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To Be or Not to Be · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Writer, where we share a lesson each day to help you cultivate the habits for creative success.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of the most famous lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet is, To be or not to be, that is the question.
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  SPEAKER_00: And more than a line in a famous play, it's also the central idea of the writer's life.
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  SPEAKER_00: The American novelist Paul Thoreau said, You can't want to be a writer, you have to be one.
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  SPEAKER_00: And being is an entirely different state than wanting.
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  SPEAKER_00: Almost everybody wants to be a writer, but far fewer people do the work of being a writer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Is it possible that sometimes we overcomplicate what it means to be a writer?
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  SPEAKER_00: We have all kinds of emotional attachments to a writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: We connect it to our self-worth, our vocation, our value to society, our legacy, and so much more.
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  SPEAKER_00: But maybe it's actually much simpler than all that stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe being a writer just means that at the end of the day, we just sit down and we do the actual work of writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: No fuss, no complications, and no drama.
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  SPEAKER_00: We simply do what's required that day.
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  SPEAKER_00: To be or not to be, that is the question.
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  SPEAKER_00: So what will be your answer?
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: If you've been listening to this show for any length of time, you know that one of the four practices of a great writer is creativity.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: And in order to stay creative, you've got to have great input.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's where writing prompts come in.
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  SPEAKER_00: A writing prompt is a sentence or two that helps you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Writing prompts are an awesome creative tool for journaling, storytelling, creative writing, stress relief, social media posts, and so much more.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the great news is that you don't have to create these yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've put together an amazing package of 365 daily writing prompts.
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  SPEAKER_00: So every day for the next year, you can have a shot of inspiration delivered straight to your inbox.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can check it out at dailywriterlife.comslash writing prompts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.