Congratulations on making it through the Challenge! Whether you wrote your goal number of words or not the important thing is that you wrote. Getting started and finding your writing rhythm is half the battle. Now you need to keep it up. There will always be reasons not to write. Ignore them and, instead, remember everything that’s great about writing. Write every day and don’t give up.

HelenKay

So we’ve got another round behind us. Whether you met your goal or not, if you’ve been writing, then you did well. All sorts of people say they want to be a writer, but so many of them never put pen to paper…or fingers to keyboard. So if you’ve done some writing this round, you succeeded. Now keep it up.

Shiloh Walker
http://shilohwalker.com

Hope everyone had a thoroughly enjoyable and productive challenge. It doesn’t matter whether you surpassed your goals or your output was more modest, you still took part. Good luck in the weeks ahead and happy writing!

Portia

Another challenge put to bed! Congratulations to each and every one of you who did not quit! In the end, it’s about persevering. Getting up a little early, going to bed a little late, dashing off a scene on your lunch hour. Just. Doing. It. That’s what it’s all about. Hope to see you all next challenge!

Lauren

Whew! It’s over. How did you do? Whether you wrote a paragraph or an entire book, you did something. It’s time to evaluate, figure out what you did right and what you can improve on the next time. And don’t stop just because the challenge is over. Keep going. Keep writing. And congratulations, because any progress at all is progress toward your end goal.

Jaci

Don’t stop now. How does that word count look?

Don’t stop now. Just a few days left.

Where do you stand?

How’s everyone doing? We’re in the final stretch!

Well, we’ve a little over 2 weeks to go now, sweat-people. How’s it going? Creeping along at an agonising pace? Or sailing on a wave of creative self-confidence?

Check in and let’s compare progress.

How are those words coming?

I love this quote. It’s a good reminder that no one can do it for you. If you want it, you have to work for it:

“I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me. ” -Anna Quindlen

Taking a break from the sweating today… just wanted to say…

Many of us are knee deep in holiday celebrations, kids are home from school, relatives are visiting, the weather is a challenge across the US anyway - how is everyone faring as we enter the last leg of the challenge?

“Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.”
Melinda Haynes