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What I Learned From Pulling All-Nighters in College · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Hey my friend, welcome to the Daily Writer, where we help writers become authors of their own lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just a quick note here before we get started.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't normally do this, but today, instead of sort of reading the email that accompanies this episode and riffing on it a little bit and framing it as a podcast, I'm actually just going to read the email as I wrote it, and you'll see why I did this in just a moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here we go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's dive in.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's 10.59 a.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: on Monday, October the 12th, as I write this.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've given myself a deadline of 11.10 a.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: to see if I can write the first draft of this email that quickly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's see how I do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Quick story first.
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  SPEAKER_00: Back when I was in college in the early and mid-1990s, I pulled a lot of all-nighters.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there were multiple reasons for this.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was involved in a lot of extracurricular activities.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was pretty bad at time management back then.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was a perfectionist, and to be honest, I was just simply a night owl.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, of course, I'm not saying it was good to pull all-nighters, but it did teach me one great lesson.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can get a lot of writing done when you're up against a deadline.
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  SPEAKER_00: In particular, I had one really strict professor who would never accept late work, no matter what the reason.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you can bet that I did whatever it took to get his papers done on time, especially.
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  SPEAKER_00: And today, honestly, not much has changed because I work on deadlines all the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And not just for my ghostwriting clients, but for my own stuff as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you send out a daily email and you produce a daily podcast, it requires you to use your time well and also to write quickly.
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  SPEAKER_00: By the way, it's now 11.04 a.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: Am I going to make it?
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll see.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you struggle to get as much writing done as you like, I suggest giving yourself a pretty tight deadline, maybe something like 30% less than you'd like.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or if you really want to challenge yourself, see if you can get a first draft done in about half the time that you normally take.
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  SPEAKER_00: Personally, I love the game of challenging myself because it makes writing a lot more fun and interesting.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anyway, you can use this tip for any kind of writing you do, whether for yourself or for clients, if you do any kind of client writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course, if you want to learn more about my approach and my systems for my client work, which is ghostwriting for business leaders, you can get my free book, The Ghost Powered Author, by visiting the link KentSanders.net slash free dashbook.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, that's Kent Sanders.net slash free dashbook.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whether you're looking for a ghostwriter or you just want to learn more about this fun and unique world of ghostwriting, I think you'll really enjoy the book.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you grab it, let me know what you think.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can always shoot me an email at Kent at KentSanders.net.
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  SPEAKER_00: Official time 11 08 a.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: I made it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, thanks for listening.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep writing, keep showing up, and I'll see you tomorrow.