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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Learn from my mistake and triumphs, kiddoes…
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Learn from my mistake and triumphs, kiddoes…
An update from my StoryADay Challenge including travel; a migraine; whether or not writing streaks matter; and what to do when you don’t stick to your own rules for the challenge…
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Learn from my mistake and triumphs, kiddoes…
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Learn from my mistake and triumphs, kiddoes…
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Learn from my mistake and triumphs, kiddoes…
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Even after all these years, I still have days when I find myself apologizing for taking time to write.
Will it ever end?
Writing is never a waste of your time. It heals you and the world.
“What’s the point of writing another story, today?”
In which I discuss the importance of daily writing practice, sharing my own inner resistance to this challenge (yes, even after all these years) and how I ultimately find joy and fulfillment in the writing…and you can too!
In which I play with fire…
Did I write my story today? Should you?
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
Everything is material…when you’re a writer. Also: my theory about why it’s a good thing for humanity that we are writing instead of doing…other things….
Keep writing,
Julie
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
And again, the best laid plans o’mice and men, as my buddy Rabbie Burns used to say…
Keep writing,
Julie
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
Week 1 is a wrap!
Today I was pretty happy with the very short story I wrote. When I got to the end I discovered something interesting, which I share in this video.
Also: now’s a great time to assess what went well last week and what you’ll keep/do differently during this coming week of the challenge (I talk about this, too, in this video)
Keep writing,
Julie
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
Week 1 is a wrap!
Today I wrote badly and learned some things. I also got to hangout with the StoryADay Superstars and talk about writing, and it was moving, and inspired.
Hey you: if you’re reading this and writing at all: you’re pretty unusual and you’re pretty amazing.
Keep writing,
Julie
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
Sometimes we resist things because “I don’t write that genre” or “I don’t know what to do with this scenario”.
My advice? Try it anyway. You never know what you’ll discover!
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
Sometimes we resist things because “I don’t write that genre” or “I don’t know what to do with this scenario”.
My advice? Try it anyway. You never know what you’ll discover!
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
Today was a lot of fun.
I did things I don’t generally recommend…and I am not sorry!
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
I found today’s prompt challenging, perhaps because I was feeling the pressure to write about something weighty and important, which made me feel intimidated and stuck. But then I remembered my collection of Story Sparks, and I found inspiration in a personal experience that I gave to a different character.
I decided to write the story in third person and present tense to make it more experiential for the reader. This was different from what I had been writing the past couple of days, which were more narrative in form.
Through this experience, I was reminded of the importance of just getting started with writing. Even though parts of the prompt made me resist at first, I found that I had unknowingly incorporated them into my story.
Trusting yourself as a storyteller and putting words on the page, even if they feel choppy or imperfect, can lead to magic in your writing.
So, don’t fret about finding the perfect topic or having everything planned out. Just start writing and let the interesting stuff happen. Nobody needs to see it, and you might just end up with a big, stupid grin on your face like I did.
Keep writing, and stay tuned for tomorrow’s prompt on keeping things short!
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
Day two of the challenge and I’m feeling great.
But, I made the classic mistake of not planning ahead, so I spent the first half hour doing admin instead of writing. I’m going to fix that tomorrow by planning my morning better.
The prompt today was from Mary Robinette Kowal:
“What’s in your character’s pocket?”
I used characters from my work in progress and wrote a self-contained story that I can later use as a scene in my novel. Other participants are using the challenge to push forward their work in progress in various ways.
What will YOU do?
A vlog about how my StoryADay May is going…
In this video post I talk about how shame shuts down the exact processes we need for creativity and what you can do about it.
Spoiler alert: I talk about reducing your expectations, celebrating every single tiny thing you do that contributes to your writing life, and collecting Story Sparks.
In which I discuss the ‘rules’ of StoryADay May and how to get started laying the foundations now.
Even in this time when it seems like you ought to have more time to write, you probably aren’t finding it.
That’s because nobody ever FINDS time to write. You have to MAKE it.
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