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 Wednesday, October 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, October 5th 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 Monday, October 6th).

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

[digthewriter]

Total Word War Goal: 5000
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)? FINISH THIS THING
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? UGH. I NEED TO FINISH ITTTTTTTT!

[nia_kantorka]

Hon, you go and do it. And it is going to be brilliant. ♥

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

You can do it!

[candamira.livejournal.com]

If anyone can do 5k in a row, it's you! Put the words down! :-)

[tryslora]

You can do this!!

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 2500
Projects To Be Worked On: Erised
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? Keep dem words coming.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? I'll try to be around for chat-related sprinties. :)

[nia_kantorka]

Yay, Erised. :D

[candamira.livejournal.com]

I want to try these chat-sprints. How does it work?

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Basically we all just get together in chat and word-sprint for half hours at a time. So like :05-:35, for example. It's just a way to commiserate with other people and encourage each other to get them words out! :)

[candamira.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the explanation. See you there.

[tryslora]

Go words!!

[candamira.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 3000
Projects To Be Worked On: hd_owlpost
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 SEX SCENE
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? need a beta for it. will end up at ca. 20k. any volunteers?

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Woo sex scene ;)

[nia_kantorka]

You go and finish THIS scene. *giggles madly*

[candamira.livejournal.com]

Finished the other one. You know the reasons... About 750 words down. Maybe I won't have to use up the 3k to finish this thing. *wipes forehead*

[tryslora]

You can do it!

[hikarievandar.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 5k
Projects To Be Worked On: YuGiOh mini exchange, some last minute additions to Rare Characters, HP Creatures Halloween, and HP Cross Gen
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? Just finishing things.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? I've had to get extensions for fests lately, and I'm struggling with juggling my writing with work and studying (yay for postgrad), so I need some serious buttkicking (and about thirty more hours in the day).

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Where is there a YuGiOh exchange and omg yessss.

[hikarievandar.livejournal.com]

It's just a tiny thing, but it's going to be here (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/YGOME14) when the collection opens.

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

I have this insane secret love for YuGiOh. Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to read them.

[hikarievandar.livejournal.com]

Ah, I love it too. It was the second fandom I ever got into (the first was HP) and it makes me feel so nostalgic. It was fun to write for it again.

[nia_kantorka]

That's the point. There are just not enough hours in the day. But you go and finish something!

[hikarievandar.livejournal.com]

I'll try my best!

[tryslora]

Lots of things. You can do it!!

[nia_kantorka]

Total Word War Goal: 2.000
Projects To Be Worked On: Erised
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? Write a German review and some Rectober recs.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? I'm sure I can reach 2k but not, if all the words will be written in my erised doc. But I try.

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

Eriseeeed.

[tryslora]

You can totally do this!

[candamira.livejournal.com]

too many things to do, not enough time - but you'll manage!!!

[smirkingcat.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal:around 5.000
Projects To Be Worked On:write down the h/d story in my mind, finish the raw version of my method chapter of my master theses, and some other minor stuff
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)?i want to come to the kissing scene without messing up the tempo to much- somehow my story seems to be high speed and that's weird
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)?need butt-kicking for my theses please and maybe some advice for how a fluffy romance should be set in motion without making it speed up to much... I feel like I am failing at that (-.-)

[tryslora]

*kicks butt for thesis*

Sometimes high speed is okay, kind of like a fluffy romantic comedy where you know where it's going, and there's a train on the rails, but it's GOOD because it's fun getting there fast!

[lrthunder.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal:5K
Projects To Be Worked On:Mostly Harry Bang, but some other projects.
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)?Get Harry Bang finished.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)?

[tryslora]

You can do it!

[ashindk.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 8k
Projects To Be Worked On:Hbb
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? *gulp* finish the fic o.O
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)?

[tryslora]

Loads of words, but I have faith that you can do it!

[tryslora]

Total Word War Goal: 5k
Projects To Be Worked On: TW FH, FM, HDE, little prompt fic, LYH, DD/KK
Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)? oh gods, I just want to WRITE
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? GO WORDS EVERYONE!!!

[lrthunder.livejournal.com]

You can do it!

[xenadragon-xoxo.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 5k
Projects To Be Worked On: A story I'm writing that may turn into a novel. :P Also, Owl Post.
Other Goals? Finish first chapter of my story.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? I thought I commented on this yesterday, but apparently my comment didn't get posted because my internet is slightly dodgy. >.<

[tryslora]

*kicks your internet* This time the comment came through. Go you!!

[g-bowneyes.livejournal.com]

I've done lots of writing so I'm jumping in!

Total Word War Goal: Finish my WIP
Projects To Be Worked On: Hope (said WIP)
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.)? This WIP has been a WIP since October 2012. October 2014 seems like a good time to finish it, and it's raining in London and I'm sick. Can't think of a better time?

Starting word count of WIP: 27,320
Current word count as of Saturday 7pm UK time: 31,400

Lots of plot to write out still before the story is over. I'd say I'm 2/3rds, so finishing this weekend could be ambitious. We shall see!

[lq-traintracks.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 8,000
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)? Maybe finish???
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, etc.)? Thanks for the WW!