
THE 200 WORD CHALLENGE
#200WORDSADAY
Want the next 12 months to be your best writing year yet?
Want to write and finish that book?
Want to create a lifetime writing habit?
Want to join 1000's of writers who have collectively written over 20 million words?
Introducing... the most exciting writing challenge ever!
Sign-up today and try our five day mini challenge!
Time-Stressed Writer | 200 Words a Day | A Deadline | Happy Author (You!) | With Finished Book in 12 months |
THE CHALLENGE
WRITE 200 WORDS A DAY, EVERY DAY
Let's Collectively Write
ONE BILLION WORDS
Our Community Challenge is to collectively write one billion words and see at least 15,000 books finished, including yours!


Your Best Writing Year Yet...
The Two Marks (Desvaux and Stay) are the co-hosts of The Bestseller Experiment – one of the most popular writing podcasts on the planet, with over a million listens.
In the first year of the podcast, they challenged themselves to write and publish a bestseller. The result? The time-travel, rock n' roll, chart-topping BritCom - Back to Reality!
Three years on, they have amassed 400 hours of interviews with bestselling authors who have collectively sold over a billion books (yes, billion!) Authors include Michael Connolly, Ian Rankin, Joanne Harris and Walter White himself, Bryan Cranston. In all these interviews, there is one piece of advice that keeps coming up...
WRITE. EVERY. DAY


But Writing Every Day is Hard...
It is! Most who try, fail. In our studies, 83% of writers cited not having time to write as THEIR NO.1 CHALLENGE. So Mark Desvaux, coach and habit geek, ran an accountability experiment, firstly himself, then with a larger group of writers ("Experimates"). The results were astonishing:
- “Experimates” reported ten times their word count.
- 90% of participants reported feeling more accountable.
- 100% of writers loved the challenge.
...and Mark wrote more words in two months than the previous year.


Why 200 Words?
- 200 words is around one page in a book.
- Write 200 words a day and you will amass 73,000 words in a year, the average number of words in a published book.
- From our studies, 200 words a day is completely achievable:
- It's an average of 15 minutes a day.
- It's the equivalent of two emails or six text messages.
- But we'll let you in on a little secret we discovered before you even start. The 200 word goal is the daily minimum. Our research shows that actual word count is higher, for example, you might even manage 2020 over a week (just saying....)
"The 200 Words A Day Challenge is a superb idea and it's helped me climb out of a writing hole. It's easy to lose confidence when you’re working alone, and it can be hard to take a step back. You're not alone. What we're doing is creating something out of nothing, which physicists will tell you is impossible. Keep showing up and see what happens."
IAN SAINSBURY - Kindle Storyteller Award Winner & Bestselling Author of 'The Picture on the Fridge'
What Writers Are Saying
WHY IS THIS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT
WRITING CHALLENGE EVER?
The 200 Word Challenge will prove to you that no matter how busy your life is, if you commit to writing at least 200 words a day towards your book, you can finish it in a year or less. And if you accomplish this in the next twelve months, maybe you can do it for the rest of your life? Just how many books could you publish?
Let's be honest... When is life ever going to get less busy? It is not about how busy we are, it is about making a commitment to ourselves, getting in the writing habit and also a little encouragement from The Two Marks each week!
Don't die with your words still inside you...
As one participant said... "No more excuses!"
What’s more, by taking part you will help...
INSPIRE THE WORLD TO WRITE
Your word count will contribute towards our Community Challenge to collectively write ONE BILLION WORDS! To make this a reality, sign up today and invite a friend to join you.
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