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Goal: Entry for Lexember 21st Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share We are wrapping up the first three weeks of Lexember—you are so close to the end of the month (and the year)! Reassess where you are in terms of how you feel about the work and your progress toward the end of the event. If you need…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 20th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Find ways to share your work. Lexember is a great way to share your conlang, and it’s okay if that’s the only way you feel comfortable sharing. If you can share more, though, then all the better! There are many online conlang challenges that run on sites…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 19th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share If you haven’t already, find a conlang community to join. It will most likely be online (but lucky you if there is a local community that holds in-person meetings or events!). It is often more satisfying and enjoyable to continue your conlang journey when you have a…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 18th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Lexember is a community-building event. Share love for the conlang work you’re seeing that’s being shared. Support fellow conlangers by liking and sharing their posts or dropping a comment for them. Not only can it make someone else’s day to see their work has been noticed, but…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 17th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share For Lexember, you don’t necessarily need to create a new form. Expanding the use of an old word to incorporate new meanings and uses counts as creating words, too! For instance, perhaps you had a root that means “rock” and you decide to use that same form…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 16th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Another route to consider for creating a font for your orthography is using a software program that can import hand-drawn images and convert them to shapes that can be used in font-making software. Some programs are available for tablets and will allow you to draw in your…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 15th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Another step you might consider is turning your handwritten orthography into a font you can use on the computer. You can explore font-making software options that will allow you to do that. Some are quite expensive but offer great tools. Others are free but may have steep…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 14th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share You may have worked ahead in Lexember and want something to do on a daily basis. If you had created an orthography, return to your glyph work. You may need to continue creating more (especially if you have a large syllabary or a logography), or you may…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 13th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share If you are struggling with creating a word a day in isolation, consider using translation exercises to help you generate new words. You may even decide to share short translations during Lexember to showcase your new words in context!

Goal: Entry for Lexember 12th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share If you’re working and realize you’re running short of words to fit a theme for Lexember, then consider abandoning or expanding the theme so it fits better with where your current ideas are taking you. Coming up with a theme (the Day 332 goal) was simply a…