May sign up

[lilly_c]

It's time to sign up for the May WIP challenge! Some people join the challenge mid month, 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. For those of you who find the commitment of signing up useful, please leave a comment with the below information.

Sign-ups will be open until the end of May.

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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<b>Level of challenge:</b> <b>Fandom(s) involved:</b> <b>What you're looking for from the challenge:</b> <b>What you could offer other participants yourself:</b> <b>How people should contact you:</b> <b>Time zone:</b>

The post for hosting the daily check-in is here and thanks to everyone who helps out with this. If you're interested in helping out and there are still slots available the post remains open until the last week of the month and we generally run our week Sunday to Saturday, I'm happy to chat via PM on DW for anyone who may need it.

If you have ever completed a fic through this challenge we have a collection on A03 and on SquidgeWorld both collections are open and unmoderated. Should there be an issue with adding a work, let me know and I'll see if there's a fix for it.

Comments

[linaewen]

Level of challenge: Write 2 blog posts and post a new chapter for one of the WIPs I keep ignoring.

Fandom(s) involved: nonfiction + Tolkien universe

What you're looking for from the challenge: Reminder to be consistent in writing, encouragement to keep going

What you could offer other participants yourself: The same, plus encouragement through doing a weekly check-in or two doing the month

How people should contact you: DW PM

Time zone: CDT

[mistressofmuses]

Level of challenge: Finish five lingering oneshots

Fandom(s) involved: Kingdom Hearts, Destiny Trio OT3

What you're looking for from the challenge: I need to finish these fics that have been hanging over my head since last August, and hopefully declaring that I'm doing them will give me a sense of accountability!

What you could offer other participants yourself: Cheerleading!

How people should contact you: PM here

Time zone: USA, Mountain

[omens]

Level of challenge: 10k over the month (at least half on my main wip pls)

Fandom(s) involved: Batman (comics)

What you're looking for from the challenge: the camaraderie of chasing down those goals together 🤔 tickin boxes

What you could offer other participants yourself: sprint buddy/body doubling, emotional support/enthusiasm :D

How people should contact you: DW message (or discord via DW message)

Time zone: gmt -4 (if it's past 4pm eastern, my writing brain is usually done for the day, full disclosure)

I've been wanting to join in for a couple months, but life has been bananas. Here's hoping May is great for us all :D

[fleetsparrow]

Level of challenge: Main goal: Finish at least one (1) fic, even if it's not ready to be posted immediately. Hopeful goal: Finish enough fics for the various fandom weeks going on.

Fandom(s) involved: DC Comics/Batman

What you're looking for from the challenge: Encouragement, accountability, shared tears.

What you could offer other participants yourself: Encouragement, unofficial check-ins, shared tears.

How people should contact you: DM here or Discord or Tumblr (same username on all).

Time zone: Pacific Time.