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StoryADay presents: I, WRITER - A Writing Podcast about Building a Successful Writing Practice — 349 episodes
Why Bother Writing...in an age of AI and other upheavals?
What's Next?
The I, WRITER Framework
Blank Space
A Stupendous Amount of Writing
Failing? Don't stop!
The State of AI, for Writers - an update
How One "No Thanks" Got Me Writing Again (And Back to My Novel)
What If Your Writing Could Help Someone?
The Work Is the Point: Refining Your Writing Life for the Long Haul
Silencing the Mean Voice: How Writers Can Quiet Self-Doubt and Keep Creating
Why Writer's Block Is Real — and How Community Helps You Beat It
Day 14 - Do Hard Things, Build A Creative Life - A StoryADay Update
Day 10 - Fueled by Rage - A StoryADay Update
Day 8 - Creativity Begets Creativity - A StoryADay Update
Day 7 - Finding Writing Inspiration on Difficult Days - A StoryADay Update
Day 5 - Write On: Embracing the Uneasy Journey of Writing Prompts for Creative Growth
Day 3 - What To Do When Writing Seems To Hard - A StoryADay Update
Day 2 - Flash Fiction - A StoryADay Update
Day 1 - Combining Confidence and Humility - a StoryADay Update
Character Building Blocks
Warm ups for April PLUS our guest writing prompters
7 Mini Writing Prompts
A Writing Life
Planning Ahead, 2024-25 Edition
Reading Short Stories
Writing Character Reactions
Being You Is The Best Way To Be A Writer
The Engine of Success
Find Wonder Everywhere
Building a Better Writing Practice
Character Needs
The Courageous Writer
More Joy, in Your Writing Life
How To Be A Productive Writer in 2024
Feedback on Your Writing
StoryADay Week 2 - What We're Writing (And How)
What's New For StoryADay 2024?
7 Ways To Write Flash Fiction with Windy Lynn Harris
How To Write A StoryADay In May 2024
BONUS Leap Day Deal Mini Episode
What We Crave
Shake Up Your Writing
Improving (with Groundhogs)
Fiction Matters
When Writing Feels Hard...
What Are You Turning Towards, This New Year?
Celebrating 2023's Writing Triumphs
300 Episodes Later...
Not If, But How
How Good Do You Have To Be, As A Writer?
Lurk Your Way To Success in Publishing
Engaging Readers: Making Your Stories Pop and Connecting with Your Audience
How To Be A Writer
AI, Amazon & Author's Rights
Vacation Update
How to improve as a writer
Record-Keeping For Writers
7 Things I Learned Writing A StoryADay in 2023 - Part 2
7 Things I Learned Writing A StoryADay in 2023
Week 3 of StoryADay May 2023
A Response to Kathleen Porter's Washington Post Opinion Piece
StADa287 Five Days In May
Your Questions About Writing
Rachael Swearingen Interview part 2 - geeking out about stories
Why You Should Write During StoryADay May
On Writing, with Rachel Swearingen
Being A Writer Even When You Don't Feel Like A Writer
Getting UnStuck with KB Carle
A Conversation with KB Carle Interview Part 1
Forget the Hero's Journey - a conversation with Gwen E. Kirby Pt II
Sh*t Cassandra Saw, an interview with author Gwen E. Kirby
Back To Writing
StADa175 Creative Rebelllion
Where's My Butler? or Building a Writing Life, with guest Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal discusses The Spare Man - her new sci-fi murder mystery (Pt. 1)
It's Annual Review Time!
6 Weeks of Creativity
StADa270 Tidy Desk Challenge
StADa269 - Goals Disrupt
Are You in The Pause? - Episode 268
StADa267 - Prepping for NaNoWriMo
Who Do You Listen To?
A Writing Prompt
Soaring
I'm Obsessed! Are You?
Design Your Writer Life
Out of Order
From Short Story To Novel -- And Back Again -- Episode 250
Endless Inspiration and Creativity
A Writer's Vacation - episode 258
Networking Without Nerves, a conversation with Coach Larissa Sjarbaini
Why Do You Write?
Stories That Matter
A Fresh Pespective
What Is Your Legacy, as a Writer?
3 Ways Writers Connect
Something Changes
StoryADay May 2022 Week 1 Recap
Q&A for StoryADay May 2022
Get Ready for StoryADay May 2022
Get Excited About Your Writing
The State of the Short Story
Top 10 Mistakes Writers Make
Use Conflict to Make Stories More Interesting - a writing prompt
You are not Brandon Sanderson
A Generative Writing Challenge
Community & Communication
Your Questions About Writing
Not A Writer
Eyes On Your Own Paper
What To Write, Today
The Ripple Effect
Are You An Overly-Emotional Creative?
Stripping It Back
You Are Unique - Bring It On
Start Building Your Bio PLUS A Writing Prompt from Michael X. Wang
Selling Yourself, Selling Your Work
Scenes vs Summary
7 Revision Myths for Writer - Busted!
Fearless Feedback
Preparing to Rework your Writing
Battling Burnout
Workshop is a Verb - Gabriela Pereira and DIYMFA Part 2
Gabriela Pereira and DIYMFA Pt. 1 Plus a writing prompt from Caroline Kim
Keep Writing Until It Gets Weird
StoryADay Sept Week 1
Who do you think you are?
