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The Pathway to Your Writing Dreams · The Daily Writer

• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Writer Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:16
  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Writer Starter Kit, visit DailyWriterLife.com.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: As a writer, you long to make a difference in the world.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: You want to use your creative gifts.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might even want to build a part-time or a full-time business with your writing.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: And those are all exciting goals.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: We all have big dreams and big goals when it comes to our writing, and of course that's a great thing.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Why is it then that oftentimes we feel deflated every time we think about building a writing habit?
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: We know that a writing habit is a bridge to all the things that we want as a writer.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: Of course, marketing, relationships, handling your money wisely, all those things and more are vital to our success, but none of those things really matter if we're not actually producing the work.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: So the problem is that whenever we think about building writing habits, it's just not very exciting.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: We think of a habit as something that we have to do rather than something that we get to do, something that leads us to everything else that we want.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: So over the next couple of weeks on our short daily episodes, we're going to dust off the cobwebs from the concept of building a writing habit.
• 1:28
  SPEAKER_00: And rather than being something that's just dry and dusty, a writing habit is absolutely something that can change your life.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: When you think of a writing habit as an adventure where you're venturing out into the unknown to accomplish great things, I think it takes on a whole new and a much more exciting meaning.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: As creatives, we naturally resist routines, but we have to think of writing as a blue-collar job, just like carpentry, plumbing, doing legal work, or anything else that requires regular, sustained labor.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: Because honestly, we're no different.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: This means the more that we can get into a routine with our writing, the more that will get accomplished.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_00: Without a habit, you'll never get that blog built, you'll never finish that book you've been thinking about for all these years, and you'll certainly never build a successful writing business.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: A great writing habit is the pathway to everything that you've dreamed about as a writer.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: So here's today's question: How could a writing habit help you achieve your dreams as a writer?
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode is an excerpt from our brand new ebook, How to Build a Writing Habit.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: You can get this ebook for free along with six other ebooks on writing as part of our free Daily Writer Starter Kid.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: Just go to dailywriterlife.comslash free.
• 2:43
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening, and I'll see you tomorrow.