Whenever there's a StoryADay event, I always get messages from people, asking if they've missed the deadline.

Good news: if you were thinking about joining the One-Story September Challenge to

• reboot your writing practice
• focus on completing a story this month
• brush up your “Show, Don’t Tell” skills or
• any other reason (who needs a reason to be creative?!)

​You can still join us in the One-Story Challenge​

(Several new folks joined us today!)

We’re moving slowly through the fundamentals of building a story, this week, so you can easily catch up.

Here’s what people are saying so far:

• “Working on this step helped me understand the conflict in my story….Really glad to have the space to work on this and allow clarity to come in!”
• “[This] helped me to think about details that would expand the conflict and the sensory input”
• “SO helpful!!! Thank you!. I'm so grateful for these exercises!!!”
• “I'm way out of my comfort zone, but very excited to transform this spark into a story.”
• “I *so* needed reminding of all this…I find it really helpful to break it down like this into direct questions I can answer about my character/story. Thanks Julie.”
• “I feel exhilarated and ready to go! Thank you, Julie!!!”
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​Join the One-Story September Challenge, here​
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The community is forming and, as always around here, amazingly encouraging and supportive. Here’s some of what they’re saying to each other:
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• “Okay, I officially love this!” [after someone shared their story idea]
• “Thank you for your sweet words!’ [after some encouraging affirmation]
• “Ooh, both of these are quite vivid! I especially love the sounds and touch senses from your … spark.” [after someone shared a Story Spark]
• “I love the wisdom you offer here.” [after someone shared advice on letting the creativity flow]

I could go on (and on), but let’s just say:

• if you want to write this month,
• if you want to finish something you feel good about, and
• if you could use a little support along the way,
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you should seriously just jump in.

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​Join the One-Story September crew here​

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Keep writing,

Julie

P. S. It’s not-even–nearly too late to start the next, best phase of your writing life! Here’s the link one more time.

P. P. S. I know I’m emailing a lot, but I’d hate for anyone to get left behind just because they weren’t sure if it was OK to join a wee bit late.

Want me to stop trying to convince you to tell your story, this month? Here's the link.