August sign up

[lilly_c]

It's time to sign up for the August WIP challenge! The previous month can be found here.

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 August.

• 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

[samuraiter]

Level of challenge: 10,000 words in a month. I managed almost 30,000 in May, then almost 20,000 in June, so ... this is more than do-able.

Fandom(s) involved: Many and varied.

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

What you could offer other participants yourself: Beta detail and cheerleading.

How people should contact you: PM @ DW

Time zone: EDT

[linaewen]

Level of challenge: Write at least 1K every day, finish and post a chapter of my current WIP

Fandom(s) involved: Tolkien Universe

What you're looking for from the challenge: Encouragement and the reminder to keep working toward my goals

What you could offer other participants yourself: the same, plus helping with weekly check-ins

How people should contact you: DW PM

Time zone: CDT

[feckyeslife]

Level of challenge: Improve frequency of writing - three times a week target. Finish event pieces on time.

Fandom(s) involved: Best guess? Divergent, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, and A:TLA

What you're looking for from the challenge: Daily encouragement & reminders

What you could offer other participants yourself: Beta reading, cheerleading

How people should contact you: DW PM, comment threads?

Time zone: EST