Welcome to WED & Day 1 check-in post

[sakanawords]

Hello and welcome! I'm sakanawords and I'm hosting the Write Every Day Challenge (WED) for September 2024. I've copied most of this welcome post directly from zwei_hexen.

What is the Write Every Day challenge?
Write Every Day is just what its name says: We challenge each other to write every, single day. Our goal is to encourage one another and provide the accountability and/or motivation that some of us find very useful in keeping the words flowing.

Who can participate?
Everyone is welcome! We're an open-minded, nonjudgmental group of people who enjoy writing.

What do I have to do?
I'll post each day to start a running tally of participants. All you need to do is drop by the comments to let us know how you're doing. Please know that you are never obligated to check in. Also, if you'd like to comment on someone else's comment but aren't checking in for yourself, that's perfectly fine too. We're really easygoing 'round here, and conversation is absolutely encouraged.

Is there a word limit or quota?
Nope. Write as little as an "alibi" sentence (just what it sounds like--a sentence you write to say you've written, an alibi for the day, as it were) or as much as you'd like. All word counts are welcome!

Is there any restriction on the kind of writing I can do?
Absolutely not! Fanfiction, original fiction, screenplays, blog posts, meta, academic writing, morning pages, editing, letter-writing, nonsense poems: If you can write it, it counts!

Do I have to participate all the time?
No way! You can come and go at your pleasure.

How do I check in for a different day?
Please comment on the most recent post and let me know which day(s) you're checking in for.

New to WED? Got any questions?
Please don't hesitate to contact me at sakanawords via DM or comment here. I'm happy to help!

I am in the North America Pacific timezone (UTC-8) and my "day one" may be your "day two." Feel free to indicate in your comments which day(s) you're checking in for!

Day One: the_siobhan, badly_knitted, edwardianspinsteraunt, trobadora, china_shop, sylvanwitch, sanguinity, petra, cornerofmadness, yasaman, sakana17,

Comments

[the_siobhan]

Thank you for hosting!

I'm off work with doctor's orders to take it easy for the second half of the month, so I'm hoping it's a chance to get back into the habit.

[sakanawords]

Good luck!

[badly_knitted]

Hello, and thank you so much for hosting!

Sept 1st - 1035 words, a 1k challenge fic and the final edit on my fic for bbtp_challenge.

[sakanawords]

That's fabulous!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

[edwardianspinsteraunt]

Hello and thank you for hosting this month! :D I'm excited to participate - I've been doing WED since earlier this summer and I'm finding it really helpful!

My main goal for this month is to finish my Austen Exchange assignment, which is coming along quite well so far; other than that, I mean to start planning my Yuletide sign-up. I'm relocating in a little over a week so I'm trying not to be too ambitious!

ETA: Day 1: Several paragraphs on the Austen Exchange fic!!

[sakanawords]

So glad you're finding WED helpful!

Yay, several paragraphs is great progress!

[trobadora]

Thank you for hosting this month! ♥

I poked at a few guardian_wishlist ideas. Just notes and snippets today.

[sakanawords]

Hurray for notes and snippets! ♥

[china_shop]

Thank you so much for hosting! ♥!

1st: a 10-minute writing exercise.
2nd: 628 words of a new ficlet.

[sakanawords]

That's great! Yay!

[sylvanwitch]

Thank you so much for hosting us this month! You rock! :-)

On Day 1, I added 180 words to a short story that began its life a few short days ago as a handful of alibi paragraphs. This is the third time a new story has interrupted another one I'm trying to finish. Clearly, they're colluding to keep me from ever completing a story again. Lol!

[sakanawords]

Oh, no, the stories are plotting, LOL! XD

[sanguinity]

Thank you so much for hosting us!

Sept 1: 300 words. And realizing that there's more story to this than I thought there was going to be.

[sakanawords]

That's great!

And realizing that there's more story to this than I thought there was going to be.

MOOD.

[petra]

Thank you for hosting!

1: 2800 words on the long project, which has just topped 60K, and 13 limericks.

[sakanawords]

That's fantastic! \o/

[cornerofmadness]

My big goal this month is to finish my wipbigbang which has become a novel, maybe work on a couple of shorts for fandomgiftbasket which has a LOT of empty baskets. It would be nice if I could get something going on the original fic front

Day q - 584 words on the wip

[sakanawords]

That's great progress on the WIP and those are excellent goals!

[cornerofmadness]

thanks

[yasaman]

Hello, thanks for hosting! I kicked off the month with 415 words today.

[sakanawords]

Fabulous!

[sakana17]

I wrote a couple of pages today.

[shadaras]

Yay! Thanks for hosting! :D

Day 1: Working on an exchange letter

[sakanawords]

Hurray!

[ysilme]

Thank you for hosting again! ♥
I've spent most of August travelling and am in-between projects now, as I more or less only was travel blogging during the trip and was/am sick since our return, so I have yet to get back into my previous writing rythm and also find the inspiration again, particularly for writing fic / creatively.
Day 1: 130 words nonfic.
Edit to add: the hosting list on zwei_hexen is updated, too.

[sakanawords]

Hope you find your rhythm & inspiration again!

Thanks for updating the hosting list. <3

[brithistorian]

Hi! I wrote on the Day One: 422 words setting up the situation and problems of an AU fic where Twice decided not to renew their contracts because their company screwed them over and they were broke.

[sakanawords]

Sounds like good progress! Yay!