The Best of the 60-Day Summer Writing Challenge

This is the perfect way to begin a daily writing habit. It's an ideal gift for yourself or the writer in your life.For three years, the Iowa Writer's Retreat has hosted the 60-Day Summer Writing Challenge and offered 60 daily writing prompts to encourage daily writing.The challenge is about writing; not editing, not proofreading, not being perfect, but responding to the daily call to write something. Some of the prompts were very reflective. Some were outright silly.This book combines...
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This is the perfect way to begin a daily writing habit. It's an ideal gift for yourself or the writer in your life.For three years, the Iowa Writer's Retreat has hosted the 60-Day Summer Writing Challenge and offered 60 daily writing prompts to encourage daily writing.The challenge is about writing; not editing, not proofreading, not being perfect, but responding to the daily call to write something. Some of the prompts were very reflective. Some were outright silly.This book combines the best of the three years of prompts and a writer's journal for writers of all genres.The Writing Challenge is about creative fun; don't let it feel like homework, it's not. It's a chance to build on your daily practice, like yoga, tai chi, meditation and sketching. Every day, write a page. This book will help you reinforce a daily writing habit and then you can branch out to other books of prompts, workshops, and exercises.About Two Mile Ranch:The Iowa Writer's Retreat is a dogtrot style cabin in southern Iowa for authors, songwriters, graduate students, and creative people to get away to work. A green, sustainable ranch retreat, far from noise, distractions, and close to major hubs.Two Mile Ranch includes 80 acres of rolling hills in southern Iowa, just off a paved, county road. It's small, comfortable, and the perfect environment for projects of all kinds.