For this time.

Another Challenge down and congratulations for hanging in! It’s not so much the number of words but in the end, the fact that you’ve put writing in a place of importance in your life.

Whether your words flowed easily or whether you had to yank every single one from your fingertips kicking and screaming - you’re a writer. Keep it up.

Lauren
http://laurendane.com

________________________________________
You joined, you wrote, you participated. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done, whether you wrote 1,000 words or 100,000. It’s all about the journey, the process, and what you learned about yourself as a writer. Take a step back now and figure out what you did well, and what you can do better next time.

Congratulations!

Jaci
http://www.jaciburton.com

________________________________________
Congratulations to everybody who shared in the challenge. Whether you exceeded your goals, or didn’t quite reach them this time, you still took part and that shows commitment to your writing.
Well done! And may the lessons you’ve learned while ’sweating’ stay with you in the days and months to come.

Portia
http://wendyportia.blogspot.com

________________________________________
You did it!! No matter how many words you got down on the page - you did it! You kept writing, kept trying, kept pushing. Some days were better than others. Some weeks seemed impossible. Some chapters just refused to come out the way you wanted. That’s all okay. The point is that you made a commitment and saw it through. That’s what matters. Now take that commitment and keep writing. This is only the beginning.

HelenKay
http://helenkaydimon.com/

________________________________________
We’re done with another challenge, but none of us are done writing. Some days you might have exceeded your goals, and on others, you might not have come close to hitting them. But you tried. You signed up for the challenge, which means you WANTED to succeed. If you did, YOU ROCK!!!! If you didn’t, don’t beat yourself up. Sometimes life gets in the way. Get back in the saddle and pick a day to meet one of the daily goals you set for the challenge. Meet it. Then you’ll know you could. And keep doing it like that, because writing “The End,” is the ultimate goal.

Larissa
www.LarissaIone.com

________________________________________
So another round is done. Chances are you did some writing, maybe more than you’d hoped, maybe less. But you wrote. That’s the key thing here. Writing isn’t something easily squeezed in when the mood hits. Serious writers—published or not—make themselves write regularly. That’s how stories get told. Word by word, line by line, page by page, chapter by chapter. That’s how the story gets written. Whatever you’ve learned this time around, keeping building on it. Keep working on it. Keep writing.

Shiloh
http://shilohwalker.com

So this is it. The finish line is within view. How is everyone faring as we near the end?

The challenge will soon be over. Who’s up for a final, intense push of creativity to reach their personal goal?

Report your thoughts and progress.

So, as I set up to write this blog post, I realized we’re getting close to the finish line.

It makes me a little melancholy. I have a lot to do and I don’t want my time with Sven (and the rest of you) to end. Even though we all don’t engage in daily conversation about our writing, as I open my manuscript file every day and start writing, I know you’re all out there, writing with me.

It helps. Knowing I’m not doing this alone, this struggle to put words to the page, to make word count within a set time period, makes me feel better. Writing is solitary enough without thinking we’re in it alone.

You’re not doing this alone. I’m here. We’re all here.

Hope it’s going well for you. Let’s all have a really good week.

Not long to go now. Are you still racking up those word counts? Or falling by the wayside?

Confess your progress… or lack of it.

I am soooo tired! I got back from RT just a smidge under a week ago and I’m only just now beginning to catch up with my life again. Part of me is inspired, after all, how can anyone not be after spending a week around so many other creative people? I usually get ideas for stories when I visit other places and this time is no different although for me, it’s all about the Pennsylvania Turnpike (and dude, I’m telling you, I’m totally scarred by any stretch of road where you CAN’T GET OFF!)

Anyway, I have a book due on May 15 and I’d hoped to finish before I left for RT. But my parents were here. I wanted to write, I did, but I spent more time packing and getting ready for RT and making sure everyone was set for me to be gone eight days than writing. And then I didn’t get a darned thing written while in Pittsburgh so now I’m about ten days behind schedule.

It’s not always 3K a day for me without any effort. This book has been hard to write. I’ve been pulled in several directions and I’ve wanted to focus on three other things and I’ve had to set it down to revise and edit other things but when I picked it up when I got home, I realized it’s way better than I’d thought. So I’m still working like the little engine that could because it’s not a maybe line, it’s a deadline and I do love this world a lot.

Some days it’s shiny to write, some days it’s just a job. But it’s all good - because in the end, when I finish, I feel like I could move mountains - even if it’s just for a few hours until I need to work on something else, LOL.

Keep working! Every word you get down is one that wasn’t there before.

It’s the middle of the week. Lots of stuff to do. But are you writing…? Tell Sven about those projects.

“There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
Somerset Maugham

The Dreaded Middle is approaching - how is everyone faring?

So…how did we do? Is Spring kicking you into gear…or kicking your butt?

Well, the challenge has been running for a month now. How would you assess your first four weeks?

A stunning success? Or disappointing? Are you doing better than at this stage during the last round? Or worse?

Share your sense of achievement with the rest of us… or confess your sins!

[Only kidding… I know life gets in the way sometimes.]