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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!
Join the Superstars
Ready for more? Join our virtual year-round writing conference, retreat, workshop, and mastermind group. Open to new members periodically. Find out more now!
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Get all the writing prompts including prompts in your inbox every day, including prompts from guest authors like Roxane Gay, Deesha Philyaw, Fran Wilde and more...
Join the Superstars
This is our virtual year-round writing conference, retreat, workshop, and mastermind group and it's open for registration now!
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All the extra content I created for the Superstars during the challenge...none of the commitment. Join us for one month, keep the content all year!
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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
SWAGr for April 2025
It’s that time again: time to make your commitments to your writing for the coming month. Join us!
Making the Challenge Work For You
Welcome to a new series of tiny tasks to help you prepare for the StoryADay Challenge. This challenge—this whole StoryADay venture—is about helping your writing
April Warm Up Tasks
If you’re signed up for StoryADay May I have good news: Starting tomorrow, I’m planning to send out tiny tasks, every week day in April,
So, You Want To Write A Novella?
Novellas are usually around 100 pages long, or between 20,000-50,000 words. They have a long, proud history in the world of fiction, but have fallen
I’m Talking About Practice
Visual artists keep sketchbooks. I’m not sure if it’s something they’re taught to do or something they’re compelled to do., but if you tried to
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Some of the places that love storyADay
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.
