Sign-ups for the July WIP challenge!

[littlebutfierce]

It's time to sign up for the July 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 June.

• 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>:

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.)

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

Level of challenge: Something posted, anything, anything besides the dreadful drawerfic that is my big stress coping mechanism these days.

Fandom(s) involved: Natsume Yuujinchou, most likely.

What you're looking for from the challenge: Someone to kick my ass a little? I'm also hoping to participate in writing sessions again.

What you could offer other participants yourself: Maybe a beta? Encouraging comments in writing sessions if I make it to any.

How people should contact you: Via PM at first.

Time zone: GMT+1 (BST)

[the_rck]

Level of challenge: One fic finished for an exchange

Fandom(s) involved: Chronicles of Narnia

What you're looking for from the challenge: A way to track my progress (or lack thereof) throughout the month.

What you could offer other participants yourself: I'm willing to cheerlead/be a first reader or be a person to bounce ideas off of. I'm decent at brainstorming, but I'm rotten as a beta reader.

How people should contact you: I'm on AIM as estetnaoko and on Gchat as theredck. If you ping me, be sure to tell me where you got my i.d. I tend to block people who ping me out of the blue without telling me who they are or why they're pinging me.

Time zone: Eastern Daylight Savings. I'm at home all day and likely to be online.

[anehan]

Level of challenge: The first draft of a challenge fic completed.

Fandom(s) involved: Harry Potter

What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability. Cheerleading. Writing session. Possibly brainstorming.

What you could offer other participants yourself: Cheerleading. Writing sessions. Brainstorming.

How people should contact you: PM at first.

Time zone: UTC+3

I could help with the check-in posts. How about 1.-7. July for me?

[littlebutfierce]

Thank you! 1-7 July would be brilliant.

[boeserhimmel]

Level of challenge: Planned out the plot and ending to the oneshot I should be working on + at least 1000 words of actual writing per week

Fandom(s) involved: Tokyo Babylon/X1999

What you're looking for from the challenge: Motivation, somebody to brainstorm with; maybe I'll manage to catch a writing session

What you could offer other participants yourself: A kick to the ass, brainstorming

How people should contact you: PM would be the most reliable way

Time zone: GMT +2 (CET)

[riceishere]

Just want you to know that I'm ridiculously happy that someone is writing TB/X1999 fic again.

[boeserhimmel]

Yeah, the fandom is pretty much dead. :( I just hope I'll be productive enough to actually contribute.

[laceblade]

Level of challenge: Work on the fic every day. Ideally this would mean write 750 words every day, but if I need time out to sit and work with the plot outline or characterization notes, that is fine.

Fandom(s) involved: Glee (I know. I know.)

What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability, a place to brag every day so my Twitter feed doesn't kill me, :)

What you could offer other participants yourself: Cheerleading, encouraging comments. July is a bad month for me to beta; I'm moving apartments and the bookstore I work in part-time is moving, too.

How people should contact you: Comments, PMs

Time zone: Central standard time

[gramarye1971]

Level of challenge: Finish crossover fic; write 75 percent of story for the parallelsfic exchange.

Fandom(s) involved: Ouran High School Host Club/咲-Saki (crossover), TBD fandom for parallelsfic

What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability, writing reminders, semi-regular check-in requirements, venting space away from friends-list.

What you could offer other participants yourself: Accountability, writing reminders, semi-regular check-in requirements, venting space away from friends-list.

How people should contact you: Comment on a public post, PM, or gramarye1971 @ gmail

Time zone: EDT

[lullabymoon]

Level of challenge: Finish rough draft het big bang

Fandom(s) involved: Taggart

What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability and motivation.

What you could offer other participants yourself: Same

How people should contact you: PM or lullabymoon22 @gmail.com

Time zone: GMT +1

I can do the check ins for sun 22nd to sat 28th.

[littlebutfierce]

Fantastic, thank you very much!! I've put you down for that week.

