READY! GET SET! GO!!!!

[tryslora]

This is your CHECK IN POST!


Get your pencils ready, find your favorite notebooks and pens, and wiggle those typing fingers to get them limbered up. The war is upon us!

1 ! The war begins as of Midnight, the START of Friday, May 23rd according to your local time. If I've calculated correctly, this post should be up in plenty of time that even the time travelers on the other side of the world will be able to start at the beginning of their own day!

2 ! The war ends as of Midnight, the END of Tuesday, May 27th according to your local time. You will have FIVE AWESOME DAYS of writing.

3 ! To participate, please check-in with a comment below. You may also post your beginning word counts in order to help you keep track of your progress. All members of hd_writers are welcome to participate! Invite your friends to join in!

4 ! Use this time to work on your writing - any project, any pairing, any fandom! You do not have to be writing Harry/Draco fic in order to participate. Any and all creative writing counts!

5 ! The hd_writers chatroom is there as always to serve as inspiration and encouragement, as well as the SrsBzns chatroom. Please try to stay on the topic of writing as much as possible during the word war! The SrsBzns room should be focused strictly on timed word wars without the additional chat. For inspiration, writing talk, encouragement, etc. please visit the main room.

6 ! You don't have to participate the entire weekend, just jump in whenever you can and do any amount of writing in order to qualify.

7 ! Remember to check back in with your final, ending word count within approximately 24 hours after the war ends! (We would appreciate if you could check back in with your final word count by the end of your day on Wednesday, May 28th).

8 ! ALL WORDS ARE AWESOME WORDS! Good luck everyone!

<b>Total Word War Goal:</b> <b>Projects To Be Worked On:</b> <b>Other Goals <i>(get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)</i>?</b> <b>Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)?</b>

Comments

[smallbrownfrog.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: whatever comes is good as long as I put in at least 5 hours
Projects To Be Worked On: HP Dark Ages, original fic, meta HP thingy
Other Goals Type up my Dark Ages writing and see if it has a shape (or can be given one). Hit the cafe Thursday night (Thursday after midnight = Friday writing). Get in two hours of cafe writing on Sunday & two hours on Monday. Fill in at least 3 footnotes on the meta. Run two Britpick questions past somebody.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? I'm really, really stuck on my meta thingy. I think it's probably "just" anxiety, but I could use a pep talk or cheer leading on that. Otherwise, I'm thrilled that words are coming again.

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

YAY words! Late night cafe writing sounds lovely. If you need any Britpicky help, feel free to holler my way. *waves pompoms*

[tryslora]

You can do this! Push yourself forward and get those words down. GO YOU!

[swissmarg]

That's a good way to do it, with a time goal rather than a word goal. And it sounds like you have a solid plan for it all, which is great!

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Oh, anxiety. Hard to imagine a more painful obstacle to writing. But you've got a great, solid plan and all progress is good progress. Hope your meta starts to come more easily! If all else fails, just start writing anything, even about why you can't write the meta. And remember that, eventually, it will come back to you!