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What Writing Time Works Best for You? · 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.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyRiderLife.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a common narrative among successful people that you have to be a morning person in order to do anything worthwhile.
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  SPEAKER_00: After all, a pretty good percentage of the world's most successful people get a very early start to their day, sometimes as early as 4 a.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: or 5 a.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: Case in point, Ernest Hemingway once said, When I'm working on a book or a story, I write every morning as soon after first light as possible.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: There's no one to disturb you, and it is cool or cold, and you come to your work and warm as you write.
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  SPEAKER_00: You read what you have written, and as you always stop when you know what's going to happen next, you go on from there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, if you want to lead a successful writing life, you could do worse than Ernest Hemingway write.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, that being said, let's look at the flip side, because for every successful writer who's an early bird, there's also another writer who's a night owl.
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  SPEAKER_00: The point is not to write at a certain time of day.
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  SPEAKER_00: The point is to write and create when your energy is at its peak.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, for most people, this is going to be in the morning, although your energy may peak at a different time of the day or night.
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  SPEAKER_00: So whether it's morning, afternoon, evening, late night, or somewhere in between, the point is to write at whatever time works best for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now again, I'm not saying there's no room for change.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm not saying that we shouldn't strive to learn from successful people.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm not saying that we should stay stuck in habits that are not working for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, there's something to be said for understanding how you're wired and moving with that energy, not against it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So what time of day works best for you?
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  SPEAKER_00: That is the time that you should be writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: What time of day is your energy the highest, and how could you use that to your advantage as a writer?
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, as always, thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.