If your New Year’s resolution involves writing, then you’re in for a special FREE treat!
This winter, Spokane Public Library is overjoyed to partner with Robin Rauzi’s 40 Days + 40 Writes, an online series of writing prompts meant to kickstart a healthy writing practice. Robin has offered it FOR FREE using code SPL2025!
Starting January 13th, enrolled participants will get a fresh writing prompt six days a week through February. Writers can track their progress on the ‘40 Days + 40 Writes’ website and, if they wish, share their work with other participants on the corresponding blog.
Writing daily (or most days) can contribute to improved mindfulness, reflection, and self-awareness. For people who long to become professional writers, it also teaches discipline and dedication, and it helps us develop voice and style. It really is a rewarding and life-affirming endeavor—and for some of us, me included, writing can even be lifesaving. This program is a great way to inspire—or further enhance—a life-long writing habit.
The prompts are all simple and focused enough to be accessible to writers of any age and level of experience. While designed for journaling or personal writing, fiction and poetry are welcome responses, too.
To take part in ’40 Days + 40 Writes,’ head to this link: https://www.40days40writes.com/ and click “log in,” then “sign up” to create an account.
Once you’ve made an account, go here: https://www.40days40writes.com/challenge-page/spokane.
Scroll down and click on “Sign Up.” (Please note the program will say it costs $45 but it’s free for Spokane Public Library users with the coupon code.)
Use this coupon code to complete booking the program: SPL2025
Be sure to sign up before January 10th!
On January 13th, open your email, see the day’s prompt, and start writing! The program will continue until March 3rd.
Happy writing!
About the program:
‘40 Days + 40 Writes’ is the brainchild of editor Robin Rauzi, who has been offering versions of this program since 2017. Robin was previously an editor in the entertainment, travel and opinion sections of the Los Angeles Times. She now works (remotely) as a commentary editor for a California-based research nonprofit, and is also a freelance editor. She thinks of her job as trying to make the world more comprehensible one sentence at a time. Robin and her wife Amy moved to Spokane in 2022; they are currently splitting their time between the West Central neighborhood and the east side of Los Angeles.
