The Daily Writer

We look at our writing as a journey that takes us somewhere else. Most of the time, our normal lives seem pretty boring in comparison to the worlds we can imagine. 

But you don’t have to take a crazy, dangerous journey somewhere to have a meaningful adventure. All you have to do is take a journey to the center of YOU. 

On today’s episode, you’ll be reminded that one of the most significant adventures you can have is when you examine the unknown aspects of who you are. 

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When you read great writing, it has a magical quality. Those words can transport you to faraway worlds or help you see things you never saw before. Great writing can also help you learn something that will change your life. 

But where does great writing come from? And more importantly, how can we create it? 

On today’s episode, Kent answers these questions and also explains why your first draft is important. 

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Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!   

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Based on my interactions with writers over the years, I would categorize writers this way: 

1. A third of you have active projects in the works. 
2. A third of you have an idea what you want to write but have not started. 
3. A third of you want to write but don't know where or how to start. 

No matter where you fall on that spectrum, all writers have one thing in common: we constantly fight resistance. We need to keep ourselves motivated and inspired on a daily basis. 

In this episode, I'll share five ways to get started writing today. If you are struggling with what or how to write, this will be immensely valuable. If you know what you want to write, but haven't yet started, this will help you get moving. And if you're already writing and have a clear direction, this will add to your creative arsenal. 

The five ways to write we'll discuss in this episode are: journaling, social media, blogging, articles, and books. 

Let's dive in! 

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Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.    

Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more! 

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My guest today is Karen Anderson, and she imminently qualified to talk about what it means to be successful as an author. She is a Strategic Book Coach and Associate Publisher for Morgan James Publishing (full disclosure: I am a proud literary scout for Morgan James!). 

Karen is also a nationally published author, a co-author on numerous books, a self-published author, a ghostwriter, and an editor. She recently co-authored with her husband, Steve, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has now been translated into 18 languages.  

Karen's newest project is called Unleash the Power of Your Book. She and her business partner, Marji Ross, help already-published authors re-launch and leverage their books to increase sales and maximize revenue, no matter when the book came out. 

On this episode, Karen talks about various ways to define success, the biggest mistakes authors make, and the ways successful authors think differently. 

You can connect with Karen on Linkedin and Facebook. 

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Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.    

Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more! 

Connect with Kent:   

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One of the most interesting questions you will ever ask yourself as a writer is this: what drives you?

Some writers are driven by fame or money. Others are driven by the need for employment. Still others are driven by a need to create.

All of those have their place. Yet, at our core, there must be something deeper, stronger, and more primal.

On today's episode, Kent reminds us of our God-given urge to write.

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Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.   

Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!

Connect with Kent:  

https://DailyWriterLife.com  

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We deal with a lot of obstacles as writers, but one of the biggest is rejection.

Rejection can come in many forms and whatever form rejection takes… it hurts. And let’s be honest, it can hurt pretty badly. Some writers never recover from it. So how can we deal with it?

On today's episode, Kent shares advice from J. K. Rowling on how to handle rejection.

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Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.   

Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!

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https://DailyWriterLife.com  

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Have you ever had the unfortunate luck of losing a great idea because you failed to write it down?

This is one of the most vexing problems we writers deal with. We have great ideas all of the time, but we neglect to write them down.

So what’s the solution? Make a notebook your new sidekick.

On today's episode, you’ll rediscover one of the most important tools in your writing arsenal.

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Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.   

Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!  

Connect with Kent:  

https://DailyWriterLife.com  

Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders  

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LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders  

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Writers and artists seem to be prone to discouragement. It’s not easy to be a writer. We spend our lives putting our stories, thoughts, and emotions out there … and sometimes it feels like your heart gets trampled on.

This is why we need all the encouragement we can get. But how do we create a ready source of encouragement for those dark days?

On today's episode, Kent shares a powerful tip on how to continually be encouraged.

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Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.   

Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!  

Connect with Kent:  

https://DailyWriterLife.com  

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As writers, we have a lot of different ways to measure success and failure. 

Were we as successful as that other writer? Did the client hire us for that gig? Did our book launch go as planned?

But what if you still did the work and none of those things happened? Does that mean you failed?

On today's episode, you’ll learn why your success or failure as a writer doesn’t depend on external factors, but on you.

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Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.   

Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!  

Connect with Kent:  

https://DailyWriterLife.com  

Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders  

Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders  

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders   

If you’ve been listening to this podcast for a while, you have heard me talk about the Daily Writer Community. This is a membership community I’ve put together to help writers improve their habits and mindset.  

In addition to all the other benefits of the DW Community, we have a group call each week. On this episode, I’m sharing a recording of a call we had a couple of months ago.  

This call featured my special guest, Bee Evans, from the Tear Out the Tags Podcast. Her platform and upcoming book are focused on helping us remove the labels that are holding us back. We had a fantastic and heartfelt conversation about embracing your identity as a writer with a few members of our community.  

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Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.  

Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!  

Connect with Kent:  

https://DailyWriterLife.com  

Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders  

Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders  

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders