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Brave on the Page, Brave on the Stage · The Daily Writer

• 0:09
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Writer, where we share a lesson each day to help you cultivate the habits for creative success.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: One of the essential themes of the superhero genre is that of the double life.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: When the hero puts on their costume, they're a powerful person who rushes into battle to save lives.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: But in order to conceal their true identity, they usually take on some sort of mild-mannered job or role that's the total opposite of their superhero persona.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_00: Batman is Bruce Wayne, an aloof billionaire playboy.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: Sue Storm of the Fantastic Four is a scientist.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: Spider-Man is Peter Parker, a nerdy newspaper reporter.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: Superman is Clark Kent, another nerdy newspaper reporter.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: Wonder Woman is Diana Prince, an ambassador to the United Nations.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: You know, superheroes aren't the only ones who live double lives.
• 1:05
  SPEAKER_00: We writers can develop an alter ego as well if we're not careful.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_00: It's easy to appear bold and brave on the page, but how do we handle the challenges of real life?
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: Are you dealing with your personal problems head on, or are you avoiding them?
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_00: Do you engage in hard conversations about hard things, or do you shut down when you're confronted by someone with a truth that you don't want to hear?
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: Would the people who know you best describe you as brave, focused, determined, disciplined, or would they say instead that you're aloof, timid, or maybe even uncaring?
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: Well, those are tough words to be sure.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: It's hard to face our real life problems instead of running away from them.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: And it's easy to turn to substance abuse or other unhealthy patterns and addictions and just run away from reality.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: Henry David Thoreau said, How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_00: Just because we're writers, it doesn't give us the license to check out of our real lives.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: We've got to show up for real on the stage of life where the action's happening.
• 2:12
  SPEAKER_00: None of us is perfect, but our writing should reflect the person that we're trying to become.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: Bold, brave, and above all, a true life superhero to the people we love the most.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: I want to take a moment to let you know about our daily writer membership community.
• 2:30
  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.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: So if you're tired of feeling isolated and chasing success on your own, then I know you're going to love the Daily Writer community.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: For years, I searched for the kind of writing community that I would want to join, but I can never find what I wanted, so I created my own.
• 2:54
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• 3:02
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• 3:07
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.