[lilly_c]

Level of challenge: rough draft of a big bang, 500+ words on a 3 part series

Fandom(s) involved: Law & Order: SVU (big bang), Rizzoli & Isles (3 part series)

What you're looking for from the challenge: encouragement, motivation

What you could offer other participants yourself: same

How people should contact you: PM

Time zone: BST Edinburgh (GMT+1)

[waterfall8484]

Level of challenge: 1 drabble written (and posted), 1 drabble added from notebook and posted.

Fandom(s) involved: Doctor Who and something else, might be Harry Potter.

What you're looking for from the challenge: Making a concrete commitment to myself (but a tiny one, since I'm really busy!), support from and commiseration with others. :~)

What you could offer other participants yourself: Support and sympathy (when I have time and energy to reply to posts), my cheerful random self.

How people should contact you: Through DW, either here or messages.

Time zone: GMT+1

[ishie]

Level of challenge: Finish het_bigbang draft ahead of schedule, complete the full 750words.com July challenge

Fandom(s) involved: ASOIAF

What you're looking for from the challenge: Encouragement

What you could offer other participants yourself: Same

How people should contact you: DM on LJ or DW (same name)

Time zone: GMT-4

[riceishere]

Level of challenge: finish at least 2 kink meme fills that has been sitting in my drive, 3 fics for hc_bingo

Fandom(s) involved: Avengers, Push, Teen Wolf maybe?

What you're looking for from the challenge: some ass-kicking to my word counts so I could actually finish things?

What you could offer other participants yourself: I'm available for brainstorming, cheerleading, and beta :)

How people should contact you: PM, Comments

Time zone: UTC + 8

[crowdog66]

Level of challenge: It's going to be a busy month professionally speaking, so if I get three chapters posted on any combination of WIPS or new stories I'll be happy.

Fandom(s) involved: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, ReBoot

What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability. :)

What you could offer other participants yourself: Encouragement, advice and feedback.

How people should contact you: By PM here is fine.

Time zone: CST.

[linaewen]

Level of challenge: Complete a stalled WIP before the end of the month so that it can compete as a finished work in a competition. Complete a short challenge fic that was due last month. If there's still writing left in me and time to take advantage of it, work on my stalled Major fic.

Fandom(s) involved: Lord of the Rings & hopefully Major (Anime/Manga)

What you're looking for from the challenge: Help and encouragement in keeping myself on task!

What you could offer other participants yourself: The same!

How people should contact you: DW PM

Time zone: GMT -5

I can help with check-in posts this month! If it's not taken, I'd like to sign up for the week of July 8-14.

[littlebutfierce]

Oh, fantastic! Thank you so much -- I'll put you down for that week.

[bay_alexison]

Level of challenge: Get my fma_ladyfest fic done. Also hopefully try to get both help_japan and help_mindanao fics written. Try to get in contact with Beta A over her progress on looking over my FMA Big Bang (she hasn't responded to my messages the last few weeks D: ).

Fandom(s) involved: Fullmetal Alchemist

What you're looking for from the challenge: Cheerleading, accountability, talk a bit over writing stuff

What you could offer other participants yourself: Encouragement

How people should contact you: PM

Time zone: GMT -7

[mab_browne]

Level of challenge: Finish a WIP, currently at 22,000 words

Fandom(s) involved: The Sentinel

What you're looking for from the challenge: To finish my story, Family Business, so that I can give attention to other commitments.

What you could offer other participants yourself: SPaG beta plus general beta/brainstorming. Participating fandoms in this round that I'm at least generally familiar with are: Narnia; Avengers; some Dr Who; DS-9; LOTR.

How people should contact you: PM me through DW or else mail at mabinbrowne at gmail dot com

Time zone: GMT + 12

[insignia]

Level of challenge: Finish at least one chapter or one-shot.

Fandom(s) involved: Yu-Gi-Oh! or Princess Tutu

What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability.

What you could offer other participants yourself: I can do check-ins if needed.

How people should contact you: PM or comment

Time zone: CET