Reading Short Stories
StoryADay
This week I rant about the Best American Short Story Collection...and more 00:00 20241018Podcast 06:00 Read literary fiction if you like it 07:29 Read in your chosen genre 10:38 Using Your Knowledge In Your Writing - How I Wrote A Story 14:28 Read widely 18:55 Reading from Critique Week 21:40 Book Club
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Writing Character Reactions
StoryADay
How to write realistic, fascinating characters that readers adore...and what it can teach you about BEING a writer... LINKS One Story Challenge: https://storyaday.org/one-story-signup
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Being You Is The Best Way To Be A Writer
StoryADay
This week's StoryADay podcast is about loving your writing and sharing the love! Yes, there is stuff about marketing your writing in here, but don't let that put you off. CHAPTERS 00:00 StADa321 - Being You 01:09 The One-Story Challenge: Show, Don't Tell Edition 08:07 Marketing LINKS The One-Story Challenge - Show Don't Tell Edition: https://storyaday.org/one-story-signup Elizabeth Wheatley's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisabethwheatley Elizabeth Wheatley's Books: https://elisabethwheatley.com/collections/books-ebooks
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The Engine of Success
StoryADay
Sometimes it seems like success comes easily to other people when it feels so elusive to us. But there are secrets to making it more likely you'll be one of those success stories, and that's what I'm talking about this week on the StoryADay Podcast. Whether you're a writer or not, I think you'll like this one! LINKS: Tell me what you're celebrating: The StoryADay Handbook: CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Engine Of Success for Writers 01:13 Things I Learned About Motivation, from My Kids 03:49 Our Inner Writer Is Just A Kid 07:36 The Characteristics of Resilient People 10:46 Steal the Strategies of...
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Find Wonder Everywhere
StoryADay
In which I share revelations from my recent travels to Scotland, and talk about the importance of seeing the wonder in everyday life. 0:00 Find Wonder Everywhere 10:14 This Week's Assignment 17:49 Your gift to the world LINKS Leave a comment: Handbook:
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Building a Better Writing Practice
StoryADay
This week I share what worked from StoryADay May this year, including our secret weapon, the warm up and brainstorming exercises. 00:09: Inspiration from Unlikely Sources 04:31 Encouragement from Writing Friends 07:12 Building a Supportive Writing Community 10:28 Back to Fundamentals: Improving Your Writing Practice 11:58 Warm-Up and Brainstorming Exercises 20:40 Resources and Programs for Writers 24:43 Upcoming Topics and Conclusion LINKS The StoryADay Challenge Handbook: https://storyaday.org/challenge-handbook
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Character Needs
StoryADay
Characters need to need something. They need to want something. Otherwise, it's just a series of things happening to a character...and readers won't care. In this episode I share a writing prompt and lesson from my year-long email series, all about creating a story in which a character needs something. I also talk about creating suspense in creative and marketing writing, and about why it's so important to build a writing practice. LINKS
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The Courageous Writer
StoryADay
In a week when a(nother) rockstar writer is falling from their pedestal, I made a case for the rest of us being brave enough to complete and release our work into the world; to flood the reading public with good options, and not worry about what might happen if we accidentally become successful. LINKS: Contact: The StoryADay Challenge Handbook:
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More Joy, in Your Writing Life
StoryADay
Want more joy and less angst, in your writing life? I have some suggestions, that will helo you create and stick to a writing practice that works for you, right now. LINKS StoryADay Handbook: BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits: (affiliate link)
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How To Be A Productive Writer in 2024
StoryADay
Why can you write so well during challenges like StoryADay May but struggle to motivate yourself outside challenges? In this episode I dig into why challenges work AND how you can create and refine your own processes for replicating that success in your writing life. LINKS: StoryADay Challenge Handbook:
info_outlineThis 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 this.
Also in this episode: the Importance of Celebrations, and some tips for how to do that.
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LINKS:
The Importance of Celebrations Workbook: http://stada.me/wb-celebrations
This episode: https://storyaday.org/episode294
Some Author Advocacy Groups:
The Alliance of Independent Authors: https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/
The Author's Guild: https://authorsguild.org/
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America: https://www.sfwa.org/
PEN/America: https://pen.org/