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		<title>The Short Story Advantage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re here because you clicked through from my email saying: &#8216;interested in writing One Story along with me, thanks! Leave a comment, letting us know why you are excited about focusing on one story, for a month, or what you&#8217;ve achieved in past challenges. &#8220;But I want to write novels! Why do people keep &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/the-short-story-advantage/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Short Story Advantage"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How To Be More Disciplined, As A Writer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In an early scene in the ‘fish out of water story’ TV show Ted Lasso, Ted—an American—is offered a cup of tea by his British host. He sips the tea and promptly spits it out…right into the face of his glamorous new boss.&#160;&#160; “It&#8217;s horrible,&#8221; he says, shaking his head. Same, Ted. Same. I have &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/sftw216/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "How To Be More Disciplined, As A Writer"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Bother Writing&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230;in an age of AI? Watch The Video Edition I’m already starting to think about next year’s StoryADay May and, here in this age of AI, I was struck with the awful thought: why bother? AI means you can generate 31 short story writing prompts in 90 seconds (5 minutes if you’re willing to wait &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/sftw215/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Why Bother Writing&#8230;"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What&#8217;s Next?</title>
		<link>https://storyaday.org/sftw214/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Making progress in your writing life If you took part in the StoryADay May Challenge you might be finding yourself confused.&#160; You wrote so much in May and now? Now, it’s hard to get anything done. You’re Progressing, Not Graduating As a creative person, there is never a moment that you can point to and &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/sftw214/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "What&#8217;s Next?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The I, WRITER Framework for a productive, successful, fulfilling writing life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the past few years I’ve been working, inside StoryADay programs, on sharing a framework for the writing life that I call I, WRITER. Now I’m ready to talk about it more widely, in a series of articles, starting today. The I, WRITER Framework underpins everything I do here to help you build a sustainable, &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/i-writer-framework/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The I, WRITER Framework for a productive, successful, fulfilling writing life"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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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 31 &#124; Best Day Ever by Julie Duffy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt You made it! You&#8217;re hear at the end of the month, still showing up, still writing. Whether you wrote one story or thirty-one, congratulations. This is a pretty good day. Today I want you to write a story about someone&#8217;s best day ever.You are, of course, free to use that title ironically (and &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2026-day-31/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 31 &#124; Best Day Ever by Julie Duffy"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blank Space</title>
		<link>https://storyaday.org/sftw212/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow the 2026 StoryADay May Challenge will be over. There’s an urge to keep running, to decide what to do next, how to keep the momentum rolling… …But I’m going to encourage you instead to stop. &#8230; &#8230; &#8230; Take a moment. Take a breath. … … … … … … Think about what you &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/sftw212/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Blank Space"</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>Day 29 &#124; Setting As Character by Julie Duffy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Prompt if you&#8217;re the kind of writer who mostly writers dialogue, or has been accused of writing stories that seem like they&#8217;re set on a blank white stage, this prompt is one that&#8217;s going to challenge you. Write a story where the setting features almost as much as a character. Give us sensation. Give &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/2026-day-29/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Day 29 &#124; Setting As Character by Julie Duffy"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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