M/T/S Challenge--May Edition

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Hey guys and gals. Here to open up the next new monthy competition, where we try to kick each other's butts while moaning about how fast Todd is and secretly plotting ways to sabotage him (did anyone remember to bring the leaky fountain pens?). :D

Anyway, rules are thus: Any work on the WIP counts. You need to put a handy-dandy little reference thingy in your signature to help the rest of us keep track of how we're doing. You can look at mine as an example.

Here's the big one: Please please please remember to post here how many words you have for the day. I tried making the chart for last month, and some people hadn't put there counts here, even though I knew they had been updating their siggies. Please don't forget because I use these numbers to keep up.

This time the charts will be back online, so color requests are also up for grabs. If you had one last time, just remind me (though I have them written down somewhere haha). I'll try to do about three in the course of the month like I usually do, just as a fun way to keep track of our progress.

Anyway, I'm starting the day with zero words. Typed up all of my notebook words, though, so I did accomplish something. ;) It just all counted toward last month. Anyway, should have some train writing done tomorrow, so I'll post words when I get home from practice.

Good luck everyone!
 

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I would have been okay if you had put those words down for this month. As far as I am concerned if it is written long hand before typed those are just notes. ;)

Anyway, I'll have a few days of "empty space" as I wait for some of my finals time slots to come and go. I am hoping to use those days to great effect. So my minimum goal is 15k, but I think I can do better. :e2headban

Of course, I always think I can do better...
 

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I would have been okay if you had put those words down for this month. As far as I am concerned if it is written long hand before typed those are just notes. ;)

Anyway, I'll have a few days of "empty space" as I wait for some of my finals time slots to come and go. I am hoping to use those days to great effect. So my minimum goal is 15k, but I think I can do better. :e2headban

Of course, I always think I can do better...

I wrote an entire scene out of order, but didn't count it specifically because it doesn't fit into the story yet and I'm considering it notes. The handwritten part I did count was legitimately written, however.

Anyway, few more pages in the notebook. As long as I don't konk out before I get the chance, I'll update with the count on it later.

ETA: 911 for the day. Not too bad. Must to sleep now. Soooooooo tired.
 
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Well lets see if I can do better this month without taxes, and Boy Scout Chicken BBQ/Chance Auction.

Whew! I'm tired today. was doing the above Boy Scout thing from 11am-9:30 pm. Was worth it though, just exhausting ..........

So my goal is 15K.
 

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Alrighty, nothing today. I was lazy. But lazy was fun. :) Also, I'm very, very sore. :tongue

Tomorrow I've got a few hours in a car, so I should be able to get a decent amount done, if all goes well. Tweaked some stuff to eliminate a minor plot hole and everything. ;)
 

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So it's just the four of us then?

I got a whopping 59 yesterday, most of it Honey and Garrett getting into a truck. There. "They got in the truck." Now I'm wondering why it took 59 words. Maybe it was a dark blue Ford F-150 with a dent on one side, the driver's side...

Hmm. Today doesn't look like it'll be much better.
 

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Huh, I suppose it might be. Anyone else still wants to drop in that's fine, if we have any lurkers out there. Still early enough in the game. :)

1,353 for today. Granted, part of it was the scene that I had written up from before, but still not bad for car writing. Even better when you consider that was car writing while sitting next to a three year old who kept throwing a blanket over my head. :tongue
 

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Hehe, my first month or two here I think all my word counts were done in the negative. :D Good luck, Cheeky!
 

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2,409 for me over the last 3 days. I am happy with that considering I had a big scout weekend. PLUS annoyances with formatting our quarterly. Ugh. We need the upgrade to the program we use, and the techs put on the demo, which .... expired. So I brought it home as I can convert to PDF here, but can't at work till they install the real program. So real annoying and time consuming. I'm surprised I got anything of my own writing done!
 

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Way to go HistorySleuth!
 

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No words for me today, but I got a TON of stuff done. I was uber duber constructive. :D
 

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Um... I don't think I've written anything in a couple days. It's been nutsy here.
 

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Me either. The upshot is, if I am not lazy and do my grading tonight I'll be done with two classes (half) of my finals grading and I'll have nothing to do tomorrow. ;)

Now if I could just not be lazy tonight... :poke:
 

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Wow, a fatal four-way! I'm watching with renewed interest!

I'm kinda disappointed you aren't popping in. I had a beautiful orange and pink combo for you. ;)
 

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Okay, so I was lazy last night and didn't do my grading. I'll have to do that tonight.

This afternoon, I did manage to get in 2010 words! :hooray:

Not sure I could hit the year exactly like that in one scene again if I tried. Of course, I'll eventually edit it one day, so it won't stay that way.

Anyway, good day for me! Somebody top it!

Let's get some words done this month! :D
 

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708 today. Mmmm.... I love this book. I'm back to having fun writing.

But like I said in the 500 thread, I have to break for a few days. I've gotten a nudge on my project, so it needs some editing before it goes out.
 

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Good luck with the spiffin' and nudgin'. ;)

I'm jealous! I can't wait until I am at that phase of my writin' learnin'. :D

(I'm practicing dropping my ending g's for when I move down south. Or is that just a stereotype? :evil)