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Success Comes at a Price · 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: We all wish for success, but sometimes we forget that success comes at a price.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take Harper Lee, for example.
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  SPEAKER_00: She published the classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960 when she was just 34 years old.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, considering that many successful authors don't even get started until their 40s, she was practically a baby by most standards of literary success when she published that book.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the success of To Kill a Mockingbird overwhelmed her, and Harper Lee never wrote another novel again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Success had come too quickly, and it was too huge for her to handle.
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  SPEAKER_00: She once said, When you're at the top, there's only one way to go.
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  SPEAKER_00: And she spent the rest of her life making sure that she would never risk putting out another work that would stain her reputation or cause her even more emotional distress.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now that's not to say every writer would respond the same way to great fortune, fame, or success.
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  SPEAKER_00: Harper Lee had her own demons, and no one but her will ever know exactly what was going on inside her head.
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  SPEAKER_00: But her life acts as a stark warning to all of us who dream of having that number one bestseller of being on all the talk shows or getting all the money, fame, and attention that we've ever wanted.
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  SPEAKER_00: So be careful what you wish for because as Harper Lee has warned us, success can be both a blessing and a curse.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's question: Does the thought of great writing success scare you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why or why not?
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
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  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.
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  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.