• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Anne Janzer

Author

  • About
    • About Anne Janzer
    • Servant Authorship
    • About Cuesta Park Consulting
    • Virtual Events
    • In the News
    • Privacy
  • Blog
  • Books
    • Writing Books
    • Business Books
    • Audiobooks
    • Books for Colleges and Universities
    • Bulk Book Purchase Offers
  • Services
    • Nonfiction Book Coaching and Editing
    • Workshops
    • Speaking
  • Resources
Don’t show this message again.

Join the Writing Practices Group


February Writing Challenge

Most months have 30 or 31 days. Take around 10 percent away and what do you get?

February!

Here’s the challenge this month: can you trim your writing by 10 percent?

  • Important emails
  • Blog posts
  • Social media posts

Yes, even social media.

Find the evidence in the study Causal Effects of Brevity on style and Success in Social Media published in the Communications of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. Researchers found that social media messages were more successful when edited down. The sweet spot was 10 and 20 percent shorter.

Look at your writing this month. Can you trim the words by 10 percent?

About these challenges

Here’s the theory behind these challenges: small, incremental improvements that become habits pile up.

These challenges ask you to practice different aspects of the craft one month at a time. By year end, your writing skills will have improved.

Let me know if it works!

Previous monthly challenges

January Writing Challenge

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Connect on Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Primary Sidebar

Footer

Get in touch

Connect on social media

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Login

Disclosure: This site includes affiliate links to recommended books on Amazon. Any proceeds I get from Amazon will probably go to buying more books to recommend and review. I know, I've got a book problem.

© 2023 Anne Janzer · Rainmaker Platform