StoryADay May is coming
Let’s be honest, the past couple of years have been kind of exhausting, and you might be finding it hard to find the fun in your writing life.
Writing 31 stories in 31 days might excite you or….it might leave you wanting to take a nap.
That’s why this year I’m working on
2 WAYS to STORYADAY your MAY
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Hi, I'm Julie...
…and I help writers like you build a creative practice that is rewarding and fits your life, today, not ‘some day’.
some ways I can help
Short story framework
Get the story structure that will help you brainstorm and complete a short story any time. Includes my top tips for delighting readers.
3-Day Challenge
Start here: a self-paced online writing 'retreat' that teaches you all you need to know to start, develop and finish three short stories and discover your own best practices as a writer...who writes!
i, WRITER Course
Next: develop your writing practice by joining us on this 6-module journey where you'll write up to 11 story drafts and learn the skills to build a satisfying writing practice.
Further Reading
Writing Articles & Advice
Writing articles, prompts, podcasts and interviews from 2010 until today. Check out the archives and stay up to date with the best in writing inspiration from StoryADay
Story Prompt archive
Dive into the archive of writing prompts I've been building since 2010. Includes tips & writing advice on character, plot, point of view, tension...and how to finish stories!
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Writing Articles & Advice
Writing articles, prompts, podcasts and interviews from 2010 until today. Check out the archives and stay up to date with the best in writing inspiration from StoryADay
Recent Posts
What Now?!
Today is a particularly important day…you’ve spent the past month focusing on your writing and your life as a writer. I couldn’t be more proud
Day 31 | Best Day Ever by Julie Duffy
The Prompt You made it! You’re hear at the end of the month, still showing up, still writing. Whether you wrote one story or thirty-one,
Blank Space
Tomorrow the 2026 StoryADay May Challenge will be over. There’s an urge to keep running, to decide what to do next, how to keep the
Day 30 | When The Robots Came… by Julie Duffy
The Prompt At this point, it’s almost impossible you haven’t encountered a piece of software that tried to convince you to use it’s new AI
Day 29 | Setting As Character by Julie Duffy
The Prompt if you’re the kind of writer who mostly writers dialogue, or has been accused of writing stories that seem like they’re set on
Day 28 | Tell It Like It Is by Julie Duffy
The Prompt Today I want you to mine your memory for a conversation that you will never forget…and give it to (at least) two different
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Writing a story a day has been very good practice to develop a positive orientation to writing endeavors, not to mention that it has led me to meet new people, be part of a community and find my writing feet again.
