StoryADay presents: I, WRITER - A Writing Podcast about Building a Successful Writing Practice
Julie Duffy
Welcome to StoryADay Presents: I, WRITER – A Writing Podcast about building a fulfilling writing life.
Hosted by author and StoryADay founder Julie Duffy, this show helps writers of all kinds—novelists, short-story authors, poets, or anyone building a creative habit—turn writing into a sustainable, joyful practice.
Each episode blends practical writing tips with mindset reframes drawn from the I, WRITER Framework (Imagine, Write, Refine, Improve, Triumph, Engage, Repeat), to help you avoid overwhelm and make more progress, faster.
Whether you’re drafting your first novel, exploring short fiction, or fighting writer’s block, you’ll find strategies here to strengthen your writing routine, spark creativity, and keep going.
With insights from the popular StoryADay Challenge and years of guiding writers worldwide, Julie shows you how to create momentum, finish projects, and share your work with confidence.
Music credit: Alan McPike (http://standardstrax.com)
Hosted by author and StoryADay founder Julie Duffy, this show helps writers of all kinds—novelists, short-story authors, poets, or anyone building a creative habit—turn writing into a sustainable, joyful practice.
Each episode blends practical writing tips with mindset reframes drawn from the I, WRITER Framework (Imagine, Write, Refine, Improve, Triumph, Engage, Repeat), to help you avoid overwhelm and make more progress, faster.
Whether you’re drafting your first novel, exploring short fiction, or fighting writer’s block, you’ll find strategies here to strengthen your writing routine, spark creativity, and keep going.
With insights from the popular StoryADay Challenge and years of guiding writers worldwide, Julie shows you how to create momentum, finish projects, and share your work with confidence.
Music credit: Alan McPike (http://standardstrax.com)
Episodes
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Aug 17, 2019 • 20min
137 - Today Is The First Day of the Rest of Your Writing Life
The StoryADay community shares what they're writing and they're most likely to get that writing-high (you know the one, right?) And in this episode I encourage you to make this last part of 2019 the best of your writing life. This coming week I'm sending out a series of emails with my best tips for creating a fulfilling writing life. Make sure you sign up for that and information about StoryADay September: StoryADay.org/next-challenge
Aug 4, 2019 • 16min
136 - Art Is
Do you give yourself permission to make your art, to write? Do you feel like you have to ask permission? What ripples spread out when you write?
Jul 27, 2019 • 15min
135 - Courage
This week someone accused me of doing something decadent. It was meant as a joke, but it got under my skin, and It got me thinking about all the things we have to do as writers that might seem decadent to 'normal' people.
Jul 13, 2019 • 11min
134 - Dialogue and Distractions
Talking about dialogue, I discovered a rule that can sometimes be broken. Also: procrastination!!
Jul 6, 2019 • 19min
133 - Stepping Onto A Larger Stage
Are you holding yourself back? In this episode, I look at three events that have me thinking about what we all have to gain from doing our creative work with integrity, tenacity and bravery.
Jun 15, 2019 • 16min
132 - Compelling Characters
Readers can't love your story if they don't love your character. LINKS https://storayday.org/creating-compelling-characters
Jun 1, 2019 • 5min
131 - Celebrate!
A raw, mini episode to celebrate the successful conclusion of StoryADay May 2019 links: Day 31: https://StoryADay.org/2019-05-31 SWAGr for June: https://storyaday.org/swagr-jun-2019/
May 25, 2019 • 16min
130 - Short Story Framework
A popular resource at StoryADay is the StADa Short Story Framework. Now it's available to everyone as a download: https://stada.me/framework Also in this episode I talk about the upcoming events at StoryADay after May finishes, including the Critique Week and StoryFest and, of course, StoryADay September! https://storyaday.org/events
May 11, 2019 • 23min
129 - Motivation for May
11 days into StoryADay May 2019 and things might not be going quite as you planned, in your writing. In this episode I share some strategies for saving your StoryADay May 2019, and share some feedback from other writers who are engaged in the challenge. Also: I absolve you of any guilt for past writing sins and encourage you to stride into the future with a clean conscience! LINKS: StoryADay/NaNoWriMo Livestream: https://stada.me/ywp-flash Save Our StoryADay emergency post: https://stada.me/sos
Apr 20, 2019 • 12min
128 - Character Counts
This week I talk about character: how to take the inner journey of your character and show it through external actions.
