091: How to Write Every Day - Interview with Julie Duffy
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Hey there Word Nerd! Today I have the great pleasure of hosting Julie Duffy on the show. Julie is the founder of the StoryADay May creative writing challenge, which is basically like the short story version of NaNoWriMo. This challenge happens in May, which is only a few short weeks away, and it\\u2019s an incredible experience.
More personally, though, Julie and I both started our respective projects (her StoryADay, my DIY MFA) the same year and only a few months apart. You could say we\\u2019re part of the same creative cohort and we\\u2019ve \\u201ccome up through the ranks\\u201d together. Julie is one of my most trusted colleagues, probably the person I most frequently turn to for advice and insights outside the DIY MFA team, and I\\u2019m also lucky to count her as one of my good friends. Today it is an honor and pleasure to introduce my word nerds to someone who I\\u2019ve known is AWESOME for quite some time.
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In this episode Julie and I discuss:
- Whether writing one story a day for a month is easier or harder than writing a novel in a month.
- How to keep the creative well from running dry.
- Setting limits and how they can help you be more creative.
- Barriers to overcome in order to be more creative.
Plus, Julie\\u2019s #1 tip for writers.
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About Julie Duffy
Julie Duffy is the founder of StoryADay.org and a experienced public speaker on topics such as creativity, productivity for writers, self-publishing \\u2013 with an emphasis on ebooks and print on-demand, and short stories. Her first ebook,\\xa021st Century Publishing, was published in 2001 and grew out of her popular newsletter and website of the same name. She has been sharing tools and insights with authors ever since, in publications such as Writer\\u2019s Digest\\xa0and Writers\\u2019 Journal.
Julie has hosted StoryADay May since 2010 and StoryADay September since 2012.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Julie was Director of Author Services at Xlibris, the first company to offer print on-demand services directly to authors. In this role she frequently spoke at writers\\u2019 conferences about the new age of publishing that was dawning and is now shaking apart the publishing world. She personally worked with a couple of thousand authors from first-time writers to best-selling authors such as Piers Anthony and Daniel Pinkwater.
She knows writers. She knows about the new world of publishing. She is happy to introduce them to each other.\\xa0If you want to learn\\xa0more about Julie and StoryADay, visit her website or follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest.
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Interested in signing up for StoryADay? Go here to sign up!\\xa0You can also sign up for email updates\\xa0to get reminders about upcoming challenges and other StoryADay info. And don\\u2019t forget to order your copy of A Month of Writing Prompts 2016\\xa0(affiliate link).
Need inspiration to jumpstart your story writing? Check out Writer Igniter.
We mentioned\\xa0That Guy in Your MFA\\xa0during the show.
Don\\u2019t forget! Sign up for the Storytelling Superpower Summit.
For more info and show notes: DIYMFA.com/091