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November 30, 2016
045 – Looking Back
Today’s episode is all about looking back at your year and capturing the achievements in your writing life that can help power you forward into your next year of writing.
Includes
WHY it’s good to track your achievements
HOW to …
November 1, 2016
044 – Energy For Your Writing Life plus a writing prompt
November is here and whether you’re facing NaNoWriMo or just the change of seasons, it’s a great time to think about energy in your writing life.
Energy is the theme for November at StoryADay.org and I start out this week …
SWAGr – Accountability for November 2016
Every month we gather here to discuss what we’ve achieved and commit to making more progress in our creative lives in the coming month. We call it our Serious Writer’s Accountability Group or SWAGr, for …
October 31, 2016
[Writing Prompt] Steal A First Line
The Prompt
Steal the first line of your favorite book and write a totally different story
Tips
Don’t agonize about your ‘favorite’ book. Just go to the shelf and pick one.
Type out the first line and then think of …
October 20, 2016
Make It Better – Best of The Web for Short Story Writers, Oct 2016
This month’s theme here at StoryADay is: Make It Better.
Here’s some recommended reading from around the web on various aspects of making your writing life better.
MAKING YOUR WRITING BETTER
Here are three articles on how you can make …
October 19, 2016
043 – Regretful Writing Prompt plus a review of “Apollo” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Today’s writing prompt is inspired by a story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, featured in The Best American Short Stories 2016 (http://amzn.to/2elDfUo)
You can read more of my thoughts on this story here: [Reading Room] Apollo by Chimamanda Ngozi …
[Writing Prompt] Regrets, I’ve Had A Few
This week’s writing prompt is completely stolen from the first story in the 2016 edition of The Best American Short Stories (edited by Junot Diaz)
In the story, a man visits his elderly parents. A chance remark reminds him of …
October 18, 2016
[Reading Room] Apollo by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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This story opens the 2016 edition of The Best American Short Stories, edited by Junot Diaz.
It begins with a man visiting his parents, where a chance comment sparks a memory from his childhood. It’s clear, as the story …
October 5, 2016
[Writing Prompt] It’s Time For Holiday Stories
It’s Write On Wednesday Day! (That’s really clumsy. I’m going to have to never do that again!)
Photo by Karin Dalziel
The Nov/Dec/Jan holiday season is fast approaching. I know you don’t want to think about it, but if you’re …
042 – Holiday Writing Prompt, plus: Short Stories and NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writers’ Month is coming!
How can writing a short story every week this month help you conquer NaNo?
Tune in to this 7 minute episode for answers…and a writing prompt about the upcoming holiday season and why it’s (almost) …
