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You Are Making History · The Daily Writer

• 0:09
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Writer, where we share a lesson each day to help you cultivate the habits for creative success.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you walk into a library or a bookstore, even if it's online, you'll notice that the books are categorized into genres.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some of the popular genres include biography, children's books, adult fiction, self-help, spirituality, and history, among many, many others.
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  SPEAKER_00: No matter what type of books you write, your work always belongs in the history category, not necessarily because you're writing history, but because you're making history.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, what does that mean exactly though?
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  SPEAKER_00: When you make history, it means that you have immense power to determine how people think, act, and feel.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: If you write fiction, your stories can move people to fear, to anger, to tears, or to joy.
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  SPEAKER_00: And those emotions can change how they feel about themselves, how they feel about their family and friends, and ultimately how they feel about their place in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: And those feelings can lead to powerful action.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you write nonfiction, your words and content can educate, inform, inspire, and motivate people.
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  SPEAKER_00: The whole purpose of nonfiction is to help people make some kind of change in their lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: And maybe that change is learning more about the past or learning how to cook or breaking an addiction or healing their marriage.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're making history with your words because you're changing people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Quite literally, whenever you write and somebody reads the words that you write, it changes them and can move them to action.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: Whenever we writers describe what we do, we often put the modifier just in front of our title, as in I am just a writer.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Winston Churchill said, History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we can take that a step further.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're never just a writer, you're the most powerful type of person, one who may not necessarily be writing about history, but you're definitely making it.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more, you can visit us at dailywriterlife.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.