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Are You Cut Out for This? · 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.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: English teachers in high school and college often get a bad rap.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_00: It's too bad because English teachers are, by and large, really wonderful people, but students who did not do well in those classes sometimes blame teachers for killing their writing dreams.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: Now, first of all, you should never give a teacher that much power over your life.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: And second of all, the skills to be successful as a writer don't really have much to do with what you learned in English class.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: Nevertheless, some students look at their bad grades and wonder, am I cut out to be a writer?
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I want to challenge this question because it assumes that you're either born a writer or you aren't.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: In reality, you aren't born anything.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: You can choose to be what you want to be.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: If you want to be a writer, it's completely within your power to do so.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: Here are some wise words from author R.
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  SPEAKER_00: L.
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  SPEAKER_00: Stein.
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  SPEAKER_00: People say, what advice do you have for people who want to be writers?
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_00: I say they don't really need advice.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_00: They know they want to be writers and they're going to do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.
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  SPEAKER_00: In other words, what makes you cut out to be a writer is the fact that you choose to do this work.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_00: You don't need anybody putting their mantle on you or giving you some kind of approval.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: It's just something that you decide to do.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_00: So the only question that remains is, do you want to be cut out for it?
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: If so, you'll find a way to do it.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: I want to take a moment to let you know about our daily writer membership community.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: You know, one of the very best ways to develop better habits and impact more people's lives with your writing is to spend time around other successful writers.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_00: So if you're tired of feeling isolated and chasing success on your own, then I know you're going to love the Daily Writer community.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: For years, I searched for the kind of writing community that I would want to join, but I can never find what I wanted, so I created my own.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: Some of the features include weekly writing sprints, monthly community calls, book discussions, calls with guest experts, and much more.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: For more info, you can visit dailywriterlife.comslash community.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.