Hi, I'm Julie Duffy, founder & director of StoryADay. Every year since 2010 I've challenged writers like you to prove to themselves that they can write more (and better) than they think, during the StoryADay May challenge. During the rest of the year, StoryADay supports you with the StoryAWeek newsletter (writing lessons & prompts), a popular podcast, blog posts, mini-challenges, courses, and a members' community. StoryADay May has become a fixture on the writing calendar, and the lively community is one of Writer's Digest's 101 Best Websites for Writers. Join me for info, workshops, challenges & courses, and of course, the StoryAWeek newsletter.
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Have you ever noticed, we rarely say "I'm undecided"? We’re much more likely to say “I’m on the fence.” I think that phrase has stuck around because it so perfectly captures the psychological precariousness and discomfort of being uncommitted or undecided. Don’t stay on the fence about One-Story September. Join us here I spent an uncomfortable early August, swithering* about what to do for StoryADay September. Would I repeat StoryADay May’s prompts, as I usually do, or would I do something new.? (Anyone who knows me could have placed a solid bet on ‘something new’!) As soon as the decision was made, I was amazed by how quickly things came together, from my focus, to the solutions to all the little logistical questions involved in putting a thing like this together. A Little Housekeeping: if you’re using an iPhone and Paypal to register for the challenge, I've been told there is a quirk that makes it tricky to finish the process. While I’m looking for a fix, rest assured, it will work fine on a laptop/desktop!)
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Julie Duffy
Hi, I'm Julie Duffy, founder & director of StoryADay. Every year since 2010 I've challenged writers like you to prove to themselves that they can write more (and better) than they think, during the StoryADay May challenge. During the rest of the year, StoryADay supports you with the StoryAWeek newsletter (writing lessons & prompts), a popular podcast, blog posts, mini-challenges, courses, and a members' community. StoryADay May has become a fixture on the writing calendar, and the lively community is one of Writer's Digest's 101 Best Websites for Writers. Join me for info, workshops, challenges & courses, and of course, the StoryAWeek newsletter.
Read online or listen, here It’s tempting to think that other writers have it easier, or other times were easier on writers. Wasn’t it easier to get published when there were more independent publishing houses? Wasn’t it easier to make a living at writing in the golden age of magazine publishing? All those other writers who are selling their work must have some kind of cheat code that they’re not sharing with us, right? This week I read the editorial in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy...
I’m thinking of doing a thing to make StoryADay May more accessible and enjoyable and I’d like to know if you’re interested. What Four weekly Workshop/Writing Dates during the challenge 75 minutes each 10-15 minutes of instruction and prompts 2 x 20 minute writing sprints 20-25 minutes to share snippets and discuss how it went(optional). Each week would feature a different prompt from the StoryADay Challenge (but you would be free, as always, to write whatever you want!). Writing together in...
What I learned about writing from the Phillies crashing out of the World Series race… I’m a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. (Thank you for your condolences. Visiting hours will be between 6 and 8 pm) One of the things I love about baseball is the fact that it’s not over until it’s over, when suddenly, nail-bitingly, it is. (Like last night. Ugh.) But as I’ve become more of a fan of the game, other lessons have become clear that I think we writers could do with pondering....