StoryADay presents: I, WRITER - A Writing Podcast about Building a Successful Writing Practice

What if the thing you think is supporting your writing is actually stealing your writing time?
Online writing communities can be encouraging, funny, useful, and genuinely connecting.
They can also become a very convincing substitute for writing.
In this episode, I'm talking about why StoryADay has never had the kind of always-on free community that so many writing sites now offer, what I mean by the power of inconvenience, and the question I think every writer should ask about the spaces they spend time in:
Does this community send me back to my writing — or keep me scrolling?

If you're the kind of writer who has trouble staying motivated or completing things, the upheaval and uncertainty in the world (around AI and politics and climate change and economic instability) probably aren't helping.
Here's my answer to whether you should bother (spoiler: yes) and the fundamental step you can't skip if you want to stay motivated and keep going on the greatest adventure you could choose: life as a writer.
LINKS
Watch the video edition: https://youtu.be/RAvJexG1i4I
StoryADay Challenge archive: https://storyaday.org/writing-prompt-archive/
SWAGr monthly accountability posts: https://storyaday.org/category/swagr/
'Define Success' article: https://storyaday.org/how-to-become-a-highly-successful-writer/
The Dream of being a Writer, article: https://storyaday.org/the-dream/
Permission to Write article (and certificate): https://storyaday.org/write-more-permission-to-write/
The I, WRITER Framework for a Successful Productive Writing Life, article: https://storyaday.org/i-writer-framework/
Planning & Tracking Worksheets Bundle: https://storyaday.kit.com/products/story-a-day-planning-tracking-worksheets
StoryADay Superstars group: https://storyaday.org/superstars
Book a 1:1 Writing Strategy Session with Julie: https://members.storyaday.org/creative-coaching
 
 
 
SWAGr monthly accountability posts

A four-week momentum/rescue plan to help keep your writing life progressing outside the bounds of a challenge like StoryADay May.

How can you be successful as a writer if you don't define success?
But how do you define success?
In this episode I suggest a definition of seven different writing 'modes' you can build into your success framework.

A reminder to mark the end of the StoryADay May challenge, and not to simply keep sprinting.