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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Mar 30, 2018 • 4min
Mini Episode: Sonnet writing prompt
Today's mini episode is a writing prompt that challenges you to write a story in the form of a prose sonnet (don't worry, I explain what I mean and give you a few different styles to choose from). It's a challenge, but it's a good one! Read more: http://stada.me/sonnet
Mar 29, 2018 • 3min
Mini Episode: Writing Prompt - Letters
This mini episode contains a writing prompt that challenges you to write a story in the form of letters, tweets, log entries, or other 'found documents'. Read more: https://stada.me/letters
Mar 28, 2018 • 3min
Mini Episode: Lists, A Writing Prompt
This mini episode contains a writing prompt that challenges you to write a story in the form of a list. Here's a link to more information about Jennifer Egan's story, "To Do List": http://stada.me/egan
Mar 17, 2018 • 10min
097 - Short Story Forms
This month I'm focusing on short story form. Watch out for a few mini-episodes coming your way, with more details on some short story forms. Also in this episode, I recommend Jane Friedman's new book, The Business of Being A Writer [http://amzn.to/2DyhhYL].
Feb 24, 2018 • 22min
096 - How To Make Flash Fiction...Flash
Flash fiction is more than just a collection of fewer than 1000 words. Flash fiction must...FLASH! In this episode I talk about, how to surprise your readers, how to craft openings and endings to keep your story in your readers' hearts, how to use titles as the sizzle that sell your story to a reader I also remind listeners that it's almost time for the March SWAGr post, where we make our commitments for the coming month.
Feb 10, 2018 • 18min
095 - Flash Fiction Part 1
February is the shortest month, so we're focusing on the shortest of fiction: flash! (And, yes, I know there are shorter forms, but this is the particular short-short form I picked, ok?) This week I talk about what flash is and why you might want to be writing it. Includes bonus trivia about Impressionism. LINKS Last week's flash fiction writing prompt: http://storyaday.org/wow-make-it-flash/ The latest Reading Room review featuring flash fiction: http://storyaday.org/rr-meteor-mccolough/ This month's Accountability Group post: http://storyaday.org/swagr-feb-2017/ Follow StoryADay on Twitter: @storyadaymay
Jan 27, 2018 • 23min
094 - P.A.C.E. Yourself To Reach Your Writing Goals
As we settle into a new year of writing, it's worth taking a look at our habits and forming an 'if/then' contingency plan to keep us working when our plans go awry. Also in this episode, this week's writing prompt!
Jan 14, 2018 • 12min
093 - Getting Creative In The New Year
Happy New Year! If you haven't quite settled into your new routine (or your old routine) yet, and want to get creative, this is the episode for you. Also, I'm inviting feedback on the questions of -What you do to get yourself to your desk -What routines/practices you use to start work Call and leave me a message, and I might air your question/comment on the podcast: 484 393 2233 Please leave a name, and a brief message, or just email me at julie at storyaday dot org
Nov 17, 2017 • 17min
092 - Making Choices In Writing And Life
This week I talk about ways to make your life easier by embracing the idea of decision-making, both in your writing and in your writing practice. You can read a (slightly altered) version of this, here: http://storyaday.org/choices/
Nov 11, 2017 • 19min
091 - Regrouping PLUS: NaNo Rescue!
For all you NaNo novelists out there, deep in the belly of a fast-written novel, I have a suggestion for a way to revitalize your writing and your excitement about your project. For everyone (else?) I talk about regrouping: it's November: There's still time to rescue some of your writing goals for this year, and set yourself up for a successful writing year in 2018. LINKS: The StoryADay Serious Writers' Accountability Group (SWAGr) - http://bit.ly/2zPC6l1 Austin Kleon - a sample newsletter - http://bit.ly/2meYazT Ryan Holiday on how & why to keep a 'commonplace book' (AKA Interinsting Things Log) - http://bit.ly/2mfjGEp
