IT'S OVER! PENCIL'S DOWN!!

[tryslora]

We're done! Tuesday is here, and if you've reached the end of the day, then the war is over. I hope you've been super amazingly productive these last four days. Remember: ALL WORDS ARE AWESOME WORDS!!

Please remember to let us know how you did overall with a comment on this post sometime by the end of day Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who came out to play! And remember... another word war is coming! So take a chance to catch your breath and get ready... because we'll be doing it all over again soon!

<b>Total Word War Goal:</b> <b>Total Words Written:</b> <b>Projects Worked On: </b> <b>Did you Finish a Thing?:</b> <b>If You Set 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>, Did You Meet Them?</b> <b>Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)?</b>

Comments

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 2k
Total Words Written: 3,861
Projects Worked On: harrybang
Did you Finish a Thing?: Yes!!! Chapter 4!!!
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them? Yes, I wrote the outline for chapter 5 and added a few more details to it.
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? Thank you again for this WW! :D

[swissmarg]

Awesome, congrats on meeting your goal and finishing the chapter!

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Yay!! Look at you, finishing a thing and almost doubling your goal! That's awesome!!!

[tryslora]

Woohoo, excellent!

[smallbrownfrog.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: whatever I could achieve in 5 hours of writing
Total Words Written: approximately 1,680 words (assumes an average of six words per handwritten line)
Projects Worked On: HP Dark Ages and original fic
Did you Finish a Thing?: no, but made progress on two
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them? I wanted to get in 5 hours of writing and type up my HP Dark Ages writing (plus some other goals I didn't touch). I got in about 3 hours of writing and about 1 hour of retyping. (The hour of retyping should have been enough to finish the second goal, but I had technical troube with Google Docs.)
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? I got stuck in the Swamp of Procrastination on my days off, but my working days were oddly productive after work. So, not what I'd hoped for, but so much better than I had been doing.

[swissmarg]

I think the Swamp of Procrastination got pretty much all of us. But progress is progress, so good for you!

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

The Swamp of Procrastination is deadly. Huge kudos for getting around it on your work days, and congratulations on the words!!

[tryslora]

Congratulations on what you got done!

[swissmarg]

You have to write what speaks to you. If original stuff is where it's at, go for it!

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on finishing chapters!! Whether the words you're getting are for fanfic or original fic, it's wonderful that they're coming.

[tryslora]

Steady is good, and there's nothing wrong with writing original work, too!

[dragontara]

Total Word War Goal: 4K
Total Words Written: 3,415
Projects Worked On: HD Tropes
Did you Finish a Thing?: Nope, not even close...
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them? Not quite, this has been surprisingly difficult weekend for writing. Too many distractions in RL :(
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? I hope I can make it in time for the fest...

[swissmarg]

Yeah, I hear you. It was hard getting words done. But look at you, that's a good solid number of words! Feel accomplished.

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Blah, distractions. But you still made a ton of words, and that's awesome!

[tryslora]

Hey, you still made awesome words. Go you!

[ashindk.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 2k
Total Words Written: 605
Projects Worked On: Harry Bang
Did you Finish a Thing?: Nope
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them? Nope
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? I fail at writing :-(

[swissmarg]

If you made words, you didn't fail. It seems like this was a tough weekend for a lot of participants, though. Next time!

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

You definitely don't fail!! You've written before and you will again, and it has been and will be good! Sometimes it just doesn't want to happen, and kudos to you for getting words down anyway!

[tryslora]

You got some things done, which is excellent. Just keep going... slow and steady still gets you there.

[bloodisshrp.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 4k
Total Words Written: 375
Projects Worked On: hdtropes
Did you Finish a Thing?: Nope
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them? No.
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? I can't even. I'm just so disappointed in myself! Ugh. I've been sleeping 12 hours a day. I could have used that time to write.

[swissmarg]

At least you have been sleeping and not playing Emily's Wonder Wedding. But don't worry. The muse is capricious. Next time!

[bloodisshrp.livejournal.com]

There is that. Next time, yes! :)

[bloodisshrp.livejournal.com]

Woah. I didn't see it that way! Thank you! <3 Now I feel really proud of myself. :D

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

You know, there's a ton of research about how much the brain does while we're asleep. Could be that somewhere in the recesses of your subconscious you were getting ready for the next time around, and that - and the words you did make! - is nothing to sneeze at!

