#writing accountability

[alistonjdrake]

Through Ice & Terror: AKA The Project June Hopes to Outline this Year

one girlfailure black/bi protag + my geniune love and defense of love triangles/messy romantic situations + a gilded age America-inspired fantasy setting + a drop of an ice age + fantasy of manners = the wip I hope to fully outline this year!

Her dangerously charming ex-husband, her loyal childhood friend, her beguiling former fiancé, and a mysterious politician in need of a wife all threaten to upend the slight peace of Naomi Nettles' existence. Born without the gift of Insight, the ability to see the monsters that plague the world outside the cities in the Frost Wastes, and a trait ruefully abundant in her family, Naomi is treated as little more than expendable. An embarrassment to her family and peers and seemingly with little social standing in a stifling community, when her mother calls her home to introduce her to one Vivian Quinlan -An upstart politician from the capital desperate enough to marry the last single Nettles daughter - Naomi finally believes things are looking up. That is until one of her former romantic prospects winds up dead and Naomi finds herself firmly in the middle of a murderous conspiracy between several factions that could threaten to undo the fragile alliances between the cities among the Frost Wastes and what little normalcy remains in Naomi's life.

This is a less a wip intro and more so the beginning of what I hope will serve as a year-long accountability thread as I flesh out my ideas, characters, and get a concrete hold on the story before I officially start it (but, as I am myself, some stuff is already written and I'm really doing this to feel out interest)

#june trash #writing progress #wip stuff #wip intro #writing accountability #I once again have decided to post something without thinking of a tag for it #also yes this is the character you helped name #I still will likely use all the other names because I gave her a lot of family members #before then I was just calling her the divorcee #snowtrainwip #there that is my tag for it because my husband named the map and thought the trains would play a huge story role #I just find early train settings interesting I don't believe the trains will have a huge spotlight

[laurahepworth-author]

Managed almost 900 words today on the second book in my fairy tale retelling series! After a couple months of just feeling 'blah' and struggling to concentrate on anything my writing momentum is finally picking back up again. Just passed 11k total word count for this project and curious where it will end up at considering book one was almost 183k words.

#indieauthor #amwriting #fantasy #writers #writerscommunity #fantasy author #am writing fantasy #writeblr #writing #writers of tumblr #writers and readers #writers on tumblr #writing community #fairy tale retelling #fairytales #guilded kingdoms #authors community #authors of tumblr #writing accountability #word count #creative writing

[destinationtoast]

Hey all I'm going to do some writing in the next hour (tentatively planning to do 3x15 min sprints with stretching breaks, but we'll see). If you also want to write or do something productive for a bit, consider this post encouragement! And feel free to let me know how it went.

#friendly nudges #writing accountability #op

[kimboo-york]

Join a community of writers who support each other in our writing goals!

It’s a positive environment filled with encouragement and gentle accountability!!!! All writerly persuasions welcome! Pro, amateur, fanfiction, non-fiction are all welcome!

For more info: houseofyork.info/1mwc/

#1MWC #1 Million Words Club #Writers groups #writing community #writers supporting each other #positive reinforcement #Writing Accountability #writing productivity #writing support #am writing #writing sprints #writing prompts #writers supporting writers #writing encouragement

[mitchell-nihil]

At the start of summer vacation, I told myself I would have multiple different things ready for the very start of Blue Cataclysm. That included concrete designs for main characters, a rough map of the world, a few side characters, a definite start and ending, and have a somewhat detailed but mostly bare bones outline for the story.

I have completed all of these except the last one. I have two days, until September 5th at 10pm to complete this. If I do, I will have reached my goals for the summer.

I'm making this mostly to hold myself accountable. Once school starts, I know I'm going to feel too overwhelmed to try and work on this because it's the foundational stuff I'm working on. If I don't do it now, it might not ever get done.

I'll be less active for the two following days, as a combination of working on this as well as prepping for school.

#writing #writeblr #writing accountability #writing things #creative writing #god help #i shot myself in the foot #lets do this gamers #im doomed

[writingdotcoffee]

Writing Challenge: 8 Mar 2023

Write 500 words with us in today’s writing challenge 👉

The Daily 500 is a writing challenge by Writing Analytics. It runs from midnight to midnight UTC every day. Writers join at various points of the day from all over the world. When you join, you’ll be able to see everyone’s progress and other writers will be able to see yours.

Need some accountability in your writing life? This is the perfect way to get it.

Join the challenge

#writing #writers #write #writing challenge #writing sprint #word sprint #writing accountability #writeblr #writing analytics

[sarasa-cat]

Late again today because behind on everything. The writing experiment continues with this gamified (sort of) randomized way of leading writing forward.

