 Day Forty-Nine, and We’re Almost Done!Posted by Elisa Beatty Feb 27 2012, 10:48 pm The Ruby Slippered Sisterhood’s Winter Writing Festival is coming to a close TOMORROW!!! Hard to believe, and maybe just a little unnerving for those who’ve been writing juggernauts since January 11 and who wouldn’t mind having continuing support to get their writing done. Four thoughts to keep in mind: 1. If you’ve been with us for all 50 days, and writing daily, it’s a HABIT now. You’re buff and toned and well-conditioned and can keep zooming along as you are! 2. The Rubies are always here for you, just at our regular blog site, rubyslipperedsisterhood.com. And we’ll be back with another Winter Writing Festival next year! 3. We’re hoping to keep some writing sprints going, at least for awhile longer. Keep your eye on the Ruby blog for more info. 4. Inspired by the wonderful NaNoWriMo, various groups have come up with similar challenges that happen throughout the year (I got this list via the NaNo site):
De-PlotWriMo - Plot Writing Month (December). Goal: Refine the plot arc of your first draft. WriYe - (Year-Round). Goal: Set a word-count goal for the year and work towards it between January 1 and December 31. JanNoWriMo - Goal: Write either 50k or your own word-count goal in January. NaNoEdMo - National Novel Editing Month (March). Goal: Commit to 50 hours of novel editing. WriDaNoJu - Write a Damn Novel in June (June). Goal: Write 50K in the 30 days of June. It’s perfectly situated six months from November so you have optimum time to prepare for WriDaNoJu and NaNoWriMo. SoCNoC - Southern Cross Novel Challenge (June). Goal: Write 50,000 words of fiction. JulNoWriMo - July Novel Writing Month (July). Goal: 50,000 words for a new or unfinished manuscript. April Fool’s - (April). Goal: Set a word-count goal for yourself and fulfill it by the end of the month. AugNoWriMo - August Novel Writing Month (August). Goal: Write a novel in one month. 6 Responses to “Day Forty-Nine, and We’re Almost Done!”Leave a Reply |
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NaNoWriMo now has CampNaNoWriMo during July and August. Same premise as the November marathon just with ‘tents’ and ‘camping’.
I can’t believe the Festival is over! (well almost) The Rubies have been fantastic and I’ve met some great people in the sprints.
Thanks for these daily updates Elisa. They’ve been great.
Thanks, Melanie!
Oh, that’s right! There’s Camp NaNo now…I tried but failed to get into that last summer. It just wasn’t as clear to me how the whole thing worked. Or maybe I was just distracted by the sunshine…
But maybe I’ll give it another shot this coming summer.
Oh wow, I had no idea so many of these festivals were out there! Thanks again for your constant blogging and support. =0) I’m looking forward to keeping up the habit!
Hurray, Colleen!!!
Yes, keeping the momentum going is the challenge–but I know daily writing (or at least almost-daily writing) has been a huge boon to me this winter, and I vow to keep going!!
I can vouch for the habit forming effectiveness of the RSSWWF, I participated last year, and I think it has been a huge reason why I am still writing. I’m close, oh so close to the end of this manuscript, just like I’m oh so close to earning my 50 points.
Woo-hoo, Kristina!!!
Streeeeeetch for that finish line!! You WILL make it!!