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Free Five-Day Writing Challenge

In just five days, you will…

  • Discover new methods of brainstorming story ideas,
  • Trigger long-forgotten memories by mining the landscapes of your life,
  • Use a proven technique to take your big life and break it into manageable parts, making it easier to write your stories,
  • Learn how to write story titles, openings, middles, conflict/central issues, and closings,
  • Create drafts of five new stories,
  • Find inspiration, accountability, and support to write each day,
  • Be encouraged to share what you’ve written on a secure page only for challenge members,
  • Have an opportunity to receive feedback on one of your stories from fellow challenge members,
  • Enjoy access to all challenge content for sixty (60) full days after you receive your final video.

Read what members say about the challenge!

The five day challenge helped me enhance my writing and establish a daily writing routine. It was well organized and easy to participate in. —Rose Couse

The challenge got me moving on a project I’ve been putting off for years. It gave me structure and broke down a larger goal into manageable chunks. Thank you, Patricia, for a very well organized, easily accessible, user-friendly jump start to writing that now looks like fun instead of an obligation.” —Cathy Farrar

Thank you for your inspirational teaching. Your exercises, prompts, and insights were so helpful. I have incorporated your ideas and am INSPIRED!!!”                —Cheryl Floyd

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to be an experienced writer? I’ve never written anything before.
No, absolutely not! The Free Five-Day Writing Challenge is ideal for writers of every experience level—or none at all. Our motto is The only way to do it wrong is to not do it at all. So, join us and just start writing!
How much does it cost?
Not one penny!
How much time should I set aside for the challenge each day?
To take full advantage of the challenge, we encourage you to set aside fifteen minutes per day to watch the video lessons and then time to complete the writing assignment. How much time to dedicate to writing is up to you, a little or a lot.
How long will the challenge content be available to me?
You’ll have access to all content for sixty (60) days after you receive access to the final video.