StoryADay

Sometimes what used to work for us no longer works.  In this podcast I talk about the benefits and downsides of your writing commitments, I encourage you to scare yourself, and I revisit the subject of habits, and check in to see how you're getting on. Also: I preview some coming changes to the podcast LINKS: The StoryADay Short Story Framework, in case you want to write a story today but aren't sure how to get started: https://storyaday.org/framework The StoryADay 3 Day Challenge, in case you need a little extra accountability and you work best with a curriculum: https://storyaday.org/3DC  

Listening and reading are wonderful things, but what if they are holding you back from writing and finishing stories? We learn writing by writing. Isn't it time you stop stalling? LINKS "Listening" by Bob DeRosa on Escape Pod: https://stada.me/listening The 3 Day Challenge: https://stada.me/3dc Don't forget you can tell your Alexa speaker to play the StoryADay Podcast by enabling the skill one time in your Alexa app then saying "Alexa, play the StoryADay podcast"  

Today I’m going to show you a system for delighting readers (and editors), so that you get great reviews and raving fans who will share your work with other readers who also love what you’re writing. Links:  https://stada.me/ssf - The StoryADay Short Story Framework  

Here at the end of January, I take a mini look back at the first month of the decade and talk about writing habits, reading habits, Alexa skills, Medium and more. [1:20] My Short Story Reading Challenge, The Bradbury Method, my method. [9:30] Good luck to the NYC Midnight contestants [10:00] New ways to access StoryADay content - Medium & Alexa [10:55] 10th Anniversary  [11:46] The StoryADay Podcast [14:00] February’s theme at StoryADay and what’s special about Leap Day Links: If you want to know more about Alexa skills, contact Raphael Schaad on LinkedIn Here's a list of my favorite stories from January 2020  

It's not a character flaw. If your resolutions have slipped and you haven't kept up all those big plans you made for this year (already!), it's not that you're a loser. It might just be that you haven't built the behaviors into your day in the best way.  This week I apply the Fogg Behavioral Method to real writers' problems and help them troubleshoot (and fix!) the most common sticking points.  Free downloads: https://stada.me/openingsreport https://stada.me/creativitybundle https://stada.me/writerquiz  

Languages evolve from the cultures that produce them, which offers a fertile world for writers to explore, whether you are writing contemporary, realistic fiction or futuristic and fantasy worlds. This week I talk with Seumas MacDonald a linguist and ConLang (constructed languages) expert, about language, culture and how you might think about using linguistics in your fictional worlds. [LINKS] Do you already think about spoken language in your writing? What was your 'aha moment' from this podcast? Join the discussion: https://stada.me/151

Tiny Wins (a combination of Tiny Habits and Epic Wins) and how you can use them to reinforce your good habits, along with an explanation of Stanford University researcher BJ Fogg's Behavioral Method -- a framework that explains why we do what we do (and sometimes don't!) LINKS https://storyaday.org/episode150

In which I give you a peek into what I'm working on at StoryADay and encourage you to take a clear-eyed look at how far you've come, and what's next for you. LINKS: Annual Review Worksheet: https://stada.me/annualreview  

A title is the sizzle that sells your story, but too many writers still struggle with this important part of the writing process.  Today's podcast helps you level up your title game. LINKS: Get the free download: https://stada.me/500titles Get Tobias S. Buckell's It's All Just A Draft (clicking this Amazon affiliate link helps support this podcast) https://amzn.to/2PH31Fu  

This week's podcast features a clip from an episode from two years ago, in which I talked about the different cycles in a writing life. And I apologize in advance for making you crave some freshly baked bread...