The Finish the Damn Book Challenge

Kewii · Jun 25, 2012

I went through that Layla. I was writing about 2000 words a day and then I just stopped. Completely burned out and couldn't find the effort to right. I actually took a month off. It made me feel better and when I felt like writing again, I did.

I did 2000 words on the plane yesterday. Gotta love when the internet can't distract you

Layla Nahar · Jun 25, 2012

Hey Kewii, thanks - it helps to hear that

Lizardmaker · Jun 25, 2012

Layla, I've also had the experience of needing to take time (sometimes several months) away from a novel before I could find my way back to it, re-energized.

My stats: Just finished chapter 22.

Layla Nahar · Jun 26, 2012

Thanks Lizardmaker - & I see you finish a lot of stuff, so that's encouraging

Lizardmaker · Jun 27, 2012

Finished chapter 23. Yay! (I'm so hungry; why don't I have a chef to make me dinner after I've been writing all day?)

savagelilies · Jun 29, 2012

Well, I'm at 78,000 words, now.

5000 of which were pumped out last night as I wrote like FIEND. Love those writing times when it just *flows*.

And I thought that my novel was going to end up at 90,000 words... which, at this point, I'm about 12,00 words shy of, and the end is nowhere near in sight. I'm anticipating going to 100,000 words now, perhaps even more. Oh, well. Better to overwrite than underwrite--I can take a chainsaw to it later, when I need to. For now, I'll just forge ahead and not worry overmuch.

Layla Nahar · Jun 29, 2012

savagelilies said:
Well, I'm at 78,000 words, now.

Excellent!

I'm checking out. I did five days of work. I'm still writing less that before, but things seem a bit easier/lighter. So I feel a bit better.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Lizardmaker · Jun 29, 2012

Great work, Savagelilies. I've never written even close to 5K in one day!

Glad you're back on track, Layla. Have a great weekend.

I just finished chapter 24. Woot!

Crayonz · Jun 30, 2012

Whoo, so how's everyone's weekend going?

I've been sidetracked from the novel by a short story. I'll probably finish it either tonight or tomorrow then get back on track with the novel. At least I'm writing, I guess. xD

Kewii · Jun 30, 2012

I'm well into chapter four of my new WIP. Almost at 10,000 words. I have a feeling I'll regret saying this...but, it's going really well.

Layla Nahar · Jul 1, 2012

checking in for the week. Back at BIC & keeping at it. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Way to go Kewii!

Rubay H. · Jul 1, 2012

I'm jumping back in with a new MG project: Amnesia the Ghost. It's going to be a novella 25-30,000 words. Goal is 500 to 1000 a day and so far I have 1,090.

Scarlet Tanager · Jul 2, 2012

-pops in-
Hey, I'm new, but figured I'd join in here if that's alright n.n

Current Project:
A Bond of Souls
45,178 words (49,000 by page count), 196 pages.

Goal:
Five pages a day, every day. The way I have it formatted, that's about 1000-1200 words as a daily minimum. This is what I've been doing on it lately. If I don't do that, I don't sleep or, in extreme cases (like, hospital or convention) those five carry over to the next day.

So Far:
Well, I've done over ten pages today (it's about my bedtime though n.n) so I'd say it's going pretty well. Time to trawl the forums a bit more, then write another five pages to reach 200 (and do a happy dance), then bedtime!

Lizardmaker · Jul 2, 2012

Welcome, Scarlet Tanager.

Glad you made some good progress, Kewii.

Good luck with the new MG, Rubay.

I just finished chapter 25.

WittyandorIronic · Jul 2, 2012

Monkey said:
A challenge born out of frustration.

The Rules:

1) You must do something to your novel before you can log onto the internet. You can add a single sentence or edit your last one, but it has to be something, and you have to do it every time.

2) You can't start any other projects until your current one is finished. This includes outlining. (You can jot down ideas, but that's it, Bucko!)

3) You must have a daily, weekly, or monthly goal that is absolutely doable for you, in your current situation, right now. It doesn't matter how small it is. That self-imposed goal should be your absolute minimum number of words for the time period specified.

4) You must post your working title, word count, goal, and updates here so that you can be cheered on.

Any takers?

1) I worked a lot on my outline today. It is in Google Docs so that is not exactly correct, but I think it falls within the spirit of the rule.

2) No problem. This one has absorbed me mentally for quite some time.

3) Goal: 20k by August 1st.

4) Visions of Iris, 0/100k, 0/20k in July, first post.

Rubay H. · Jul 2, 2012

Welcome Witty! And good luck on your goals!

I made the bare minimum today. But it's something! + 617 words.

Good luck, everybody!

Lizardmaker · Jul 3, 2012

Welcome, Witty. Always nice to see new people here. And we don't sweat those rules too much. Just work on your novel and let us know how it's going. We'll cheer you on.

I'm planning to take tomorrow off for the holiday, so I put my head down and barreled all the way through Chapter 26. Now I need to go outside and decompress.

Happy Fourth of July to all the Americans on this thread!

savagelilies · Jul 3, 2012

God, I haven't worked on my novel in DAYS. I need some ass-kickin'. Or I'll kick myself.

I'm at about... 22,000? 32,000? words from completion. Maybe more? Who knows. There are so many subplots I've lost track, and I've gone back to develop a romance that needed development, so now I'm somewhere back at the beginning, then I need to move back on to the middle. I tried to make myself write this one chronologically, but... looks like that's not about to happen. :Shrug:

Scarlet Tanager · Jul 3, 2012

Got my five pages done. Now at 206 pages/51,500 words/47,208 words.

Yay~ now for a food break.

joeyc · Jul 4, 2012

I'm at an impasse now. I really want to get the draft finished by the end of this week/end of next (80k out of 100k), but my mind really hates the book now. Or the part of it that needs a whole lot of work. Needless to say, it's driving me crazy and I kind of hate it right now.

I would try to find some beta readers, but there is kind of a plot element that needed removing.

Break time, maybe.

WittyandorIronic · Jul 4, 2012

I have written on my book or my book outline BEFORE getting on the internet all this week. Yay me! I am doing word wars all day if anyone is interested.

1217/20000

Crayonz · Jul 4, 2012

Welcome Scarlet and Witty! :hi:

And savagelilies: Get back to work! :rant:

(Does that help?)

Finished the short story today. First time I've finished anything in a while. Yay! Now back to the novel...

NyxAustin · Jul 5, 2012

Ok. I'm onto this. I have a finished first draft I need to edit edit edit (and I'm thinking some rewriting too). Also want to really flesh out my outline for my next book so its ready to write when this one gives me a little break.

Goals for this week: Heavy edit on first chapter and outline the other storyline I'm thinking of adding in.

Lizardmaker · Jul 5, 2012

Welcome to the funhouse, Nyx!

Just finished chapter 27. Yesss! The scent of fresh-baked novel-ending is starting to curl into my nostrils. Won't be much longer...

WittyandorIronic · Jul 5, 2012

Thanks for all the welcomes!

I did some (not much) work on my outline and my WIP before getting on AW both times today!

1800/20000 July.

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