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My writers friends and I have an annual tradition. Much like November is my Nanowrimo month, March is time for March Madness. No, it’s not when we all bow at the altar of Mads, the Danish hunk in my WiP, Maybe Baby (the first draft of which you may remember was my Nanowrimo project). March Madness is when we vow to write at least 500 words a day every day for the entire month. It’s like Nanowrimo-lite but just for us.
Why do we do it, you wonder? Well, January is that month when everyone swears they will write everyday and they make resolutions (and you know I stopped making those a while ago). February you try to keep the momentum going. This year I was lucky. February has been a very productive month. March is when you usually forget you even made any promises to yourself. And March Madness came to being.
I can’t take credit for March Madness. I think it was Catherine from Stockholm Writers Group who first came up with the idea. Some years, I’ve managed to hang in there. Other years I start and then forget about it. But this year I feel like I can commit.
What about the rest of you? Have you got a March tradition to keep you writing?
I don’t have any March traditions. I’m just determined to keep persevering with the piece of fiction called “Planchette” which I’m currently writing on my blog! Great post!
Ooh! I will have to swing by and check it out.
Keep writing, Sophie! 
You can do it!
Ah thank you so much Kim
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The only March tradition I have is complaining about bad Swedish weather. Good luck with your 500 words!
Thanks, Loulou! And, yes, Swedish weather is always worth complaining about.
I could get more than 500 words a day out of that! 