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The Marie Forleo Podcast

277 - The Best Writing Advice I've Ever Heard: 7 Famous Authors Share Their Secrets

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Self-improvement, Education

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Want to "make it" as a writer? In this episode, seven best-selling authors share the writing advice that helped them collectively write and publish 70 books and 28 bestsellers. Listen for over 100 years of writing experience boiled into bite-sized lessons that'll help you blast through any creative obstacle.

https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/writing-advice-bestselling-authors

I do not want to go to my grave with 50 pages of an unfinished novel in a drawer. @GilbertLiz via @MarieForleo

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Marie Borleo and welcome to another episode of the Marie Borleo podcast.

0:09.0

If you've got aspirations to become a writer or you just want to make writing a regular

0:14.0

practice in your life, this episode is for you.

0:16.9

You're going to love it.

0:17.9

So first off, let's just talk about the obvious, all right?

0:21.1

Writing has its challenges.

0:23.5

When I was working on everything as figure outable, there were so many moments when I felt

0:28.0

like just beating my head against the wall or thinking about, oh my goodness, I should

0:32.0

call my publisher and tell them, I just can't do it.

0:34.7

And even when I'm writing emails or creating our training programs, there are some days

0:39.2

where it feels amazing and it's joyful and it's effortless.

0:42.0

And then there's other ones where I feel like I'm on the struggle bus all day long.

0:46.6

Now, as you'll hear today, these ups and downs really are a part of the journey.

0:52.0

It doesn't matter whether you're an author of books or poetry or you do marketing copy.

0:58.1

Because we all face battles with things like resistance and perfectionism and consistently

1:03.8

showing up at the page.

1:05.4

But today, I got to tell you, you are in for a real treat.

1:09.5

You're going to hear from seven prolific writers who have so much wisdom to share about

1:15.4

honing your craft and working through those obstacles that we all face.

1:19.4

And I want you to really listen closely because these folks know what they're talking about.

1:24.8

Collectively, they have over a hundred years of writing experience.

1:29.0

They've written over 70 books, 28 of which are best sellers.

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