007 – How (and Why) To Write A StoryADay for a Month
It sounds like a crazy idea: trying to write a story a day every day for a month, and yet thousands of people have taken
It sounds like a crazy idea: trying to write a story a day every day for a month, and yet thousands of people have taken
In which I rant about the “professionalization” of entertainment and encourage you to rail against it.
In this episode I talk about the many, many ways we are wrong when we tell ourselves we simply can’t write!
Make sure that your definition of ‘success’ for your writing is really YOUR definition of writing success. Don’t allow anyone else to tell you what
Last episode, we talked about logging your words, to motivate yourself to write more. This episode we look at other ways to log your progress
Last year I wrote 100,000 words of fiction (that’s on top of all the non-fiction writing, mothering, wife-ing and general living I got done). In
Writers write. Professional writers write a lot.
The StoryADay (https://storyaday.org) challenge exists to help you learn how much you’re capable of writing in a month. The Write Every Day, Not “Some Day” podcast helps you figure out how to keep that commitment up for the rest of your life.
Each 10-15 minute episode tackles a particular topic and gives you a writing assignment to complete before the next episode.
Music credit: Alan McPike
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.
The only qualification to be a ‘Superstar” is a desire to write and support your fellow writers.
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