![]() Each writer must find our own motivation. Always good to be aware of what type of writer you are and what motivates you.īut never have I seen work letting what other people think motivate you. But for others, a challenge or a streak just freezes them up and lets critical voice win. Now granted, challenges and streaks have amazing power to people like me who give the challenge or streak power. ![]() I even stopped one writer from trying a challenge because they wanted to show their friends they could do it. But the writers who tend to make it all the way through are the ones that are doing it for themselves. Fun challenges to help writers get focused. Story a week, novel every two months, novella a month, publish something every month. If they miss, they get what they paid in credit in workshops, if they hit the challenge, they get a lifetime subscription of their choice. Over the last few years WMG has had challenges we offer to writers on Teachable. Last year I wrote over 100 short stories in 100 days. So why do this, or any other writing streak for that matter? And then new in each genre each week until all eight in each genre are up and available. The third classes in each genre will be up over the next few days or so. Again, we are in this for years.The ultimate goal is to help writers learn about details in focused areas of genres and to write stories to the prompt. So doesn’t matter when anyone signs up, everyone gets the same shot at the anthologies. And we will be adding in new Down in the Details classes as time goes on. ![]() We are fine with that.We expect writers to be taking these classes slowly over the years. We want this to be a long-term project and we know it will take years to build. If an anthology fills up, we will just start a second anthology in that genre. And they can always write me another story and try to sell it to top markets first as well.There is no deadline at all on these stories for me. If they write a story for me and sell it to a top magazine market, I have helped them with promotion and their careers. Why do I do that?I am here to help writers. I tell writers to help their own careers and if they write a story for the prompt in one of the classes, send it to the top markets first in each genre. Yes, I pay 6 cents per word, and yes it will be original anthologies, and yes the writers are writing it for me. But I have gotten questions as to why I tell writers to not send the stories to me first. In science fiction, the first two are 1) Invasion stories and 2) Exploration stories.Įach class has a prompt for a story to write and send it to me for original anthologies in each genre. In mystery, the first two available are 1) Unsolved Crimes and 2) Locked Room. In fantasy, the first two Down in the Details classes are 1) Magic Shops and 2) Portals.
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