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		<title>What Now?!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is a particularly important day…you’ve spent the past month focusing on your writing and your life as a writer.&#160; I couldn’t be more proud of you! I encourage you to download the&#160;post-challenge worksheet&#160;attached to this page and either print it out or simply use the question and answer them in your journal.&#160; WRITE IT &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/what-now/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "What Now?!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Day 30 &#124; When The Robots Came&#8230; by Julie Duffy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt At this point, it&#8217;s almost impossible you haven&#8217;t encountered a piece of software that tried to convince you to use it&#8217;s new AI features. Today you&#8217;re going to write a story that delves into the relationship between humans and technological pals&#8230;and this stuff is going to seem a lot less sci-fi than it &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2026-day-30/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 30 &#124; When The Robots Came&#8230; by Julie Duffy"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>StoryADay May Begins Tomorrow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 01:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost time! I&#8217;m taking a moment to share some last minute details and FAQs. Something New A couple of years ago I provided an optional Challenge Handbook, with daily warm up and brainstorming exercises, tailored to each prompt and I&#8217;m doing it again this year. Here&#8217;s what people have said about these exercises: This &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/storyaday-may-begins-tomorrow/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "StoryADay May Begins Tomorrow"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Day 30 &#124; Granting Wishes by Julie Duffy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[julied]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt You did it! Now let&#8217;s see if your character has THEIR wish granted&#8230; Grant your character’s deepest wish, today You’ve done it! You started this month with the desire to write more, write better, and build your writing practice. With commitment (and probably some imperfect execution) you’ve arrived here, at Day 31 of &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2025-day-30-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 30 &#124; Granting Wishes by Julie Duffy"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Day 29 &#124; Story Starter by Kai Lovelace</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[julied]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt &#8220;Ash had one more loose end to tie up before catching the 9:15 and kissing this town goodbye forever.&#8221; Kai Lovelace Kai Lovelace is a writer and musician born and raised in New York City. Links to his work can be found here. Join the discussion: what will you do with today&#8217;s prompt &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2025-day-29/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 29 &#124; Story Starter by Kai Lovelace"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Day 28 &#124; Dressing The Set by Gabrielle Johansen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[julied]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt Pick one of these photos. Use the scene in the picture as the setting for your tale. It can be where the story starts or where it ends. It can be for a portion of it or for the entire story, but make sure to feature the setting significantly. Give the reader a &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2025-day-28/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 28 &#124; Dressing The Set by Gabrielle Johansen"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Day 27 &#124; An Old Haunt by Julie Duffy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[julied]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt Your character goes back to an old haunt. They don&#8217;t want to be there, but they have to go (brainstorm the reasons they might have to be there, but don&#8217;t over-explain it in the story). While they battle to get what they want (and out of the story), pay particular attention to the &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2025-day-27/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 27 &#124; An Old Haunt by Julie Duffy"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Day 26 &#124; Reimagine the Impossible by Tiffany Yates Martin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[julied]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt A person pulls up at a red light, looks to the car beside them, and sees themselves behind the wheel&#8211;just before the light turns and the other car takes off. Tiffany Yates Martin Tiffany Yates Martin is a career book editor, working with bestselling and award-winning authors, major publishers as well as indie &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2025-day-26/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 26 &#124; Reimagine the Impossible by Tiffany Yates Martin"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Day 25 &#124; Selective Memory by John Wiswell</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[julied]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt The one thing this house remembers John Wiswell John Wiswell is a disabled writer who lives where New York keeps all its trees. He won the 2021 Nebula Award for Short Fiction for his story, “Open House on Haunted Hill,” and the 2022 Locus Award for Best Novelette for “That Story Isn’t The &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2025-day-25/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 25 &#124; Selective Memory by John Wiswell"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Day 24 &#124; Surrealist Fiction by Julia Elliott</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt In Second Manifesto of Surrealism (1929), Andre Breton called for “the profound, the veritable occultation of Surrealism.” Of the Surrealist painters and writers who dove whole hog into arcane imagery, my favorites include Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Max Ernst, and Leonor Fini. Choose a single Surrealist painting and do some fun, casual research &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2025-day-24/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 24 &#124; Surrealist Fiction by Julia Elliott"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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