January sign up

[lilly_c]

It's time to sign up for the January 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 January.

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

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<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 at least 500 words a day, and post a new chapter for one of the WIPs I keep ignoring.

Fandom(s) involved: Tolkien universe

What you're looking for from the challenge: Reminder to be consistent in writing, encouragement to keep going

What you could offer other participants yourself: The same, plus encouragement through doing a weekly check-in or two doing the month

How people should contact you: DW PM

Time zone: CST

[lilly_c]

Level of challenge: at least one fic finished and posted

Fandom(s) involved: The Brokenwood Mysteries

What you're looking for from the challenge: motivation

What you could offer other participants yourself: same

How people should contact you: PM

Time zone: GMT Edinburgh

[fleetsparrow]

Level of challenge: Finish 2 exchange fics.

Fandom involved: Batman/DC Comics.

What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability and encouragement.

What you could offer other participants yourself: The same, plus terrible jokes, if requested.

How people should contact you: By bird (twitter), as my name is the same everywhere.

Time zone: Pacific whatever time.

[nea]

Level of challenge: Write 210 words daily.

Fandom(s) involved: If I only knew… SEAL Team, I guess, SGA, Chicago PD, Preacher. My WIP are also from The OC, Agents of SHIELD and Doctor Who, but it probably ends up being something completely different or maybe an original...

What you're looking for from the challenge:Pep talks, cheering, fangirling, whining and squee about writing. I just want to keep writing daily and I want to like what I write again.

What you could offer other participants yourself: I cheer, fangirl, squee and whine with you all the way. Also, I speak German and Polish, should you need one of them in your writings.

How people should contact you: Send me a PM

[obstinatecondolement]

Level of challenge: I want to finish my fics for Candy Hearts Exchange, Purimgifts and the Quodo minifest.

Fandom(s) involved: I probably shouldn't say what I am writing for the first two exchanges, but the third is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, obviously

What you're looking for from the challenge: Accountability (not in the sense of expecting others to chivvy me along, but just that having stated my intentions publicly makes me more likely to stay on track) and focus

What you could offer other participants yourself: Cheerleading, SPAG betaing (and more in depth betaing if I know the fandom), writing advice based on what has worked for me

How people should contact you: You can send me a message on DW or DM me on Discord (unmanlygrief#8614). Alternately, my fandom email is obstinatecondolement@gmail.com

Time zone: UTC