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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Jul 17, 2022 • 27min
Networking Without Nerves, a conversation with Coach Larissa Sjarbaini
Crafting a writing life isn't all about knowing where to put commas and how to develop characters. It's also about engaging with other humans. This week I'm in conversation with Larissa Sjarbaini, a high performance coach, about how to do that and why you might want to, even if you're an extreme introvert. And stay tuned for an opportunity to develop your own game plan for a writing life LINKS This episode: storyaday.org/episode257 Set Yourself Up For Success: storyaday.org/success-coaching
Jul 9, 2022 • 26min
Why Do You Write?
I get vulmerable and make a confession, in this episode. Can you relate? LINKS Critique Week: https://stada.me/critique 3-Day Challenge: https://storyaday.org/3dc
Jul 2, 2022 • 12min
Stories That Matter
I'm through caring about what publishers want. Instead, I want us to focus on writing stories that matter. And, as you might expect, I have some thoughts on how we go about doing that. LINKS The 3-Day Challenge: https://storyaday.org/3dc
Jun 25, 2022 • 19min
A Fresh Pespective
Vacations can give us a much needed fresh perspective, as writers and creators, but you don't have to cross an ocean to see things a-fresh. LINKS StoryADay.org/episode254 Take the 3-Day Challenge: StoryADay.org/3dc
Jun 11, 2022 • 16min
What Is Your Legacy, as a Writer?
Writers don't just write for themselves, we write to be read, and with that we leave a legacy. in this episode I tell the story of two writers who left an impact on me, and invite you to think about your legacy LINKS: The 3-Day Challenge - https://storyaday.org/3dc I, WRITER Waitlist - https://stada.me/iwriter Music credits: Alan McPike, https://standardstrax.com/ Video credit: (Tony Conaway) Gary Zenker, Main Line Writers' Group (full video https://youtu.be/1R0rqla54hk)
May 21, 2022 • 19min
3 Ways Writers Connect
Episode 252 - this week I bring you three different stories from the writing world that bust the myth of the lone genius writer. (Now, doesn't that make you feel better?)
May 14, 2022 • 16min
Something Changes
We know that, in a story something must change before the protagonist can begin to conquer their problem. If you're a writer who isn't writing as much as you'd like, might I suggest that you, too, need to make a change? Perhaps that something is catching up on the StoryADay May 2022 Fun-Size challenge Catch up with the fun-size challenge now: https://storyaday.org/fun-size/
May 7, 2022 • 25min
StoryADay May 2022 Week 1 Recap
StoryADay May 2022 is underway and it's time for a recap of what hundreds of writers have been up to this week. LINKS: StoryADay.org StoryADay.org/3dc
Apr 30, 2022 • 30min
Q&A for StoryADay May 2022
Replay of a live Q&A session with the community, recorded 30 April 2022 Links: StoryADay.org
Apr 23, 2022 • 22min
Get Ready for StoryADay May 2022
Why should you sign up for StoryADay May, and what happens once you do? This episode is full of trips and tricks to help you get the most out of the upcoming month of creativity, including details of the new Fun-Size Challenge LINKS Sign up! https://storyaday.org/signup