Day 1: 1250 words (double session to kick off)

Day 2: +660 = 1910 words

Day 3: +620 = 2530 words

Day 4: +650 = 3180 words <- where I am now.

These words are getting juicy. All thematically connected so far.

#writing accountability

[leveragehunters]

Alright, I've drunk two Red Bulls (did you know they make them in yummy flavours now? Watermelon and apricot!) and I'm going to go write at LEAST two thousand words on this fic.

If you see me online again today, you have full permission to yell at me.

#writing accountability #fic: the Dick Fic (TM) #no it's not as exciting as it sounds

[bardic-tales]

2.19.2024

tw: death. illness. chronic pain.

I am slowly getting back into reading and writing. I tend to bite off more than I can chew, and I thought that an overarching plot spanning all my fandoms would be an interesting thing to work on.

I also wanted to work on several original projects. Unfortunately, my health and family circumstances made it so that I have always been in bed with extreme fatigue and my body hurting.

Over the last two years, we lost 3 members in my little family: my husband's cousin who passed away in a car accident at 17, my husband's aunt who contracted COVID during last Thanksgiving and passed away on that holiday, and, finally, my grandfather last month. My grandfather was like a father to me. Then, as I documented on here during last June, I lost my cat, Loki.

I also have been dealing with very low Vit. D levels. I had a blood test last Friday which showed my levels at: 9.3 ng/ml. I am waiting for a call from my doctor at 9 am to discuss treatment options and possibly further tests to figure out why those levels are too low.

I've been too exhausted to really do anything. It makes sense as I often experienced severe joint pain when I sat and wrote or even attempt to game. I downloaded the FF 7: Rebirth demo and just haven't been able to play it. Same thing for Crisis Core. I feel bad since I want to announce the new work I have been working on, but I just don't really have the energy to.

Author’s commentary:

I have been working on creating a map of the Abyssal Realm for my huge fandom project: Fantasy Worlds Collide. I did create a timeline for the Heavenly War and made it so that the war started due to the Creator Deity forbidding his angels from loving mortals. This was after Lucifer fell in love with the 1st human: Lilith.

This sets the stage for Bianca Moore to love both Sesshomaru and Sephiroth. I love the thought of love condemning her and causing her to doubt her path to Heaven.

I am also reworking her powerset to fit her new role in this overarching plot: the destroyer of the Omniverse. Her powers are consistent to space, time, and interdimensional capabilities, as well as reality-bending.

Her profile will flow better. There is a new section devoted to the space between time where all portals to every dimension and the Edge of Creation is.

Snippet: A drabble I wrote on Valentine's Day.

tw: death mention.

As always, this is my trash draft. There will be grammar issues and sometimes incorrect grammar. It is unpolished.

"Pretty pathetic, hm?" Bianca tilted her head into his touch. His fingers slipped through strands of her dark hair. "You are only one of two men I have ever known like this, the only men I have ever loved."

The sun had crested over North Crater. The tent's entrance flapped in the icy breeze, but she didn't feel the cold on her skin. Bianca held some sort of immunity to the frozen temperatures, which was a very dangerous thing, in itself. Her organs still could freeze.

"Do you believe in soulmates?" Turning in the sleeping bag, she pulled the covers up over her shoulder and snuggled closer to him. The dark grey fur blanket lay over them as an extra layer of warmth. "How can I love you so deeply when we were not supposed to meet in the first place? We both lived in different dimensions and different versions of Earth."

"Perhaps, we are bound for more than just..girlfriend and boyfriend." Sephiroth looked down at the woman in his arms. His silver hair mixed with her black hair. Her left wing wrapped around them while her other one lay stretched out behind her. "You were always bound for the Reunion, Bianca."

"I think you are right. You were under distress from learning your true origins, and I was under duress from my father who had just murdered the only other man I had loved."

Different Fandom Taglist

@starryeyes2000, @residentdormouse, @megandaisy9 @themaradwrites @prehistoric-creatures @arrthurpendragon @serenofroses

#writing accountability #writeblr fanfiction #writeblr community #snippet: fwc #wip: untitled #tw: death #tw: illness #tw: chronic illness #tw: pet loss #bardic tales #bardic-tales #tw: fire #oc: bianca moore - ff #character: sephiroth #sephiroth #sephiroth x oc #canon divergent #canon x oc

[procrastinatorproject]

Tonight, we continue with some sunny adventure that has gone neglected for far too long: We're checking in with Gemma, the hover-cow.

