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Ray Bradbury - You fail only if you stop writing · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com. Welcome to The Daily Quote, a
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  podcast designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm our host, Andrew McGivern for November 15th.
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  Today is I Love to Write Day, celebrating the act of putting
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  pen to paper and fingers to keyboard and expressing
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  ourselves through words. Founded in 2002 by author John
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  Riddle, this day encourages everyone to write.
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  Not professionally, not perfectly.
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  Just write. Whether it's a journal entry, a
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  letter to a friend, a poem, a story, or random thoughts,
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  writing is for everyone, not just professional writers.
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  What makes this day special is its simplicity.
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  You don't need talent, training, or even a good idea.
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  You just need to start. Write badly.
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  Write honestly. Write whatever comes to mind.
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  The ACT itself is what matters. And that brings us to today's
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  quote from science fiction legend Ray Bradbury, who
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  captured this beautifully when he said you fail only if you
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  stop writing. Bradbury understood that writing
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  isn't about perfection, it's about persistence.
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  Every writer produces terrible first drafts.
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  Every writer has days when the words won't come.
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  Every writer questions whether what they're creating has any
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  value. The difference between someone
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  who writes and someone who doesn't isn't talent, It's
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  whether they keep going. Bradbury wrote something every
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  single day for decades. Not all of it was good, much of
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  it never saw publication. But he kept writing, and in that
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  daily practice he created masterpieces like Fahrenheit 451
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  and The Martian Chronicles. The only real failure is giving
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  up. As long as you keep writing,
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  you're succeeding. So today, write something.
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  Anything. Write a letter to your future
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  self. Write about your day.
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  Write a ridiculous story about your coffee mug gaining
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  sentience. Write three things you're
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  grateful for. Write your frustrations.
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  Write your dreams. Don't edit, don't judge, don't
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  worry about grammar or brilliance.
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  Just write. Because on I Love to Write day,
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  the only rule is Bradbury's rule.
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  Don't stop. Show up.
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  Put words on the page and that's success.
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  That's going to do for today. I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off
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  for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.