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The purpose of this newsletter is to highlight some of the current contests and activities on the site, help educate members on how to host contests and activities, and provide clues to submit quality entries to contests. Write to me if you'd like something in particular covered.
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Creating Just For Fun
Sometimes when I'm surfing our community for something to read, I'll find a puzzle, survey, quiz or In and Out. If I have time - I participate in the activity and I do try to leave a review if I see something could be improved. It's a fun little thing to do and it lets members know they have people visiting their portfolio. No one likes a lonely portfolio. Once again, this is within the scheme of participation on the site. The more you participate, the more people will visit your portfolio.
"In & Out" are relatively easy to create and have a lot of options for formatting your item. The instructions are there for you when you Create an Item. The hardest part is when you get to Section 6: Item Type Specific Setting. This is where you format your In and Out and determine how the page will display. If you use the In and Out for contest submissions, don't forget to require item IDs. Allowing Self Deletion is nice, this way a member can delete their post if they find a mistake. If you're not sure what a setting will do, create the item and post a few tests before making the item public. You can delete all the test posts before you open the item.
Then promote your item, plug them on the "Activities @ Writing.Com" page, invite members in "Writing.Com General Discussion" or link it when greeting newbies over on the "Noticing Newbies" page. Think about using In and Outs as a billboard for your group, posting announcements or letting members promote within your group. And don't forget, if you respond to this newsletter, you can add an item for editors to consider featuring.
So next time you're working on items for your group or for the community in general, think beyond the standard static item and message forum, and see what other fun things you can create.
This month's question: How do you use In and Outs? What other fun items have you tried? Send in your answer and links below!  Editors love feedback!
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There's still time to enter! Do you have big plans for yourself this year? Will you finally finish that story that's been haunting you for so long? Will you try your hand at a brand new genre? Do you want to read and review a certain number of items by April? Will you take that first step toward self-publishing your latest masterpiece? Set some goals and resolutions for the new year and you could win big prizes!
The rules are simple: write a letter to yourself and tell you what your goals are for 2017!
Stop in and check out this contest that has been running 15 years strong! There are some great prizes during their birthday week.
Excerpt: Fortunately, the rules couldn't be simpler; create a rolling story, one post at a time, alternately optimistic/pessimistic.
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Excerpt: Think of it as one big Decade party! Celebrate and explore the spirit and culture of the 50's to the Present Day with me through the music, movies, literature, and television shows of each decade!
It's weird, and it's fun. Give it a look, please.
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Excerpt: The Daily Writing Challenge consists of four levels. All writers start at the first level and work towards completing all the levels.
Excerpt: Linericks should be witty, with plenty of euphemisms and innuendo.
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This month's question: How do you use In and Outs? What other fun items have you tried? Send in your answer and links below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: What are your goals for the upcoming year?
Cadie Laine  responded: I honestly don't know if I will have any specific goals this year. I know I would like to continue to read and write. I want to write more on a regular basis of prompts and getting my imagination going again. Than to focus on something like my long stories. We shall see what the new year brings.
Elfin Dragon-finally published replied: Goals for the upcoming new year???? Write more, write more, write more. 
Lesley Scott  answered: This newsletter was helpful. I don't know how to hold a contest. It is encouraging and made me want to try it sometime.
Lady Elizabeth Mormont listed: I am a goal setter, and my goals just generally line up with the year, rather than being new year's resolutions in the traditional sense. I set goals for everything, but here are my goals for writing for 2017:
Write at least one blog post per week
Finish writing my novel from NaNo 2016
Write at least one short story per month
Write at least one poem per month
Write at least twenty-five reviews on Goodreads
Write at least twenty-five reviews on WDC
Enter WDC contests at least six times throughout the year
Start a new novel for NaNoWriMo
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