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 Tuesday, July 1st 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 Sunday, July 6th according to your local time. You will have SIX 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 Monday, July 7th).

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>

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[digthewriter]

Total Word War Goal: 2500
Projects To Be Worked On: merlinvacations (even though the mod is MIA), basically create my own projects and get creative.
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? Work on better PWPs
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? I hope to squeeze in a day or two of writing, and think whether or not I wanna drop my harrybang.

[this-bloody-cat.livejournal.com]

*waves madly* :D *flails*

[tryslora]

PWPs are HARD. Good luck with your words!

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

Yay you!!! You can do it! :D

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

PWPs are hard business! But you can do it!! Good luck!

[lrthunder.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 5,000 (longer word war period)
Projects To Be Worked On:HP_Drizzle Fest, Ginny_Smut, Harry Bang, Dramione Duet, Snape Potter-The Road Not Taken
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? Finish both Drizzle Fest and Ginny_Smut, get going on the others
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)?

[tryslora]

You can do it!!

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a lot to work on, but you can do it! :D

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Yay!! Good luck!

[this-bloody-cat.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 3000
Projects To Be Worked On: Career fair. Hopefully. DNW to fall behind on that as well!
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? I have zero words and about the same number of ideas :'D At this point, anything would constitute a massive achievement.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? My heart. ♥ Careful, it's cold.

[tryslora]

YOU CAN DO THIS!! *sprinkles word fairy dust all over you*

[tryslora]

Total Word War Goal: 8k
Projects To Be Worked On: TW prompts, July DD, TWBB, LYH
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? outline for TWBB, ch4 of LYH, draft of July DD, piece of art inked/colored
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? I'M ON VACATION! Ironically, this may make it harder to write...

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

Wow 8k!!!!
Why is it harder for you to write on vacation?

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 2k (let's be modest, it's my last week of work, and it's going to be crazy!!!)
Projects To Be Worked On: hd_cliche
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? I've started really gathering ideas, so I guess, starting writing the story would be a good goal! lol
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? Thanks for another WW! :D

[sdkshelly.livejournal.com]

Yay you can do it! *cheers*

[sdkshelly.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 3K
Projects To Be Worked On: Daily Deviant, Snarry Summer Fest, Original
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? I have DD all plotted out, I just hope I can pull it off! So there's a goal. LOL
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? It's been a while since I've done one of these. Fingers crossed I can have a week of quiet writing and blow past that 3K!

[tryslora]

Yay goals! I know you can do it!

[darkravenwrote.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 5k
Projects To Be Worked On: Harry Bang, HdCliche
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.)? Stuff with pompoms and cherries. Maybe some tribute so I can keep my sanity.

Good luck everyone!!!

[tryslora]

You can do this!

[lyonessheart.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 3000
Projects To Be Worked On: Harrybang, Cliche
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? finish Cliche and move finish Chapter 5 and 6 of Harry Bang!
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? kick my but as hard and often as you like I need it!

[tryslora]

*kicks butt* You can do it!

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 10k
Projects To Be Worked On: lucius/snape PWP, silencio, I think glompfest but maybe career fair.
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? finish the lucius/snape thing, get through at least the outlining and hopefully the first half of glompfest (or career fair), finish silencio, edit and send the PWP + silencio for beta-ing.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? For reasons unknown, writing feels like a chore atm, so goal #1 is to find the fun again. Tricks? Tips? cake? booze? ice cream?

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's an amazing goal and a lot to work on!

It's a silly thing to say, but really, try to write for yourself, to write something that really pleases you, that makes you happy! I tend to forget to have fun, especially when I write for fests and put way too much pressure on myself! :P

[josephinestone.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 10k
Projects To Be Worked On: harrybang
Other Goals? I want to do some drabbles this week as well.
Anything To Share? My daughter is visiting my mother for the week, so it is just me and my son; hopefully, I'll get some writing done and make my goal this time.

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Go big goals!

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 4000
Projects To Be Worked On: Career Fair, other ideas
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? Finish section one of Career Fair.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? 'merica? Also yay for word wars.

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

Good luck on reaching your goals! :D

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

You can do it! Word wars are what get me out of writing slump every time, because you know you just have to start writing and then it all flows! You can do it! :D

[bloodisshrp.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 5k
Projects To Be Worked On: cliche
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 figure out if really have time for all the commitments that I've piled onto myself. :/
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)?
I NEED TO BE STUDYING FOR THE GMAT!!
But who cares about a masters degree, eh? :'(
*headdeak*

[lyonessheart.livejournal.com]

Again - doin´t stress yourself! Drop by at the chatzy room we´ll give you a pep talk! Go you Go you, Go you! *\o/*

[dracogotgame.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 5,000
Projects To Be Worked On: hd_fan_fair
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.)? All words are awesome words :D

[tryslora]

Yes they are! You can do this!

[inspired-being.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 2k
Projects To Be Worked On: My overdue monster (starting word count total: 19197)
Other Goals: Write about their last exam together then getting exams results and possibly coming back from break for their final year.
Anything To Share: I really need to keep my motivation up to finish this monster. I owe it to a number of people as well as myself.

[tryslora]

You've got this! Go you!

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 3k
Projects To Be Worked On: careers
Other Goals? Planning. It's still all in my head at the minute, so getting words on paper needs to happen.
Anything To Share? Why do i have so much i want to do? NOT ENOUGH TIME!

[tryslora]

Time is SO HARD TO FIND! But you can do it!

[hikarievandar.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 4k
Projects To Be Worked On: Not Prime Time, M/M Rares, Ardor in August, drabbles and ficlets, something for a new fandom that I'm writing for fun
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 NPT, the drabbles, and get Ardor in August half-done at the very least.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? Lalala, leaving stuff to the last minute again. It's been hard to find time to do anything lately.

[tryslora]

You can squeeze the words out, I have faith. Good luck!