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

[swissmarg]

Total Word War Goal: I really want to say 10K but I think I'd better make it 6K
Projects To Be Worked On: Sherlock fic sequel
Other Goals? Get to Reichenbach.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? I'm trying to finish the fic by June 30. I think I have about 20-25K to go.

[ashindk.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 2k
Projects To Be Worked On: Harry bang
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? I need to finish the chapter and move the story along to the next plot point.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)?

[digthewriter]

Total Word War Goal: 1000
Projects To Be Worked On: merlinvacations and merlin art meme and hd_tropes
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? IDK YET
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? I'm going on holiday so this is not really going to happen, but I was like...why the hell not!

[hikarievandar.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 12k
Projects To Be Worked On: HP Dark Ages, GenPrompt Bingo, Trope Bingo and HP Creatures May Challenge...and whatever other challenges present themselves over the weekend.
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? I'm aiming for blackouts on my bingo cards.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? ...having just looked at my bingo cards...yeah, okay, lol. Let's try.

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 2k
Projects To Be Worked On: harrybang
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? finish chapter 4!
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? This time I really hope I'll be able to write! :D

[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.

[josephinestone.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 5k
Projects To Be Worked On: harrybang, hd_tropes
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? Just write.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)?

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: I dunno... 3k?
Projects To Be Worked On: Notes for that fic, start this fic, write those other non-fic things.
Other Goals? Just make words.
Anything To Share? I am currently working to no deadline and i looooove it.

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

Make those words!

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

You can dooooo iiiiit!

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

1k over five days though... you can do it, holiday be damned!

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

12k!? Wow-ee! Good luck! :D

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

Write those words!

[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*

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

Just write.

Wiser words...

[darkravenwrote.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 2k
Projects To Be Worked On: Blooming anything, there are too many to name.
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)?
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? Right I've sat out the last few but I need to get back on track so I'm easing in with a nice easy goal :D

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 10,000
Projects To Be Worked On: harrybang and hp_drizzle
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? Nothing specific.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? Go big, or go home! Also, sprint with me in the chatz.

[firethesound]

Total Word War Goal: 5k
Projects To Be Worked On: smoochfest, tropes, random other thing
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? get smooch finished, get tropes started
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? ::flails::

[shadowofrazia.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 5k
Projects To Be Worked On: aftercamlann (sorry harry!)
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? get to 15k!!!!!!!
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? third word war in like a week let's do this fuqyah (wahhh the woes of being active in two fandoms~~)

[josephinestone.livejournal.com]

:)

[tryslora]

Total Word War Goal: 8k minimum, hopefully more
Projects To Be Worked On: MG challenge #4, Sciles fake boyfriend story, Cora/Jackson story, anything else that strikes my fancy
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? JUST WRITE for once
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)?

ALL WORDS ARE AWESOME WORDS!!!!

*sprinkles everyone with copious amounts of word fairy dust*

[tryslora]

You can do it! Finishing up those last words are always the point when it seems to go fastest, right?

[tryslora]

GO YOU!!

[tryslora]

Hey, why not? If you get a few words in, it's more than you had before you started. Enjoy the holiday!

[tryslora]

Ooh, impressive goal. Go you!