Writing challenge, March 2019

Focus on improving your writing ability in March! Make sure you get feedback so you know what you should improve. Please read the attached article for more information and inspiration.


Recent activities

60 minutes

Story of 250 characters about buying new glasses.

Sunday, Mar 31

Henk Dalmolen
15 minutes

Short story of 80 characters about a USB organizer.

Sunday, Mar 31

Henk Dalmolen
44 minutes

writing 情人节卡 + 日志

Saturday, Mar 30

Julia
27 minutes

writing 新婚贺卡

Saturday, Mar 30

Julia
22 minutes

writing 贺年卡

Friday, Mar 29

Julia
21 minutes

writing 生日卡

Friday, Mar 29

Julia
90 minutes

"Crossing the Language Barrier, Crossing the World" A mix of writing and translation, I first composed three-paragraphs in English to get my ideas down on paper, then wrote a Chinese version (53...

Friday, Mar 29

Henry W
30 minutes

still practicing with Developing Writing Skills in Chinese textbook.

Tuesday, Mar 26

Julia
40 minutes

Write a 微信朋友圈 post about my first trip to 有米酸奶 in Sydney (318 characters)

Monday, Mar 25

Cody
10 minutes

Correct my 朋友圈 post from Friday

Sunday, Mar 24

Cody
40 minutes

Wrote a short story (220 characters) about a device that spontaneously started beeping in my house. It turned out to be a smoke detector that I hadn't connected yet. Will be checked monday or the w...

Saturday, Mar 23

Henk Dalmolen
35 minutes

Made some practice with Developing Chinese writing skills book

Saturday, Mar 23

Julia
45 minutes

Wrote a story about a microbes killing robot (for beds in hotel rooms) I bought on Kickstarter. The subject was a bit difficult. I fear I used a lot of wrong words, but we'll see on monday.

Friday, Mar 22

Henk Dalmolen

ragen joined the challenge!

Friday, Mar 22

ragen
45 minutes

Write a new 微信朋友圈 post

Friday, Mar 22

Cody
20 minutes

Correct 微信朋友圈 post

Thursday, Mar 21

Cody
30 minutes

Write 微信朋友圈 post

Wednesday, Mar 20

Cody
10 minutes

Review and correct 微信朋友圈 post

Wednesday, Mar 20

Cody
30 minutes

Write a 微信朋友圈 post

Wednesday, Mar 20

Cody
60 minutes

Wrote a story (of 350 characters) about the mother of my best friend, who gave me some (old) books. Unfortunately, I left them in a plastic bag for 2 years, and by then the stench of mildew was unb...

Sunday, Mar 17

Henk Dalmolen
60 minutes

HSK 4 Quizlet, 30 words

Saturday, Mar 16

Gätlin
30 minutes

I missed a day, or has it been two, I'm not sure? And if it wasn't for this challenge, it'd definitely now be three. I'm at a low ebb. For the longest time, I just don't seem to have made any progr...

Saturday, Mar 16

Inkie
45 minutes

Wrote a short piece of 250 characters (intended for WeChat) about a weird eye problem which is caused by wine (sulphite). Now I found a wine purifier, and it works. Will be corrected next monday.

Saturday, Mar 16

Henk Dalmolen
6 minutes

Wrote about my plans for my first week end off in a while.

Saturday, Mar 16

Julia
30 minutes

Wrote a short summary of an article, using some keywords I jotted down. I'm not worrying about accuracy or grammar. I'm just trying to get something down on paper.

Wednesday, Mar 13

Inkie

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.Henk Dalmolen4.9282%
2.Julia3.28109%
3. Cody3.0977%
4.Inkie1.7517%
5.Henry W1.537%
6.Majiya1.4214%
7.Gätlin1.333%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Participants19
Hours reported17.29
DurationMarch 11, 2019 to
March 31, 2019 (21 days)