May WIP Challenge sign ups!

[lullabymoon]

It's time to sign up for the May 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 April.

• 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.)

Comments

[elmyraemilie]

Level of challenge: At least half of the story finished
Fandom(s) involved: Sherlock Holmes--canon ACD
What you're looking for from the challenge: I do better with my writing if I have some kind of deadline or externally-imposed goal to reach. Otherwise, I play computer games and listen to podfic all evening, every evening.
What you could offer other participants yourself: Cheerleading, alpha reading, someone to bounce plot problems/ideas off of.
How people should contact you: ee1958@gmail.com--please put "Writethisfanfic" somewhere in the message header.
Time zone: Eastern time US

[annotated_em]

I can help with check-in posts, whichever week is useful to you.

[lullabymoon]

Would Sunday 19th to Saturday 25th suit you?

[annotated_em]

Yup, that would be fine!

[linaewen]

Level of challenge: 1 - Finish the WIP that's closest to being complete (if I don't finish it in April!). 2 - Write at least one new chapter in a second WIP. 3 - Make progress in some of the unfinished tales I have promised to write, but didn't have time for.

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

What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability and encouragement as I try to focus on writing

What you could offer other participants yourself: The same

How people should contact you: DW PM

Time zone: Central Time US

I'm happy to do a week of check-ins -- if possible, may I have the week of May 26th to June 1st?

[lullabymoon]

That would be perfect, thank you.

[lilly_c]

Level of challenge: one fic
Fandom(s) involved: not sure just now
What you're looking for from the challenge: encouragement, motivation
What you could offer other participants yourself: the same
How people should contact you: PM
Time zone: BST

[the_rck]

I'm willing to take a week of check ins. I have no preference as to which week.

Level of challenge: At least one story. I haven't decided which exchange to sign up for or if I'm brave enough to try to do both of those that interest me. I've got a day or so to decide.
Fandom(s) involved: Unknown. It depends on which exchange I sign up for and what I'm assigned.
What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability, some writing sprints
What you could offer other participants yourself: I can first read/cheerlead. I'm happy to do writing sprints if our schedules synch up.
How people should contact you: PM works.
Time zone: Eastern (I'm most available between 9:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.

[lullabymoon]

Would Sunday 5th to Saturday 11th suit you?

[the_rck]

I've put it in my calendar.

[samecgh]

Level of challenge: Two completed or nearly completed works over 15,000 words

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

What you're looking for from the challenge: pokes and prods to keep me on track

What you could offer other participants yourself: ideas, bouncing board, maybe some betaing

How people should contact you: PM or comment

Time zone: EST (GMT -5)