--- ---  # J.K. Rowling Has the Perfect Writing Advice For Anyone Struggling to Finish a Project  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 13, 2017 3:50 PM UTC  Author J.K. Rowling attends the premiere of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on November 10, 2016 in New York City. Author J.K. Rowling attends the premiere of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on November 10, 2016 in New York City.Taylor Hill—FilmMagic  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 13, 2017 3:50 PM UTC Add “motivational Tweeter” to the list of job descriptions[ for J.K. Rowling.](http://time.com/5003709/rowling-trump-coin/) Over the weekend, the famous _Harry Potter_ author — who’s the [highest-paid author in the game](http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-jk-rowling-95-million-20170807-story.html), joined by masters of drama and thriller like James Patterson and [Stephen King](http://time.com/4816499/stephen-king-trump-block-rowling/) — made use of her social media platform to help build up a fellow writer who was struggling to complete a book. “I want to write like @jk\_rowling or @StephenKing but it’s too hard for me,” the French writer — who goes by the _Lord of the Rings_\-inspired name [Roi-Sorcier d’Angma](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roi-Sorcier%5Fd%27Angmar)r on her Twitter account — initially tweeted. “I’m demotivated. I’ll never finish my book.” You’d think that, with over 13 million followers, Rowling would be far too inundated with Twitter mentions to see this plea for help. But somehow she noticed it, and sent back the perfect response. “Don’t write \[like\] me. Write like you. Nobody else can do that. Finish that book,” Rowling said. Now, the French writer has a veritable army of supporters in her corner urging her to finish the book — and, thanks to Rowling’s backing, she might even find some new readers for her first work as well. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/929719851182108672) > [](https://twitter.com/themayukhsutra/status/929733731446689794) > [](https://twitter.com/PrncessGarcia%5F/status/929720788902600709) Thanks to all that support, she’s made an online promise to finish the book after all. Looks like all she needed was a few magic words from the Wizarding World authority herself. > [](https://twitter.com/%5FUruk%5FHai%5F/status/929730627519303682) J K Rowling Shares Career Advice for Struggling Writers ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5021405/jk-rowling-writing-advice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5021405/jk-rowling-writing-advice/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Has the Perfect Writing Advice For Anyone Struggling to Finish a Project","datePublished":"2017-11-13T15:50:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:44.059Z","description":"\"Write like you. Nobody else can do that.\"","url":"https://time.com/5021405/jk-rowling-writing-advice/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","J.K. Rowling"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5155aff2739d85e3/6988ae29fb4eac127d88fda8/gettyimages-622252832.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5155aff2739d85e3/6988ae29fb4eac127d88fda8/gettyimages-622252832.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them\" World Premiere","caption":"\"Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them\" World Premiere","creditText":"Taylor Hill—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5021405/jk-rowling-writing-advice/","name":"J.K. Rowling Has the Perfect Writing Advice For Anyone Struggling to Finish a Project"}}]}] ```