This episode doesn’t have an exercise associated with it – it’s an introduction to the course, what it’s about, what you can expect and the philosophy behind it. You can help me continue to make podcasts by dropping a few bucks into the digital tip jar on my ko-fi page. Day 4: A poem using the words: blue, mistrust, half, twang +. If you’d like to support my work, why not read my Fantasy novels The Honours and The Ice House, books 1 and 2 in The Honours series. Day 3: A story that takes place pre-1950 +. You can listen to more episodes of writing advice, including feedback on listeners’ first pages and interviews with authors, on my podcast for writers, Death Of 1000 Cuts. The 100 Day Writing Challenge is written and presented by me, author Tim Clare. (I’ve only put up the first 50 transcripts so far, but you can find all 100 episodes on my Soundcloud page, or here, a full playlist of all the episodes in order.) The 100 Day Writing Challenge was made possible by the support of Arts Council England.īelow you’ll find a list of episodes, with links to full audio transcripts, in case you prefer text. There’s no homework, and you can complete the course at your own pace. Each episode contains a 10 minute exercise, complete with timer, to help build your writing muscles, train you in different styles, and develop your confidence. Questions? Drop them in the comment section below.The 100 Day Writing Challenge is a free fiction writing course, by podcast. That is a great chance to rack up words and connect with fellow writers this summer! We hope you’ll join us! We will be using the hashtag #GTW100for100 on social media. Jill, Shan, and I are most active on Instagram, and you can follow the Go Teen Writers account here. She wrote a post for us several years ago with tips for writing everyday that’s totally worth checking out! Lydia Howe is a published author and community member who faithfully did the challenge for at least 6 years. We post your name on a list on the website as someone who totally rocks.You get my admiration and respect. I have actually never made it all the way to the end.When the challenge is over, you send me your form. We all have way more important things to do with our lives than count individual words in a notebook.Ĥ. With my handwriting, I usually have 10 words per line so I just go with that. Yes, you can write by hand. Just add the words up as best you can.So some days you might write 1,000 words and others you might barely get in your 100. The idea is to develop a writing discipline. But you can’t write 700 words on Monday and nothing the rest of the week and still participate in the challenge. You can write more than 100 words each day if you like. Most people find they do.So if one week you only write 300 words, you just count up what you have, and press on. You are allowed one “grace day” per week (sometimes life happens, plus many people take a day off a week for religious reasons and we want to respect that), and one “grace week” per contest.If you’re having trouble with it, let me know.) Somehow, though, you need to keep track of how many words you’ve written so that I can see. You can print it out, download it, or save a copy to your own Google Drive. (This link will give you access to view it but not make changes. Here’s a link to one we’ve made, but you don’t have to use this one. At the end of the challenge, you’ll send me your tracking sheet. You write 100 words a day everyday until Tuesday, September 13th, and you keep track of it. Sometimes things happen and we lose interest for good reasons.ģ. And that was probably the last time I ever opened that manuscript file. She told me they already had a book in the pipeline that was basically the same concept. The 100-for-100 coincided with a writers conference, and I pitched my 100-for-100 book to an editor at the conference. If you and your project part ways. This happened to me one year.If you finish your project. Hooray for finishing projects! If this happens, just pick something else to work on.Only words for that that project count toward your daily words. Beginning on Monday, June 6th you write 100 words on the project of your choice. You must pick one project to work on for the 100-for-100 challenge. Do you want to take your writing to the next level The 30-Day Writing Challenge encourages beginner and advanced writers alike to stretch their writing. If you don’t receive that email within 24 hours, please let me know! Stephanie(at).Ģ. You must be signed up by noon central time on Monday, June 6th if you want to play along. Within 24 hours, you’ll receive an email from me welcoming you to the challenge. You sign up on the form at the end of this post. This writing challenge is open to writers of all ages! Here’s how the challenge works:ġ.
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