Unleash Your Story is a combined read-a-thon and write-a-thon that challenges readers and writers to unleash their stories and make a difference.
The goal is to raise $10,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the leading organization in the United States devoted to cystic fibrosis.
Date:
September 1, 2008 to September 30
Location:
This is a great opportunity to get your writing back on track. You can use this challenge as a warm-up for National Novel Writing Month.
The key to making a word count goal is to follow some simple guidelines.
- Send your internal editor on vacation
- Don’t re-read your work
- Don’t have anyone else read your work
- Start with a fresh project
Editing will be done later. For now, the goal is to get the words on paper.
These projects are great for trying our a story line that you aren’t sure about yet. If it doesn’t work out, you are only losing a month of writing time.
Working toward a goal will revitalize your writing. At the same time, you will be helping the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
There’s nothing like a challenge to get the blood pumping and the words flowing. High goals don’t seem so out of reach when thousands of others are trying for them as well.
I just got word that Debbie Macomber has set her writing goal for the month of September at 30,000 words!! That sets a high standard for the rest of us.
Sign up to participate as an individual or as a team at the special Unleash Your Story event page set up by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Send your writing goals to mywords@unleashyourstory.com and reading goals to pages@unleashyourstory.com
Write on,
Lynn Jordan
