The Daily Writer

What is the difference between an expensive steakhouse and a fast-food burger place?

They both use the same ingredients for their main product: beef. Yet the experience can be vastly different. When you have dinner at a great steakhouse, it’s not just about the food. Although it may be wonderful, it’s also the experience that counts. On the other hand, the experience is totally different when you go through a cheap fast-food burger place.

It’s not just about ingredients. It’s about taking the raw ingredients, preparing them the right way, then serving them to people with care and attention so they have a great experience.

The same thing is true for our words.

On today’s episode, you’ll learn why it’s important to polish your work, so that you can give your readers the best experience possible.

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Here at the Daily Writer, we talk a lot about the habit of writing regularly. That’s nothing new. Every good writing teacher talks about the importance of a good writing habit.

Another habit that is equally important, yet for some reason emphasized much less, is the publishing habit. If you want to impact other people with your words, you must not only write them… you must also publish them.

On today’s episode, you’ll be reminded why it’s vital not to just write, but to share your writing with the world.

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As a writer, you know you should be reading every day. You know that it’s a vital part of filling your creative well. But with so many great books out there, how do you decide which ones to read? What sort of system should you use to read more?

On today’s episode, you’ll learn about how to read more, increase your productivity, and maximize your creativity.

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So… you’ve done it again. You promised yourself you wouldn’t do it, yet here you are, feeling guilty because you’ve given in to the temptation once again.

Are we talking about some forbidden sin?

No, we’re talking about downloading yet another free PDF that will languish on your hard drive. It’s one more resource you won’t read, but you will still feel guilty because you know it will probably help your writing or business.

In today’s Information Age, it’s almost impossible not to be overwhelmed with email lists, free PDFs, podcasts, books, courses, and much more. So how do you deal with this flood of information?

On today’s episode, Kent shares advice on how to declutter and get focused when you feel like you’re overwhelmed.

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Mike Kim is a business coach and marketing strategist who specializes in personal branding, product launch strategies, and copywriting. His core philosophy of marketing is this: “Marketing isn’t about closing a sale, it’s about opening a relationship.”

Mike is one of my favorite communicators. As a writer, speaker, podcaster, and copywriting expert, he has the uncanny ability to cut through the noise and say things in a straightforward and memorable way.

I asked Mike to come on the show and talk about personal branding because it’s a vital topic for every writer. You’ll learn what a personal brand is and why you need it, Mike’s journey from a worship pastor to branding expert, some of Mike’s predictions for personal branding this year, and much more.

I encourage you to follow Mike on Facebook and Instagram because he not only adds a ton of value there, he’s also hilarious! Also, make sure to check out Mike’s website, the excellent “Brand You" podcast, and his new book You Are The Brand: The 8-Step Blueprint to Showcase Your Unique Expertise and Build a Highly Profitable, Personally Fulfilling Business.

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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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David Hancock is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author, and the founder of Morgan James Publishing. As the founder of Morgan James Publishing, David was selected for Fast Company Magazine’s Fast 50 for his leadership, creative thinking, significant accomplishments, and incredible impact on the industry over the last ten years.

I wanted to have David as a guest not only because of his obvious connection with books, but also to talk about the importance of being an author in the first place. David saw firsthand how powerful it can be to have books of your own, which is why he started Morgan James in the first place.

Here is something I don't often get to say about podcast guests: we also wrote a book together! Along with our co-author Bobby Kipper, David and I collaborated on a book that will be published through Morgan James next May. It's titled Performance Driven Giving, and it's a follow-up to David and Bobb's first book in this series, Performance Driven Thinking. I'll share more on that early next year closer to the release date.

So needless to say, I’m grateful for David Hancock and am thrilled that he’s joined me for this conversation. You’ll learn about David’s unique background that led him into publishing, the benefits of writing a book, and how Morgan James approaches publishing differently.

You can connect with David on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Morgan James Publishing.

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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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In the world of computers, WYSIWYG stands for “what you see is what you get.” It refers to an editing system or interface where the content you see onscreen shows exactly how it will look when it’s printed or displayed elsewhere.

But WYSIWYG can also refer to the writing life as a whole. What you see is truly what you get.

On today’s episode, you’ll be reminded that your perspective radically changes your life.

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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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Every writer has felt like this at one time or another. You’re chugging along with your content and things are going smoothly. The ideas are flowing. You’re feeling great.

Then, it happens. You hit the wall. The creative juices have dried up and you sit there wondering where to go from here.

On today’s episode, Kent shares three strategies you can use to get your creative juices flowing again.

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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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Have you ever written something and expected people to immediately love it? Maybe you wrote an article, book, or social media post and felt disappointed that it wasn't a hit. But if you look to other industries such as music and baseball, you will have a hit less than three out of ten times.

Every time you step up to the plate, or go into that recording studio, or sit down to write, you’re putting in the work. You’re developing your craft. You’re getting better all the time.

On today’s episode, Kent shares insights from the music industry and baseball to highlight that the secret to your success is showing up each day to work.

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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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One of the tropes that seems to follow creative types around is the myth of the “tortured artist.” The myth goes something like this: creative work is very, very difficult, and it requires the artist to give their blood, sweat, and tears to their creative work.

But where does this myth come from? We don’t have time for a long history lesson here, but here is one explanation for why creative types, including writers, like to perpetuate this myth.

The reason is because we want to believe the work is hard. We like the idea that the creative work we are doing is extraordinarily difficult.

But what if we took the opposite approach?

On today’s episode, you’ll discover why enjoying your creative work actually improves your productivity.

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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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