Antiford Writing Month Challenge

About

What is it?

It will be a month-long writing challenge that we all participate in together. I have done NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) for many years and the community aspect of it always makes me more productive. This will be more akin to Camp NaNoWriMo - you set your own goal. Could be 50,000 words could be 5,000. Or 500. It doesn’t have to be word count either, you can measure in hours spent working on it, a number of stories you want to finish...big or small you set your own personal goal and then for the coming 31 days you make a commitment to prioritize that goal and completing it.

The main focus is on writing because that is what I originally designed the event for, however, your goal can be for any creative endeavor - art, prop-building, interpretive dance, whatever.

Be realistic about your goal, but also remember this is a time to challenge yourself!

When:

March 1 - 31, 2019 in your time-zone.

How to participate:

Create your own creative goal for the month, and commit to getting it done. Engage with other citizens doing the challenge through blog posts here on the wite, in the Members facebook page, on our discord (in the #nanowrimorr-antiwrimo channel), or on the Citizens of Antiford subreddit. There will be posts throughout February and March.

Where:

Mostly, on the interwebs, among the sites listed above. You can write and participate from wherever you are.

There will be weekly write-ins on the discord: the first one will be this Saturday March 2

There will be an in-person writing day: Saturday, March 16 - 155 Fleet St. in Portsmouth, NH. See the fb event page for details.

Guidelines

Things to keep in mind...

1. Your project must be Antiford-related, but it does not have to be a written project. You can draw, paint, build, start a cult. 

2. Regardless of how you decide to measure your project (word count, hours, pages, etc), it must be completed between 01 MARCH 12:00 AM  and 31 MARCH 11:59 PM. You may start your project before then, but only work done within this time frame will count toward your challenge.

3. You can work on as many stories (or drawings, props, etc) as you want as long as they follow Rule 1. 

4. This is based on the honor system, there is no official way to track your progress, how you do so is up to you. You can post updates in the Discord channel or the Citizens of Antiford subreddit. Check the subreddit every so often for helpful resources and preparatory exercises!

5. Have fun. This is, in fact, a rule and you have to follow it. If it is discovered that you are not having fun, you will be shunned forever. Obviously. So, no pressure ;)

Resources

Writing Craft - Prep & Outlining

• Dan Harmon's Plot Embryo
• The snowflake plotting method
• Kat O'Keefe's (Katytastic) 9-Block Method
• The Hero's Journey breakdown
  
  

Writing Craft - Style & Grammar

• Writing elements
• Style & Voice
  
• Building a theme
  
  

Word Counters

• https://wordcounter.net/ - a web-based word counter
• Google Docs chrome add-on - an add on that gives you a visible live update of your word count.
• https://www.critiquecircle.com/wordmeterbuilder.asp - widget you can customize embed in your profile or in a blog or something
  

Focus & Productivity Aids

• Forest app - a phone app that lets you plant trees while you focus!
• Written? Kitten! - a site that rewards you for writing by showing you pictures of cute kittens
• 4thewords - part writing platform, part RPG. Use your word count to fight monsters and complete quests
  

Planning Tools

• Google Sheets Workbook (Wordcount) *go to File>make a copy to create your own editable version.
• Wavemaker - web-based planning and writing program

This is just a few I could think of off the top of my head. If you have any other suggestions, or resources for non-writing projects please share them will me and I can add them to the list!