane, dude,” and poof. I’d stop writing.
I’d feel stupid for even trying while at the same time feeling like a failure for not completing the book. But then, months later, I’d feel the call to write again and the same cycle would repeat.
I took workshops, went on retreats, had writing dates with friends. It worked somewhat. I did put things on the page. But the underlying issues were still there, waiting to come back as soon as the retreat ended or my writing buddy left the Zoom room.