Improve every day
Ever reread your own writing and sense a quiet editorial alarm going off? No flashing lights, no clear error message, just the unmistakable feeling that something needs fixing? You adjust a sentence, swap a word, maybe delete an entire paragraph, and yet the piece still isn’t working. Now you’re stuck, unsure where to start or how to judge your own work without second-guessing every decision.
That frustration ends here.
365 Writing Prompts – Improve Your Editing Skills is a practical, no-nonsense introduction to the art of self-editing. This workbook is built around a core truth every writer needs to understand: there are levels of editing, and knowing what to fix (and when to fix it) changes everything.
Each month focuses on a specific editing skill, guiding you through daily prompts and tools that help you practice editing with purpose. Instead of blindly polishing sentences that don’t belong yet, you’ll learn how to evaluate your work logically, confidently, and in the right order, just like a professional editor would.
By the end of this workbook, editing will no longer feel like guesswork or punishment. It will feel like a structured, repeatable process - one that helps you improve your writing every single day.
Edit Your Work Like A Pro!
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A deadline is the fastest way to fill a blank page.
About Us
Deadlines are the solution.
In a perfect world, no writer would ever get stuck, be stumped or get sucked into the black hole that is the internet. We would sit down, the muse would descend and we’d produce literary magic, but this world is far from perfect. We get stuck, stumped and sucked in by hyperlinks. We need deadlines.
Deadlines for Writers is the kindest, most productive writing community on the internet. We kick procrastination butt by meeting daily, weekly and monthly deadlines.
Deadlines for Writers
Deadlines for Writers is the home to several writing challenges. We host the 12 Short Stories in 12 Months, 12 Poems in 12 Months and 52 Scenes in 52 Weeks novel-writing challenge.
We write together, critique each other's work and constantly improve our craft.
12 Short Stories
Can you write 12 Short Stories in 12 Months?
12 Poems
Can you write 12 Poems in 12 Months?
Mia Botha
Founder
Mia has been a creative writing coach for more than 13 years. She created the Deadlines for Writers, which as the name implies, is a deadline-driven, online critique group that helps writers beat procrastination and perfectionism and overcome self-doubt because she has learnt that a deadline is the fastest way to fill a blank page.