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It's time to sign up for the April WIP challenge!

Some people join the challenge midmonth, or comment on check-in posts without signing up, which is fine -- I'm glad there's a way for the challenge to be useful in a variety of ways.

But for those of you who find the commitment of signing up useful, please leave a comment with the below information.

Signups will be open until the end of March.


  • Level of challenge: 1 chapter, 1000 words, 1 fic finished, whatever you like
  • Fandom(s) involved: if you know at this point
  • What you're looking for from the challenge: this could be as vague or specific as you like: someone to be accountable to, someone to remind you to write, someone to bounce ideas off, etc.
  • What you could offer other participants yourself: ditto!
  • How people should contact you: DW message, e-mail, IM etc.
  • Time zone: useful for seeing who might be up for a writing session at a time convenient to you


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I couldn't continue to run this challenge without assistance with the daily check-in posts. Many thanks to everyone who's helped with the check-ins before!

Please let me know if you'd be interested in helping out. A week per person would be ideal (I usually assign weeks running Sunday-Saturday just for consistency). I'm happy to help come up with suggestions for discussion topics (& Friday or Saturday is usually the general chat/snippet/beta-seeking etc. post).

(& if you've completed a fic through the challenge, don't forget our collection on AO3! If you need AO3 invites, let me know.)

Date: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 14:45 (UTC)
the_rck: (Default)
From: [personal profile] the_rck
I'd be happy to take a week of doing check in posts.

Level of challenge: One new chapter or one new story

Fandom(s) involved: Either Weiss Kreuz or The Chronicles of Narnia

What you're looking for from the challenge: accountability and encouragement

What you could offer other participants yourself: I can first read and cheerlead. I'm happy to do writing sprints when I'm available.

How people should contact you: PM works.

Time zone: Eastern (daylight savings time). I'm mostly available between 9:30 and 2:15, M-F, with some occasional time after that and on the weekends.

Date: Friday, March 22nd, 2013 13:19 (UTC)
the_rck: (Default)
From: [personal profile] the_rck
I'll take the 7th to the 13th. That gives you a little time to find someone else for the later weeks.

Date: Thursday, March 21st, 2013 02:54 (UTC)
krait: a sea snake (krait) swimming (Default)
From: [personal profile] krait
Level of challenge: Complete one of my two ficmeme stories.

Fandom(s) involved: Homestuck

What you're looking for from the challenge: accountability, maybe people to prod me or suggest things when I'm stuck.

What you could offer other participants yourself: I'm a pretty good alpha reader (will do basic spelling & grammar check, point out lines/parts that work for me, make suggestions for awkward phrases/weaker areas/things you aren't sure how to tackle), a great cheerleader, and if you're in any of my fandoms I would love to babble at you and fling ideas back and forth!

How people should contact you: Email (in profile) or DW private message, either one.

Time zone: US Central? Wed-Sat are tough days for me (10 hour work shifts) but I am usually on for at least an hour or so around 7 pm; other days I'm generally online in the evenings for multiple hours.

Date: Friday, March 22nd, 2013 10:53 (UTC)
lullabymoon: (Kathryn - red)
From: [personal profile] lullabymoon
Level of challenge: 5000 words on scifibigbang, 1 trope_bingo fill, 500 words on small voyager bang, 1 fan flashworks fill

Fandom(s) involved: Star Trek AOS, Star Trek Voyager, not sure about others.

What you're looking for from the challenge: Motivation, accountability

What you could offer other participants yourself: same

How people should contact you: pm

Time zone: BST (GMT +1)

I can do the check ins for 21-27 April.

Date: Friday, March 22nd, 2013 20:01 (UTC)
samecgh: Winter scene with water (Don't Scream)
From: [personal profile] samecgh
Level of challenge: Majorly work on and or complete two stories of 15,000 words or more

Fandom(s) involved: Chuck/White Collar/Doctor Who | Avengers/Hellboy (movieverses)

What you're looking for from the challenge: Keeping me on track

What you could offer other participants yourself: Cheerleading, fact-checks, possible general betaing.

How people should contact you: Comment or PM

Time zone: EST (GMT -5)

Date: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 14:55 (UTC)
linaewen: (Goro Pencil)
From: [personal profile] linaewen
Level of challenge: I'm narrowing my focus to two WIPs this month and no challenge prompts. My goal is to write one chapter in each. One of them could be finished with only another chapter or two, so if writing goes well, I'll shoot for a second chapter in an attempt to finish that story. To actually finish a WIP would be so amazing! :-D

Fandom(s) involved: Lord of the Rings, Major (anime/manga)

What you're looking for from the challenge: Encouragement and accountability

What you could offer other participants yourself: The same

How people should contact you: DW PM

Time zone: -6 GMT

I can help again in April with check ins, but not until later in the month. If April 21 - 27 is free, that would be perfect for me!

Date: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 20:01 (UTC)
linaewen: (Goro Pencil)
From: [personal profile] linaewen
Okay, no problem! Please give me April 28th to May 4th, then. That's actually even better than my first choice. ;-)

Date: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 19:42 (UTC)
anyssia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] anyssia
Level of challenge: I want to finish three of more short stories. One a week will be great. I need to get back into the habit of writing again, because I've got a chaptered fic waiting for me to continue it for years now and I really need to get back to it one day.

Fandom(s) involved: I've got a Hana-Kimi fic in progress. For the others, it'll probably be Final Fantasy VII, Buffy or BBC Sherlock, I suppose. Those are my favourite fandoms at the time.

What you're looking for from the challenge: To get back into the habit of writing regularly. Also, to 'meet' people with the same goal, because my fandom/writing social life as been seriously lacking these last months ^^;;

What you could offer other participants yourself: Support and a comment or two to show that someone care about how you're doing. Also, help if needed. Though I don't know much about the recent fandoms. The last fandom I entered was BBC SH and it's already years old ;)

How people should contact you: LJ/DW: anyssia comments or PM, e-mail (if needed, by PM)

Time zone: UTC +1 (France)

Date: Saturday, March 30th, 2013 20:43 (UTC)
anyssia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] anyssia
Thanks!
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