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The Whole World is Your Writing Desk · The Daily Writer

• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider, where we share a lesson each day to help you cultivate the habits for creative success.
• 0:16
  SPEAKER_00: If you've ever worked on a deadline, you understand the frustration of writing conditions that are not ideal.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this can be a challenge if you think you can only write in certain conditions.
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  SPEAKER_00: The weather has to be just right.
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  SPEAKER_00: It has to be the perfect time of day.
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  SPEAKER_00: You need to have a certain snack or a certain drink.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: You can only use a certain type of pen.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: The right kind of music has to be playing.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: You're you have to be having a good hair day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, does it help when we have perfect conditions?
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: Well, of course it does.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's fun, it's enjoyable, it makes our life a little bit more pleasant.
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  SPEAKER_00: But that's not how professionals work.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_00: They have work to do and they have to find a way to get it done.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: Take Garrison Keeler, for example.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: He said, I can write anywhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: I write on airports, I write on airplanes, I've written in the back seats of taxis, I write in hotel rooms, I love hotel rooms.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: I just write wherever I am whenever I need to write.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, we have it so much easier than writers of past generations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our devices let us write wherever we are and we can upload it to the cloud.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have access to the world's information at our fingertips.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can publish on a variety of platforms.
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  SPEAKER_00: Honestly, the only thing stopping us from being productive and successful is the artificial limit that we put on ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: The truth is that you can write any place or anytime if you choose.
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  SPEAKER_00: The whole world is your writing desk.
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  SPEAKER_00: So where will you write today?
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: If you've been listening to this show for any length of time, you know that one of the four practices of a great writer is creativity.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_00: And in order to stay creative, you've got to have great input.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: And that's where writing prompts come in.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: A writing prompt is a sentence or two that helps you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: Writing prompts are an awesome creative tool for journaling, storytelling, creative writing, stress relief, social media posts, and so much more.
• 2:12
  SPEAKER_00: But the great news is that you don't have to create these yourself.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: We've put together an amazing package of 365 daily writing prompts.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: So every day for the next year, you can have a shot of inspiration delivered straight to your inbox.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can check it out at dailywriterlife.comslash writing prompts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.