writercize: #AtoZChallenge

I participated in the A to Z Blogging Challenge in April 2011 for the first time, and thought it was a great experience that I would love to share with all of my readers. 

A to Z is a month long challenge in which participants post 26 entries during the month of April, Monday - Saturday, beginning with A and ending with Z. (In order to squeeze 26 days in, the April 2012 challenge will begin on Sunday, April 1, but participants will have the rest of the Sundays off.) I highly encourage all of you to consider it! The only requirement is that you blog A through Z; the topics and style are completely up to you, so it is flexible enough to include a wide range of bloggers, and there is great exposure and camaraderie in the process!

Anyone can join. Sign-ups are open from January 30 through April 3. Find the sign-ups here!

On this page, I will provide links to my guest posts over at the A to Z Challenge website, A to Z entry links from the 2011 and 2012, an interview to A to Z founder Arlee Bird and A to Z promotional material.

A to Z Challenge Site Guest Post

Jan. 16, 2012: A to Z the Writercize Way: Helpful Tips from Alana Garrigues

Technorati Coverage

Jan. 31, 2012: Benefits of Blogging Challenges

April 2011 A to Z Writercizes

Alter Ego
Book Review
Caption This!
Dog's Perspective
Elementary, Dear Arithmophobe
Five Words
Genre Play
He Said, She Said
Imagine If ...
Jeopardy Clues
Kudos
Last Words
Muse
Next Word
Onomatopoeia (Say What?)
PSA: Earth Month
Question It All
Read Between The Lines
Slogan Contest
Travelogue
Useful Blogging Tip
Voices: Authentic Characterization
Word Scramble
Xerox
Yelp It Out!
Zoobie Animal

Writercize in a Nutshell

Writercize (portmanteau of writing + exercise) is an interactive writing site designed to help you train your writing muscles run by freelance journalist and creative nonfiction writer Alana Garrigues.

I try out the writercize alongside you, so what you see is unedited. I may love it, I may not, but I'll post what comes to me.

The site will also be peppered with a few opinions here and there as well as insight on the growing pains and highlights associated with a burgeoning writing career. Please bear with me. It's my blog, so I get to indulge my ego every once in a while. Right?

These days I don't write here often, but there are more than 250 writing exercises in the archives that I encourage you to check out.

I invite you to try out the exercises and leave your result as a comment. There's nothing better than seeing how different writers approach the same exercise with varying styles.

If you expect your writercize may be on the longer side, I recommend writing your comment on paper or as a .doc before posting since long comments may not post properly in one comment field (or at least copy and paste before you click "submit"). Alternatively, some writercizers like to post on their own site as a blog entry and link back to the challenge. Whatever works for you works for me!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you join me in writercizing often!

All written content copyright Alana Garrigues, unless otherwise noted. Bloggers and teachers are welcome to use exercises and prompts, but please reference writercize and provide a link-back. Thank you!

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