Writer's Bingo Event!
After long thought and consideration, I have decided to host a Writers' Bingo. Sign ups will begin in a few days, and run through February. The event itself will run from March through May.
The basic rules are simple, at the beginning of February I will start a sign-up post. Comment on that post to sign up for the event. As other people sign-up, or read the post, they will reply to your comment offering prompts for you to use to fill your Bingo card. Read the prompts, choose twenty-four (24), and then when you're ready, use the graphics program of your choice to build a bingo card. Just put the prompts you chose in squares, leaving the one in the center open as a free space. On March 1 start writing pieces using the prompts you chose and then post them to your live journal. Your goals are to get a bingo (one line, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) by the end of March, and to fill the entire board by the end of May.
You can write prose, poetry, lyrics, fiction, fan-fiction, even non-fiction! Feel free to use any style, genre, point of view, etc, and even feel free to experiment if you want. This is mostly to just keep in the habit of writing.
The pieces have to be at least 100 words long, and each piece can only fill one prompt. So you'll need to write at least 24 seperate pieces.
You have to post a link with a picture of your bingo card before you start posting your pieces.
Also, to keep things interesting, and to challenge us to write more consistently (rather than doing five pieces in March and nineteen on May 31) I will be offering challenges occasionally. The challenges are optional, will vary, and involve writing at least one prompt. Each challenge will also have a reward attatched to it. If you fulfill the challenge during the week it is offered, you will get the reward.
To claim Bingo, fill any one (1) horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, between midnight March 1 (in your time zone), and 11:59 March 31 (in your time zone). To claim blackout fill out the entire board by 11:59 May 31 (in your time zone). Further instructions on claiming bingo and blackout will be explained in the claims post I'll set up for each.
Well, that's it for now. I'll post the sign up sheet on Sunday, and hope to hear from you!
The basic rules are simple, at the beginning of February I will start a sign-up post. Comment on that post to sign up for the event. As other people sign-up, or read the post, they will reply to your comment offering prompts for you to use to fill your Bingo card. Read the prompts, choose twenty-four (24), and then when you're ready, use the graphics program of your choice to build a bingo card. Just put the prompts you chose in squares, leaving the one in the center open as a free space. On March 1 start writing pieces using the prompts you chose and then post them to your live journal. Your goals are to get a bingo (one line, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) by the end of March, and to fill the entire board by the end of May.
You can write prose, poetry, lyrics, fiction, fan-fiction, even non-fiction! Feel free to use any style, genre, point of view, etc, and even feel free to experiment if you want. This is mostly to just keep in the habit of writing.
The pieces have to be at least 100 words long, and each piece can only fill one prompt. So you'll need to write at least 24 seperate pieces.
You have to post a link with a picture of your bingo card before you start posting your pieces.
Also, to keep things interesting, and to challenge us to write more consistently (rather than doing five pieces in March and nineteen on May 31) I will be offering challenges occasionally. The challenges are optional, will vary, and involve writing at least one prompt. Each challenge will also have a reward attatched to it. If you fulfill the challenge during the week it is offered, you will get the reward.
To claim Bingo, fill any one (1) horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, between midnight March 1 (in your time zone), and 11:59 March 31 (in your time zone). To claim blackout fill out the entire board by 11:59 May 31 (in your time zone). Further instructions on claiming bingo and blackout will be explained in the claims post I'll set up for each.
Well, that's it for now. I'll post the sign up sheet on Sunday, and hope to hear from you!