Join the fun and spirit of letter writing and challenge yourself to write and send a piece of mail for every day the mail runs in your country. Challenge yourself by writing a complete picture book manuscript in that genre! It doesn’t have to be perfect! No one else has to see it! Have fun with it! (This is a personal challenge for yourself, and no critiquing or sharing manuscripts is involved.) Outcome:īy the end of the year, you’ll have 10 new picture book manuscripts! And hopefully you will have been pushed out of your comfort zone, tried something new, and had fun doing it. Hooray Happy LetterMo to the letter writing community around the world. I will then share a top ten books list and a guest post or two from authors who write that type of picture book. At the beginning of each month, I’ll share a blog post with information about that month’s genre of picture book and will provide examples. Regardless of what your writing goals may be, the Monthly Twitter Writing Challenge can help By making a commitment to write at least 500 words a day you will accomplish two things: You’ll get into the habit of writing every day, even when you might not feel like it. Register by commenting on this blog post. Whether youre a novice or a novalist, youve found. Accepting the challenge will allow you to join a community of picture book writers, learn about different structures and forms of picture books, and push yourself out of your comfort zone. We are an 18+ forum for writers and roleplayers of every genre. You can work on the prompts on your own, or share your writing with other writers on our community forums.

That's why every month, we host a prompt-based writer challenge to keep you in the habit of writing a little every day. The 2022 Picture Book Writing Challenge is a year long challenge to write 10 new picture book manuscripts in various genres. At Shut Up & Write, our goal is to keep you inspired.

Monthly writing challenge