It's a full life, if a trifle banal

I'm delighted to say that picowrimo will be running again in November.

A quick reminder of what picowrimo is about:

"PicoWriMo started out as a place for people who wanted to participate in some of the madness and achievement of NaNoWriMo, but wanted a more realistic target - say 500 or 5000 words.

We got together for November 2006. Members set their own goals for the month, and it was so successful that we decided to go again in November 2007. And again, and again, and again... In 2011 we had our first summer Pico, battling bravely through the great LJ outage.

We have daily prompts for people to post about the progress they're making and to give encouragement to others to hit their writing targets.

There are no goals other than those you set for yourself, and no compulsion beyond what you put upon yourself. There are no limits on genre, style, age, or experience, and both fiction and non-fiction are welcome.

Participants are welcome to post excerpts (rated for a general audience), ask questions and for advice, provide insight into the writing life, and so on. Although we are not a reviewing, editing, or beta-reading community, links to completed stories are also welcome.

The only thing we ask is that you help keep the atmosphere friendly and supportive."

New people always welcome; and please feel free to plug on your journals.

picowrimo starts on Monday!

But what is picowrimo, I hear you cry? And as luck would have it, I have an answer to that question.

PicoWriMo started out as a place for people who wanted to participate in some of the madness and achievement of NaNoWriMo, but wanted a more realistic target - say 500 or 5000 words.

We have daily prompts during November for people to post about the progress they're making and to give encouragement to others to hit their writing targets.

There are no goals other than those you set for yourself, and no compulsion beyond what you put upon yourself. There are no limits on genre, style, age, or experience, and both fiction and non-fiction are welcome.

Feel free to come and join in, and feel free to boost this signal!

It seems that picowrimo will be running again in November!

What is picowrimo? From the community info page:

"PicoWriMo started out as a place for people who wanted to participate in some of the madness and achievement of NaNoWriMo, but wanted a more realistic target - say 500 or 5000 words.

We got together for November 2006. Members set their own goals for the month, and it was so successful that we decided to go again in November 2007, and again in 2008.

To this end we have daily prompts for people to post about what progress they're making and to give encouragement to others to hit their writing targets.

There are no goals other than those you set for yourself, and no compulsion beyond what you put upon yourself. There are no limits on genre, style, age, or experience, and both fiction and non-fiction are welcome.

Participants are welcome to post excerpts (rated for a general audience), ask questions and for advice, provide insight into the writing life, and so on. Although we are not a reviewing, editing, or beta-reading community, links to completed stories are also welcome.

The only thing we ask is that you help keep the atmosphere friendly and supportive."

So if you have been thinking you would like to write something, but you can't face the thought of 50k, try picowrimo!

There's been enough interest in doing picowrimo again this year, yay!

PicoWriMo started in October 2006 as a place for people who wanted to participate in some of the madness and achievement of NaNoWriMo, but wanted a more realistic target - say 500 or 5000 words.

People set their own targets. There are no goals other than those you set for yourself, and no compulsion beyond what you put upon yourself. There are no limits on genre, style, age, or experience, and both fiction and non-fiction are welcome. Many people last year found they exceeded their targets and expectations.

I post a daily prompt throughout November so that people can give updates on their progress, and get encouragement and support.

People are welcome to post excerpts (rated for a general audience), ask questions and for advice, provide insight into their writing life, and so on. It's not a reviewing, editing, or beta-reading community, but links to completed stories are also welcome.

Feel free to join! It might be just the thing to help you get your yuletide story done!

picowrimo lives!

a shorter version of NaNoWriMo for people who really aren't confident about doing a lot of writing, or whose style is more clipped, or who write poetry. They could aim for 500 or 5000 words in a month, and it could be called PicoWriMo.

All welcome! Pimp at will!