365 days of writing
Unleash your creativity with daily challenges 🎉 🎉
You hear your pen calling your name...
But how do you keep writing?
You love writing, and when you do it, it makes you very happy. It's your way to let things go and to express yourself creatively. But then there's the hustle and bustle of everyday life or the motivation that falters.
Do you recognize this?
- You start writing with passion, but after a few days, weeks, or months, the flame dies out.
- You have so many stories, thoughts, and feelings that you want to share with the paper, but you don't know where to start.
- You lack structure and inspiration to continue writing.
- Sometimes you feel so much that you need to let it out somewhere, but you don't know how.
- You sometimes feel lonely and are looking for a way to express your feelings.
Marry - project manager
‘It is with great pleasure that I participate daily in these creative writing sessions. Depending on the topic, one day not a drop of ink flows from my pen 🖋 the next day 24 hours is not enough to entrust my thoughts to the paper 📖 It's a nice stepping stone to reconnect with something that gave me so much energy in my youth ⚡ and to be working on that again 💝 🎁’
Do you feel called to awaken the magic of writing, to connect with your inner voice and express it freely?
Picture this, you open your first email of the day. And in it is a surprising creative writing assignment. An assignment that sparks your inspiration and invites you to think. Who knows, maybe you write down the answer in two words, maybe in 20 lines or maybe not at all. But your senses are titillated.
You pick up your pen and marvel at what flows out. Sometimes you leave the daily assignment for a while, sometimes you share it with someone. Anything goes, you set your writing rhythm.
365 days of writing is a unique writing programme designed by writing coach Jantien van Driel, especially for seekers and creatives like you.
Each day, a new writing prompt arrives in your inbox, providing the gentle spark you need to explore and deepen your relationship with the art of writing.
What can you expect?
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Daily inspiration: Every day you will receive a new, surprising writing assignment that will stimulate your creativity and help you organise your thoughts.
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Sacred Structure: By writing every day, you create a fixed routine that helps you keep it up, even on busy days.
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Self-discovery: You will discover new sides of yourself and shape your stories, memories and feelings in a way that only you can.
Janneke - retired general practioner
"I love writing, it gives me air and inspiration. But I never kept it up for long. Until I discovered 365 days of writing with Bickle. I enjoy the pushes you give, Jantien!"
How exactly does it work?
Allow yourself ten minutes a day to write. It works addictively. And it energises you. How exactly does it work?
- Every morning around 7 am you will receive an e-mail from me. In it, you will find a writing assignment that I briefly introduce with my take on the subject.
- Find a place where you cannot be disturbed. Grab your favourite pen or your keyboard and set the alarm for 10 minutes.
- Read the assignment and see what emerges from your pen or keyboard.
- A lovely way to start the day. With a grateful heart, with creativity coursing through your veins and with a positive outlook. You'll see: you're ready to make it a great day.
Tip from an enthusiastic participant: use a special notebook for these assignments. That way, you write your own book of short stories, anecdotes and writing experiments. Fun to read back.
Jeanne
"Through and through you, I write my rucksack a little emptier every day. The paper is my friend. Every day n pages. It's almost impossible to tell what happens."
About Jantien
Nice to meet you! My name is Jantien van Driel and I live in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (so excuse my French :-) )
Years ago, I wrote a novel, Bickle. I enjoyed the writing process so much that I taught myself to write something every day. It brings me fun, gratitude and peace and I'd like to share that with you.
Now I know it's hard to pick up that pen every day myself and just write something. That's why I've developed 365 days of writing for you. Get your pen ready or fire up your computer.
Love and #happywriting,
Jantien van Driel
P.S. Every day I share something about my personal life to introduce the writing exercise. This way, you will get to know me a little and maybe learn something about us Dutchies.
Scientific research shows that simple writing exercises can improve physical health and work performance.
Source: James W Pennebaker - Professor Emeritus of Psychology - Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
What does a year of writing bring you?
You see more miracles ✨
Writing every day creates growth. It makes you happy and gives you an eye for the little wonders around you. You are a real Bickle.
You take good care of yourself
So you are going to make more time for yourself? Now that is a very good example of taking good care of yourself. Do it, I would say.
You are a creator
There is so much potential in you, you didn't know you had it in you. Ugh, that will be a beautiful journey of discovery. Will you join us? After this year of writing, you will have a book full of memories and ideas.
Sela
‘What a super fun question, you can really go in all directions with that. I was able to write something really nice about it. Thank you for this open topic. Very inspiring.’
365 days of writing
€ 49
What's included?
- 365 creative writing exercises
- An email from me every day #happywriting
- A positive start of your day
Sam
‘I love finding your mail in my mailbox every day and writing a story sometime during the day, preferably early in the morning, of course.’
Experiences of happy writers
Especially for you, with English subtitles, because I understand Dutch is really really difficult.
Jantien, I have a question!
Ask away, I know the answer to almost anything.