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The Marie Forleo Podcast

100: Cheryl Strayed: How To Become a Writer & Advice Every Creative Needs To Hear

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Education, Self-improvement

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Cheryl Strayed, author of the best-seller ‘Wild’ and the voice behind Dear Sugar, shares tactical strategies on becoming a writer, the realities of making a living from writing, and the power of art. Don’t miss this episode — you’ll get life changing advice that every creative needs to hear. / Life will always be hard and life will also always be beautiful. @CherylStrayed via @MarieForleo

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0:00.0

What's up party people? I'm Marie Forlejo and for the last 20 years I've helped

0:06.5

millions of people transform their businesses and lives. If you're ready to make

0:11.0

the difference you were born to make,

0:13.2

get ready because this is the Marie Forleo Podcast.

0:18.4

Today you are in for such a treat

0:21.5

because we have one of my favorite writers of all time on the show.

0:26.0

Cheryl Strade is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller, Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things,

0:32.3

Brave Enough, and Torch.

0:34.4

Her books have been translated into 40 languages.

0:37.6

Wild was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0

0:41.2

and made into an Oscar-nominated film. Cheryl's essays have been published in the Best American

0:46.4

Essays, The New York Times, The Washington Post magazine, Vogue, Salon, The Sun, Tin House, and elsewhere.

0:55.0

She's the co-host of the Dear Sugar Radio Podcast and lives in Portland, Oregon.

1:00.0

Cheryl, thank you so much for being here.

1:02.0

Thank you for having me. I'm thrilled.

1:03.6

Yes. So when we met at Super Soul Sessions, I was just...

1:06.3

Oprah introduced us.

1:07.3

Yes, which is a big deal.

1:08.7

Yeah, it's a nice start for us.

1:09.9

And I knew having one Marie Tchabee was going to be just exciting.

1:13.4

So let's take it back, way back.

1:16.8

You didn't grow up in a household of writers.

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