#write-a-thon

[maddrumsticks2]

In the spirit of WAT, here is (poorly drawn) Spirit bald

@a-manicured-lawn uh I'm supposed to throw a prompt at you? Uh idk

Turn a wat joke into a little drabble?

I'll draw my Blorbo bald and join the tag game later

[hotcheetohatredwastaken]

Celebration: 88,978 Words in One Day!

Just yesterday, a few other LU writers and I, Hot Cheeto Hatred, hosted our first ever monthly (hopefully) Write-a-thon! This event ran on June 4 from 12 am EST to 12 am EST, with one goal in mind---write as many productive words within that day as humanly possible. Words included in the final marathon count ranged from storyboarding, fic writing, editing, answering comments, journalling and homework---basically, any words that furthered yourself, the writing community at large, or your stories. We utilized either the Discord Sprint bot or self-reporting to collect the numbers at the end. Everyone involved gave it their all, with most of them being present for most if not all of the run time as they were able, and I'm so proud of their dedication towards their craft. Anyways, here's the final breakdown of the numbers below, as well as the awards and titles earned by each participant, as decided by the discord server (and myself at random).

Now onto the awards:

I am pleased to report that @not-freyja (Freyja above) won the "Writer of All Time" Award, pulling ahead with 20,565 of our total words. What an accomplishment! Freyja participated from dawn to well, dawn, and they absolutely deserve all praise and awe.

I'm giving myself, @hotcheetohatred (Cheeto), the award "Writer of Some Time," as I fell behind our lovely Freyja by a mere few hundred words fifteen minutes before the clock struck midnight. Next time, Freyja, next time...

The "Actually A Writer" award goes to @marcusdoodlesalot (Marcus), who, despite the name, DOES actually write, not just draw! Who would have thought. Not Freyja, that's for sure.

The "Early Bird" award goes to @lerikwrites (Lerik), who solely sprinted in the wee hours of the morning (my time, at least). Terrible. Good job.

"Star Commentor" goes to @elle-rosewater (Eliot), because I stole most of her words for the count from my own comment section in the BDOR Prologues. We love you, Eliot :3 Can't wait to see you next month.

"Cheerleader" goes to @la-sera, who gave us much encouragement throughout the day. I stole your 19 words from you saying you were excited to read Estelian's work. Hope that's okay, because I really wanted to include you---you provided a lot, even if you didn't write with us this time <3.

@whumpitywhumpitywhumpity (Dowsemaxxer) earns "Spirit-ed Storyboarder" for all of his lovely, informative talk on Spirit and just what makes him so great as a rather underappreciated LU boy.

Two awards next! "Chief Editor" and "Most Student" both go to @unexpectedstormy (Stormy) for faer work on getting. stuff. done. Fae did a steady amount of work, so proud.

"Editor (of Word Count) in Chief" goes to @tashacee (Tash), who, at reporting time, was scrounging up 100 and 200 word bits like spare change while I desperately tried to do math. I love you, never change.

The title of "Specter" goes to @somer-writes (Somer), who logged in very few sprints, but participated with the rest of us and pulled up at the end with a whole 7.5K words and a bunch of fics to post at the end, with a lot of it being Ghost AU! He's amazing.

The award "Better Late than Never" goes to our resident artist and recently turned fic-writer @estelian-01 (Este), who joined only in the last half of the marathon but managed to pull a whole 4K! Pictures might be worth a thousand words, but Este wrote a couple more anyway.

@across-violet-skies (Riv) gets the title "Mover and Shaker (of Blorbos)" for managing to participate and get quite the hefty wordcount only a DAY after moving. They're a trooper, that's for sure.

@anime-obsessed (Vio/Nene) earns the award "Most Old School" for writing with pen and paper for most of the day. Please go rest your wrist after all of that.

