Let's Write Stuff in October - A New Writing Challenge

I've been itching to be creative lately. Several of my friends have been posting about the upcoming Inktober: an initiative that challenges artists to create an ink drawing every day during the month of October, and post it to social media. It sounds tremendously fun, and the list of prompts is pretty cool. The only problem is... I don't draw. At all.

So instead, I'm starting my own initiative, that's geared towards writing. Think of it as sort of a cross between Inktober and NaNoWriMo. And with that in mind, it gives me great pleasure to present to you... LeWriStOct: Let's Write Stuff in October.

The rules are simple. For every day in October, there will be a new writing prompt. Some will be single words, others will be word groups, others will be sentences, pictures, etc. Your job is to write something inspired by that prompt. It can be a short story, a script, a poem, an essay... Whatever you like and are comfortable with. It can be as short or as long as you like. Once it's written, you're encouraged to post the results on Facebook, Twitter, or other social media, or otherwise share it with the world in whatever form you choose. If you're uncomfortable with sharing publicly (which I totally understand), you don't have to, but I'm hoping that seeing other people's results will help us all to stay motivated.

If you can't do it every day, for whatever reason... That's fine too. Just do what you can. If you decide you only want to do certain prompts and not others, go for it. I won't be hurt. If you fall way behind, don't get discouraged. Feel free to skip ahead. The purpose of this exercise isn't that you HAVE to write. It's that you GET to write. And it's not meant to limit you, but rather to open you up, creatively, by whatever means work for you.

This also isn't meant to step on the toes of NaNoWriMo, or burn you out on sprints in October before you get to the marathon in November. It's just a different approach to creativity that I wanted to try. And you're all welcome to join me.

I'll post the list of prompts on Saturday, September 30th, and then starting October 1st, I'll be posting whatever I write each day, for all to see. And you're all welcome to join me. The more people we can get involved, the more fun we'll all have.

So... Who wants to write stuff in October with me?