More Challenges for the New Year…

Our Regular Four Challenges Enter the 2025 Holiday Sale…

For years now we have had four challenges that writers can jump into at any point during the year and start at any time.

— THE GREAT CHALLENGE which is to write and send to me one short story a week.
— THE GREAT PUBLISHING CHALLENGE which is to publish one major thing a month. (Collection, novella, or novel.)
— THE GREAT NOVELLA CHALLENGE which is to write a new novella every month.
— THE GREAT NOVEL CHALLENGE which is to write a new novel every two months.

Very few people have tried the novel challenge and only a couple of them made it. Even fewer have tried the novella challenge.

I thought the publishing challenge would be the easiest, but it seems that even though over the years many have signed up for it, few have made it.

The short story a week challenge seems to be the most popular and the one the most writers accomplish. 52 short stories in 52 weeks. I find that fascinating and very cool.

The challenges cost $600 to take and if you miss, you get $600 in credit on Teachable. If you make it, you get your choice of any of the Lifetime Subscriptions (Except the Everything one.). Workshops, Lectures, Pop-Ups, Study Alongs, Classic Novellas.

But the important part is doing the challenge, the writing or the publishing and needing to report in to me.

These are different from the Beautiful Trophy Challenges. Those you are challenging me, or to write a set amount of words per day. These four challenges are product focused completely.

So for a short time we are offering them at half price in this sale. See below…

Twelve Days of Workshop Sales…

General Information… We are going to offer one new workshop a day for 12 days on sale. (Yes, you can get a previous day’s class as well, but the discounts on the earlier classes may decrease as the sale goes on, so better to grab one sooner than wait.)

We will reveal each workshop and sale price each day here.

DAY 6…. FOUR CHALLENGES…

These four challenges have been going for years. You can sign up now with the sale and start them any time you are ready. But once you start, no turning back.

Normally, these are $600, but $300 is the half price cost for the sale. You miss, you get $600 in credit for anything on Teachable except another challenge. You make it, you get a lifetime subscription (except the Everything Subscription).

Code to get them at half price is

Challenge50

— THE GREAT CHALLENGE which is to write and send to me one short story a week.
— THE GREAT PUBLISHING CHALLENGE which is to publish one major thing a month. (Collection, novella, or novel.)
— THE GREAT NOVELLA CHALLENGE which is to write a new novella every month.
— THE GREAT NOVEL CHALLENGE which is to write a new novel every two months.

These are now on the first page or so of WMG Teachable

You can go there for more information on each challenge or write me.

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DAY 5…. ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES…

The first six months of classes in 2025 are 50% off if you use the code with each class. Also, all three yearly bundles of classes are 50% off as well. 6 classes from 2023, 6 from 2024, and 6 coming in 2025. All 18 are offered in 2025.

Just figure out either the Advanced Craft bundle or the class in the first six months you want on WMG Teachable and hit purchase and then put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will get the Advanced Craft Class or the full year’s bundle at 50% off.

Code to get any class or any of the three yearly bundles 50% off on each is…

Craft50

Classes are:

2023 Bundle…

Advanced Pacing
Advanced Character Development
Floating Viewpoints
Advanced Voice
Advanced Conflict
Unputdownable

2024 Bundle…

Advanced Dialog
Advanced Humor
Advanced Endings
Advanced Information Flow
Advanced Genre
Advanced Emotion

2025 Bundle…

Advanced Rule of Three
Advanced Setting
Advanced Cliffhangers
Advanced Novel Structure
Advanced Tension/Suspense
Advanced Making Stuff Up

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DAY 4…. PUBLISHING MONDAY classes and BITE-SIZED BRANDING MONDAY classes…

All are 50% off if you use the code with each class. Just find the Monday class you want on WMG Teachable first and second pages and hit purchase and then put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will get the Quarter or the full year’s bundle of either one at 50% off.

Code to get any quarter or either bundle of four quarters 50% off on each is… Publishing50

These two classes are like the Creative Survival, Bite-Sized Copyright, Motivational Monday, and Decade Ahead classes we have done over the last three years. There are four videos for each class every Monday morning for all 52 weeks of 2025.

Each quarter is $500 normally and the bundle of each is $1500 normally. So for this sale, each quarter is $250 with the sale and the bundle is $750. (That’s right, $750 gets you a full year of learning every Monday morning.)

If you want to take both the full year of Publishing Monday and Bite-Sized Branding and Trademark classes, write me and I can get you both for $1,000, a $500 savings over and above half price. Not a deal that will last.

Both these classes are on WMG Teachable first and second pages. Descriptions there. Join me every Monday morning for a ton of stuff about publishing and sales or a ton of information about branding and trademark, or both.

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DAY 3…. Any of the Eight FOCUS STUDY CLASSES…

All are 50% off if you use the code with each class. Just find the Focus Bundle you want on WMG Teachable first page and hit purchase and then put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will get the Focus Bundle for 50% off.

Code for all eight to get 50% off on each is… Focus50

Each bundle has seven classes or workshops focused on the topic of the Focus Bundle. The seven classes in each one are under Bundled Content on the left.

Here are the eight Focus Bundles of Classes…

Focus on Learning Depth
Focus on Learning Beyond Simple Depth
Focus on Learning Writing Attitude
Focus on Learning Basic Writing Business
Focus on Learning Basic Licensing and Copyright
Focus on Learning to Write Science Fiction
Focus on Learning Productivity
Focus on Learning Characterization

Normally each Focus Bundle of seven classes is $500, but for a short time in this holiday sale, they are half price at $250. And yes, you can get more than one bundle.

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DAY 2…. Three BEAUTIFUL TROPHY CHALLENGES…

All are 50% off if you use the code with each challenge. You get the full price back in credits if you do not hit the challenge, if you hit it, you will get a Beautiful Trophy Award and more, including on two of them Lifetime Subscriptions.

(Lifetime Everything Subscribers, write me for the code if interested in going for a Beautiful Trophy Award.)

— Challenge… Write 2025 Words A Day for 2025… $600 full price, half price code is:

2025Challenge50

— Challenge… Write as Many or More Words in 2025 as Dean does… $600 full price, half price code is:

DeanFull50

— Challenge… Write Half as Many Words in 2025 as Dean does… $300 full price, half price code is:

DeanHalf50

Just find the challenge you want on WMG Teachable first page and hit purchase and then put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will get the challenge for 50% off. They will be great fun once again this year.

(No credits for challenges. Can’t use credits to get more credits I’m afraid.)

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DAY 1…. KRIS AND DEAN SUGGEST A CLASS TO TAKE…

How it works… You send me one of your own short stories. Both Kris and I will read it very quickly, within a day or so, discuss it, and suggest from what we see in your story what class you could take to really improve your writing craft. Then we will give you a code to take that class for no extra charge.

That’s right, both Kris and I read your short story, suggest a class to jump your skill level, and then give you a code to take the class when you want for free. How cool is that???

Cost is $200. Write me and I will tell you where to send the fee and also where to send the short story and with what subject line. (No subscriptions or credits apply on this one. No worries, they will on classes coming up.)