Other Writers' Brains plus a writing prompt from Premee Mohamed
6 Ways Writing Prompts Help Your Writing
A Tale of Two Simones
Jack of All Trades?
A Writing Life
Mid Year Review
Gone Fishin'
Work With What You've Learned About Your Writing
Give Yourself A Break
What To Write Next
Refning The Process
The Stories We Resist
Working with Writing Prompts
StoryADay Has Begun. Let's Talk About Perfectionism
Community
Preparing for a Successful StoryADay May 2021
The WRITER Code 2021 Edition
Mind The GAP
Author Websites with Nancy Fields
Engage with Focus
Do You Really Need Feedback On Your Writing?
The Power of Persistence - 200th Episode Celebration
Craft In the Real World, an Interview with Matthew Salesses
198 - The Practice by Seth Godin
197 - Your Writing Legacy
196 - Narrative WIth Julie Helmrich
195 - Bumper Q&A Episode
194 - History & Your Story
193 - Goals or Getting From Here To There
192 How Diverse Is Your Bookcase?
191 - The Story We Tell Ourselves
190 - Stop Waiting Start Writing
189 - Have Fun In The Middle of Your Story
188 - Angela Ackerman & Great Character Writing
187 - Angela Ackerman and "Should You NaNoWriMo?"
186 - Shiny Object Syndrome
185 - Write To Read
184 - What If Writing Felt Inevitable?
183 - Writing Through The Change of Seasons
182 - Shaping Dreams
181 - Catching Up With StoryADay September
180 - Gamify Your Writing
179 - StoryADay September - Join us?
178 - A Writing State of Mind
177 - Enjoy Your Writing More
176 -Shine! Making Your Writing Habits Stick
175 - Triumph! Success & Your Writing Life
174 - Fears and Focus
173 - What's Your Very Next Step?
173 - What's Your Very Next Step?
172 - Be In The Stage You're In
171 - More Readers For Your Writing
170 - Take A Break
169 - Triumph! Make a Habit of Celebrating Your Writing Wins
168 - Give Yourself The Gift of Writing (Badly)
167 - Tips for Week 2 of StoryADay May
Windy Lynn Harris Makes Fiction Flash
165 - Tammy Breitweiser Loves A Challenge
164 - Michele Reisinger, Finding Success With Short Fiction
163 - Laying The Foundations for StoryADay May
162 - Premee Mohamed
161 - Come and write with me
160 - Creativity in a Time of Crisis
159 - Talking About Creativity And Mental Health with Gabriela Pereira
159 - Talking About Creativity And Mental Health with Gabriela Pereira
158 - Writing Love & Intimacy with Dr. Lanae St. John
157 - Gabriela Pereira from DIYMFA Part 1
156 - What To Do When You're Bored With Your Writing
155 - Stop Procrasti-learning and Start Writing
154 - A System for Delighting Readers
153 - Skillz
152 - Reboot Your Writing Resolutions
151 - Language and Culture with Seumas MacDonald
150 - Habits, Writing, and the Fogg Behavioral Method
149 - Looking Back & Looking Forward
148 - Terrific Titles or How To Hook Your Reader
147 - Let The Yeast Do Its Work
146 - Voice Assistants with Raphael Schaad
145 - Ending Strong
144 - Mastering The Middle of a Creative Challenge
143 - NaNoWriMo Survival Tips
142 - An Audience Of One
141 - Changing Seasons
140 - Finishing Your Stories
139 - Your Hero's Journey, as a writer
138 - Top Tips for StoryADay September
137 - Today Is The First Day of the Rest of Your Writing Life
136 - Art Is
135 - Courage
134 - Dialogue and Distractions
133 - Stepping Onto A Larger Stage
132 - Compelling Characters
131 - Celebrate!
130 - Short Story Framework
129 - Motivation for May
128 - Character Counts
127 - Finding Support
126 - What Is Writing?
125 - Goals vs. Reality
124 - Being A Writer
123 - When The Writing Stalls
122 - A Room Of One's Own
121- Happy Hogmanay 2018
120 - Identity And Outcomes
119 - Creative Play
118 - UnStick Your Writing During NaNoWriMo, Part 2
117 - Getting Unstuck During NaNoWriMo - Part 1
116 - Critique Week Is Back! Oct 21-31
115 - Slow Down
114 - On Promiscuity
113 - Should You Edit While You Write?
112 - Backstories & Integrity
111 - The Joy of Writing (Backstories)
110 - Putting Systems in Place
109 - Writing For Minor Holidays
108 - June is for Revisions
107 - Revisions, StoryFest and SWAGr
106 - After The Challenge
105 - Is It Time To Quit?
104 - Getting Your Mojo Back
103 - StoryADay May 2018 is Underway!
