You've probably bought courses before. Downloaded free guides. Joined writing groups that fizzled out. Maybe you've even completed a few writing challenges, felt brilliant for about a week, then watched your daily habit evaporate like morning mist.

The problem isn't your talent. It's not your ideas. It's not even your discipline.

The problem is that most writing challenges treat you like you're starting from scratch, when what you really need is to reconnect with why you started writing in the first place - and then build something sustainable from there.

Why This Challenge Is Different (And Why That Matters)

It's 40 days, not 30. Because I've run enough of these to know that real habits need more time to stick. We'll work intensively for two weeks, take a planned break (not because you've failed, but because rest is part of the process), then come back for another two weeks. It's how actual writers work.

It acknowledges your writing history. Whether you're coming back after years away or you've been struggling to maintain consistency, this challenge meets you where you are. No pretending you're a complete beginner when you've already read every writing book under the sun.

It's designed by someone who understands writing resistance. I've been stuck. I've deleted novels. I've convinced myself I wasn't "really" a writer. If you've been there too, you'll recognise the gentle-but-firm approach that actually works.

What You'll Actually Do (No Fluff, No Filler)

Week 1-2: Reconnection

• Day 1-3: Why you stopped writing (and how to start again without the guilt)
• Day 4-7: Character work that doesn't feel like homework
• Day 8-10: Dialogue that sounds like real people talking
• Day 11-14: Your first complete piece (yes, really - you'll finish something)

Break Week: Integration Because forcing yourself to write every day for 40 days straight is how you burn out, not how you build a practice.

Week 3-4: Expansion

• Day 15-21: Genre exploration (find what excites you)
• Day 22-28: Advanced techniques that actually make a difference

Week 5-6: Completion

• Day 29-35: Building your submission piece
• Day 36-40: Revision, peer feedback, and sending your work out into the world

The Community Bit (But Make It Real)

You'll join a private group of writers who are exactly where you are. Not published authors giving advice from on high. Not beginners who think enthusiasm alone will carry them through. Writers who've been stuck and are choosing to get unstuck.

We share work. We celebrate tiny wins. We commiserate over the days when words won't come. And yes, we hold each other accountable - but gently, the way you'd want a friend to check in on you.

Live Sessions That Actually Help

9 live workshops - but not the kind where someone talks at you for an hour about things you've heard before. These are working sessions. You'll write during them. Ask questions that matter. Get feedback on actual problems you're having.

Timing: 8pm UK time (because writers are often night owls, and because this gives people time to get home from their day jobs)

Replays available - because life happens, and missing one session shouldn't derail everything

Pricing That Makes Sense

Standard Price - £67 for the full 40-day challenge

That's £1.68 per day. Less than a coffee. Less than a magazine. Certainly less than the creative writing course you've been thinking about taking but haven't because it's £500 and six months long and feels like such a massive commitment that you keep putting it off. And if you join before the 1st August 2025, the early bird price is £47 (£1.18 per day)! 

The Guarantee

If you complete the first two weeks and aren't seeing a genuine shift in your relationship with writing, I'll refund every penny. No questions, no hoops to jump through. Because this only works if it actually works for you.