Spark your creativity and build a writing routine in 30 days!
Looking for a quick boost to jumpstart your creative practice or build a consistent writing routine? Want to try something new?
Whether you’re writing for the first time or breaking old habits, The Writing Life is a 30-day writing challenge that is the perfect companion to help you achieve your writing goals — and have fun along the way!
Each day, you’ll receive a fresh, original prompt or exercise. Just set aside 15 minutes to develop new skills, and cultivate a healthy, inspiring, and accountable writing habit. Let’s make writing a part of your daily routine!
‘I have participated all through March and found it to be a brilliant step-by-step framework for writing. Well-paced, clear instructions, helpful back-up material and all at an amazing price.’
The Writing Life is powered by Teachable, an online education platform for learning, coaching and growing.
When you click the link above, you will be taken to the Teachable page, where the course sits. You will have access to this course, as well as our other self-paced courses, from here.
Purchasing the course means you will have access to each day’s prompt as it unlocks.
For just £1 a day, you’ll receive…
- 30 original writing tasks, each taking no more than 15 minutes to complete
- Friendly advice and supportive teaching from Holly Ainley, our Head of Programme and lover of stories
- A mix of written, video, audio, and visual content
- Suggested further reading from some of the great writers, past and present
- Tailored, supplementary resources from our extensive digital library, The Writing Hub
- Recommendations for your next steps, along with an exclusive discount on other NCW Academy products.
Daily sparks include…
- Engaging all five senses to create vivid, immersive experiences
- Drawing on nature and weather to reflect emotions and experiences
- Shaping characters through the items they carry
- Mapping out plot using a three-part structure
- Analysing film clips to draft and refine dialogue
- Using music to inspire mood and ideas while writing
- Exploring new forms by writing between or beyond the lines of existing works
- Writing from the perspective of animals