102 - Top Three Tips For A Successful StoryADay May
101 - Windy Lynn Harris & Short Fiction
100 - Read LIke A Writer
099 - Jane Friedman & The Business of Being A Writer
098 - Why Can't You Write That Story?
Mini Episode: Sonnet writing prompt
Mini Episode: Writing Prompt - Letters
Mini Episode: Lists, A Writing Prompt
097 - Short Story Forms
096 - How To Make Flash Fiction...Flash
095 - Flash Fiction Part 1
094 - P.A.C.E. Yourself To Reach Your Writing Goals
093 - Getting Creative In The New Year
092 - Making Choices In Writing And Life
091 - Regrouping PLUS: NaNo Rescue!
090 - Mastering The Magic of Opening Lines
089 - StoryADay September Week 4 prompts
088 - StoryADay Sep17 Writing Prompts and: Don't Quit!
087 - September Prompts for Week 2
086 - StoryADay September Prompts & Encouragements
085 - Refilling The Well
084 - Learn To Love Revision
083 - Write About A Writer - the last prompt of StoryADay May 2017
082 - Hansel & Gretel Story Structure
081 - An Ugly Duckling Story Structure
080 - Cinderella Story Structure
079 - A Non-Traditional Love Story - a writing prompt
078 - Letters - a writing prompt for May 26, 2017
077 - Sonnet - a writing prompt
076 - Hidden Messages, a writing prompt
075 - Lists: a short story writing prompt
074 - Sensuous Setting - a writing prompt
073 - World Building A Society - writing prompt
072 - Concrete World Building - a writing prompt
071 - Secondary Meeting - a writing prompt
070 - A Refusal - a writing prompt
068 - The Protagonist's Journal - a writing prompt
067 - Turning point, a writing prompt
066 - Writing Prompt - A Second Look
064 - A writing prompt from Tony Conway
063 - A Writing prompt from Elise Holland
062 - A writing prompt from Bea at The Busy Muse
061 - A Writing Prompt from Sarah Cain
060 - A writing prompt from Charlotte Rains Dixon
059 - A writing prompt from Marta Pelrine-Bacon
058 - A writing prompt from Stuart Horwitz
057 - A writing prompt from Angela Ackerman
056 - 05 May 2017 Writing Prompt from Phil Giunta
055 - May 04 2017 LJ Cohen writing prompt
054 - Day 3 of StoryADay May 2017
053 - Day 2 of StoryADay May 2017
StADa 052 - May 01 2017 GregoryFrost
050 - Cycles in a Writing Life
Ep 049 - Publishing Short Stories
Ep 48: Cheerleaders and why we need them
047 - Stay Excited About Your Writing This Year
046 - Looking Forward, Goal-Setting for Your Best Writing Year in 2017
045 - Looking Back
044 - Energy For Your Writing Life plus a writing prompt
043 - Regretful Writing Prompt plus a review of "Apollo" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
042 - Holiday Writing Prompt, plus: Short Stories and NaNoWriMo
041 - Accountability - SWAGr for Oct 2016 with guest Monique Cuillerier
Episode 040 - The Challenge - Day 30
039 - The Challenge - Day 29 - writing prompt
038 - The Challenge - Day 28
037 - The Challenge - Day 27
036 - The Challenge - Day 26 - Writing Prompt
035 - The Challenge - 25 - Writing Prompt
034 - The Challenge - Day 24 - Writing Prompt
033 - The Challenge - Day 23 - writing prompt
032 - The Challenge - Day 22 - writing prompt
031 - The Challenge - Day 21 - writing prompt
030 - The Challenge - Day 20 - writing prompt
029 - The Challenge - Day 19 - Writing prompt
028 - The Challenge - Day 18 - writing prompt
027 - The Challenge - Day 17 - Writing Prompt
026 - The Challenge - Day 16
025 - The Challenge - Day 15 - Week Three
024 - The Challenge - Day 14
023 - The Challenge - Day 13 - Writing Prompt
022 - The Challenge - Day 12 - writing prompt
020 - The Challenge - Day 10 - Writing Prompt
018 - The Challenge - Day 09 - Writing Prompt
017 - The Challenge - Day 08 - Writing Prompt
016 - The Challenge - Day 07 - Writing Prompt
015 - The Challenge - Day 06 - Writing Prompt
014 - The Challenge - Day 05 - Writing Prompt
013 - The Challenge - Day 04 - Writing Prompt
012 - The Challenge Day 03 - Writing Prompt
011 - The Challenge - Day 02 - Writing Prompt
010 - The Challenge - Week 1, Day 1
009 - Tips For A Successful Month of Writing
008 - How To Write A StoryADay for a Month - The StADa Way
007 - How Do You Write A StoryADay For A Month?
006 - Yes, You Should Write Your Stories!
005 - Giving Yourself Permission Write
004 - How To Become A Highly Successful Writer
003 - More Ways To Log Your Writing And Motivate Yourself
002 - Use Word Count Logging To Motivate You To Write More
001 - Don't Let Guilt & Shame Derail Your Writing