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Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM

Cisco Writers Club

Rendezvous with Writing

31 Short Story Starts

by Vera Day https://twitter.com/ VeraDayAuthor

I started a short story every day last month. It was part of author Kathryn Ptacek’s Story Starts challenge. The idea is to start a new story each day without aiming to finish it. The challenge is about consistency and creativity. I know from the annual National Novel Writing Month in November that I can type at a keyboard every day, but I was worried about thinking up 31 different story ideas.

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