5 Things I Learned From Running a 30-Day Writing Challenge

Let’s talk about the magic that happens when you bring people together under a common goal with clear instructions about how to get it.

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About a month ago, I decided to write and share a 30-day writing challenge with my audience and writing groups on Twitter and Facebook, respectively.

I had no idea it would blow up as it did. And I’m not talking about hundreds of students and the challenge going viral. That’s not what happened. The result of the challenge in numbers was pretty modest — only 50 participants. Yet, a lot happened that made me realize challenges are a great way to bring people together and build a community.

Here’s what I learned.

You Only Have to Build Once

I have written a total of 32 emails (30 prompts, an intro, and an outro). Granted, it took time and effort to develop the prompts and add them to the sequence.

But once I did that, I didn’t need to worry if people received the emails or not. I could trust that the magic kept happening even while I was sleeping.

To make this challenge happen, I only needed a Domain, which I bought, a landing page to put in it, and a…