August sign up

[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

[linaewen]

Level of challenge: Write and post one chapter/story by the end of the month.

Fandom(s) involved: Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit

What you're looking for from the challenge: Encouragement and the reminder to actually sit down and write.

What you could offer other participants yourself: The same!

How people should contact you: DW PM

Time zone: Central Daylight

I'm having knee surgery in a few days, and I don't know how long I'll be away from my computer with the post-surgery rehab. However, I think it's safe to say I'll be home and settled by the end of August, for sure, so sign me up for check-ins for the week of Aug 27-Sept 2. If I'm available before that, I'll let you know!

[lilly_c]

Good luck with the surgery. I'll note that week down :)

[linaewen]

Looks like Samuraiter wants the same week I was intending to take (see below), so I can switch and take the week prior to that if you want (Aug 20-26). Either way, I'm good to go now!

[lilly_c]

I hadn't even realised that week was double booked. Yeah that's fine to switch.

[linaewen]

Okey dokey, I'm on for next week, then.

[lilly_c]

Thanks :)

[samuraiter]

*facepalm*

My apologies for not paying attention. It's ... been kind of a month, I'll say that.

[linaewen]

It's all good! Sorry you're having One of Those Months!

[tamaraaeknight]

Level of challenge: One fic finished

Fandom(s) involved: The X-Files, Robot Overlords

What you're looking for from the challenge: Motivation

What you could offer other participants yourself: Motivation

How people should contact you: PM

Time zone: Irish standard time

[silailo]

I will sign up this time. It's been a while.

Level of challenge: Two short WIPs finished.

Fandom(s) involved: One original story and one from Sabata.

What you're looking for from the challenge: Reminders and motivation. The check-in posts do pretty well for me.

What you could offer other participants yourself: The same, but I'll also offer to beta read if anyone needs one.

How people should contact you: DW message.

Time zone: Mountain (US).

[samuraiter]

I can do the daily check-in posts for the week of August 27 to September 1.

Level of challenge: 10,000 words in a month. The goal feels more and more difficult to reach, but, if I did it before, I can do it again.

Fandom(s) involved: Too many to list, at this point.

What you're looking for from the challenge: The beauty of routine.

What you could offer other participants yourself: Beta duty, cheerleading, and those check-in posts.

How people should contact you: PM @ DW

Time zone: EDT