October WIP challenge sign-ups!

[littlebutfierce]

It's time to sign up for the October 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 September.

• 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
  

Copypaste below:

<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.)

Looking for another mod or two

[littlebutfierce]

Hi everyone -- due to a combination of personal things, I find myself having less & less time to devote to this community. Which is sad! I've gotten so much writing done through this group, & met so many fabulous people -- I think we could keep doing great stuff, & even more great stuff, but I'm not at the point where I can keep shepherding it along myself.

Is anyone interested in co-modding the comm with me? Having one or two more people would be really useful -- I think the main thing right now is coordinating the WIP challenge (finding people to do check-in posts, & reminding them when their week is up, posting sign-ups, etc.), but also if people wanted to run regular writing sessions or... do any other sort of group activity, that would be fabulous.

If you're interested, I'd be happy to talk it through if you have questions -- you can comment here or PM me.

Thanks for being here, everyone -- every time someone says that they've found something here useful, it makes me really happy! I hope we can keep on making this a useful, encouraging space for us fic writers.

check in for september 26th, 2012

[erika]

Poll #11740 check in for september 26th, 2012

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

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How has today gone for you?

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Everything was so easy, it was almost like I was taking dictation from the universe.
2 (20.0%)

I feel good about it overall, but there were some low points
2 (20.0%)

average... ish...
2 (20.0%)

worse than average, mediocre, poor
1 (10.0%)

tomorrow is a new day, right? because I really need one!
3 (30.0%)

Today, it was all/mostly/partially about _____

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writing
6 (60.0%)

editing
2 (20.0%)

research
1 (10.0%)

hitting that 'post!' button
3 (30.0%)

taking a break
4 (40.0%)

something else writing-related
1 (10.0%)

When procrastinating using pre-installed computer games, is it more important to:

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Play Solitaire/Klondike and know that if you lose, it could very well be because all games of that type are not winnable, thus preserving valuable dignity?
3 (30.0%)

Play Freecell and know that if you lose, it's because obviously you are meant to play again, as all Freecell games are theoretically winnable?
3 (30.0%)

TICKY BOX.
4 (40.0%)

(The last question in the poll can maybe be better explained if I link to this messageboard discussion on Freecell vs Solitaire/Klondike and whether either of the two games are always winnable.)

So, today's question is tricky and ties into yesterday's question.

Now that you have identified (perhaps) your favorite method of procrastination——what makes you tear yourself away from that? What's worth giving up the rewards of "oh god, writing so hard, another game of Freecell sounds way better"?

I mean, long term, obviously we all want to write for our own reasons, but in the short term, when there's laundry to be done, dogs or cats or chinchillas or whatever to pet, food to be cooked, naps to be taken, computer games to beat or not beat—— what gives you that kick out of Procrastination Station and into writing?