30 Days of #AcWriMoments

 
 

In days of yore, #AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month) was all about word counts, timers, and quantitative assessment of your writing progress. Our 30 Days of #AcWriMoments Challenge offers a kinder, gentler alternative to that kind of productivity-pushing writing jag. These 30 beautiful prompts, curated by Helen Sword and Margy Thomas, have been created by writing scholars, coaches, consultants, and editors whose approaches honor the connection between your intellect and the whole human being that you are. Read more about #AcWriMoments here, and meet all 22 contributors here.

 
 

 
 
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Day 1: Share an #AcWriMoment

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Day 2: Choose a name

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Day 3: Write like Freddie

 
 
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Day 4: Tell a story

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Day 5: Relieve loneliness through writing

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Day 6: Hook your reader

 
 
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Day 7: Make every moment count

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Day 8: Trace a lineage

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Day 9: Write with your body

 
 
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Day 10: Go short, go long

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Day 11: Let your words take flight

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Day 12: Remember the clues from Younger You

 
 
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Day 13: Create your writing alter-egos

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Day 14: Smudge your lines

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Day 15: Linger over good writing

 
 
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Day 16: Imagine your writing is worth the wait

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Day 17: Pose questions to keep yourself curious

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Day 18: Walk with poetry

 
 
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Day 19: Find your happy penguins

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Day 20: Dialogue with a character

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Day 21: Plan a journey

 
 
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Day 22: Turn your self-judgments into writing mantras

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Day 23: Spark a thank-you chain

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Day 24: Trust when it's ok not to write

 
 
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Day 25: Receive the offering in front of you

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Day 26: Write in color

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Day 27: Straighten your zigzags

 
 
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Day 28: Write what you're avoiding

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Day 29: Do what no one has to tell you to do

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Day 30: Plan(t) an #AcWriMoment