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Quit Talking and Begin Doing · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyWriterLife.com.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever noticed that writers love to talk about their plans and their goals?
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if you relate to this or not, but I do.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: Now plans and goals are important, but there's also a danger in talking about them too much.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: I can think of a lot of times whenever I have sat down over coffee with somebody or I've been talking to my wife and I've kind of shared all this elaborate vision I have for this book or this project or something.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: And then it's like by the time you've talked about it to a number of people, the excitement of it has kind of worn off, and it's like, oh, well, I've I've sort of burned through a little bit of my energy about this project, but I haven't actually done anything with it.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: And that's the danger of talking about your goals with other people too much because it makes you feel like you're making progress without actually having to do the work and actually accomplishing anything.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: Now, if you're a detailed person, you probably have an elaborate vision of what your completed goal looks like, which is great.
• 1:13
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's a finished book, maybe it's a podcast that you want to launch, maybe it's a client book that you've completed or some other kind of client project.
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_00: But this perfect vision in your head is usually nothing like the day-to-day messiness of actually achieving that goal.
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  SPEAKER_00: And why is that?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's because we stop and start, we get sidetracked, we get interrupted, we get tired, and before long, the pristine vision of a perfectly achieved goal comes crashing down, and we just want to quit, we just want to walk away from it.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: And the solution to all this is really deceptively simple, and it comes from a man who had more than his fair share of complicated creative projects to deal with.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: Walt Disney was the master of bringing creative dreams to life.
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  SPEAKER_00: As the creator and visionary of the first full-length animated movie, the modern theme park, and so much other amazing creative work, he knew a thing or two about what it takes to get through the messy creative process and produce actual tangible results.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: And Walt Disney said this: he said, the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: And I think this is great advice for all of us.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: Goals are important to success, but the real key is taking daily action toward those goals, even when it feels messy and frustrating, or perhaps especially when it feels messy and frustrating.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: Those are the moments where you've got to be consistent.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: You've got to stop just talking about all of your goals and your ideas and actually just get down to work.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here's today's challenge.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: Ask yourself whether you're talking about your goals too much and not working on them enough.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: And I encourage you to be honest with yourself.
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_00: Now, speaking of goals, one of the big goals that you probably have is writing a book.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: And one of the things that people sometimes forget about in the planning process of the book is thinking about what am I going to do once I finish actually writing this book?
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: They sometimes put on the back burner things like editing and cover design and other important steps in the publishing and book creation process.
• 3:12
  SPEAKER_00: This is why I highly recommend that you connect with my good friend Karen Hunsinger, also known as the Word Wizard, because she is the perfect partner to help you get your book into shape, the book that you have envisioned, the book that you have dreamed about, because unless you have a good editor working on your book, you're going to put out something that has a lot of typos and has a lot of needed corrections, and you're not going to be putting your best foot forward, and you're not going to be serving your readers and your audience well if you put out a book that is less than the excellent vision that you need for it to be.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: You know, a good editor doesn't just correct grammar and spelling.
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: They also look at wordiness, shifts in tone and voice, overuse of particular words, and they also enhance transitions, clarity, and accuracy.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: I've worked with Karen many times, and she is your secret weapon for crafting a book that reads as well as the vision that you have in your mind of what your book should be like.
• 4:05
  SPEAKER_00: So make sure and go to Karen Hunsinger.com to grab your free sample edit.
• 4:11
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, my friend, as always, thanks so much for listening, and I'll see you next time.