Slice of Life Story Challenge

SOL Tuesday #SOL21

Stacey Shubitz
Write. Share. Give.

Welcome to our weekly writing challenge! I’m delighted you’re here to link up your slice of life story!

The 14th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge will begin in less than a month! If you’re planning to participate, watch this space weekly this month for special announcements and links to relevant blog posts about the March challenge.

Do you have a need for some Slicer swag before March begins?  Stop by and visit our Cafepress store.  You can purchase T-shirts, keychains, tote bags, and more while doing a good deed since all of the profits from our store go to the Pajama Program!

Announcements:

  • If this is your first time leaving a link to your slice of life story, please leave a short teaser to entice readers to read your post, along with the permalink to your slice of life story. Once you do that, find at least three other bloggers’ writing to read. Be sure to leave them a comment on their blog, not here on Two Writing Teachers, so they can see your comment easily.
  • We have had some inquiries about participating in the 14th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge if one writes in another language. We want to encourage non-English speakers/writers to join while making sure they still feel like they’re part of this writing community. If you are not comfortable writing in English (PLEASE KNOW THAT NO ONE WILL JUDGE YOU IF YOUR ENGLISH WRITING ISN’T PERFECT! ), then I would encourage you to set up a multilingual blog on WordPress. Click here for more information on creating a multilingual blog.
  • The participant information form — for anyone who wants to participate in the March challenge — went live on January 29th. We’re asking participants to complete this form no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, March 1st, 2021 in order to be in the running for prizes. This form will close on the morning of Tuesday, March 2nd. In keeping with the spirit of a month-long challenge, it is important to participate fully all thirty-one days.
  • More importantly, we want all new Slicers to be partnered up with a Welcome Wagon volunteer by March 2nd. Closing down the participant information form at the end of the first day of the March Challenge means that we won’t be pairing people up for a week.
    • Click here to sign up to be a member of our Welcome Wagon.
    • If you have a friend, family member, or colleague who is planning to participate in the SOLSC for the first time, then please make sure they fill out the Participant Information Form between now and March 1st.
  • Many potential new Slicers dip their toe into the water on Tuesdays in February.
    • If you’re a first-time Slicer, please make note of that when you leave the permalink to your blog post.
    • If you’re a longtime Slicer, please make an effort to commenting on at least one new blogger’s post today. If you don’t see anyone new when you link up, then click on someone’s link who is new to you!

Be Inspired:

Eight year-round Slicers, Betsy Hubbard, and I chatted about the upcoming month-long Slice of Life Story Challenge this past Sunday. If you know someone who’s thinking about joining the challenge, but isn’t quite sure, then please share the recording of our Facebook Live Session with them.

During the Facebook Live Session, Fran Haley (who was one of the seasoned Slicers who participated) reminded us of what the sharing of stories — as part of this writing community — does for us. Here are her beautiful words.

Published by Stacey Shubitz

I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island. I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010). I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.

63 thoughts on “SOL Tuesday #SOL21”

    1. Hi Jennifer!
      Delighted to welcome you to this writing community.
      Would you be able to open up comments? Right now, it’s requiring me to have a login to leave one for you. Please let me know once you’re able to open it up so I can return.
      Thanks!
      My best,
      Stacey

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    1. Hi Vicki,

      Please post the permalink to your slice of life story along with your teaser, going-forward, so people can find and read your slice of life stories.

      For today, please respond to this comment with the permalink (aka: the unique URL) to your slice of life story.

      Thanks,
      Stacey

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    1. I liked what you have said about accepting people as they are. I try to do that always. Life becomes so much easier. I have been writing in Slice of Life for many years but I have not participated in the March one. I think I will try it this time . Regards

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      1. Hi Lakshmi,

        Please visit each Slicer’s blog (in this case, Terje) to leave a comment for them rather than leaving it here on TWT. Many Slicers don’t return after they leave their link and start reading other people’s slices, which means they might miss your comment.

        Thanks,
        Stacey

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      2. Please visit each Slicer’s blog to leave a comment for them rather than leaving it here on TWT. Many Slicers don’t return after they leave their link and start reading other people’s slices, which means they might miss your comment.

        Thanks,
        Stacey

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