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Success Comes at a Price · 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.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyRiderLife.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: We all want success, but sometimes we forget that it comes at a price.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take Harper Lee, for example.
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  SPEAKER_00: She published the classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960 when she was just 34 years old.
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  SPEAKER_00: Considering that many successful authors don't get started until their 40s, she was practically a baby by most standards of literary success.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: But the success of To Kill a Mockingbird overwhelmed her, and Harper Lee never wrote another novel again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fame had come too quickly, and it simply was too much for her to handle.
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  SPEAKER_00: She once said, When you're at the top, there's only one way to go.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Harper Lee spent the rest of her life making sure she would never risk putting out another work that would sully her reputation or cause her even more emotional distress.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, of course, that doesn't mean you or I would respond that way to fame, fortune, or success.
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  SPEAKER_00: Harper Lee had her own demons, and nobody but her will ever know exactly what was going on inside her head.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, her life is a stark warning to all of us who dream of having that number one bestseller being on all the talk shows or getting all that attention that we ever wanted.
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  SPEAKER_00: So be careful what you wish for, because as Harper Lee has shown us, success can be both a blessing and a curse.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: Does the thought of great writing success scare you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why or why not?
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to take a moment to thank today's sponsor, Vellum.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: As a writer, you not only want to write great books, you also want them to look professionally formatted and give your reader a great experience.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: If you've ever tried to format a book in Microsoft Word, you know how frustrating it can be to make your book look good using a tool that was never designed for formatting.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.