StoryADay presents: I, WRITER - A Writing Podcast about Building a Successful Writing Practice
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)
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 334
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Why Do You Write?
I get vulmerable and make a confession, in this episode. Can you relate?
LINKS
Critique Week: https://stada.me/critique
3-Day Challenge: https://storyaday.org/3dc
Stories That Matter
I'm through caring about what publishers want. Instead, I want us to focus on writing stories that matter. And, as you might expect, I have some thoughts on how we go about doing that.
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The 3-Da…
A Fresh Pespective
Vacations can give us a much needed fresh perspective, as writers and creators, but you don't have to cross an ocean to see things a-fresh.
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StoryADay.org/episode254
Take the 3-Day Challenge: St…
What Is Your Legacy, as a Writer?
Writers don't just write for themselves, we write to be read, and with that we leave a legacy. in this episode I tell the story of two writers who left an impact on me, and invite you to think about …
3 Ways Writers Connect
Something Changes
StoryADay May 2022 Week 1 Recap
StoryADay May 2022 is underway and it's time for a recap of what hundreds of writers have been up to this week.
LINKS:
StoryADay.org
StoryADay.org/3dc
Q&A for StoryADay May 2022
Replay of a live Q&A session with the community, recorded 30 April 2022
Links:
StoryADay.org
Get Ready for StoryADay May 2022
Why should you sign up for StoryADay May, and what happens once you do? This episode is full of trips and tricks to help you get the most out of the upcoming month of creativity, including details of…
Get Excited About Your Writing
What if you could slide up to your desk, knowing that you were going to have a good time, with your writing? What if, when you sat down to write, the words just flowed? What's the secret ingredient t…
Top 10 Mistakes Writers Make
Here's a rundown of mistake you're probably making as a writer (plus three bonus mistakes, because we've all been there!)
Join us in the StoryADay Superstars group: https://stada.me/Superstars
Full t…
Use Conflict to Make Stories More Interesting - a writing prompt
If there is nothing happning in your writing, your stories will be boring! Avoid the trap of writing beautiful language with no plot, but injecting some conflict into your stories...and I don't mean …
You are not Brandon Sanderson
...and you don't have to be.
This week I'm talking about the different paths available to writers, from creating a practice, to creating an empire that can run a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign.
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A Generative Writing Challenge
Generating words is sometimes what writing is all about. If you've been learning about writing for too long without writing something new, I have a challenge for you this week.
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The Framewor…
Community & Communication
Whether we are from within a community or an outsider, it affects how we perceive the group. That's important for characters in your writing and it's one of the topics on this week's podcast, along w…
Your Questions About Writing
When I ask people what questions they have about writing, they rarely ask about craft techniques. This week I talk about the transition from newspaper writing to fiction, making time to write and mor…
Not A Writer
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Eyes On Your Own Paper
There are so many ways to get discouraged, as a writer. Let's not allow Social Media spats to become another.
This week I talk about ways to get your writing done, going a little slower, and how you …
What To Write, Today
Know you want to write, but can't get started? Why not start a fun project, just for you?
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This episode: https://storyaday.org/episode237
@faithbougan's tweet: https://twitter.com/FaithBoug…
The Ripple Effect
Encouragement to see possibilities, and not be burdened by perfectionism, in the New Year.
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This episode: https://storyaday.org/episode236
3-Day Challenge: https://storyaday.org/3dc
Serious …