Latest / The Daily Writer / Just Keep Writing
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- 0:06SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for riding success.
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- 0:22SPEAKER_00: In the Pixar movie Finding Nemo, we meet Marlon, a clownfish who has lost his son Nemo.
- 0:28SPEAKER_00: On his way to find him, he meets Dory, a black and blue tang fish who has short-term memory loss.
- 0:34SPEAKER_00: Despite her limited mental capacity, she gives Marlon a great piece of advice that eventually helps him locate Nemo.
- 0:42SPEAKER_00: She says, and you probably know where this is going, she says, just keep swimming.
- 0:47SPEAKER_00: And you know what?
- 0:48SPEAKER_00: This is great advice not only for finding lost kids or lost fish, but it's also great advice for finding lost words.
- 0:56SPEAKER_00: Whenever you feel blocked, when you feel like the words just won't come, remember the words of the novelist Jody Picult.
- 1:03SPEAKER_00: She said this.
- 1:04SPEAKER_00: I don't believe in writer's block.
- 1:06SPEAKER_00: Think about it.
- 1:07SPEAKER_00: When you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due?
- 1:14SPEAKER_00: Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.
- 1:16SPEAKER_00: If you have a limited amount of time to write, you just sit down and do it.
- 1:20SPEAKER_00: You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page.
- 1:25SPEAKER_00: You can't edit a blank page.
- 1:28SPEAKER_00: Boy, that's some fantastic advice.
- 1:30SPEAKER_00: You know, the very best thing you can do for your writing career is just keep writing.
- 1:35SPEAKER_00: No matter how bad it is, you can always improve it later.
- 1:38SPEAKER_00: Just get the words down and keep on moving.
- 1:41SPEAKER_00: Those blocks that are keeping you from writing are just like Pixar characters.
- 1:45SPEAKER_00: They may seem real, but they don't actually exist.
- 1:49SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
- 1:51SPEAKER_00: When you're feeling blocked, have you tried to just keep writing?
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- 2:34SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.