Community Profile

This community began as a writing challenge between two friends to encourage each other to establish a habit of writing for at least ten minutes a day (hence the name), and you are welcome to look in and join us! Members are encouraged (but never required) to post fills for the challenges. This is a low-pressure challenge comm: we're not keeping score and there are no penalties for not meeting a challenge.

Note: The founders of this community are primarily Doctor Who fanfic writers, so the challenges will often be biased toward DW, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Class, and the expanded universe, especially Big Finish. You are welcome to change anything to suit your fandoms or interests.

Goals

1. Establish a habit of writing ten minutes a day by providing focused writing prompts for producing a short scene.
   
2. Encourage writing and ideas.
   
3. Provide constructive feedback.
   

The Challenges:

• Challenges are posted Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
  
• The concept is to do ten minutes of writing (at minimum). With that in mind, a challenge should aim for about a half a page, be as specific as possible to help the writer focus, and target a small concept. Of course, you can write more for any challenge if you want.
  

The Fills:

• Fills are due by the next challenge day (so for a Monday challenge, due by the end of day Wednesday).
  
• There is no penalty for posting late or for skipping a challenge entirely; this comm is low-pressure and is not meant to add stress to your life or to make you dread writing.
  
• It's better to post late than not at all.
  
• If you'd rather write about something else, that's fine, too. The point is to write; the challenges are just there to give you an idea.
  
• Post your fills as a separate post to the comm:
  
  
  
  • The post title should start with "Fill:"
    
  • Please indicate fandom or original in the title. Abbreviations ("DW" for Doctor Who) are fine.
    
  • Please include any appropriate warnings in the title.
    
  
  
• Almost anything goes - any fandom, any ships (canon or non-canon), OCs, AUs, original fiction, etc.
  
• What doesn't go:
  
  
  
  • No explicit content. Mature is okay, but not explicit.
    
  • As noted above, please warn in the title of the post/comment for anything else that might be objectionable, such as excessive violence, triggers, etc.
    
  
  

Yes, giving two days for each challenge doesn't quite enforce the "ten minutes a day" aim, but we all have RLs and this community is intended to encourage you to write, not to stress you out.

Notes:

• If you don't want to work on a challenge because you're already working on your own work (writing/editing, not just thinking about it), fantastic! This comm is meant to encourage you to write; we don't want to distract you from it! (You are welcome to post snippets. We wanna see!)
  
• If you want to ignore the idea in the challenge and write something else, that's great, too! The point is to write; the "what" is immaterial.
  

Community Rules:

• Discussions (outside of challenges and fills) are welcomed, but the usual rules: no bashing, be civil, be respectful.
  
• No explicit content.