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You Can't Plot Out Your Life · 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
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  SPEAKER_00: If you spend enough time around fiction authors, you'll eventually hear two terms, pantzers and plotters.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: Panthers prefer to write by the seat of their pants, hence why they're called pantzers.
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  SPEAKER_00: They develop a great opening and then they discover the story as they write.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: Panthers get bored if they know where the whole story is going ahead of time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, by contrast, plotters like to carefully outline the story before they begin writing.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: They need to know where the story is going or they can't start.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_00: Both approaches can work just fine for fiction, but plotting doesn't work so well when it comes to your real life journey as a writer.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, let's be honest, the writing life is pretty unpredictable.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't know where it's going to go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every piece of writing you produce is a new opportunity to reach people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not only that, but your skill grows every time you publish.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when you combine all that with the constant changes in technology today, there's really no way to predict where it's all going to go.
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  SPEAKER_00: In essence, you can't plot out your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no need to figure out everything ahead of time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just do the work every day and enjoy the journey.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because if you knew where the ending was going ahead of time, now that wouldn't be any fun, would it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: If somebody could magically tell you how your own story ends, would you listen, or would you rather it be a surprise?
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: A big thanks to today's sponsor, Plotter.
• 1:46
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• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: Plotter's intuitive visual interface lets plotting be the creative process that it's supposed to be.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: And it's not just for fiction authors, it's also a great tool for nonfiction authors, podcasters, speakers, and anybody creating content to organize your material and story points.
• 2:10
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• 2:19
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• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.