National Novel Writers' Month is coming!

How can writing a short story every week this month help you conquer NaNo?

Tune in to this 7 minute episode for answers...and a writing prompt about the upcoming holiday season and why it's (almost) too late to start writing holiday stories (I know! Already!)

It's the first of the month, and that means it's Serious Writer's Accountability Group day at StoryADay.org.

Spend fifteen minutes with me and Monique Cuillerier, a long time StoryADay community member, as we talk about writing, routines, and why she turns up for SWAGr month after month.

You can find Monique online at NotWhereILive.ca and on Twitter @moniqueac

Today we explore the power of three and use it to make your story Bigger, Badder, (Too Much For Mr. Incredible!! Wait, no, that's something else....)

Hey, we're almost there! It's almost the end of the month.

By now you're probably pretty sick of this StoryADay nonsense, but you can't quit because you're so close, right?

Take out your frustrations on your protagonist! There's nothing better for a compelling story than a little bit of mistreatment of your beloved protag...

Today we take a look at pacing, and the differences it can make to a story.

This is a bit of a 'cheat day' because I encourage you to write something that may not be a complete short story. Gasp!

Today's prompt encourages you to think about stirring up some emotions in your readers.

Today's writing prompt is all about changing perspective. Most of us have a particular POV we like to write in. Today, we try something completely different.

Today we're going to take a deeper look at genre and the expectations readers have, based on that genre...

Quick: grab a book from your bookshelf, and look at the first page. Can you tell what kind of book it's going to be just from the tone of that page? Does it match your expectations?

Today you'll write a story focussing on tone: is it consistent? Is it appropriate to the story you're telling?