Summer Challenge Invitation

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icerose

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One of the threads in the Horror board gave me an idea. A group summer challenge a lot like Nano but over the summer months to complete one rough draft.

It was originally Horror only, but then someone asked if it had to be horror. I figured why not extend it.

So this is your offical invitation. Join me and others in a summer writing challenge, post your progress and title in your sigline so I and others can know you're participating. You can report word/page count in this thread or the other one if you want.

I'm excited about this and I hope many of you will join us.
 

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Way to shame us into writing... I plan on finishing the 2nd of my 3 book series this summer! (fantasy... but if its bad enough I guess we can call it "a horror")... now I gotta figure which awesome quote in my sig goes bye-bye...

I am on board, icerose!
 

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Way to shame us into writing... I plan on finishing the 2nd of my 3 book series this summer! (fantasy... but if its bad enough I guess we can call it horror)... now I gotta figure which awesome quote in my sig goes bye-bye...

I am on board, icerose!

Hehe Bettie,

I'm not actually trying to shame anyone. I have a script that I wrote a while back and I really want to turn it into a book, but I've been avoiding it. So I'm looking for support. I figured if I and a bunch of other people were tackling projects together during the summer under a challenge goal (i.e. deadline), I would stop avoiding it and get it done.

So this is actually quite selfish. :D

Glad to have you onboard.
 

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:D Aw... its more fun if you shame us.


But I really gotta get off my butt and... get on my butt and write. So we will support each other :Thumbs: (and our butts) and achieve our goals.

Wondertwin powers: activate!

(we have fairy power on our side)
 

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I do the novel marathon every July. That's a novel in 48 hours. I'll already be doing it!

My brain turns to mush too quickly! Man, I don't know how you do that. I thought I was doing good with my middle grade reader done in two weeks. Of course I do have little kids and a husband so most of my time isn't my own. Still, I think my brain would melt or something.
 

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Oh ... why not! I do have a story idea I've been thinking about.
 

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what would we have to do? I'd like to try it! Sounds like fun.

It's really simple. Start and complete a piece over the summer, rough draft due by Sept. 1st.

It can be a novella, novel, script, whatever it is you write. Or even a collection if you do shorter works.

It's more of an encouragement group thingie so I don't have to write my horror novel alone. There will be others suffering as I. ;)

You can choose to post your updates, or just keep them in your sig. I have my sig line up and running, I just need to actually start, which will happen on Monday. I figured a longer deadline would be best as my kids are home all day during the summer and my writing doesn't go quite so quickly.
 

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yeah, it's hard...but the best part in doing it in one sitting is the train of thought is uninterrupted. No distractions. It wipes you right out and you become a quivering mass...but at the end of the weekend you have a first draft that you can really sink your teeth into.

I could see that. When my kids get older and I have money to get away I might check myself into a hotel and try just that.
 

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Thanks for the open invitation. Deadlines are my friends. I'm in.

I figured a longer deadline would be best as my kids are home all day during the summer and my writing doesn't go quite so quickly.

I've done NaNo twice but I agree that summers are tough as I've 5 children ranging from 13 to 1.5. I'm sure I'll be able to squeeze some writing in between breaking up squabbles, chauffering, day trips and endless complaints of "I'm bored".
 

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I'm excited for this. It has given me the perfect excuse to crumble up my WIP and start afresh. I probably could have just reworked it by changing some scenes, but for some strange reason I just feel like this one needs a fresh start.
 

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Sounds like fun.. what do I have to lose here except some procrastination and a few levels of sanity?! :)
 

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I'm not embarrassed to post after myself. I'm not.

CUZ I WROTE MY 8 PAGES TODAY! Doubling my usual output - have challenged myself to do so for the next 4 days in honor of the long weekend, which started today cuz I got off early! (from work! Sickos...)
 
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