Challenge June is WIP MONTH! (Finish WIPs, get colors!)—IT'S ON!

Hey, not to worry, every little bit counts--remember, WIPs can only get closer to finished! Got it in the index, and sending good vibes for the remaining days of the month.

And since we are getting so close to the end of the month, I would love it if everyone could just quickly double-check the index to make sure your listings look accurate and that everything is there that should be. I wouldn't want to cheat anyone out of the colors due them, after al!

 

Wow, way to go, @Kit' ! You're a star! You really threw yourself into this challenge, and boy oh boy, did it pay off. I've got everything updated (and bolded!) in the index and can add the link for "Noonflower" whenever it's ready!

Just a day and a half left, people--let's make it great! (Not that people haven't been doing great already, of course!)

 

Congratulations and well done, Ryn, you did it! So happy to see that story complete and bolded in the list now. You too really did a bang-up job achieving your goals in this challenge!

A funny thing: the first time I went to edit the index to bold your story, pretty much the moment I opened the edit window the power went out at my office! But I did it again, and it's there now.

 

Congratulations for everyone who reached their goals! And for everyone who didn't, congratulations for you too for even giving your WIPs attention in spirit. You never know what your muse is working away on even when you don't even realize it!

As for myself, I managed to make my 1000 word goal for both Cut Into Little Stars and Your Reach Into the Far. Those were my small goals, and I would have liked to complete a few more old WIPs, but unfortunately DRL didn't let me write as much as I wanted to this June. Which is sadly becoming a theme. But I did get quite a bit done on We Claim Our Own Landscape and my still untitled MMM story - which is almost done now, and I should be able to finish it this week. So, yay! That's progress I definitely credit to WIPmonth. Who knows how far I would have gotten if left solely to my own devices.

But, most importantly, I did reach my review goal with the following stories:
* The Other One We Make by @amidalachick, which is a gorgeous vignette that really hit me on a personal level. It's a story I am going to be thinking about for some time to come!
* Snips and Snails and Bantha's Tails by @Kit' - which is a great collection of fun, heartwarming stories that's helping me get to know her wonderful Family of Scoundrels.
* The Diary of a Very Sympathetic Padawan by @devilinthedetails, which is a beautiful look at one of my favourite JA characters as she comes of age during a very turbulent time.
* All Things Nice, also by devilinthedetails, which is a fantastic, touching portrait of the Naberrie family throughout various points in time.

 

Ooh, wonderful work and well done on reaching your word-count goals, @amidalachick and @Mira_Jade ! And great job by Mira on those wonderful reviews! I've got it all down in the index. And hey, no worries at all—every goal, large or small, counts and is worth celebrating, and that's what this challenge is ultimately all about! (If it's any consolation, I didn't manage anything on the Finishing Option side myself, either. But there's always next time, I figure! )

@Pandora, thanks for checking in, and again, no worries at all. I completely understand how these RL setbacks happen and affect things. WIP month or no WIP month, and no matter what stage any of your WIPs may be at, your JCF Fanfic forummates are always here to support you and cheer you on.

Anyone else with final updates and counts to report, do let me know, so that I can tally up colors info and get it off to the mods asap tomorrow!

And finally, I would welcome any feedback you have about this challenge, positive or negative, and whether you feel it would be worthwhile to do again sometime. Always glad to do what I can to improve things!

 

Congratulations to all who participated as readers and reviewers!

I may not have met all my goals, but I know this was great motivation for me to meet the goals I did.

Thank you, @Findswoman, for hosting this amazing challenge. I enjoyed it so much, and definitely hope that you'll host it again in the future!

 

You're not at all too late, @Kit'! I've got it all in and up to date--thanks so much for the update and congrats on finishing!

OK, everyone, I'm going to start tallying up the colors data, etc., now to send off to the mods! Always the most fun part, I think. Congratulations to all of you on a job well done!

 

Hi Kuri! Thanks for the note. Is the story with the 3000 words finished, or not yet? Because it looks like you went with the Finishing Option, which means that colors aren't awarded until the story is actually finished. (If it had been the Word Count Option, I would be able to award the colors for every 1000 words up through the goal amount.) So whether you receive colors depends on whether it's finished or not, but either way, it's still progress and worth celebrating!

I'm not sure exactly what your question about reviews is. The way that portion of the challenge worked was like this: people simply would read and comment on stories other people were working on for the challenge (listed in the index in the OP, with links and everything), then reported on those comments here in the thread, then I'd record which stories they reviewed in the index, and then they'd eventually get colors credit for the ones they reviewed (24 hours of colors per two reviews). But the challenge is over now (it only ran for the month of June), so if you do any reviews now I'm afraid I can't count them. (Reviewing is still always a great thing to do, of course! )

Anyway, I hope that makes sense and answers your question, and I'll go record your word count now. Thanks again for the update!