The award "Head in the Clouds" goes to my bestie and beloved beta reader @needfantasticstories (Skip), who spent the day listening to music and writing Skyloft drabbles. I am nervous/excited to see if those drabbles turned out fluffy as a Loftwing, or perhaps into something more angsty.

@noorahqar (Qar), my lovely fragile Victorian wife, earns the title "Chatty." You know why. But you were there nearly all of the run time, and so engaging and encouraging throughout---a blessing to us all. And even then, you managed to pull so many words. I'm impressed.

And finally, @rosehipandroots / @rosetintedtears (Rose) receives the titles "ndskanefnre" (self chosen) and "Birthday Santa." The first was borne of panic of being asked to choose a title---the second of her relentless effort to get her birthday fics done. Great job.

I'd like to thank everyone that I tagged for participating in the write-a-thon, and thank all of you for helping me draft this post as well. If I messed up any word counts or details or pronouns, you want to request a title/award change, or I missed someone, please DM and let me know! The next Write-a-thon will be held on July 1 from 12am to 12am GMT, and we'll be trying to beat our record. Can't wait to see all of you then!

[pjowasmy1stfandom]

I'm doing a write-a-thon, so basically it's an overnight thing where a whole bunch of writers come together and write for as long as they can/12 hours and we'll get breakfast in the morning and if we write a certain number of words, we'll get prizes. So if I write 6000 words, I get some sort of swag for a prize. I've currently written 2000 and I'm taking a break. It's been four hours. Yay... I don't think I'll hit the top goal of 12000 words unless 2 am decides to strike me with inspiration on how to word things. Anyway, I'm using this time to write lots of random little things/aus/snippets that I like to think about but haven't actually fleshed out. I am apparently using those to procrastinate actually writing anything in any of my actual fics already on ao3. On the plus side, one of them is finished and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to finish a second one-shot, so yay

[shatteringstardust]

hi there!!! i'm bee from the write-a-thon it's really nice to meet you!!! i was darkmiette LOL if you don't remember me. random icebreaker: who's your favourite link?

Hi hi, yes I remember you!

My favorite Link is Twilight. I almost feel sorry for him though, because I'm the type of fanfiction writer who torments their favorite in every story.

My favorite character type is dark, angsty, and traumatized, so that's why.

But yeah, I really like stories about Twilight and his wolf curse.

[tashacee]

Discord server: https://discord.gg/FVu9mSVs

Thank you! I am SO hype!

[read-watch-sleep]

Read This if you like Writing, like Reading, or if you just hate abusive assholes:

Hi, everyone! A friend is currently working to leave an abusive living situation and is struggling to fundraise for initial expenses. Unfortunately we live in a wildly expensive area and moving is neither easy nor cheap. We want to do everything we can, so my partner is running a fundraiser Sept 1-Sept 15! He's a horror and fantasy author and is organizing a Write-A-Thon, with pledges for every 1000 words. We're hoping to raise $1,800 to cover initial apartment expenses. That's a lot total, but only about $128/1000 words if he writes a decent amount, and we're currently 44% of the way there! If you're able to toss even a dollar their way for every thousand words, that would mean the world. Our number one priority is making sure they get into safe and stable housing. Thank you.

Support Write for Lo's Housing! on PledgeIt.org

Hi, all, and welcome to the Write-a-thon! Thank you so much for helping me fundraise for Lo. This means the world to both of us, and I’m so

[artemistorm]

The Write-a-thon is going on right now if you want to join

[the-house-of-nott]

Are you stuck by the dreaded Writer’s Block Demon? 

Have you been procrastinating on a plot point for a couple of weeks? 

Do you want enabling for a chaotic plunny you’ve had for an up and coming fest deadline? 

The House of Nott discord server is hosting a Write-a-thon weekend, led by @akorah and @magicaltraveler3 . We welcome anyone and everyone to come and join us in the ‘The Library’, where sprints will be running all weekend, and music will be provided by a somewhat Snobby music bot. 

Click here to join the chaos.