Challenge Warm-Up Tasks

In case you’ve missed any, here are all the Warm-Up Tiny Tasks for 2025, to help you get ready for the StoryADay challenge.

None of these is essential, but take a look through the list and click on one or two that seem like they might be helpful to you, wherever you are in your writing journey right now.

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Tiny Tasks

Imagine Your Way To Success

Making The Challenge Work For You

Start Collecting Story Sparks

Writing Matters

Story Moods

Get Started on Settings

Brainstorming Characters Pt 1

Refining Your Craft

Brainstorming Characters Pt 2

Personality Traits

Character Speech

Imagine Yourself, Succeeding

Face The Fear

Your Writer Identity

Triumph Over Doubt

The Power of Tiny Wins

Create A Bounce Back Plan

Make Your Rules

Engage With The World of Fiction

Writing The World You Want

Read A Story 

Fast-Draft a Practice Story

Repeat Your Successes, Learn from your Practice

Decide How To Log Your Progress

Set Up Your Log and Workspace

Ready, Set, Go!

Choose Your Challenge Vibe

Write A Warm Up Story

Commit & Join the Movement

DISCUSSION

Find any of them particularly helpful? Done something like this in the past? Share your tips with the community, below!

Structure for Your Writing Life

Learn from my mistake and triumphs, kiddoes…

Towards the end of the challenge, I’m noticing something about the people who are participating in the challenge: they’re getting more comfortable with tretaing the challenge as a support, not a cage.

What kind of support do you need, around your writing life?

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