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Life is a Process of Revision · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Writer, where we share a lesson each day to help you cultivate the habits for creative success.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: Life is a process of revision.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: For new writers, one of the most surprising elements of the craft is how much editing and revision it takes to produce good work.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: Until you get into writing as a serious hobby or a career, it may seem like writing should just come out clean and ready to publish as soon as you do it.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: But experienced writers know this is not the case at all.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: Effective writing doesn't happen by accident.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: First, you create a rough draft, then a solid first draft, then a second, third, and final draft.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: Now these drafts can vary depending on the project, of course.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: As writers, we spend a lot of time thinking about how to revise and change our writing, but we rarely reflect on how our writing changes us.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: John Irving said, half my life is an act of revision.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: He was talking about the actual act of revision, but there's a deeper truth here.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_00: The time we spend in editing doesn't just revise our writing, it also revises us.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: As we grow and develop in our craft, we change.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: We grow.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: We become a new and hopefully better version of ourselves.
• 1:28
  SPEAKER_00: This is scary and a little bit intimidating, but it's important to stay open to change.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_00: If we don't change, neither does our writing.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: Like a bottle of fine wine, we should become better and more nuanced as we get older.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 1:46
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• 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
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• 2:04
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• 2:08
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• 2:18
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• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much, and I'll see you tomorrow.