It’s coming

Writo de Mayo is a month-long writing challenge that we host over the 31 days of May. Unlike NaNoWriMo we don’t all have the same goal (really, how often do we all have the shame goal in NaNo, even? /detour). Each participant sets their own goal and we, as a community, support each other in reaching them.

This year I’m going to take it back to the idea of being a team, a community. I’m not hosting any contests, I’m not giving any prizes away. In the past we’ve used them for motivation, but not this year. This year it’s about the writing. The friends. Not the frills.

How do you sign up for Writo de Mayo? That’s easy. Comment on this post and tell us what your goal is going to be. Starting in May we’ll have daily check-ins and be here for discussion, support, cheering, brainstorming — all that good stuff. Are you in?

~Rhonda

ETA: Try really hard to make your goal acheivable and concrete. “I want to write more” is a perfectly fantastic aspiration, but something more concrete is in order if you want to be able to a) track your progress and b) know, without question, if you’ve acheived your goal. “I want to write everyday” or “I want to write two short stories” for example, are concrete, though their acheivable-ness will depend on you and your life situation in May.

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Just throwin’ that out there.

More official-type stuff coming soon, but I wanted to remind everyone that it is, indeed, coming soon

~Rhonda

We all have deadlines of some sort in our lives.  We have self-imposed ones during NaNoWriMo and Writo de Mayo to write a set number of words or accomplish specific writing goals.

Deadlines are extremely helpful in staying disciplined with our writing.  For today’s writing exercise, pick an item from Duotrope’s Theme & Deadline calendar and respond to it before May 1st. 

Good luck!

~Amber

This is it. This is where you sign up for Writo de Mayo. Right here.

We don’t have fancy sign up forms, we don’t need your email address, your username and your dental records. All you have to do to sign up is comment here with your goal. Pretty simple huh?

Yeah, that’s how we roll.

As a reminder. Writo de Mayo is a NaNoLJers/Poise and Pen-hosted writing challenge that takes place over the 31 days of May. It’s somewhat like NaNoWriMo in that we do it as a community and cheer each other along, but unlike NaNo for WdM everyone choses their own writing-related goal.

What’s yours?