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One Small Stride at a Time · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyRiderLife.com.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: Before I get into today's episode, I want to give you a quick update on some changes that you'll see here on the podcast beginning December the 1st.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: The Daily Writer Podcast launched about three years ago in November 2020.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: And since that time, we've produced well over a thousand daily episodes, and we featured about 150 guest interviews.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: And after talking so much about daily writing and the importance of writing habits, I want to shift the conversation to the biggest point of frustration that I hear about from writers, which is how to actually build a business around your writing.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm excited to announce that on December the 1st, we will officially launch the Profitable Writer Podcast.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: The purpose of this show, as well as a book and membership community that you'll hear about very soon, is to give you the inspiration, motivation, and a clear roadmap to building a writing business that gives you part-time or full-time income.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: The format of the podcast will be different.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: We'll still do a weekly interview in addition to one or two other episodes per week, but it won't be a daily podcast.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_00: And if you really love the daily format, I encourage you to go back into the archives and listen to any of the thousand plus episodes that we have there.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_00: You'll hear much more in the coming weeks about the Profitable Writer Podcast and more, but you don't need to do anything different because it'll still stay in the same podcast feed.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: However, you will notice a name change along with new podcast artwork.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: As always, thanks for listening, and let's get into today's episode.
• 1:51
  SPEAKER_00: For the vast majority of people, running a marathon is a pretty big deal.
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  SPEAKER_00: The distance of 26.2 miles is a long way for one person to run in a single shot.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_00: So how do people actually pull it off?
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  SPEAKER_00: What's the process for actually completing a marathon?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, let's start with the obvious thing, which is if you break down a marathon into smaller sections, you come up with a certain number of miles, 26.2 of them to be exact.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: Then you can break those down into half miles or quarter miles.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: However, all that being said, what is the simplest singular motion that causes a runner to actually complete a marathon?
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: Well, if you really break it down, in that sense, it's just the single stride, which for the average person is between 2.1 and 2.5 feet.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: Now it takes the average runner somewhere between 55,000 and 63,000 strides to complete an entire marathon.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Well, it sounds like a lot, doesn't it?
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: But now you have a specific number that you can actually get your head around.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_00: Now here's what I find interesting is that the number of words in the average nonfiction book is around 50,000 words or so.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you can think of writing a book almost like running a marathon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, how do you get it done?
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  SPEAKER_00: How does a runner complete a marathon, and how does a writer complete a book?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, the answer is you keep moving no matter what.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_00: The screenwriter and producer Brian Koppelman said, resilience is a writer's best friend.
• 3:25
  SPEAKER_00: Train like a marathon runner, move a little further each day despite the pain.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_00: Well, here's the thing: there's no special trick to writing a book or running a marathon, for that matter.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_00: It's all about training, persistence, and action.
• 3:38
  SPEAKER_00: Just put one word after another and keep on moving until you reach the finish line.
• 3:44
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• 4:11
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• 4:20
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• 4:25
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.