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		<title>The Power of Inconvenience</title>
		<link>https://storyaday.org/sftw218/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In which I caution you against looking for answers in the wrong places…. Back in the mists of time, when I worked in an office–before remote working, before video conferencing—we worked together, but separately, each in our own little cubicles.&#160; From time to time we got up and wandered over to the coffee machine for &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/sftw218/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Power of Inconvenience"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How To Choose What To Write</title>
		<link>https://storyaday.org/sftw217/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I got another great question from the StoryADay community this week and I thought you might be interested in eavesdropping on my answer. But first, in Notes from Julie’s Desk, I’m going to confess that my own ambitions for One-Story September were derailed by sickness. &#160;Now that I’m on the mend, however, I can definitively &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/sftw217/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "How To Choose What To Write"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is One-Story September Right For Novelists?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I got a great question from a long-time StoryADay community member today: &#8220;Will One-Story September help me write my novel?&#8221; Here’s what I answered: On balance, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;d give you enough support or direction for a novel project.​Really, this challenge is designed to poke writers to keep working on a story throughout the &#8230; <a href="https://storyaday.org/is-one-story-september-right-for-novelists/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Is One-Story September Right For Novelists?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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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>
		<link>https://storyaday.org/sftw216/</link>
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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>
		<link>https://storyaday.org/sftw215/</link>
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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>
		<link>https://storyaday.org/i-writer-framework/</link>
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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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