THIRTY DAYS HAS SEPTEMBER

a writing challenge by @rheostatic & @pinescrow

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The goal of this challenge is to write at least 100 words every day, irrespective of format (i.e.: the piece in question may be prose, poetry, part of a script etc.) for thirty (30) days. These pieces should be new works or substantial rewrites of preexisting drafts—our goal is to write, not edit.The writing does not have to be one continuous piece (though it absolutely can be)! It can be a scene that starts in medias res, rough drafts filled with grammar issues and typos, incomplete pieces that end suddenly, or even just be a bunch of thoughts plastered to a page for you to work on later—the focus isn't on the quality or even the quantity of the writing, but rather on making a habit of finding time in your day to write.While the aim is to write everyday, this challenge is not supposed to make you feel guilty for not "completing" it. Any day count above zero should be applauded! That is one more day you wrote than you would have otherwise! Ultimately, go for the highest amount of days that you can, rather than worrying about the days that you missed!Therefore, it's highly discouraged to "make-up" for more than one missed day at a time. Also, while preparing a piece in advance is alright if you know that something will prevent you from being able to write on that day, writing too many pieces ahead of time is also strongly discouraged. Remember that we are trying to find the time to write, not achieve a "perfect score"!Posting the work itself is optional, but encouraged. If you don't feel comfortable sharing the piece itself, you should post progress of what day you're on and what word count that day you've reached! Please use #30dhs & #30dhs2k25 on Bluesky and Tumblr so others can see your work!^[2] If you happen to be the other few people that still are on Gaia Online (yes it still exists) you can also share your work in the master thread here.If you do post and want it to be reblogged/reposted by the 30dhs official Bluesky or Tumblr, please put the #quoteworthy tag in your post! Regardless of where you post, please link back to the Bluesky or Tumblr posts or directly to this site itself so we can encourage others to post with us!



^[1] Note: AI Prompts or AI assisted pieces are not writing and will not be considered acceptable for this challenge. AI "writing" is a machine doing the work for you--regardless of how much you edit or what you put in for the prompt. AI "writing" actively harms the writing community by reducing the number of jobs we can obtain and hurts the soul of art and creation by reducing it to data for a computer to spit out.^[2] Reminder: These pieces are posted as proof of progress, not for critique. Unless an author specifically mentions they are looking for critique, please do not post feedback about the contents of the post itself!

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