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The Only Thing You Control · 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: Writers are creative by nature and we like our independence.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of the reasons that we do this in the first place is to have control over our creative work.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's why we write.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want to express ourselves, we want to make a difference in the world, or maybe even we want to make a living with our writing.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: In short, we value autonomy and independence as writers.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_00: Why then do we give up so easily when it comes to making time to write?
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: If we say that writing is important, then why do we let everybody else's needs and priorities crowd out our writing time?
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: If you want control and independence, you're going to have to fight for it.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: It must be defended.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: The author of the wildly successful book, Steal Like an Artist, Austin Cleon, said this: We have so little control over our lives.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: The only thing we can really control is what we spend our days on, what we work on, and how hard we work on it.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: Your writing time is like a medieval castle that's constantly under siege from the enemy.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes those quote-unquote enemies are friends and family members who want our time, but we must be decisive, maybe even at times a little bit ruthless, about making and guarding that writing time.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: If you don't, you'll never reach your writing goals.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: The dreams out there in the distance start with the writing minutes right in front of you today.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: Here's your daily question.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: Are you willing to fight for control for your writing time?
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: I want to take a moment to let you know about our daily writer membership community.
• 1:51
  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.
• 2:00
  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.
• 2:07
  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.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: Some of the features include weekly writing sprints, monthly community calls, book discussions, calls with guest experts, and much more.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: For more info, you can visit dailywriterlife.comslash community.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.