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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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!
Sep 16, 2016 • 3min
026 - The Challenge - Day 16
Today's Rescue Week prompt is to write a story that would fit on Twitter: 140 characters only! It's not as easy as you think...
