In which I talk about how writing helped me in the wake of a recent, unexpected loss, and the importance of writing for an audience of one.

LINKS

Listen to my recent interview on the Unmistakable Creative Podcast: https://stada.me/unmistakable

Listen to me talk about short stories on the Kiingo podcast: https://stada.me/kiingo

An Audience Of One by Srini Rao: https://amzn.to/2Mroq3w (aff)

Want to write a short story today? Get the StoryADay Short Story Framework: https://stada.me/framework

There are different seasons in your writing life. Today, I talk about how to navigate the switch from creation mode to 'everything else' mode, along with some tools to ease that transition.

Fresh from the trenches of StoryADay September, a question about how to get to the resolution of a story.

Plus:

More Julie on the Kiingo.com podcast: https://kiingo.com/blog/short-stories-with-julie-duffy

Sign up for daily prompts this September: https://storyaday.org/next-challenge

It's tough to cross the threshold from the ordinary world to the magical world where you are a writer. I know. And i have some ideas...

LINKS

StoryADay Superstars: https://members.storyaday.org/join

Are you ready to write a story a day this September so you can prove to yourself that you CAN make writing a priority, you CAN be more creative, you CAN get unblocked and write stories that amaze yourself and delight readers?

I share my top tips for a successful month of extreme writing.

Sign up for daily prompts during September at

StoryADay.org/next-challenge

The StoryADay community shares what they're writing and they're most likely to get that writing-high (you know the one, right?)

And in this episode I encourage you to make this last part of 2019 the best of your writing life.

This coming week I'm sending out a series of emails with my best tips for creating a fulfilling writing life. Make sure you sign up for that and information about StoryADay September:

StoryADay.org/next-challenge

Do you give yourself permission to make your art, to write? Do you feel like you have to ask permission? What ripples spread out when you write?

This week someone accused me of doing something decadent. It was meant as a joke, but it got under my skin, and It got me thinking about all the things we have to do as writers that might seem decadent to 'normal' people.

Talking about dialogue, I discovered a rule that can sometimes be broken. Also: procrastination!!

Are you holding yourself back? In this episode, I look at three events that have me thinking about what we all have to gain from doing our creative work with integrity, tenacity and bravery.