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Mini Episode: Writing Prompt – Letters

This mini episode contains a writing prompt that challenges you to write a story in the form of letters, tweets, log entries, or other ‘found documents’.  Read more: https://stada.me/letters Another new episode of Write Every Day, Not “Some Day”

Mini Episode: Lists, A Writing Prompt

This mini episode contains a writing prompt that challenges you to write a story in the form of a list. Here’s a link to more information about Jennifer Egan’s story, “To Do List”: http://stada.me/egan Another new episode of Write Every Day, Not “Some Day”

Why Can’t You Write That Story?

Sometimes its hard to write. Even when you want to. Even when you’ve started a story. Maybe your story wanders off the point and you get lost in the mushy middle. Or maybe your story immediately wants to become a novel. Perhaps you get interrupted and lose your mojo. I’d love to hear from you. … Continue reading "Why Can’t You Write That Story?"

[Write On Wednesday] A Prose Sonnet

Today’s prompt continues the month’s theme of looking at different short story forms you can try out. This one’s a challenge, but really fun. Right-click to download the audio only The Prompt Write a story in 14 sentences Tips You can simply write 14 sentences. You could use the Petrarchan form of sonnet where the … Continue reading "[Write On Wednesday] A Prose Sonnet"

[Reading Room] The Girl Who Circumnavigated The Globe In An Act of Her Own Making by Julie Duffy

Read The Story Online Here I’ve never done this before: today, I’m writing about one of my own stories. This is a story that I wrote during StoryADay May 2017. I’m sharing it in today’s Reading Room post to demonstrate what you can do with a writing prompt that seems to suggest you must write … Continue reading "[Reading Room] The Girl Who Circumnavigated The Globe In An Act of Her Own Making by Julie Duffy"

Write On Wednesday – Writers Bloxx with Gary Zenker

Allow me to introduce Gary Zenker, a flash fiction writer, game designer, marketer, and awesome leader in my local writing scene. After eight years of reading mostly-my-prompts, I wanted to give you the opportunity to play in someone else’s sandbox from time to time. I looked around for someone I trusted to be both creative … Continue reading "Write On Wednesday – Writers Bloxx with Gary Zenker"

[Reading Room] The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman

Normally, my Reading Room posts are about a short story I’ve read, and what I learned from it. Occasionally, however, a book comes along that I really think you should know about. This week, it’s The Business of Being A Writer by Jane Friedman. Jane has been around the business of writing and publishing for … Continue reading "[Reading Room] The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman"

097 – Short Story Forms

This month I’m focusing on short story form. Watch out for a few mini-episodes coming your way, with more details on some short story forms. Also in this episode, I recommend Jane Friedman’s new book, The Business of Being A Writer [http://amzn.to/2DyhhYL]. Another new episode of Write Every Day, Not “Some Day”

[Write On Wednesday] Epistolary Stories

This month I’m encouraging you to write stories in non-narrative forms. Last week was a story as a list, this week we’re back to one of my favorites: letters! The Prompt Write a story in the form of a series of letters/updates Tips The ‘letters’ can be anything really: letters, journal entries, log entries, found … Continue reading "[Write On Wednesday] Epistolary Stories"

[Write on Wednesday] Lists As Stories

This month I’m pushing us to write short stories in odd forms, lists, conversations, letters, all kinds of things. Short stories can be told in narrative form, like mini-novels, but they don’t have to be. Part of the fun of being a short story writer is the ability to twist people’s brains, surprise them, make … Continue reading "[Write on Wednesday] Lists As Stories"