Writers write. Successful writers write a lot. Each 15 minute episode of The StoryADay Podcast is packed with inspiration and practical tips to help you achieve your lifelong dream of being a writer. What People Are Saying: “Duffy offers digestible writing advice, plus bite-sized writing tasks to complete between episodes” Bustle.com, 10 Podcasts by Writers To Get You Hyped For Your Next Project “I learned a bunch listening to her podcast!” Tobias S. Buckell, NYT Bestselling author, speaker & futurist “Julie Duffy offers very short episodes for very short writing with prompts and insightful tips.” Writer’s Digest: Tune In: Best 23 Podcasts for Writers Music credit: Alan McPike (standardstrax.com) Want to write a short story today? Get the free StoryADay Short Story Framework: https://stada.me/framework

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Join guest Julie Duffy from StoryADay in May (https://storyaday.org/) for tips and exercises designed to help you tackle that small but mighty thing: the fla...

What strikes me about this, is how often the words “fun”, “happy”, “yes!”, “accomplished” and “glad” come up in people’s comments about the StoryADay challenge. It’s not to late to join in. Just pick up a pen, and off you go! You won’t regret it! “I have a slew of new things to write that … Continue reading "What People Are Saying About StoryADay May 2014"

What Is Flash Fiction? There are, of course, as many definitions of Flash Fiction as there are writers. Length: The closest point of consensus I could find is that Flash Fiction ought to be not more than 1000 words. (One journal points out that, in China, this fiction is described as a story you can … Continue reading "Writing Flash Fiction Gems – Small, Precious, and Slower Than You’d Think"

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This is for everyone – whether you wrote or you didn’t. If you wrote in a previous year; if you wanted to write but couldn’t make it; if you wrote one story; if you simply read and enjoyed someone else’s. This is our chance to celebrate, and boost both the short story and our friends … Continue reading "StoryFest 2012 is coming: June 8-10"

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If you’re a member of a Real World writers’ group and would like to spread the word about StoryADay May, here’s a spiffy flyer that you can print out and take with you.     Likewise, if you frequent a literary salon, coffee shop or grungy cafe full of secret writers, as long as it … Continue reading "StoryADay May Flyer 2015"

StoryADay Sept is over. You did great. You wrote. You participated in the community. You got a real boost from all the creativity. But now it’s half way through October and you’re not writing nearly as much, if at all. You feel like a failure. Change Your Point Of View As with so much of … Continue reading "Now What?"