Context: The crew of La Sirena are stranded on a bucolic planet mostly inhabited by very large, very round, very fluffy cows that have a tendency to push off the ground, float in a gentle arc for several meters, and then crash into you to show their affection. Somewhat against his will, Rios has adopted one of these specimens, a calf about the size of a draft horse, whom he has decided to call Gemma. Right now, our intrepid heroes are trying to find a way to cross a very deadly river.

(For the first two chapters see here, the third one is almost finished, and this would be the beginning of the fourth one, I think.)

---

“No.”

“I’m sure I could do it.”

“Absolutely not!”

“You have failed to come up with any other options, so what’s the alternative?”

“It sure as hell isn’t that!”

Cris took a long drag from his cigar, trying to calm down. He wasn’t having much success.

“Elnor has a point.”

Cris shot Seven an angry look. “I don’t care if he has a point, we’re not doing this.”

The xB was utterly unimpressed by his temper. “Would you rather we turn around? Walk all the way back and abandon our best chance to get off this damn rock?”

“There has to be another way,” Cris insisted, though he could tell that he was losing the argument.

“I’ll tie a rope around my waist and Soji can pull me back if I fall into the river,” Elnor suggested eagerly.

“I’m not worried about you falling in the river,” Cris snarled around his cigar, “I’m worried you’ll bash your head open on a rock. Or… get trampled. Or god knows what else could go wrong!”

“I don’t think the cows have enough mass to trample a Romulan in peak physical condition,” Agnes said, looking Elnor up and down with a pensive expression.

Cris wanted to be angry at her for this betrayal, but it was very difficult when she scrunched up her face in this adorable way she had.

He shook his head, trying to focus on the problem at hand. “You’re all ignoring the most basic problem.”

Soji tilted her head. “Which problem?”

Cris put his hands on his hips and fixed Elnor in a glare. “Go on, tell them what happened yesterday.”

Everyone turned to look at the young Romulan, but, of course, trying to embarrass a practitioner of Absolute Candour, even one as green as Elnor, was a doomed endeavour. “I made an attempt at riding one of the hover-cows yesterday morning,” Elnor said without a hint of apprehension, “but I couldn’t get her to stand still for long enough to climb on her back.”

Raffi groaned. “You might have mentioned that before.”

“I didn’t think it was relevant,” Elnor said. “I only tried it three or four times, and I didn’t have a reason to put much effort into the attempt. Now I do.” He shrugged as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

“Besides,” Soji put in, “I don’t think we’ll have much trouble keeping the hover-cow still in this case.” She gave Cris a smile that made hairs stand on end, then she nodded her head down river

Cris turned around with a frown to see what she was pointing at.

There, maybe a hundred meters away, hiding bashfully behind a boulder that barely came up to her belly, was Gemma, watching him with her ever-hopeful eyes.

“Concha su —”

“Really, Cris,” Raffi scolded him with a wide grin. “Watch your mouth in front of that poor child.” She was clearly enjoying this way too fucking much.

“Is that your new girlfriend?” Agnes shielded her eyes against the sunlight.

“She’s not—”

“Yes, you can see the distinct patch of lighter fur on her left shoulder,” Seven mused.

“Oh yes,” Elnor said happily, “she’ll be perfect.”

Now that she had their full attention, Gemma apparently decided there was no point in hiding anymore. She trotted out from behind the rock and started heading towards them.

“Absolutely not,” Cris insisted. “You’re not going to try and ride her across the river!”

“Why not?” Elnor asked. “She’s small enough that I’ll have a much easier time climbing on her back, but she should still be able to cross the river in one jump.”

As if to demonstrate her prowess, Gemma accelerated her approach and broke into a loping run, that could only end one way.

“Oh, no, no-no, don’t —” Cris took a stumbling step backwards and dropped his cigar, as the others all scrambled to safety. He yanked up his arms and yelled: “Gemma, stop!”

To his unending surprise, she actually listened.

Instead of pushing off the ground to bound into him with an overjoyed gurgle, Gemma started scrambling against the soft grass, trying to slow herself down. She had built up too much momentum to come to a full stop, but instead of crashing into Cris with enough force to bowl him over, she merely knocked him a few steps backward. As soon as he had found his feet again, Cris leaned into the onslaught of hot breath and soft fur, bringing them both to a halt. Somehow, Gemma’s head had ended up under his arm, and now she was nuzzling at his side, making quiet happy noises, apparently quite proud of herself.

Cris sighed deeply, but he patted her broad neck. “Yes, well done. That was a good stop.”

He tried to untangle himself from the mountain of fur and looked around Gemma’s mass to where the others had taken refuge from her approach. Agnes was peering at him over the top of a boulder. She kept herself low enough that he could only see her eyes, but they were clearly brimming with laughter. Raffi had no such compunction. She was grinning so wide it was a wonder her head didn’t split in two.

