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Choose Your Model · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Hey my friend, welcome to today's episode of the Daily Writer Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a blessing and a curse to live in the internet age.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a blessing, of course, because we have access to unlimited knowledge and connections.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are a million options for where you want to take your writing business or your creativity.
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  SPEAKER_00: But it also represents a curse as well because, well, too many options is kind of overwhelming.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's easy to get paralyzed by all the different models of what kind of writing career that you should build.
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  SPEAKER_00: Should you do fiction?
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  SPEAKER_00: Should you do courses or a podcast?
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  SPEAKER_00: What about public speaking?
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  SPEAKER_00: Should you start a mastermind or join one?
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  SPEAKER_00: What about putting together a community or a membership site?
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  SPEAKER_00: How many books should you write a year?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, for any conceivable model of a writing career, there exists somebody out there who is doing it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here is my best advice.
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  SPEAKER_00: Choose one person who represents the kind of career that you want to build and then consume everything that they put out there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Subscribe to their email newsletter, read their books, listen to their podcast if they have one, follow and engage with them on social media.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you do this, then you can see what you don't like or do like about what they do, and then you can adjust your own business or your own approach accordingly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't follow a dozen different people because you're only going to get confused and frustrated.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just pick one person who is a few steps ahead of you, then figure out how they built their platform or business.
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  SPEAKER_00: And by the way, a little secret that helps is to reply occasionally to that person's email newsletter and ask them a question.
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  SPEAKER_00: They'll appreciate the interaction and they'll get to know you as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's really a great way to engage with an influencer and somebody that you respect.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's question Who is the writer that you want to be like, and what do you like about their writing or business?
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more, you can visit us at dailywriterlife.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.