Want to flex your blogging muscles and take on a new challenge? Get ready for Writing 101: Building a Blogging Habit, starting Monday, June 2.
Feeling a bit bereft now that Blogging 101 and 201 have wound down, or just looking for a way to cultivate good writing habits? Never fear, Writing 101 is here! (Well, it will be here, starting June 2.) Our next Blogging U. challenge moves away from the technical and design aspects of blogging to focus on your content. Writing 101: Building a Blogging Habit is a write-every-day challenge designed to help you create a writing habit while publishing posts that mesh with your blog’s focus and push you a bit as a writer. Here’s how it works:
- We’ll post a new writing assignment just for Writing 101 each weekday in June here on The Daily Post. Assignments will publish at 10:00AM EST (14:00PM GMT).
- There are no weekend assignments — you’re free to expand on a weekday post, write something unrelated, or (gasp!) spend some time away from your blog.
- Each assignment includes a writing prompt and an optional “twist.” Prompts are your post inspiration for the day, while twists push you to experiment and stretch your writing chops.
- You can mix assignments up however you’d like. Respond to the prompt, and ignore the twist. Try the twist, but write on your own topic. Use both the prompt and the twist. The only mandate is that you write every weekday.
- Participants will have a private community site, the Commons, for chatting, connecting, and seeking feedback and support. Daily Post staff and Happiness Engineers will be on hand in the comments to answer your questions and offer guidance and resources.
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Will the prompt just show up on the home page?
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Assignments will be published here, and if you follow The Daily Post you’ll get an email notification and/or see the assignment in your reader. Full details will be in the welcome email.
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Can’t wait for it to start!
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Reblogged this on Dragonfly Gypsy USA and commented:
Starting June 2, the Daily post is at it again! What a great way to improve writing skills and have a lot of fun! 🙂
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ok at first I was excited now I am scared to death. what if I go blank?
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That’s what we’re here to help with 🙂
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well I am excited to see what I can do!
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This will be my first Blogging U. challenge and I really look forward to finding out what this could do for me and my writing in the future.
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Oooh! This sounds like motivation AND inspiration. Color me IN!
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I cannot wait to participate in my first Blogging U. challenge – I am so excited!
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Great idea! Looking forward to this challenge! 😀
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Great timing–I am new to blogging so this will help with rhythm and structure.
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I think this is awesome! I am looking forward to it!
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Is the challenge to write every weekday or to publish a post every weekday? The challenge as stated is to write every weekday. I can do this, but I typically only publish once or twice a week as it takes me multiple days to finish writing a post.
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Either — you can publish everything you write, or just publish select pieces and use the others for practice. Up to you!
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This challenge is coming at a perfect time. I could use the discipline and the challenge.
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Excited to participate. I need to be evicted from my comfort zone.
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It’s always a good thing to venture forth more than you usually do. That’s how we grow!
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Don’t we all?
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I have just signed up. This will be a first for me; I am both daunted and looking forward to it!
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How exciting
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Just signed up! It’s going to be my very first Blogging U. challenge and I’m really excited to get started. Good luck to everyone who’s participating. 🙂
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Looking forward to meeting everyone. Can’t wait until I learn how to do this easily.
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I need the discipline- also need practical skills, so I’ll see if I can work through Blogging 101.
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How do I fill out this form?
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can’t wait to start
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I’m one of those strange techno-holdouts who resisted social media, blogs, and YouTube until last year. Now, I am an absolute convert; but I will need some mentoring to make my project work. I’m looking forward to this
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I’m with you. I resisted and now I’m addicted.
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I am really excited. Hope to learn a lot and interact with others. I look forward to this challenge.
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I keep trying to sign up but I keep getting a notice saying page not found.
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Got you, no need to resubmit!
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This should be interesting 🙂
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Hi Michelle, this seems all very exciting and useful. I would love to be able to use this to help me focus and get guidance. My major concern is the assignments are daily, and although i am constantly jotting things down to create my weekly posts, finding the time to create, edit and submit something daily is practically impossible for me with all my daily home and work commitments. But I would hate to lose out on all the benefits that come with participating. Your advice?
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You don’t need to publish something every day; you can use this as writing practice, and publish the pieces if/when you want to / you think they’re ready.
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Oh, I was so stressed about that. This is great then. I’ll sign up. Looking forward to it. You don’t know how happy you’ve made me.
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This is my first challenge. Looking forward to the task and some inspiration.
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Fresh from a personal essay class with Daniel Jones and ready for further development of this writing thing that I love so much!
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I enjoyed the other prompts! Looking forward to the next bunch!
I didn’t get to write everyday but i did try.. You wanna take a look?
Here: http://zellycherry.wordpress.com/
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I dont appear to be able to submit the form …
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the “submit” link takes me to a page that just says “0”
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https://wordpress.com/dailypost/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_single_post&post_id=77692&blog_id=489937&_=1400667381367&contact-form-id=77692&contact-form-sent=79740&_wpnonce=71a8759ef7#contact-form-77692
is the target page.
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I’m technically challenged, but looking forward to learning more. Wish I’d done the first two.
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