[bloodisshrp.livejournal.com]

Ha Ha! Thankyou! Now I have a valid excuse the next time my mom comments on how much I sleep.
"But Ma, I'm working!" :D

[tryslora]

If you've been sleeping, then you needed it. Rest, then write!

[bloodisshrp.livejournal.com]

That's what I keep telling myself. I have no more excuses now, I shall write!

[swissmarg]

Total Word War Goal: 6K
Total Words Written: 4,565
Projects Worked On: Sherlock sequel
Did you Finish a Thing?: I finished a chapter
If You Set Other Goals, Did You Meet Them? Not quite... I got to the scene I wanted to but didn't finish writing it.
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? I am happy with my accomplishment even though I didn't finish the goal. Here, have some smut:

"It's actually faintly ridiculous," Sherlock pants. "All this fuss for a bit of... vascular dilation."


"Speak for yourself, I'm going to be fucking seeing stars in a ... Oh fuck yes, just like that, bit faster," John growls.

Sherlock obliges.

"Should probably have put condoms on," John mentions.

"You want to stop now?"

"Fuck no. Just... keep it away from our mouths and don't touch anything else.

"Might want to turn your head away then."

"Oh God..."

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

"All this fuss for a bit of... vascular dilation." *snorts*

Loving this excerpt - thanks for sharing! - and congratulations on the words! That's a solid bit of writing and you finished a chapter - well done!

[tryslora]

Excellent! And thank you for commenting to people. I kind of fell down on that again. :( I really truly appreciate it.

[bloodisshrp.livejournal.com]

I want to read that fic. So much. :)

Also, Molly in your icon! So pretty <3

[swissmarg]

Thanks! The fic will be posted as the second part of this series: http://archiveofourown.org/series/69482
I hope to start posting at the beginning of July. *fingers crossed*

[bloodisshrp.livejournal.com]

I will be waiting for it! :)

[hikarievandar.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 12k
Total Words Written: 12306
Projects Worked On: GenPrompt Bingo, Trope Bingo, a horror fic, and Femslash100
Did you Finish a Thing?: Yes! Several things. I finished the horror fic as well as my challenge table for Femslash100. I got line bingos for both of the other cards and I'm several steps closer to blackouts for both of them. I also participated in a lot of Drabbletag.
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them? Pretty much. I didn't get the blackouts, but I wasn't really expecting to. The fact that I'm closer (and I have lines if I run out of time) is amazing.
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? Word broke - twice! - during this word war. *stabs Microsoft*

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!! You met your goals, finished things, and came out with a kickass word count!! Go you!!!!!

[tryslora]

Excellent work!

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 10,000
Total Words Written: 7,341
Projects Worked On: harrybang and hp_drizzle
Did you Finish a Thing?: Nyet.
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them? Nein.
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? I mean, words and stuff. I got a little distracted by reading.

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

That's an awesome word count!! Tons of great words. Congratulations!

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Merci! :)

[tryslora]

Awesome word count! Go you!

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Gracias!

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 3k
Total Words Written: 1517
Projects Worked On: Still Lucius Malfoy's arsehole.
Did you Finish a Thing?: Nope.
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them? Not really. Sigh. I wanted this fic to be a silly, lighthearted sexromp, but it seems to want be an angstry, character-driven kinkfest. Which is theoretically great, but not what I was prepared for, and trying to decide whether to tame/rethink it or let it go down its own path has made all the blocks.
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? Thank you for the word war! Even when it's not as many words as I hoped for, these reliably make me make more words (and confront more blocks) than I otherwise would, and that's huge and awesome.

[tryslora]

You did awesome! Go you and good luck on the piece.

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!

[tryslora]

Total Word War Goal: 8k I think
Total Words Written: 4,731
Projects Worked On: er... I don't actually remember, which is kind of embarrassing
Did you Finish a Thing?: yes, some editing and final copies, and some rough drafts
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them?
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)?
I am slow at everything, sorry.

[firethesound]

Total Word War Goal: 5k
Total Words Written: 11,214
Projects Worked On: smoochfest, other random thing, other other random thing
Did you Finish a Thing?: Yeah! I finished two things! :D
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Did You Meet Them? Hm, no, I didn't start Tropes. Instead I started two other things that I shouldn't be writing yet.
Anything To Share (flailing, squeeing, sobbing, etc.)? Figures the one time I aim low on my word count is when I write ALL THE WORDS. I don't even care. I'm just happy to have finished things.