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The Writers Manifesto PDF
MANIFESTO
Stop Writing to Be Read & Adored
By Jeff Goins
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CONTENTS
PART 1
The End (A Good Place to Begin)
PART 2
Call to Arms (A Battle Cry for Those Who Will Hear)
PART 3
Beginning (Where You Must Decide to Start)
FINALE
Taking the Next Step
Join the Community
Share This Manifesto
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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THE END
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Im a writer.
A lot.
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For too long, my fragile ego
has depended on the affirmation of others.
So Im giving up.
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Im falling back in love with writing.
With the actual craft.
And not the disease of fame.
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And I am finding that I am not alone.
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Writers everywhere
are rediscovering their first love: writing.
Not tweets
or publishing contracts
or blog comments.
Just writing.
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This manifesto is an outstretched hand
to others who feel this same tension
between creativity and congratulations.
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A quick word of warning
before we continue...
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Be prepared to be challenged.
And to be generous.
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CALL TO ARMS
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Writers dont write to get published.
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Real writers dont write for recognition.
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By their gifts
and under the authority
of a higher calling,
To wonder.
To dream.
To express.
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Real writers wake up every morning
with something to say.
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They discipline themselves to start.
Forsaking every excuse and justification.
What is imperative,
what cannot be overlooked
or neglected,
is that they begin.
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Real writers
do not begin the day with aspirations
of seeing their words in print.
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This is natural, of course.
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We must put these ideas
of fame and reward to death.
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The true writersimply shows up.
Ready to do the work.
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Real writers do not need inspiration
or an audience to begin.
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Real writers recognize that there is a hidden force.
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But this is not an excuse to wait.
It is a call to begin.
To honor the gift.
To show up.
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Again, the whole point
of this is simply...
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Writers dont write to get published.
They write for the love of writing.
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Because if they were not writing,
they wouldnt know what to do.
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Of course, there is a great irony to all of this.
As we disabuse ourselves
of the desire to entertain,
we writers discover something.
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And people reward great art.
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Here is the paradox:
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They will applaud it.
They will venerate it.
Some day.
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Until then, you and I are not excused from creating.
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BEGINNING
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Its time.
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We only have today.
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The real writer within you is waiting.
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FINALE
TAKING THE NEXT STEP
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY
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SHARE THIS MANIFESTO
I only ask that you do not sell or change it in any way. Here
are some ways to share:
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You are not alone.
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