Get Your Words Out! @gywo.bsky.social

A yearly writing challenge to help you get your words out! Make a yearly pledge on Dreamwidth to join the community. Follow on Bluesky, Tumblr, or Discord for community, prompts, & publishing and writing information.
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Your character receives a prophecy. #writingprompt
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Set a scene on a rooftop. #writingprompt
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Last day to check-in for March! Report your YTD progress TODAY!
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Ellipsus @ellipsus.com
10d
Do you love fantasy? Dabble in world building? Have you ever wondered what the hell an ‘immersion anchor’ is? Our new contributor blog post is the read for you!
ellipsus.com/blog/writing-fantasy-worlds-tips
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com
10d
Writing is craft. It’s long hours. Frustrating days and weeks. Intense doubt. And moments of pure joy. There’s no shortcut around this and there’s no tech hack to “solve” it.

Writing is a human endeavor meant for human consumption.
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Julie from StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social
10d
StoryADay May 2026 is coming! Find out more and join us: storyaday.org/about-the-challenge
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Time to check-in for March! Report your YTD progress by April 5.
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Set a timer for 5 minutes and pick up wherever you left off on your project. #writingprompt
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The March Check-In is now open! Report your YTD progress by Apr 5.
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Starting now: write 250 words on a new story. #writingprompt
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Write a scene, story, or poem that begins and ends with a question. #writingprompt
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social
20d
There are two kinds of writers: writers who know exactly what they want to write about, and then write; and writers who discover that birds have sub-atomic magnet particles in their eyes to correspond with the earth’s magnetic compass so now they need to change their whole book to fit that fact in
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com
25d
Editing stages:

- I'll fix it now
- This time I will fix it
- Still needs fixing
- Someone fix this
- Who wrote this?
- Rewrite only good parts ignore problems
- Find local cult to join
- Computer go boom
- Bargain with God (editor)
- Mystic vision
- A few hours of steady work
- Send
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Write a story inspired by the picture. Reply with a sentence from the story! [Photo by Alex Alvarez on Unsplash] #writingprompt
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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social
28d
A text I just sent that was probably lifted from @tacobellquarterly.org's feed:

"Only one way to be certain it won't be good enough: Not writing it."
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Write a story with a sunflower, a book, a diary, and a fireplace. #writingprompt
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com
1mo
Use your words.
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Last line: Somewhere, a cat shut its eyes, and slept, unaware of the events unfolding. #writingprompt
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Last day to check-in for February! Report your YTD progress!
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Time to check-in for February! Report your YTD progress by Mar 5.
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Garth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social
1mo
Every now and then when I think I'm not making enough progress on a book, I look back at my list of published books and consider that I've had this same thought with every single one of them. (Even the short or very short ones. Getting them right takes time.)
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it’s just saki @lavendrsblue.bsky.social
1mo
this is my first time participating in GYWO and ive only written 12 days so far but!! that’s 20% of days! of all days this year!! which is WAY more than i would’ve written without @gywo.bsky.social. so thanks yall im stoked to keep going ❤️❤️❤️
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Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com
1mo
Fuck, I love writing. The feeling of getting a scene just right? Getting those emotions on paper (well, screen) and nailing it? 😩👌 genAI could never.
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The February Check-In is now open! Report your YTD progress by Mar 5.
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