Improve every day
Ever reread your own writing and get that vague, itchy feeling that something’s… not quite right? You can’t name it, you can’t fix it, and suddenly writer’s block has moved in like a long-term tenant, unpacking boxes, eating your snacks, and refusing to leave, while you sit there wondering where on earth you’re supposed to start.
We’ve all been there. But good news: the era of dramatic, soul-searching writing paralysis is officially over.
Enter 365 Writing Prompts - Improve Your Craft, your daily, no-excuses companion for sharpening your writing and editing craft. Each month focuses on a different element of storytelling, so you’re not just writing - you’re practicing with purpose.
Writing a novel can feel enormous - borderline heroic, slightly unhinged, and definitely overwhelming. There are a lot of moving parts involved in crafting a good book, and trying to juggle all of them at once is a fast track to lying on the floor questioning your life choices.
The intention of this workbook is to break the beast down. One manageable piece at a time.
We’ll begin with preparation and planning (because winging it only gets you so far), then move through essential topics like dialogue, viewpoint, character, and more. Every prompt is designed to help you apply that month’s concept directly on the page.
And if you’re not a better writer by the end of this? I’ll happily consume my words - literally. A full banquet-sized serving. The kind that would require cutlery, witnesses, and a deep level of confidence in the outcome.
Master Your Craft
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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.