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 15, 2016 • 5min
025 - The Challenge - Day 15 - Week Three
You did it! You've made it to week three! Congratulations. And don't worry if things are getting harder this week. This is your RESCUE WEEK, full of prompts exclusively designed to help you over the hump.
Sep 14, 2016 • 3min
024 - The Challenge - Day 14
Protagonists and Antagonists aren't the only characters to turn up in your stories. Today we take a look at the sidekick's role.
Sep 13, 2016 • 2min
023 - The Challenge - Day 13 - Writing Prompt
Today's prompt uses the antagonist to show what the protagonist could be if only they were a little bit worse/braver/less moral.
Sep 12, 2016 • 3min
022 - The Challenge - Day 12 - writing prompt
Today we're concentrating on character. You love your main character...just don't let them be too perfect!
Sep 10, 2016 • 4min
020 - The Challenge - Day 10 - Writing Prompt
Today I talk about the third of the short story structures I'm encouraging you to try out: This time the big moment comes right up front...BOOM!
Sep 8, 2016 • 4min
018 - The Challenge - Day 09 - Writing Prompt
Today I encourage you to try out the Ugly Duckling story structure: the big moment comes in the middle of the story and is balanced by events on either side...
Sep 8, 2016 • 7min
017 - The Challenge - Day 08 - Writing Prompt
A welcome to week two of the challenge, where we take a serious look at the Elements of Story. On this first day we look at what I call the "Cinderella Story Structure". It's a skeleton you can hang your own story on, fleshing it out with your own interests.
Sep 7, 2016 • 3min
016 - The Challenge - Day 07 - Writing Prompt
Today you'll write a story mostly or completely in dialogue.
Sep 6, 2016 • 4min
015 - The Challenge - Day 06 - Writing Prompt
Today, I challenge you to write a story about a character as unlike yourself as you can imagine. With they be sympathetic? Will they be evil? What can you do with this prompt?
Sep 5, 2016 • 4min
014 - The Challenge - Day 05 - Writing Prompt
Today's prompt encourages you to write a story about a character who shares some similarities with you.
