Join GYWO in 7 Days 7 Stories. Write a *complete* rough draft of a story, essay, poem, chapter or novel synopsis/outline every day this week. Churn out those rough drafts!
Day 4 of 7 Days 7 Stories is live! Good luck writing a draft in a day!
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Join GYWO in 7 Days 7 Stories. Write a *complete* rough draft of a story, essay, poem, chapter or novel synopsis/outline every day this week. Churn out those rough drafts!
Day 3 of 7 Days 7 Stories is live! Good luck writing a draft in a day!
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Write a story entirely in first person plural. #writingprompt
Join GYWO in 7 Days 7 Stories. Write a *complete* rough draft of a story, essay, poem, chapter or novel synopsis/outline every day this week. Churn out those rough drafts!
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Join GYWO in 7 Days 7 Stories. Write a *complete* rough draft of a story, essay, poem, chapter or novel synopsis/outline every day this week. Churn out those rough drafts!
Day 1 of 7 Days 7 Stories is live! Good luck writing a draft in a day!
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Rows of colorful balloons.
Write a story inspired by the picture. Reply with a sentence from the story! [Photo by Adi Goldstein on Unsplash] #writingprompt
Your character receives a prophecy. #writingprompt
Set a scene on a rooftop. #writingprompt
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Don't forget to check-in for March! Report your YTD progress by April 5.
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Do you love fantasy? Dabble in world building? Have you ever wondered what the hell an ‘immersion anchor’ is? Our new contributor blog post is the read for you!
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Writing is craft. It’s long hours. Frustrating days and weeks. Intense doubt. And moments of pure joy. There’s no shortcut around this and there’s no tech hack to “solve” it.
Writing is a human endeavor meant for human consumption.
the words "I'm writing a StoryADay in May 2026" including a colorful StoryADay May 2026 wordmark and a banner with the dates 2010-2026, on a background of faded text from the Gutenberg Bible, merging into 1s and 0s. Also: the url: storyaday.org
StoryADay May 2026 is coming! Find out more and join us: storyaday.org/about-the-ch...
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Set a timer for 5 minutes and pick up wherever you left off on your project. #writingprompt
A purple graphic reading "GYWO Check-In, March. March 30 - Apr 5."
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Starting now: write 250 words on a new story. #writingprompt
Write a scene, story, or poem that begins and ends with a question. #writingprompt
There are two kinds of writers: writers who know exactly what they want to write about, and then write; and writers who discover that birds have sub-atomic magnet particles in their eyes to correspond with the earth’s magnetic compass so now they need to change their whole book to fit that fact in
Editing stages:
- I'll fix it now
- This time I will fix it
- Still needs fixing
- Someone fix this
- Who wrote this?
- Rewrite only good parts ignore problems
- Find local cult to join
- Computer go boom
- Bargain with God (editor)
- Mystic vision
- A few hours of steady work
- Send
Woman standing in the daylight outdoors surrounded by bubbles.
Write a story inspired by the picture. Reply with a sentence from the story! [Photo by Alex Alvarez on Unsplash] #writingprompt
A text I just sent that was probably lifted from @tacobellquarterly.org's feed:
"Only one way to be certain it won't be good enough: Not writing it."
Write a story with a sunflower, a book, a diary, and a fireplace. #writingprompt
Use your words.
Last line: Somewhere, a cat shut its eyes, and slept, unaware of the events unfolding. #writingprompt
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GYWO Check-In, February. Feb 27 - March 5.
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List of 48 books, starting with "Very Clever Baby's First Reader" which was an eight page humorous card-sized book which came out in 1988, going on to "Massif", which is a 100K words long SF novel out in September 2026.
Every now and then when I think I'm not making enough progress on a book, I look back at my list of published books and consider that I've had this same thought with every single one of them. (Even the short or very short ones. Getting them right takes time.)