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How to Feel Inspired Every Day · The Daily Writer

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  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: Writers often talk about the need to feel inspired before they write.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what exactly does it mean to feel inspired?
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  SPEAKER_00: And more importantly, how can we do it on a daily basis?
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  SPEAKER_00: Inspiration comes when we have that creative spark that allows us to get moving.
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  SPEAKER_00: It helps us overcome inertia and conquer the fear of the blank page.
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  SPEAKER_00: But how do we capture it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is it even possible?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, the novelist Peter DeVries gave us a clue when he famously said, I only write when I'm inspired, so I see to it that I'm inspired every morning at nine o'clock.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now you may be thinking, Well, that's nice for good old Pete, but what about me?
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  SPEAKER_00: How can I feel inspired on schedule?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, the secret is to just dive in and start writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: You may not feel creative at first, but it works just like exercise.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whenever you go for a walk, it always takes a few minutes for the adrenaline to kick in and for your body to kind of get into the groove.
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  SPEAKER_00: So try this as an experiment.
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  SPEAKER_00: For the next five days, set a specific time to write, then just get started.
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  SPEAKER_00: You'll probably discover that the secret to feeling inspired isn't such a big secret after all.
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  SPEAKER_00: You just have to dive in and start writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: I want to take just a second to let you know about our Daily Writer membership community.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of the best ways to develop better writing habits and to get that writing done, as we've talked about in this episode, is to spend more time with other successful writers.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you're tired of feeling isolated and trying to be successful all by your lonesome, you're going to love the Daily Writer community.
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  SPEAKER_00: For years I searched for the kind of writing community I would want to join, but I can never find what I wanted.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I just ended up creating a community with all the cool things that I would have loved to have in a community of my own.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much, and I'll see you tomorrow.