There is a lot going on in a writer’s life.
Make sure you are designing the one you actually want.
LINKS
Fun-Size Challenge: https://storyaday.org/fun-size
StoryAWeek Newsletter: https://storyaday.org/storyaweek
There is a lot going on in a writer’s life.
Make sure you are designing the one you actually want.
Fun-Size Challenge: https://storyaday.org/fun-size
StoryAWeek Newsletter: https://storyaday.org/storyaweek
Despite our fantasies of a life that allows us to write all day in a library-like spare room…most of us are writing in the margins of life. And that’s OK. But we need support if we are to pursue this writing life.
Sometimes that support comes in the form of a challenge.
This year I am doing a short short-story challenge: from September 10th to September 17th and the reason for this is: I have both feet firmly planted in the real world, and I would like you to join me here.
Whether you are looking for:
The StoryADay Fun-Size challenge may be just what you need.
The Challenge runs from Sept 10-17, with daily tasks that will walk you through the process of writing a single story. There will be daily emails and some special events too…and it’s all no cost: my gift to you because the world needs more stories and your voice matters.
Sign up today and I’ll send you my Story Sparks Workbook so you can get start collecting the raw materials of your next story between now and the start of the challenge.
(May writers have told me this was the start of a habit they’ve continued for years, meaning they’re always ready with ideas when they make time to write!)
Register for the Sept 2022 Fun-Size Challenge
Keep writing,
Julie
P. S. Accountability is powerful. Even after all these years, I still need stuff like this. This morning I came thisclose to signing up for a $895 writing course that would teach me nothing-I-don’t-already-know but that would have provided some structure to help me finish a project. The StoryADay Fun-Size Challenge is a much better deal 😉 Have questions? Hit ‘reply’!
StoryADay September is coming! What’s it going to look like, this year? Tune in and find out.
PLUS I got some great advice this week on how to write a sequence that was stalling me. I’ll share it in this episode.
LINKS
Sept Challenge: https://storyaday.org/fun-size
StoryAWeek Newsletter: https://storyaday.org/storyaweek
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Jennifer Smith was never quite sure of the time at which she actually disappeared. She had been aware for some time that she was fading a little, but only in the last twelve months or so had she become increasingly conscious of those flickering intervals, like a television with a failing tube, or a radio on the verge of losing its signal.
Joanne Harris is the author of many novels, including Chocolat and last year’s The Strawberry Thief, now out in paperback, as well as many wonderful short stories. Her stories encompass magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. She is a master of Twitter (@joannechocolat) where she issues dispatches from the Writer’s Shed, which should not be missed.
This year’s StoryADay May official bookseller is Reads & Company, a privately-owned indie bookseller in Pennsylvania. Any purchase from the site this month supports Reads & Co.
JOANNE HARRIS – THE STRAWBERRY THIEF
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