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• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, Half Way Through StoryADay May – Check In, on the site Story A Day 2 days, 12 hours ago

  We are officially half way through StoryADay May 2013.

  Just think, if you write a story today, you’re over half way there!
  Some Reminders
  It’s Not Too Late | Courses & Books To Help | Prompt Preview […]

• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, [Writing Prompt] Entitlement, on the site Story A Day 4 days, 8 hours ago

  Simple prompt today from a song title:
  The Prompt
  Write a story prompted by the song title Beyond The Blue Horizon
  Tips

  This song was written in the golden age of the popular song, by Leo Robin, W. Franke […]

• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, [Writing Prompt] Future (Im)Perfect, on the site Story A Day 4 days, 9 hours ago

  I get mad sometimes. I mean, properly fuming about things. I won’t tell you which things, because that doesn’t matter, but I’m betting you do too.

  Neighbors’ dogs barking too much? People in the street being […]

• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, [Writing Prompt] Search The Markets, on the site Story A Day 4 days, 9 hours ago

  This prompt had a brief, premature debut last week. If you used it then, why not travel back and use one of these prompts from last week, today? Also, use some time today to pick a short story that you will use to […]

• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, [Writing Prompt] Copycat Story, on the site Story A Day 4 days, 13 hours ago

  Today’s prompt is adapted from one of the most popular segments of the Warm Up Writing Course that I run here as an online course (and a home-study version).
  The Prompt
  Write A Copycat Story, based on one of […]

• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, [Writing Prompt] Your Opening Is…, on the site Story A Day 1 week ago

  Simple task today (ha!):

  The Prompt
  Write a story that opens, “On the edge of the mountain, silhouetted against the setting sun, there is a small ramshackle cottage made of wood.”

  Tips

  This sounds, at […]

• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, [Writing Prompt] Write Sam’s Story, on the site Story A Day 1 week ago

  Continuing on from yesterday’s theme of giving you an element of the story you must use, today I’m giving you a character. I’m seeding some hints about this character into the prompt and you should take them where […]

• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, [Writing Prompt] Set At A Wedding, on the site Story A Day 1 week ago

  This week I’m giving you some more traditional prompts, where one element of your story is dictated by me. (Oh, the power!)

  The Prompt
  Write A Story Set At A Wedding

  Tips

  The conflict in this story can […]

• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, [Writing Prompt] Epistolary Stories, on the site Story A Day 1 week ago

  This is one of my favorite forms of writing and I don’t know why I don’t do it more:

  The Prompt
  Write a story in the form of letters, journal entries, blog posts, tweets or other epistle.

  Tips

  This used […]

• Julie Duffy wrote a new post, [Writing Prompt] Third Person, Omniscsient, on the site Story A Day 1 week ago

  The Prompt
  Write a story in the Third Person, Omniscient style

  Tips

  Think of a Dickens novel if you’re struggling to zone in one this style. The narrator of your story can know everything about everyone, […]