StoryADay presents: I, WRITER - A Writing Podcast about Building a Successful Writing Practice

Welcome to another episode of The StoryADay Podcast! I'm your host, Julie Duffy, from Storyaday.org, and today we're diving into a topic that every writer grapples with: engaging the reader.

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This week author Jane Friedman noticed that someone had used her name on a bunch of junk, AI-generated books about writing.

Lest you get discouraged I have some thoughts on what authors can about thi…

The StoryADay Podcast took a sneaky wee vacation this month, but will be back in August with our monthly theme of Triumph! 

Keep writing,

Julie

This week we take the idea of improving your writing and your writing practice.

But how, exactly do you DO that?!

Do you struggle to keep records of what you read or write? Do you beat yourself up over it, because you're sure it'd make your life easier? Maybe yes, maybe no. Let's dig in to record-keeping for cre…

The final -- and most important -- two things I learned (again) while writing a StoryADay in May 2023. If you'd like to be more productive, creative and fulfilled in your writing, listen in!

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I've been writing a StoryADay in May since 2010. I've learned some things about writing, productivity, creativity, and success. I share some of them here.

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This episode: https://storyaday.org…

In which i talk about what to do if you miss a day (like I did) and creative courage.

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Take the 3-Day Challenge: https://storyaday.org/3dc

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On May 12, 2023 Kathleen Porter published an opinion piece entitled "Limiting What Novelists Can Write is Bad For Readers."

I think she almost entirely missed the point of the diversity movement and …

Recapping five days of writing a StoryADay in May, 2023 with Julie Duffy

Catch up with the first week of StoryADay May 2023 through the experiences of founder and writer, Julie Duffy

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In which I answer questions sent in by the StoryADay Community about how to overcome their writing challenges.

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In which we talk about titles, favorite stories, current author crushes and then Rachel turns the tables on me!

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Of all the reasons you should join us in attempting to write a StoryADay May the best might possibly be because: don't you want to be the kind of writer who writes? Who writes so much they get good? …

In this conversation with award-winning writer Rachel Swearingen we talk about how to build a writing practice that grows with you, the art of writing short and long fiction the importance of play, h…

What to do when life won't get out of your way.

We all go through seasons where other concerns pull at us (family, friends, world events). It doesn't mean you're failing as a writer if you are less p…

with author KB Carle we talk about what attracted her to Flash Fiction; the challenges of moving from short to novel-length fiction; how to get unstuck ; and how being a writer includes building your…

In this interview with KB Carle we talk about writing flash fiction and micro fiction, the importance of community, getting through the middle, and more

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More about KB Carle:  kbcarle.com

In the second part of my conversation with Gwen E. Kirby we talk about developing characters that feel real to people, about writing at this moment in time, writing about women, and the question that…

Gwen E Kirby is the author of the fabulous debut collection of short stories Shit Cassandra Saw. has a MFA from Johns Hopkins university. PhD from the University of Cincinnati and is the Associate Di…