Writers Check-in!

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

This is the offical optional checkpoint, but please participate so I can get a handle on how big this project is projected to be.

Remember the Upcoming Dates of Importance
Writer's Mandatory Checkpoint - August 15th (9K!)
Artist Claiming - August 20th
Art and Fics Due - September 25th, 12:00 PM (NOON) PST
Debut Date (DD) - September 30th

FAQ here.

And remember about our support comm: het_banghelp!

[Poll #1761968]

Comments

[toomuchfandom.livejournal.com]

How about the "I'm done!" button?

[meekosan.livejournal.com]

I second that one!

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Holy Crap, I am in awe of you!

[oroburos69.livejournal.com]

My characters have wicked chemistry with everything that breathes. I keep having to wrestle the story to keep it from become a threesome/moresome. Or slash (I've never written slash before in my life! What the heck?).

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Is it bad that I almost laughed out loud to this comment? :-D

On the plus side, smut is nice and wordy. :-) That should make it easy to meet your goal. Hehehehehe

*waves pom poms* See----> *\o/*

[fringedweller.livejournal.com]

I wrote a 50000 word fic for the Big Bang, got antsy about not posting it, and wrote another one. It's at 22000 and may hit 30000 by the time I'm done.

So, I need a ticky box for "wrote one, posted it somewhere else, wrote another one for the challenge".

[meekosan.livejournal.com]

Yeah...we sorta did that too, toomuchfandom and I. But we didn't post it anywhere. When we took a break from the big bang here, we started on an SGA AU fic that is sitting at 75K now. We're not going back to that one until we finish 30K of helpthesouth fics and continue on our agent_afloat universe current story Lost and Found that is sitting on 27K since June 8, '11.

[slumber.livejournal.com]

Hoping to get to the real 75% mark by Sunday, and then write another, IDK, 10K words to wrap it up? So maybe by the end of July I can send it to the beta? It's looking like it'll be 40K Christ I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing beyond this point.

I am so in awe of everyone who's DONE. So. MUCH. AWE.

[toomuchfandom.livejournal.com]

That's awesome:D

[http://users.livejournal.com/traycer_/]

Two more scenes, maybe three and I'll be finished with it! Yay! Pretty good considering I had my doubts as to whether I would actually get anywhere near finishing this story, let alone reach my word count goal. :)

Currently doing the editing of what I have completed so far before going in to finish the story. But yeah! I'm almost done!!

[sunshinesky.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I was doing so well. I was about 16000 words in before I hit a wall, took a look at it, realized it wasn't going in the direction I wanted, deleted about 7000 words and tried to go in another direction, but NOTHING IS WORKING AND I'M FREAKING OUT

[roseandheather.livejournal.com]

Dropping out :(

Apparently, trying to write this while in the middle of my Star Trek AU was a bad idea, as all my brain-juice is being sucked into the scifibigbang fic that has consumed me for the better part of three months.

(That said, if you want to head on over there to see that fic, which is also a Lynley/Havers romance, please feel free. *shameless plug*)

[angelqueen04.livejournal.com]

I can literally see the light at the end of the tunnel, and I'm at just over 28K. I think if I sat down and had a marathon-omg-deadline-is-tomorrow writing session, I could totally get a completed draft. Which would, in turn, leave me in a position to go back and delete the stuff that is totally irrelevant... unless I decide to keep said irrelevant stuff and just add more to make the irrelevant relevant. Which would make the fic even longer.

*facepalm* Must. Resist. Temptation. Just finish it, edit it, and then find someone willing to beta a Tudor fic written in epistolary/diary format.

[orchida.livejournal.com]

Dropping as well.

Unfortunately the fic is just going nowhere and at the moment I just have no motivation. Sorry.

Good luck to everyone else though!

[rillalicious.livejournal.com]

Pretty much just starting, but because of some RL issues, my writing partner had to drop out, so I'm kind of revamping what we had planned so it works for me to write alone.

[skylar0grace.livejournal.com]

Uh, I'm an author and an artist and an author :P But I filled out the poll for my most finished piece so that things look more optimistic :P

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Hi!

I will definitely have 9K by the deadline. I just have to get home from Jordan first. ;)

[aprilvolition.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of struggling. I have about 12k written, but that keeps going up and down depending on if I write or hit delete. Then another idea sidetracked me. I'm kind of starting to freak out. I don't want to give up on the 12k I've already written, because I can't be sure I won't hit the same wall with my other idea, but there is a possibility I might change fandom/pairings. *sigh*

[red-b-rackham.livejournal.com]

I'm trucking along... I had a painfully slow start, but slumber gave my muse a kick, and things have been chugging slowly. :D I've hit 10k as of tonight and plan to power on some more. My policy for this story is no looking back (as in obsessive editing) until I'm done, than I can fix whatever is baaaad.

~Red

[hiddencait.livejournal.com]

I'm finally hitting something like a stride maybe? I have 9500, and will have at minimum 10K by the end of tonight easy, but still no clear plot in sight so I have no idea how it will go. At least the romance is clearly happening. Ish. Here's hoping!

[derevko-child.livejournal.com]

I have problems with starting. If I can't start, I won't be able to write anything. :|

I'm working on it, but I don't have an ending yet. :|

[mudg3t.livejournal.com]

I am freaking the fuck out. Totally. I've written bits of scenes and a meagre 1500 words, and because I've just started a new teaching job (teaching tertiary) I am finding it hard to find ANY time, let alone mojo D: I'm not giving up yet though! But something magic had better happen soon.

[http://users.livejournal.com/spyglass_/]

I'm doing surprisingly well for me. I have about 12K, although I'm only on Part I of III-IV. But I've had a crazy month (travel, new job, moving), and I managed to get almost 6K done during that!

So I'm going to that as a good sign.

[h-loquacious.livejournal.com]

That is good for you! Yours sounds like it'll be longer than mine at that rate. (Though I will almost inevitably finish first...)

[tanyareed.livejournal.com]

I forgot to check the middle section to say that I'm about half way done...at 22 K *groan*

[fangirlism]

I totally filled out the poll but forgot to comment! My word count is embarrassingly low, but I am optimistic! I've proven to myself a few times before I can write this many words, I really just need to, um, write them. Also, I need to wrangle my plot bunny. But I can do it!

[alley-skywalker.livejournal.com]

Question: I won't have net access on the 15th or any time near then. Can I check in early somehow?

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Yes! I will post guidelines around the tenth. That okay with your schedule?

[rillalicious.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry about this, but I'm going to have to change my poll answer to officially dropping out. I just can't do the story justice in the amount of time that's left and I don't want to turn in something half-assed. Maybe next year I'll be able to better manage my time!

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Got it!

[duchessofavalon.livejournal.com]

Is it too late to officially change what I'm writing?

(i really hope not >.>)

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry, didn't see this comment. No, you can still change!

[recycledstars.livejournal.com]

Apparently I am not watching this community? I am sorry for late response. I've started! (This is like, excessively novel for me as usually I'd be writing til 4 am the day of the compulsory check point... that's how I do) I'm at about 9k all told, but my story is all over the place and I don't really have a plot yet? (You may be wondering how one writes 9k without a plot. I don't know. I have skills apparently.) Whatever. I've started before the due date, ergo in my head, it's going well!

/overcaffeinated

[syd15.livejournal.com]

Oh my. No plot and you are at 9k already? Seriously, you are my heroine.

Remember that if you need someone to lash out at, I don't bruise easily LOL