The daily prompts for the month are listed below. We’ll publish one prompt each day until the month is over, so watch this page for updates! You can also sign up here to receive the prompts by email.

We’ll upload your entry to the comments section of the individual prompt page the day after it’s received—don’t forget to share it with your readers!

The daily prompts for the month are listed below. We’ll publish one prompt each day until the month is over, so watch this page for updates! You can also sign up here to receive the prompts by email.

We’ll upload your entry to the comments section of the individual prompt page the day after it’s received—don’t forget to share it with your readers!

1. Register to receive the daily prompt emails, or simply visit the prompts page for the month—a new page is posted every day.
2. WitFit prompts will be posted daily on the Fictionista Workshop website each day.
3. Fictionista Workshop will send you two writing prompts on every weekday and a single, more challenging prompt on Saturdays. Sunday is “reflection day” for all WitFit writers, and no prompts will be sent. We encourage writers to use this time to think about their next prompt, or to explore what they’ve created up to that point.
4. Choose one (or both!) of the prompts, then think about what you might write. Challenge your imagination to create an entry for every day you receive new prompts!
5. Email your daily entries no later than midnight Pacific Time to fictionista.witfit@gmail.com, using the format shown in “How to submit your entries,” below. Paste the entire block of marked-up text into the body of your email, changing only the portions shown in all caps.
6. Fictionista Workshop will post all entries received by the deadline to our website, in the comments section of the individual prompt page for the date.
7. At the end of the month, we’ll give you the option to renew your subscription for the following month, but don’t worry—you can always sign up again if you need to take time off.
8. We’ll also ask you to let us know how we’re doing by completing a participant survey for the month.
9. Share the WitFit program with other writers, and help them to reach their writing goals right along with us!

How to submit your entries

Send your entries to fictionista.witfit@gmail.com in the body of an email or as a plain-text (.txt) attachment to an email. Entries are due by midnight Pacific Time on the date of the prompt. Note: Because of the volume of participation, we are unable to publish late entries.

Include the following information:

• In the subject line of your email, include the date, your penname, the prompt name, and the rating of your entry.
• In the body of your email, include the following information:

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<strong>Penname</strong>: YOURPENNAME

<strong>Original or Derivative (fanfiction)</strong>: ORIGINAL OR DERIVATIVE

<strong>Rating/Warning(s)/Note(s)</strong>: RATING TEXT, ETC.

<strong>Disclaimer</strong>: All copyrights, trademarked items, or recognizable characters, plots, etc. mentioned herein belong to their respective owners. No copying or reproduction of this work is permitted without their express written authorization.

<strong>Prompt</strong>: THE PROMPT YOU WORKED WITH

[spoiler] TEXT OF YOUR ENTRY [/spoiler]

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Notes:

• All tagging and formatting must be preserved in your submissions—edit only the text that appears in all caps, and do not alter any text inside of the <strong> tags. (Though we’ve used all caps to denote the text you can change, use regular casing in your submissions.)
• Paste the body of your entry between the “spoiler” tags, ensuring that you have two line breaks between each paragraph.
• Mark any boldface text using <strong> and </strong> tags, and any italicized text using <em> and </em> tags.
• Fictionista Workshop is not responsible for the appearance of any submissions that do not follow these guidelines.

If I begin WitFit and then can’t update daily, can I still participate?

Yes. Once enrolled, you can participate in WitFit as often as time allows. However, the purpose is to challenge each writer daily, so if you do miss the registration for the previous month, we ask that you enroll for the following session.

I wrote something that barely resembles the original prompt. Should I still post it?

Yes. Be confident in where your imagination brings you. Post and share, regardless of the result from the prompt.

Can I post my submissions on the web?

Yes. We encourage you to share your work with your readers. If you have a blog, fanfiction.net account, fictionpress.net, or website, post your work there—and if you like, send it to us for posting on the Fictionista Workshop website.

How can I post my submissions on Fictionista Workshop’s website?

We will post your submissions in the comments section of each daily prompt page—just follow the process. The goal of WitFit is to make you write, not critique your work, so the best way for you to get your writing out to readers is to post it and share it with them wherever you’d like to.

How can I connect with other WitFit participants?

Many writers participating in WitFit do not post their work publicly, so Twitter is a major place for WitFit participants to gather. You can include @witfitdaily in your tweets about the WitFit challenge, or use the #witfitdaily Twitter hashtag when posting, sharing, or discussing your entry over Twitter.

Register for our forums. We have a thread for WitFit participants to discuss their entries.

Have other questions? Send us an email.

The daily prompts for July 2010 are listed below. We’ll publish one prompt each day until the month is over, so watch this page for updates! You can also sign up here to receive the prompts by email.

We’ll upload your entry to the comments section of the individual prompt page the day after it’s received—don’t forget to share it with your readers!

The daily prompts for June 2010 are listed below. We’ll publish one prompt each day until the month is over, so watch this page for updates! You can also sign up here to receive the prompts by email.

We’ll upload your entry to the comments section of the individual prompt page the day after it’s received—don’t forget to share it with your readers!

The daily prompts for May 2010 are listed below. We’ll publish one prompt each day until the month is over, so watch this page for updates! You can also sign up here to receive the prompts by email.

We’ll upload your entry to the comments section of the individual prompt page the day after it’s received—don’t forget to share it with your readers!

The daily prompts for April 2010 are listed below. We’ll upload your prompt the day after it’s received; however, don’t forget to share it with your readers. Click on the link to view the prompt of the day.

NOTE: Beginning this month, we will be releasing one prompt each day until the month is over, instead of posting them all in advance.

The daily prompts for March 2010 are listed below. We’ll upload your prompt the day after it’s received; however, don’t forget to share it with your readers. Click on the link to view each prompt.

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WitFit challenges new and veteran writers alike by providing them with opportunities to practice their skills every day. Your feedback will help us to improve our program and plan for the future.

Please take a moment to complete the participant survey for the month’s WitFit. All questionnaires are submitted anonymously, so let us know what you think!

Thank you for participating. If you’d like to enroll for next month’s WitFit, please complete the registration form. We’re looking forward to writing with you!