6/21/2023 0 Comments 2019 365 writing challengeIf you want to build a daily writing habit then, sign up for the challenge and get writing prompts every day. I didn’t want to keep this just for myself and created a 30-day writing challenge. ![]() This helps you build the habit and learn about promoting your content. I wrote down a bunch of ideas from the content marketing and SEO angle. Next step: Get a calendar and a marker and use the Seinfeld’s technique to keep your momentum and motivate yourself every day. Majority of my colleagues and partners avoid writing some even hate it. It would be quite hard to get any results if you can’t express yourself well enough. Writing is the foundational skill for most people in the knowledge industry. Thinking and presenting my thoughts is the main output of my job. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. The following are the lessons learned while reaching this milestone. Right now, typing this sentence, it’s my 1270th day of writing in a row. On January 8, 2017, I decided to write every day. If typos make your day darker, then stop now and read something else.įor everybody else, here’s how you can train your brain and develop a daily writing habit. Using tools to avoid typos helps, but there’s still a lot of errors in my writing. Everybody understands that to bench press 300 pounds, you need to train.įor some reason, people don’t believe thinking and willpower need training.ĭisclaimer: I make a lot of typos. You need these qualities to get better results if you work with your head. Posted on by dahliadonovanauthor Posted in Monday Blogs, Writing Tagged 100 days of 30 a day challenge, 100 Days of Writing Challenge, amwriting, MM Romance, Monday Blogs, mondayblogs, plotting, Romance Author, Skill Share, Write Tip, writing.Writing challenge helps you improve your mental self? Have you done a 100 days or 365 days challenge before? Were you successful? Feel free to hop onto my 100-day challenge if you’re a writer. Since blogging is one of the acceptable forms of writing, I’ll likely update on my progress and lessons I’ve learned along the way. One in a bullet journal (see photo below) and two by posting an Instagram photo daily. I’m less likely to fail if I have others joining me. I shared my challenge on social media, and several author friends are taking part. One other critical aspect is I’m bringing along others for the ride. One after breakfast, one before lunch, and the third can be any time in the afternoon but before dinner. Ten-minute increments work well for me because I’m less likely to get completely distracted. The goal is simply to show up and put words on paper in some form or another. I can write on a WIP, a blog post, a personal journal, a newsletter, or a letter to a penpal. And I chose to get really specific.ġ00 Days of writing 30 minutes a day in 10-minute increments. After watching, I decided maybe I could get over my spring writing hump with a challenge. I was drawn to this lesson on Skill Share because I recognized the teacher from a sticker shop I love on Esty. Also, (This link takes you to the videos and also offers a Skillshare Premium free for 2 months. I got a two-month freebie to Skill Share and wound up watching “How To Start (And Finish!) Your Very Own 365 Day Project” which inspired my challenge and this post. One of my goals this year was to watch online education and/or inspirational videos. 2 Comments My 100 Days of Writing Challenge Posted on by dahliadonovanauthor Posted in Monday Blogs, Writing Tagged 100 days of 30 a day challenge, 100 Days of Writing Challenge, actually autistic, amwriting, Autistic Author, Executive Dysfunction, MM Romance, Monday Blogs, mondayblogs, plotting, Romance Author, Skill Share, Write Tip, writing. ![]() Have you ever done a 100 or 365-day challenge? How did it go for you? Less stressful than NaNoWriMo, which usually leaves me feeling like a wrung out dishrag. So, eight days in, this challenge feels perfect for me. The power of this challenge is I don’t feel overwhelmed by it.Įven on a bad mental health day, I can eke out at least ten minutes or even twenty.Īnd as an added bonus, eking out those ten-minute sprints help me feel as though I’ve accomplished something, which in turn boosts my spirits on days like today. This post actually counted for ten of my thirty minutes. I somehow still managed two minutes, barely, but it wasn’t my best work.ĭay eight was more of the same. And as a result, I found myself staring blankly at my computer for hours on end. My executive dysfunction flared its evil head. Blog posts, emails, newsletters, and several chapters in my current WIP.ĭay seven was a bastard. So far, so good.ĭay one through six felt like a dream. The goal? Write 30 minutes every day for 100 days. At the time of writing this post, I’m about eight days into my 100 Days of Writing Challenge.
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