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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.37,0:00:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that you've spent some time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.88,0:00:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attempting to implement\Na writing practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.18,0:00:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's check in about your experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.94,0:00:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to say first that this isn't\Nabout succeeding or failing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.18,0:00:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are information gathering,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.08,0:00:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so whether you met your goal or not,\Nyou learn something about your needs
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.12,0:00:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a writer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.29,0:00:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's go over a couple of common responses
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.64,0:00:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to beginning to implement\Na writing practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.59,0:00:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people have a tendency\Nto overpromise.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.27,0:00:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the kind of person\NI'm talking about,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.42,0:00:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind who decides\Nthey're going to revamp their body
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.05,0:00:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they go on a low carb diet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.54,0:00:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, somehow\Nthey're also intermittent fasting
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.52,0:00:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only eating gluten.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.71,0:00:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, they're in a bootcamp class\Nthat meets every morning at 4 a.m.,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.15,0:00:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they've set the goal of running\Nsix miles a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.58,0:00:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that person is going to burn out\Nwithin a couple of weeks or minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.55,0:00:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The writing practice survey emphasizes\Ngetting to know your needs as a writer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.50,0:00:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you also need\Nto take into consideration
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.02,0:00:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the constraints of your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.82,0:01:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you need to write\Nearly in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.18,0:01:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you got to take your kid to school,\Nso you can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.77,0:01:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be reasonable and practical\Nin your expectations for yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.37,0:01:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Start slow,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.41,0:01:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making a commitment to yourself\Nthat you can keep.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.50,0:01:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another common response\Ncan be beating yourself up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.20,0:01:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you fail to meet your goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.48,0:01:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to make yourself accountable,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.35,0:01:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.34,0:01:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the emotional energy\Nyou spend being angry at yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.92,0:01:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is exhausting\Nand will not feed your writing process.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.95,0:01:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a client \Nwho started out as a screenwriter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.51,0:01:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he really wanted to write a novel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.43,0:01:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on a script\Nthat he'd failed to sell.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.29,0:01:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That novel sat in his mind for a decade.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.20,0:01:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember him saying to me once
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.46,0:01:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were working together\Non that novel, finally,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.42,0:01:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that his biggest achievement \Nover that decade
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.86,0:01:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not hating himself for not writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.57,0:01:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That really stuck with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.54,0:01:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let's discuss "shoulds."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.51,0:01:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Years ago, I had a student say,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.48,0:01:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I just feel like I should write at night\Nbecause all good writers write at night."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.38,0:01:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like,\N"Kirk, when do you write best?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.18,0:02:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, \N"I write best in the morning."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.42,0:02:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like,\N"Okay, so that's when you need to write."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.79,0:02:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds silly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.90,0:02:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's really easy to get wrapped up\Nin external notions of achievement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.86,0:02:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You always want to bring the focus\Nback to yourself in your own needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.43,0:02:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not what a YouTuber\Nor even Stephen King
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.66,0:02:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says about the creative process.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.97,0:02:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this module, you'll find tips\Nfor cultivating a writing practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.74,0:02:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll just take one final moment\Nto emphasize one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.98,0:02:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turn off your phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.05,0:02:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a visual reminder\Nthat there is an outside world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.22,0:02:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be enough to stop a writer dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.20,0:02:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I see my phone sitting on the table,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.25,0:02:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my brain is instantly out of my project.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.92,0:02:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm writing,\NI either turn off my phone
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.16,0:02:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at least put it in the other room.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.30,0:02:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many distractions,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.79,0:02:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the least you can do\Nis give yourself a fighting shot.