Next to her, Seven dusted some grass off her shirt. When she noticed Rios’s look, she arched a delicate eyebrow. “Did you just call her ‘Gemma’?”

Cris could feel heat rising in his cheeks as, hidden behind their boulder, Agnes and Soji broke out in snorts and giggles. “Piss off!”

#cristobal rios #raffi musiker #elnor #seven of nine #soji asha #agnes jurati #star trek picard #gemma the hover-calf #lili's writing adventures #writing accountability #meadow

[nayaragonzalez]

okay i've decided to stop once and for all this procrastination cycle that i'm in and finally seriously start writing my wip. i'm gonna use tumblr for accountability. for now all i have is past drafts of the first chapters and a rough outline. wish me luck!

#writing accountability #writeblr #writers of tumblr #writing #author #well #aspiring author #writing challenge

[readrenard]

Screw Camp NaNo.

I'm entirely capable of writing 40k words in one month (I wrote 50k last April!), but I don't want to do it this July. This is not defeat, just a decision (hopefully the right one)

I want to keep writing slowly. I want to keep reading & playing video games & prioritizing my well-being. I want to take my bird outside to enjoy the summer.

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." –Confucius

Here’s a regular writing update: my Kass series wordcount has reached 121,132 words in total ✒ The first draft of book 1 is almost complete. Book 2 & 3 & 4 are still in progress. Book 5 went back to the outline stage because of new ideas. Each of them will need a hefty rewrite (since I’m an underwriter & don’t write chronologically) I’m aiming to get the first few books out to betareaders in 2024.

#readrenardwriting #writing slowly #writing update #writing progress #writeblr #writeblr community #writing community #writing accountability

[codename-freya]

//so let's get to my word count for October!

Manuscript - a measly 1,696 though I did get through my edits from my editor on Kaisa's first manuscript.

Kaisa - 10,248, exceeded the 10,000 word goal I set out!

Atau & Rin - 189, fell very short of my 5,000 word goal.

Welcome to NaNoWriMo! My goal is to finish Kaisa's second manuscript and send it out to be edited. Minimum of 60,000 words in completion of the manuscript and I'm currently around 21,000

For rp let's say 10,000 words for Kaisa, 1,000 for Atau, 1,000 for Rin. Wish me luck!

#~*~ out of codenames ~*~ ooc #writing accountability

[destinationtoast]

hey hey it's writing accountability time

I'm going to get off tumblr and go work on getting my damn draft done of my next Cyrano RJK chapter (expected/desired length: 4-5K; current length 9K and not done; lolsob why am I like this) and not be on tumblr for at least the next hour

if you want to use this post as a nudge to stop scrolling and get something done yourself go for it

#writing accountability #stupid brain hacks #op

[kimboo-york]

My podcast episode about the writing life, and the value of aiming to write 1 million words!

Inspired by feedback to this and my own work as a productivity coach for writers has led me to starting something new and exciting! A community for authors looking to up their word counts and explore their writing process!

If you thrive on the accountability aspect of writing challenges such as Big Bangs and NaNoWriMo and wish you could find something similar to help you all year long, I got you!

The 1 Million Words Club is launching in January!

More soon! In the meantime, enjoy the podcast! 💖

#kimboo's musings #1MWC #1 Million Words Club #writing #writing accountability #Youtube

[forthelanterns]

Today I will...

in no particular order:

keep on top of social media (because one of the jobs I applied for recently was a social media position) / do research on streamlining stuff like that for various sites

answer all the asks in my inbox (4 as it currently stands)

join @did-i-do-this-write and (I think?) @365runesofwriting in writing 100 words for every ask I answer

Answer the find-a-word game I was tagged in, except where 'find-a-word' means 'if you don't have the word, write a tiny story in a selected 'verse for it'.

put in the submission calls I have curated into my spreadsheet of doom

curate the information I have on serial fiction into once comfy spot for my brain

... I guess ask if anyone would wanna see that as a post maybe? With the caveat that I am still reading into the whole thing and may not have the most accurate information or ability to answer questions.

remember to make my writing update post tonight.

keep up with work writing/checking in with that side of things to make sure I have actually secured the jobs I think I have lined up.

do a creative or recharging action that is not *making* words. Reading is okay, as is TV or movies, or video games. Doing that solo-journaling RP poking is stretching it but can be allowed for now.

#writing productivity #writing accountability #daily accountability #writeblr #writing community #writing to-do-list #writing tdl #writeblr community #writing updates #writing progress #rambles from within the vale