In my January open column at Write Anything I named the Year of the Dragon (2012), The Year of Writing Dangerously, calling for writers to work out what ‘writing dangerously’ meant to them… to step outside their comfort zone for the next 12 months.
The Form and Genre Challenge (2012) is Write Anything’s platform for writing dangerously (and my newest literary baby!); a free writing and publishing programme for writers of all stages, genres and ages. It consists of a schedule of 52 form and genre prompts, designed to emulate a professional writing practice and submission process, coupled with real publishing opportunities. One challenge is allocated per week, for 52 weeks. The schedule encourages writers to experiment, try something new and most of all, enjoy writing.
All participants are encourage to read the information package and plan ahead using the challenge schedule.
As it turns out, it the FGC2012 is the kick start I needed to fall in love with writing again.
My challenge is to produce two new pieces of work a month based on the FGC2012 challenges and to maintain the inspiring writing relationship I’ve struck up with Laura Meyer (@l_meyer) in the past six months.
Over the course of the year I’ll create an archive of my stories and poetry to help you easily follow my progress.
