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stay swimming for 2 days in a row (because your writing habit will drown and die).

The secret to writing is to train and nurture your Daily Writing Habit. And in order to
build a Daily Writing Habit, that means you need to get back on the ship every
single day. If you miss a day, that's fine. Don't beat yourself up. But climb aboard
and get back at it tomorrow. Otherwise, too many "tomorrows" will go by.

Self-confidence: How do you build confidence in yourself as a writer? You write.

It's so simple that it's complicated. The reason why writers struggle with self-
confidence at the beginning of their journey is because they are still sitting on the
dock, waiting, imagining. They haven't yet confronted the brutal reality that, once
they begin, they probably aren't going to be great at writing. It's going to take

practice. So in order to overcome this fear and START gaining self-confidence, you
need to rip the band-aid off and begin.

Generating ideas: A lot of writers have this fear that someone is going to "steal
their ideas." But writers who are afraid of other writers stealing their ideas are afraid
because they don't know how to create more ideas. Said differently: they value the

ideas they have SO MUCH because they don't have the skill of creating more ideas
on command. Well, that's why we created an Endless Idea Generator for writers to
use anytime they feel stuck. (We still use the Endless Idea Generator every single

day with our own writing. Why? Because it works.)

Impostor syndrome: The reason writers experience Imposter Syndrome is
because we are taught that writing is all about "fitting in" where readers already are.
It's about becoming a "better" writer than the next person—which is what leads to

the feeling of being an imposter. We don't believe this is a productive path forward
for writers, and instead, we are going to show you how you can CREATE your own
category as a writer (not compete against someone else in their category). After all,
how can you be an imposter if you created something completely different for
yourself?

Writing consistently: Consistency is the key to success as a writer—and it's a
cliché because it's true. Look at any successful writer, author, or even YouTuber,
content creator, musician, artist, etc. Anyone who has stood the test of time did so
because they were able to create prolifically over a prolonged period of time.
Consistency, in itself, is a powerful differentiator. So if you have trouble being

consistent, don't worry: we have plenty of exercises that will help you (and if you

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