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Do you struggle to write every day? Come join an accountability team and compete for the prize of most consistent writers!

Here's how it works:

1️⃣ Reply to this message seeking an accountability partner, or reply to another user's request. Each team must consist of exactly two members.

2️⃣ This coming week, keep track of the number of days you have spent at least fifteen minutes working on your book, blog, or other writing project. The number of successful days is your score.

3️⃣ Add your score together with your partner's. The maximum number of points a team can earn is 14.

4️⃣ Next week on Sunday, a new announcement will be posted. One member of your team must reply with the team's score. Be honest. If you lie, your pants will spontaneously burst into flames.

5️⃣ The team with the highest score will be declared the winner! In the event of a tie, the winning team will be chosen randomly. Remember, the goal is not to write a million words. Rather, the goal is consistency—writing every day.

🎉 Prizes! 🏆

Bragging rights

Becoming a better writer

Two links of your choice (one from you and one from your partner) will appear at the top of next week's announcement.

This week's competition will run 1/14 - 1/21.

Happy writing!

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You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

-- Octavia E. Butler

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[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What's the purpose of the megathread? I'm so confused what's going on with this community...

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The easy-looking, and the simple things in all art matters are more difficult than the complex and intricate. It is a rule that easy reading is hard writing, and to construct anything that the mind takes in without effort, and without being puzzled by it, is a triumph of art.

-- Charles Allston Collins, 1860

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CaspianXI@lemmy.world to c/keepwriting@lemmy.world

In 1876, Leo Tolstoy lamented to a friend that the book he was writing had become “sickening to me,” “unbearably repulsive,” “terribly disgusting and nasty,” and “a bore, insipid as a bitter radish.”

After nearly two years without making any progress, a concert sparked an intense surge of inspiration. Tolstoy wept as the music surged. Reinvigorated, Tolstoy returned to writing, viewing his characters with newfound empathy.

After two uninterrupted weeks of writing, Tolstoy completed what would become his most influential -- "Anna Karenina".

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Linda went to an Ivy League university, but, like many others, found that the prestigious education came with its own set of challenges and pitfalls.

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[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

What are you upset about? $0/hr is a generous salary.

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I write a blog on Medium.

You need to have a ton of content to make any amount of money. After writing 200 articles, I started making a consistent $100/month. Not quitting my day job any time soon, but I have a lot of downtime at work, so it's a productive way to pass the time.

Oh, and the $100/month is pretty consistent. I took a month off from writing, and they still sent me money for the read time on my old articles. The pay is low... but my boss wouldn't send me a small stipend if I decided not to show up for a month. So, I really can't complain.

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

These are people who want to be mods of communities. If you don't understand the basics of how this platform works, you probably need to spend more time as a regular user before becoming a moderator.

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback -- I'm really excited about starting this community, and I think I overdid it on the promotion 😬

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

"Bilingual" is really hard to define.

I live in Taiwan (English is my native language), and have studied Chinese to be passably fluent. I can trick people into thinking I can follow advanced conversations, interjecting comments here or there (even though I'm mostly lost -- just picking out the tidbits I do understand and commenting on them).

But am I bilingual? At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. What matters the most is whether your level is "good enough" to do what you want! In my case, I just want to be able to go to the store, buy things, and hang out with friends. I can read the newspaper, but I'll never be able to read/write business contracts -- but that's not a goal of mine.

There are so many different shades of bilingual. Don't worry about it... and just be as good as you need to reach your goals!

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Welcome aboard! I really hope this commumity provides the support you need. Keep writing!

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Does this mean I need to start by getting writer's block?

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

With great power comes great responsibility

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I don't cry when I chop onions. If I'm chopping dozens of them, everyone needs to get out of the kitchen because the air will get potent (but I won't notice).

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Weird, I must have messed something up when uploading my images. I merged everything into one -- I hope you can see it this time! (Oh, and thanks for letting me know about the problem!)

[-] CaspianXI@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Going to college.

I grew up in a cult, and I seem to have suppressed most of my childhood. Of course, I have bits and pieces -- like little flashbacks from my childhood days -- but I don't really have a coherent childhood story. From college onwards is when my life story makes sense to me.

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