The Pre-Writing Challenge
Last week as I happily scrolled through Twitter I found a link that sent me to Carlos Velez’s blog Conscious Me and read about his upcoming Pre-Writing Challenge; as you all know this year I’m Daring myself to take the leap and fully commit myself to Limitless Living and my vision for my work. Which is why this challenge seemed like the perfect opportunity to keep me diving off that cliff. So, this is me, taking the plunge. (I think next year I’m going to have to pick a more passive intention as this one is going to exhaust and stretch me to my limit!)
Here’s the challenge:
Starting Friday, February 19th I will have one month to create, write, edit and store two weeks worth of posts in my blog cue. All this while still keeping current on the blog. With my goal of writing 3 blog posts a week this means that I will have to write a minimum of 18 posts over the next 30 days. (For more info on the evolution of the challenge itself read “Pre-Writing is Your Friend – with Benefits (Part 1)” and “Pre-Writing is Your Friend – with Benefits (Part 2)” and if you are reading this before February 19th, then why not visit the Official Challenge Post and sign up to join us!.)
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The Plan So Far
I’ve got a couple ideas on the burner to share with you, and as I fill in the rest I’ll post them here for your information. So, here they are so far (don’t forget that I’ll need two Daring Monday posts done in the Pre-Writing Challenge). Addition: I’m listing all 18 subjects as, in truth, I’ll need to write 18 posts through-out the challenge. Already published posts are linked. Items in the draft folder are in Italics.
1. How I Became a Woman
2. Religion: A Personal Etymology
3. The Deeper the Reach (My Tree)
4. The Power is in Me
5. Masks of Myself
6. DM: Get Some ZZZs
7. DM: Don’t Quit (52 Dares?)
8. DM: Back to Basics
9. DM: Daring Adventure
10: DM: Out of Character
11. DM: Fear-less
12. Paint Your Faith
13. Journeying Into the Feminine
14. The LoA: My Story
15. One of Those Days
16. Lists About Lists
17. Is Who I Am Enough?
18. Missed a Day
Read the Official Weekly Updates:
Pre-Writing Challenge Update: Week 1
Happily, I’m not in this alone! Meet the other crazy and daring bloggers in this adventure with me (and while you are visiting them be sure to say, “Hey,” and encourage them in their Pre-writing adventure).
Unstressed Syllables | Writing advice for everyone.
Aaron Pogue is a Technical Writer with the Federal Aviation Administration. He has a degree in Writing and has been working as a Technical Writer since 2002. He’s also a creative writer with nine novels, a dozen short stories, and countless essays and poems under his belt.
Most recently, he’s a writing professor at Oklahoma Christian University where he teaches Technical Writing to a bunch of people who aren’t writers. That experience became the foundation of his website. While Aaron brings decades of training as a writer, he is more and more convinced that everyone can learn to write better, with less effort.
The Blog of Antti Kokkonen | Tips, Guides, Reviews and Resources to Help You Unleash the Power of Online Media
Antti Kokkonen is an IT Specialist by profession, a blogger by heart, from Finland. Antti shares his expertise and enthusiasm for all things online by writing articles, blogging and helping others. Antti has a down-to-earth approach to both his personal and business life. In addition to helping the largest companies in the world to reach better results, he helps people and their businesses to become more effective and more profitable online by focusing on all aspects of online media, including blogging, social media and online marketing.
BadDeaconDesign.com | Fine Art Woodblock Printmaking
Artist, engineer, handsome and charming
Bert Padilla is a 23 year old part-time blogger, blogging about technology, internet, and social media. He has a full-time job at Teradyne , Philippines . He started blogging in late 2008, and finally put up his main blog in March 2009. He also writes articles for Cebu Bloggers Society, a local group in the Philippines gearing toward a civic and social awareness.
Violetminded | Code & Creativity
Amanda Farough is a web rock-star, currently peddling her wares in web design and development; in a previous incarnation, she was a bad-ass software developer. Her blog is a smattering of various topics: design, development, literary debauchery, freelancing, tasty creative non-fiction about her life, love letters, and various other bits and bobs of geekery. On her off hours, she designs (and plays) video games, writes novels that may never be published, and dances in the rain.
Conscious Me | A Personal Development Journey
Carlos Velez is a writer with a full-time job on the side (for now!). He blogs about achieving goals and making change. Carlos’ blog, Conscious Me, allows readers to not only observe a journey to success in progress, but to participate and grow themselves.
Justin is a 35 year old stay at home dad. He started blogging in December 2009 to help himself practice writing. In January 2010 Justin decided to get serious and make his little blog something that will make him money. He has been learning and writing ever since. Justin has 3 kids with one due in July. He love fishing and working out with Kettlebells. He also loves to write, saying “It is one of the only things I have ever been really good at. I will have 10 posts by the end of the challenge!”
Professor Budget | Financial Budgeting, Debt Reduction, Wealth Building
Dustin Evenson considers himself a theologian and philosopher first, and a financial coach second. He knows about the theory and practice of budgeting money, and draws on his experience and knowledge of theology and philosophy to bring this to others.
He wishes to teach through his blog and inspire others. His blog provides practical information and opinions about budgeting money, debt reduction strategies, and wealth building. Most articles revolve around simple ideas and practical use.
Dustin would eventually like to comment on budgeting spirituality and philosophy into one’s life through his blog.
Eleanor Edwards
GiveABrick.com | Give A Brick (i.e. just £1) then ask your friends to do the same
Eleanor writes for UK registered charity, Give A Brick. Give A Brick think they are the first charity to ask all their friends to give just one brick (£1) and then ask them to ask their friends to do the same. Your £1 will buy bricks (and roof tiles, concrete and slabs) to provide a place for children to play, young people to hang out in safety and older people to meet. All deserve to feel valued and loved. That’s what Give A Brick is about and you make the difference.
At Give A Brick, Eleanor is building an online community of people helping each other out, listening and being listened to. That aspect of Give A Brick doesn’t cost a penny 
Ralph Carlson – Ralph Carlson Blog
Ralph Carlson is on his second blog and just retired for the second time. He has no interest in moving on to number three in either category. The intent of the blog was to establish a web presence for Ralph Carlson. In addition his goals include making money using the web whether that means using his blog or not. “In short,” he says “I don’t know what I am doing but I intend to do it with gusto.”
Seeing as we are all a little over committed we’ve even got a forum going for moral support – feel free to stop by and commiserate with us if you like.
