

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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May 28, 2017 • 6min
080 - Cinderella Story Structure
Today's #writingprompt is the first of three looking at story structure. Today: a Cinderella story. The Prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170528-cinderella

May 27, 2017 • 3min
079 - A Non-Traditional Love Story - a writing prompt
Today I encourage you to write a non-traditional love story for the 27th day of StoryADay May 2017 The prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170527/

May 26, 2017 • 8min
078 - Letters - a writing prompt for May 26, 2017
Today's #writingprompt is one of my faves: write a story in letter form. The Prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170526-letters

May 25, 2017 • 6min
077 - Sonnet - a writing prompt
Today's #writingprompt for StoryADay May is to write a prose sonnet: 14 sentences long. The Prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170525-sonnet

May 24, 2017 • 6min
076 - Hidden Messages, a writing prompt
Today I'm prompting you to write a story within a story. To find out how, check out the blog post below The Prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170524-hidden-message/

May 23, 2017 • 8min
075 - Lists: a short story writing prompt
Today we're back to writing short story forms, after our week of working on support for the novelists among us. The Prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170523-list/

May 22, 2017 • 7min
074 - Sensuous Setting - a writing prompt
Today we tell a story focusing on the setting (and your five senses) The Prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170522-setting

May 21, 2017 • 5min
073 - World Building A Society - writing prompt
Today we look at less tangible aspects of the world you're building, and what makes them the way they are. The prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170521-society

May 20, 2017 • 6min
072 - Concrete World Building - a writing prompt
Continuing our week of short story writing, for novelists, today we look at what aspects of your world might need better examined. The Prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170520-concrete

May 19, 2017 • 3min
071 - Secondary Meeting - a writing prompt
Today we step back into the past, to when your protagonist met an important supporting character The prompt: http://storyaday.org/20170519-secondary