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Better Writing Habits: A 31-Day Makeover Challenge

November 22, 2010 Suzannah Windsor Freeman Filed Under: Productivity, Site News

Better Writing Habits: A 31-Day Makeover Challenge
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Would you like to make 2011 your most productive writing year yet?

Writing is about art and craft, but it’s also about discipline.

Establishing good habits early in your writing journey can help put you on the road to success, and minimize the detours you take getting there.

Better Writing Habits: Make Over Your Writing in 31 Days

Over the past six months, Jennifer Blanchard of Procrastinating Writers and I have been collaborating on a project which will help you take your current writing habits to the next level.

It’s called Better Writing Habits: Make Over Your Writing in 31 Days, and it will begin in the new year (can you believe that’s just six weeks away?).

Between January 1st and 31st, 2011, Better Writing Habits will feature daily articles written by either Jennifer or me. Some of the topics I’ll be covering are:

  • The #1 Way to Get Inspired to Write
  • 6 Tips to Keep Yourself and Your Writing In Shape
  • How to Create a Writing Space on a Budget
  • 10 Writing Tasks You Can Do in 10 Minutes
  • 5 Ways to Un-Stick Your Stuck Words

Whether you’re serious about writing or just getting started, this challenge is for you.

You can pre-subscribe to updates via email, and join the Better Writing Habits Facebook Fan Page.

This challenge is free to all writers, so please pass along the link to others between now and the end of December.

We look forward to connecting with you there in the new year!

Filed Under: Productivity, Site News

About Suzannah Windsor Freeman

Suzannah Windsor is the founding/managing editor of Writeitsideways.com and Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Malahat Review, The Dalhousie Review, Prairie Fire, Geist, The Writer, Sou'wester, Anderbo, Grist, Saw Palm, Best of the Sand Hill Review, and others. Suzannah is working on a novel and a collection of short stories, both of which have received funding from the Ontario Arts Council.

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  1. jennifer blanchard says

    November 22, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    I am so excited about this project! I’ll be posting an announcement about it on my blog in the coming weeks. But here’s a sneak peek at a few of topics I’ll be covering:

    –5 Simple Steps to Setting Achievable Writing Goals
    –The 3 Notebooks Every Writer Should Keep
    –Toxic Language and How It Hinders Your Writing
    –Weekend Warrior: How to Get the Most Writing Out of Your Weekend
    –The Truth About Finding Time to Write

    Until January 1, spread the word!!

    • Suzannah says

      November 22, 2010 at 7:04 pm

      Thanks for sharing some of your topics, Jennifer! This is going to be awesome 🙂

  2. Walter Dinjos says

    November 22, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    Will definitely subscribe. http://www.tinyurl.com/sillystoryideas and http://www.sillystoryideas.blogspot.com

  3. Eva Porter says

    November 24, 2010 at 2:12 am

    This sounds more do-able than NaNo, at which I failed miserably (or failed well, I guess). Looking forward to your posts, ladies!

    • Suzannah says

      November 24, 2010 at 11:20 pm

      Yes, it will be very do-able! Look forward to seeing you there.

  4. maryawrites says

    November 25, 2010 at 2:54 am

    Fantastic. Can’t wait.

  5. John O'Chwat says

    December 1, 2010 at 7:05 pm

    That woman looks *way* too happy to be a writer. I think she’s actually using Photoshop to remove zits from her publicity stills.

    • Suzannah says

      December 1, 2010 at 8:49 pm

      That made for a good morning laugh. Thank you 🙂

  6. Jeanie Cullip (SMGT) says

    December 14, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    Awesome!

  7. gaelikaa says

    December 31, 2010 at 5:04 am

    Looking forward to it!

  8. Skmayh says

    January 4, 2011 at 12:05 am

    Can’t wait to start being more productive. 🙂

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