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Discussion in 'Fan Fiction and Writing Resource' started by Briannakin , Apr 29, 2015.

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  1. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    1582 for yesterday, new total 11604. Let's see what happens today.
     
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  2. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    Heh. Don't wow me. Between yesterday and today, grand total...







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    Thirty-one. :p
     
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  3. Raissa Baiard

    Raissa Baiard FFoF Artist Extraordinaire star 4 VIP - Game Host

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    185 words, but I have a new post ready for my AU. Total: 4216
     
  4. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    Ooooh, mooey mooey! Berry good. Mesa read! [face_dancing]

    Anyway, today's score: almost completely rewrote the base for the two next chapters of my longfic and scribbled a vignette that clearly shows there is absolutely nothing wrong with me, new total 11829.
     
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  5. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    Skipped a couple days.

    Tonight's effort was 942 words, which added to my total, gives me 6,009.
     
  6. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    240 words this morning, plus Thursday-Friday's 31, bring me to a total of 13342 -- but I will write like a bandit this afternoon and tomorrow *attempts to kick self in butt and ends up with lumbago*
     
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  7. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    Up to an entire 3153. Deeply embarrassed about how many days I've lost and how little I'm accomplishing compared to so many of you here, but also glad to be generating some modicum of text.

    (Remind me, please—do fanon posts count in this?)
     
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  8. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    I scroll through the threads I participate in, before settling down to write something, and I decided to depart from the Baille and Mitch Chronicles to start something for the Bring Back the OC Revolution Summer Challenge.

    Now, I am hoping that while THAT finishes in August, the words I write for it during May, qualify for this Word Count.

    So, 880 for the above, which, if it counts, brings me to 6,889.
     
  9. Briannakin

    Briannakin Former Manager star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Yes.

    If I post my essay on the historical bases for Danthomir Witches, can I include that in my word count :p

    Anyway. The list has been updated.

    So... we are half way done. Do you see yourself doubling your count?

    I've gotten to 6550. Sadly, between 2 MORE essays to do (okay, one is half done), my muse has kinda stalled in the fanfic department. I don't see myself doubling my WC/getting to last December's total of over 12,000, but I've gotten a lot more done than I would have hoped. I'm aiming for another 1500 words before the end of the month - that would give me another chapter and put me in a position to start posting (yay! Once I get a stupid title[face_phbbbbt]). We shall see how long it takes me to get out my final paper.
     
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  10. Raissa Baiard

    Raissa Baiard FFoF Artist Extraordinaire star 4 VIP - Game Host

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    New total 4506 words. I don't know if I'll be able to double my total. I've started to slow down, partly because I want to share all these great words, and that means taking time to edit them. Even if I don't double it, I feel like I've accomplished a lot: got myself out of a rut, wrote 2 1/2 posts for my AU, wrote a good chunk on the Raissa/Doran sequel which I had pretty much given up on, and wrote the beginning for Doran's backstory.
     
  11. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    Back to the Baille and Mitch Chronicles, a bit of a struggle as I was lagging for words to use towards the end, but I wanted to complete what passes for a chapter, with me.

    1,174 words for today, bringing me to a stately, but still short of several of you, 8,063.

    My holiday ends tomorrow, so hopefully my frequency in the closing days of this challenge, will be more consistent.

    Will there be a prompt when to PM links to someone, or do I need to do that before the 30th. Also, does anyone know how to direct a url to a post in a pre-existing thread? I assume it is possible, since the Name function does the same thing.
     
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  12. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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  13. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    Cheers. I'll have an experiment with that when I get back home.
     
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  14. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    Up to 4355. 919 of those are a recent fanon post, but the main thing is that I now have a chapter completed and ready to send to the beta. And I've beaten my figure from the last word race by almost a thousand. :D

    As to doubling my word count: it might happen, but it also might not. It all depends on RL, of course. Rather than setting a new word count goal at this point, what I might do is set myself a new goal of making at least substantial inroads into the next chapter, or at least mapping it out notes-wise and outline-wise.
     
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  15. jcgoble3

    jcgoble3 Chosen One star 6

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    Nothing new since my last update on May 8. :(

    However, I just submitted my resignation on an RPG task that keeps interfering with my writing time. That's effective at the end of the current season, which will be late next month. Hopefully after that I'll have more time to write.
     
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  16. Pandora

    Pandora Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Since I only have 104 words, I suppose I could double that.

    But I don't know. I was hoping to use this word race as an incentive to write many, many words on a story I should have finished in 2010, but it isn't working so far. I have opened the file several times, but I couldn't force myself to type even a single new word. (O muse, sing in me/and through me tell the story/of a man skilled in all ways of contending...all right, wrong story.) And then, my parents' sixteen (yes--sixteen) year old golden retriever, who I have been caring for while they are away on a trip, started going downhill a few days ago. Today, she died on the way to the vet.

    So it is probably an accurate statement to say that this isn't turning out to be the right month. But I could still double my word count. Maybe.
     
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  17. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    About two-thirds of the weekend logorrhoea have been cleaned up -- new total 17589 and @Kahara's award-fic is well on its way to be finished soon [face_relieved]

    As for doubling my word count by the end of the month, I should try to double it, but I doubt it will happen -- which probably means a lot of frantic last-minute writing in June too, unless I want the readers of my main fic to Force-choke me. But I won't be around in August when we'll be having the next race, so I guess I could as well continue serial-writing now... [face_thinking]
     
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  18. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    I am really sorry to read about your parents' dog. I hope she had a nice life.
     
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  19. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    Ditto, on the dog.
     
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  20. Raissa Baiard

    Raissa Baiard FFoF Artist Extraordinaire star 4 VIP - Game Host

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    I wrote another 400 words, and am now just shy of the 5000 word mark. Barring Darth Real Life interrupting, I'll at least beat my total from the last Word Race.

    New total: 4906
     
  21. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    Looking back at recent posts, I cannot see that I have counted my second post for the OC Revolution, so having returned home, I have added to it, getting 1,886 words in.

    My total is now 9,949.
     
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  22. Raissa Baiard

    Raissa Baiard FFoF Artist Extraordinaire star 4 VIP - Game Host

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    [face_dancing] I passed the 5000 word mark. [face_dancing] New total: 5175
     
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  23. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    Well done, Raissa.
     
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  24. Raissa Baiard

    Raissa Baiard FFoF Artist Extraordinaire star 4 VIP - Game Host

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    670 words!!!! New total: 5905
     
  25. JadeLotus

    JadeLotus Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I've posted a one-shot and a new Diary chapter, which brings my total to 15,286. I don't think I'm going to get near my last total and am certainly not going to double my count, but I'm pretty happy with what I've done.
     
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