Illumination Writing Challenge Compilation
All the July Challenges in One Place!
Plus, the Tip of the Day, in an easy-to-use format
Looking for a way to find all the helpful daily tips of July all in one place? Or, are you looking for a list of all of July’s challenges in a single spot?
Well, are you ever in luck because you are in just the right place! I will update this article each day to include the newest daily bulletin offering which includes a challenge for the day (with an originating post and my response), as well as a useful Tip of the Day and links to other helpful stories within the ILLUMINATION Publication.
Get your daily challenge right here:
July 30, 2020 — Challenge today: Create a story using band names and songs to guide your narrative. Originated by Paul Myers MBA
July 29, 2020 — Challenge today: Write about environmental initiatives in your community. Originated by Dr John Rose
July 28, 2020 — Challenge today: If you could call anyone from your past, who would it be?. Originated by Joe Luca
July 27, 2020 — Challenge today: Find a quote from a story and highlight it as if they were a famous person. Originated by Britni Pepper
July 26, 2020 — Challenge today: What is your mantra? Originated by Sherry McGuinn
July 25, 2020 — Challenge today: Write a story on any topic, then create an associated video. Originated by B. A. Cumberlidge.
July 24, 2020 — Challenge today: Write about an emotionally frustrated artist. Originated by Earnest Painter
July 23, 2020 — Challenge today: Write a testimonial for another writer on ILLUMINATION. Originated by Dr Mehmet Yildiz
July 22, 2020 — Challenge today: Highlight the work of four different Medium writers with stories they have posted on Medium that do not all appear in a single publication. Originated by Holly Jahangiri and Rasheed Hooda
July 21, 2020 — Challenge today: Write a Haiku or Tanka with the prompt “Dry”. Originated by Geetika Sethi and Brett Christensen
July 20, 2020 — Challenge today: What can we do to make ILLUMINATION a better place? Originated by B. A. Cumberlidge.
July 19, 2020 — Challenge today: Write a descriptive story about a particular tree. Originated by Charles Roast
July 18, 2020 — Challenge today: Write on the topic of “Jealousy”. Originated by Dr Mehmet Yildiz
July 17, 2020 — Challenge today: Create an Abecedarian poem. Originated by Holly Jahangiri and Desiree Driesenaar
July 16, 2020 — Challenge today: Compile all your stories from July so far. Originated by Timothy Key
July 15, 2020 — Challenge today: Create a satirical or humorous response to a scam. Originated by Dr Mehmet Yildiz
July 14, 2020 — Challenge today: The never-ending poem with prompt of “Life, Lemons and Leftovers”. Originated by Holly Jahangiri and Martin Rushton
July 13, 2020 — Challenge today: Create a testimonial for another writer in the form of a campaign ad. Originated by Zach J. Watson
July 12, 2020 — Challenge today: When can we tackle the important matters? Originated by B. A. Cumberlidge.
July 11, 2020 — Challenge today: Describe yourself in an acronym of the letters of your name. Originated by Rasheed Hooda
July 10, 2020 Challenge today: Something weird happened… Originated by Infiniti
July 9, 2020 Challenge today: Do you feel like you have a hole somewhere? Originated by Sherry McGuinn
July 8, 2020 — Challenge today: If you were a verb, which would you be? Originated by Desiree Driesenaar
July 7, 2020 — Challenge today: What do you see in the world around you? Originated by Rasheed Hooda
July 6, 2020 — Challenge today: Why I avoid the number 13 at all costs. Originated by Holly Jahangiri
July 5, 2020 — Challenge today: What is your true meaning of life? Originated by B. A. Cumberlidge.
July 4, 2020 — Challenge today: Review another writer’s self-assessed best article compilation. Originated by Dr Mehmet Yildiz
July 3, 2020 — Challenge today: Who would you invite to dinner? Originated by B. A. Cumberlidge.
July 2, 2020 — Challenge today: New words that need to be in the dictionary. Originated by Tree Langdon ♾️
July 1, 2020 — The one that started off the month. Challenge today: Highlight five of your own best stories. Originated by Dr Mehmet Yildiz
If you like this, you might like some of my other recent writing:
A recent poetic response to a prior challenge:
And another more spontaneous poem:
Timothy Key spent over 26 years in the fire service as a firefighter/paramedic and various fire chief management roles. He firmly believes that bad managers destroy more than companies, and good managers create a passion that is contagious. Compassion, grace and gratitude drive the world; or at least they should. Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and join the mail list.
