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We Will Return on Aug. 2nd (+ a Book Recommendation) · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is Kent, of course, and I wanted to come to you with a couple of quick things on this very, very short episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number one is that we're going to be taking a two-week hiatus from the show starting today.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll be back on Monday, August the 2nd.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm taking a two-week break for a couple of reasons.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number one is that today, actually, my dad is having major surgery, and I'm going to be with him all this week, helping him with recovery.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: Um, he's going to be fine, but his surgery does take a little bit to recover from.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh thanks for any well wishes or prayers.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: You want to send uh my dad's way, his name is Don, and of course he's an awesome guy.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: So uh yeah, we would definitely appreciate that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but also I'm taking a two-week break because I think it's good just to take a break once in a while.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: Many times over the years, as I've done a podcast, uh, I take a break a couple weeks in December, and then sometime during the summer, I take a couple week break as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think that's good because, well, first of all, it's just good to take a break.
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  SPEAKER_00: And second of all, because I do a daily show these days, there's tons, I mean, literally hundreds of episodes uh in the archives.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I think it's good to sometimes push pause on the content so people can catch up.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you have missed some episodes lately or you want to go back and revisit some, I mean, goodness, there's literally hundreds of episodes there in the archives.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh definitely lots and lots of good stuff worth listening to again if you want to get your daily feel of the daily writer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Also, I want to take a second and give you a book recommendation.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, summer is a time that that hopefully we have a little bit more extra available space in our schedules to do some reading.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I think we should always be doing reading.
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  SPEAKER_00: We should be reading every day as writers, but hopefully you have a little bit more time in your schedule during the summer months to get some reading done.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I want to recommend a wonderful book to you called The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is written by Christopher Vogler.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is actually a really, really thick book, like uh about 450 pages or so.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh it is a very, very thick book.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a long book, but don't let that intimidate you because it is a really, really amazing book.
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  SPEAKER_00: This book is actually about 25 years old, and it is in, I believe, the third edition.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um last year, I believe, Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vogler came out with the 25th anniversary edition, which I have in front of me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I've been working my way through way through this book.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a great book because it helps you to understand story structure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, you're probably already familiar with Joseph Campbell's uh hero's journey template that is that has been used, I mean, my goodness, for so many decades.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's really baked into our psyche as human beings, this whole hero's journey template for storytelling.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's part of Homer's epics, it's part of stories from the Bible, it's part of ancient literature, and of course, it is a major part of movies and stories and novels and TV shows that we enjoy today.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this book is wonderful because it not only helps you to understand the stages of the hero's journey as a writer, but it also goes through the different archetypes that are part of the hero's journey, which I think is a really, really fun section of the book.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they talk about, you know, the hero, the mentor, the threshold guardian, the herald, the shapeshifter, the shadow, the trickster, and so forth.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's just a really, really fun book.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is one of the uh most interesting and helpful books I've read in a long time.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'll have a link in the show notes to that.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can grab that, or you can just get on Amazon and search for The Writer's Journey, written by Christopher Vogler.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's V-O-G-L-E-R.
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  SPEAKER_00: And maybe one of these days I'll be fortunate enough to have him as a guest on the podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: That would be an absolute blast.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, with that said, just know that we will be back in a couple weeks on August the 2nd, picking up our daily episodes.
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  SPEAKER_00: As always, I so appreciate you listening.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means the world to me that out of all the podcasts in the world, you would take time to listen to this show.
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  SPEAKER_00: It really, really, truly means the world to me, and I appreciate it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So have a great uh couple weeks, and I will see you back on August the second.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more, you can visit us at dailywriterlife.com.