Poetry at Work Day
Poetry at Work Day is the second Tuesday in January. An honest take from a writer who doesn't like poetry, and what the form still teaches everyday writing.
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MarchNational Write Your Story Day
National Write Your Story Day is March 14. Why your story is worth recording, how to start when it feels impossible, and why the form can be anything.
FamilyNational Life Writing Month
National Life Writing Month is November. Life writing is more than memoir: journals, essays, letters, and family history. How to start without a book.
Book WritingNaNoWriMo Is Gone. The November Writing Challenge Is Not
NaNoWriMo shut down, but the November writing challenge lives on. Why writing a book in a month works, and how to actually finish one this year.
NovemberNational Authors Day
National Authors Day is November 1. One discouraging teacher, a long climb through ghostwriting, and why becoming an author is something you claim.
Book WritingNational Nonfiction Day
National Nonfiction Day is the first Thursday in November. Why nonfiction matters, what makes it good, and why the best reason to write it is not sales.
Grammar & SpellingNational Grammar Day
National Grammar Day is March 4. Why grammar matters, when breaking the rules is right, and how to keep your writing clean with editors and tools.
Creative WritingWorld Poetry Day
World Poetry Day is March 21. An honest take from a prose writer who doesn't love most poetry, on what poetry is for and what every writer can steal from it.
AprilNational Poetry Month
National Poetry Month is April. Why writing a single poem, even badly, makes you a sharper prose writer. A non-poet's case for trying the form.
AdaptationNational Tolkien Reading Day
National Tolkien Reading Day is March 25. The boxed set I saved for, the boring opening I almost quit, the eagles plot hole, and what Tolkien taught me.
Character DevelopmentHobbit Day
Hobbit Day is September 22. What Tolkien's hobbits teach about character and worldbuilding, an honest take from a writer who never read The Hobbit.
NovemberI Love to Write Day
I Love to Write Day is November 15. Where a love of writing comes from, and the truth that love gets you to the page but habit gets you to book one hundred.