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The Writers Manifesto
The Writers Manifesto
MANIFESTO
Stop Writing to Be Read & Adored
By Jeff Goins
CONTENTS
PART 1
THE END
Im a writer.
I could say that I love to write.
But really, I like to be read.
A lot.
Writers everywhere
are rediscovering their first love: writing.
Not tweets
or publishing contracts
or blog comments.
Just writing.
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Be prepared to be challenged.
And to be generous.
Because when this is over,
I am going to ask you to do something.
To start writing for the right reasons.
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CALL TO ARMS
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By their gifts
and under the authority
of a higher calling,
they are compelled to create.
To wonder.
To dream.
To express.
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Real writers
do not begin the day with aspirations
of seeing their words in print.
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Some day.
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BEGINNING
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Its time.
To dream boldly and imagine impossibilities.
To conjure up words and phrases
the world is waiting to hear.
To turn off email and stop checking blog stats.
To stop worrying.
And just write.
Its time to begin.
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FINALE
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Heidi Angell
Nate Eaton
Kevin DeShazo
Keri Welch
Melissa Brotherton
Chase Livingston
Evan Blackerby
Julie Shreve
Judy Croome
Allyson Latta
Josh Cody
KC Procter
Keith Jennings
Michael Hyatt
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