August Challenge Sign Ups

[lilly_c]

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

• 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

[the_rck]

Level of challenge: One story (possibly start a second if I do Fic Corner)

Fandom(s) involved: Chronicles of Narnia (and to be determined and kept secret)

What you're looking for from the challenge: Reminders to keep writing

What you could offer other participants yourself: I'm happy to cheerlead or first read or otherwise offer encouragement

How people should contact you: a PM works

Time zone: Eastern


I can do a week of check in posts. I will be away from the internet from the 4th (or maybe the 5th) until the 8th or 9th, so I can't do that week. I also can't do the week starting the 11th. I can do the week starting the 18th or the week starting the 25th.

[lilly_c]

If the 18th still works for you that'd be great.

[the_rck]

I've added it to my iCal.

[linaewen]

Level of challenge: At least one new chapter in a long-running WIP; start the rewrite of an old fic that needs freshening up; finish a WIP that just needs a chapter or two more but which has been sitting dormant

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

What you're looking for from the challenge: encouragement, accountability through daily check ins

What you could offer other participants yourself: encouragement through discussions, accountability through check ins

How people should contact you: PM

Time zone: Central Daylight Savings

I want to help with check ins for August, but I'm pretty limited in when I can do it, due to travel and not knowing what my internet availability will be. If I could have the week starting the 25th, that would work best for me. In the event that others need that week more than I do, I could probably manage the week of August 4-10, though I can't promise consistent posting. ;-)

[lilly_c]

25th is yours, thanks.

[lullabymoon]

Level of challenge: Finish het little bang, 1000 words on minerva-fest fic.

Fandom(s) involved: James Bond, Harry Potter

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

What you could offer other participants yourself: same

How people should contact you: PM

Time zone: GMT+1

I'm doing the sign ins up to the third so I'll leave it this month.

[delwyn_cole]

Level of challenge: 1 Story

Fandom(s) involved: Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Teen Wolf

What you're looking for from the challenge: primarily accountability through the check-ins, though someone to bounce ideas off of from time to time, probably wouldn't hurt.

What you could offer other participants yourself: encouragement, accountability, first-reader

How people should contact you: PM

Time zone: Central Daylight Savings

[lilly_c]

Level of challenge: at least 500 words on my kid fic big bang and 1 chapter on a neglected fic

Fandom(s) involved: Star Trek: Voyager, Rizzoli & Isles

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

What you could offer other participants yourself: same

How people should contact you: PM is best

Time zone: GMT +1

[darthneko]

Level of challenge: 1 chapter (which usually average between 1-2k) on an ongoing fic and the first chapter of my kids BB fic.

Fandom(s) involved: Transformers

What you're looking for from the challenge: accountability and a reason/deadline to keep me on track

What you could offer other participants yourself: Happy to cheer or beta read

How people should contact you: DW pm is great

Time zone: Eastern US

[nikkiscarlet]

Level of challenge: At least 5000 words added to my current huge WIP (I may adjust this up once I sit down at home and look at my current word count, but I'm setting 5000 as my absolute bare minimum for the month for now.)

Fandom(s) involved: Thor/Avengers/MCU

What you're looking for from the challenge: Something to help keep me on track with a year-long challenge I'm doing. Motivation, encouragement and accountability. Someplace to commiserate with others. Maybe make some new friends. :3

What you could offer other participants yourself: Encouragement, motivation.

How people should contact you: PM is good, or just comment on my comments?

Time zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT -4)