StoryADay
Julie Duffy
Writers write. Professional writers write a lot. The StoryADay May challenge exists to help you learn how much you're capable of writing in a month. The Write Every Day, Not "Some Day" podcast helps you figure out how to keep that commitment up for the rest of your life. Each 10-15 minute episode tackles a particular topic and gives you a writing assignment to complete before the next episode.
Music credit: Alan McPike (http://standardstrax.com)
Music credit: Alan McPike (http://standardstrax.com)
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Sep 26, 2016 • 2min
036 - The Challenge - Day 26 - Writing Prompt
Today's prompt encourages you to think about stirring up some emotions in your readers.
Sep 25, 2016 • 4min
035 - The Challenge - 25 - Writing Prompt
Today's writing prompt is all about changing perspective. Most of us have a particular POV we like to write in. Today, we try something completely different.
Sep 24, 2016 • 4min
034 - The Challenge - Day 24 - Writing Prompt
Today we’re going to take a deeper look at genre and the expectations readers have, based on that genre...
Sep 23, 2016 • 2min
033 - The Challenge - Day 23 - writing prompt
Quick: grab a book from your bookshelf, and look at the first page. Can you tell what kind of book it's going to be just from the tone of that page? Does it match your expectations? Today you'll write a story focussing on tone: is it consistent? Is it appropriate to the story you're telling?
Sep 22, 2016 • 4min
032 - The Challenge - Day 22 - writing prompt
With four weeks of writing under your belt, you will have learned a thing or two about your strengths as a writer. This week we use what you've learned and build on it. Today's focus: Finding Your Voice
Sep 21, 2016 • 1min
031 - The Challenge - Day 21 - writing prompt
I don't often give you a traditional 'story starter' kind of prompt, but today that's exactly what I'm doing. I'm really curious to see what everyone does with this one!
Sep 20, 2016 • 2min
030 - The Challenge - Day 20 - writing prompt
Today you're going to write fan fiction for a show/book/universe you know and love.
Sep 19, 2016 • 3min
029 - The Challenge - Day 19 - Writing prompt
This is one of my favorite writing prompts of all time - because you don't have to worry too much about coming up with a plot, just messing with one. For more resources take a look at the blog post for this prompt.
Sep 18, 2016 • 2min
028 - The Challenge - Day 18 - writing prompt
Today you're going to tell the story of a painting (literally or otherwise). I have some suggestions for you, and, if you want to find the original blog post, with links to good sources of art, go here: http://storyaday.org/2016-18-painting/
Sep 17, 2016 • 2min
027 - The Challenge - Day 17 - Writing Prompt
Today's prompt is to write a story based on a news headline. The caveat, of course, being that fiction, unlike real life, has to make sense!
