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Mesg #90575 |
"Join March Madness 2012!" |
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 zette     |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
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Mon Mar-26-12 05:51 PM |
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Are you ready for another round of madness? Starting at 12:01 am March 27th (your time), Forward Motion will hold a week-long writing dare. This dare can help you jump-start your new novel, push through the middle, or race to the end. Or, if you are really daring, you can write an entire novel in one week and go out like a literary lion for March 2012!
If you are working on short stories, poetry or even nonfiction articles, you can still take part by writing the equivalent of an anthology! All you need do is write the required number of words listed in one of the levels below. (That would be a LOT of poetry!) No emails, posts, blogs, journals or anything of that sort can count toward your total. Notes and world building can only count if they are incorporated into the larger work -- that is, if you are writing along and suddenly realize you need to know more about your aliens and write a bunch of notes that will help you expand them in the rewrite, then they count. You cannot, however, do nothing but notes or world building for this challenge.
The challenge will begin at 12:01 AM (your time) on March 27th and ends at 11:59 PM (your time) on April 2nd.
Remember, the manuscript does not have to be perfect. This is first draft material.
You have a few hours to prepare yourselves and your loved ones for this madness. Make out your wills. . . or at least your outlines. Post here if you intend to join in.
Choose a category from the list below. And remember, this is all fun.
Right?
The choices:
Level 1 -- 1000 words a day -- 7,000 words for the week.
Level 2 -- 2000 words a day -- 14,000 words for the week
Level 3 -- 3000 words a day -- 21,000 words for the week
Level 4 -- 4000 words a day -- 28,000 words for the week
Level 5 -- 5000 words a day -- 35,000 words for the week
Level 6 -- Completed first Draft Novel of 40,000 or more words
This level can include previous material to reach a completed first draft, but you will have to write 40k of it during this week.
Level 6a -- Completed first draft novel of at least 30,000 words plus other work
If you finish the book you choose for the 40,000 word challenge and you are short of the 40k words, you can work on something else as well -- but at least 30,000 words of it has to be on the first novel and you will still have to write as many words as you need to reach the 40,000 word mark.
You can change levels during the Madness if you find you are doing better or worse than expected.
Are you ready for the challenge? Sign up now, and we'll see how many of us are really crazy this year!
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 RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
 Suelder,
Mar 26th 2012, #1
 RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Adora2009,
Mar 27th 2012, #7
totals for March 27th and 28th,
Suelder,
Mar 28th 2012, #22
 RE: totals for March 27th and 28th,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #27
 RE: totals for March 27th and 28th,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 29th 2012, #36
Day Three,
Suelder,
Mar 29th 2012, #39
RE: Day Three,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 30th 2012, #44
Day four and a snip,
Suelder,
Mar 30th 2012, #47
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Suelder,
Apr 02nd 2012, #67
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 03rd 2012, #76
Bonnie's in,
bonniers,
Mar 26th 2012, #2
500 words. Total.,
bonniers,
Apr 01st 2012, #62
final: around a thousand words,
bonniers,
Apr 03rd 2012, #73
RE: final: around a thousand words,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 03rd 2012, #75
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
eblgorton,
Mar 26th 2012, #3
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
eblgorton,
Mar 27th 2012, #10
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
bonniers,
Mar 27th 2012, #13
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #26
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
eblgorton,
Mar 31st 2012, #53
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 01st 2012, #58
Zette's in ,
zette,
Mar 26th 2012, #4
Day 1: 10,090,
zette,
Mar 27th 2012, #15
RE: Day 1: 10,090,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 28th 2012, #20
Day 2: 10,120,
zette,
Mar 28th 2012, #23
RE: Day 2: 10,120,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #25
RE: Day 2: 10,120,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 29th 2012, #37
Day 3: 7,231,
zette,
Mar 29th 2012, #40
Day 4: 4587,
zette,
Mar 31st 2012, #48
Day 5: 2533,
zette,
Apr 01st 2012, #56
RE: Day 5: 2533,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 01st 2012, #59
Day 6: 2110,
zette,
Apr 01st 2012, #64
Day 7: 5159 and 41,830 total,
zette,
Apr 03rd 2012, #68
RE: Day 7: 5159 and 41,830 total,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 03rd 2012, #70
Dreamerscove,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 26th 2012, #5
Day 1 - 5248 Words,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 28th 2012, #19
RE: Day 1 - 5248 Words,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #28
Day 2 - 7381 Words,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 29th 2012, #35
Day 3 - 5471 Words,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 30th 2012, #42
Day 4 - 4047 Words,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 31st 2012, #49
RE: Day 4 - 4047 Words,
MarFisk,
Mar 31st 2012, #52
Day 5 - 5045 Words,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 01st 2012, #57
Day 6 - 5009 Words,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 02nd 2012, #65
RE: Day 6 - 5009 Words,
zette,
Apr 02nd 2012, #66
Day 7 - 7892 for a total of 40093,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 03rd 2012, #69
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
LeeLee,
Mar 27th 2012, #6
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Adora2009,
Mar 27th 2012, #8
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #29
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
LeeLee,
Mar 30th 2012, #41
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 30th 2012, #43
In for Level 1,
Strigine,
Mar 27th 2012, #9
RE: In for Level 1,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #30
Fabricia,
Fabricia,
Mar 27th 2012, #11
So far: 3700 words,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #24
RE: So far: 3700 words,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 29th 2012, #38
6000+ words total,
Fabricia,
Apr 04th 2012, #79
RE: 6000+ words total,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 05th 2012, #80
Dawn,
KatsInCommand,
Mar 27th 2012, #12
RE: Dawn,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #34
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
monicaelaine,
Mar 27th 2012, #14
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #33
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
ConnieCockrell,
Mar 28th 2012, #16
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
ConnieCockrell,
Mar 28th 2012, #17
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 28th 2012, #18
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #32
MarFisk's In,
MarFisk,
Mar 28th 2012, #21
RE: MarFisk's In,
Fabricia,
Mar 29th 2012, #31
RE: MarFisk's In,
MarFisk,
Mar 30th 2012, #46
Day 1: 592, Day 2: 0,
MarFisk,
Mar 30th 2012, #45
RE: Day 1: 592, Day 2: 0,
Dreamerscove,
Mar 31st 2012, #50
RE: Day 1: 592, Day 2: 0,
MarFisk,
Mar 31st 2012, #51
Day ?: 839,
MarFisk,
Apr 01st 2012, #61
1400 and change,
MarFisk,
Apr 05th 2012, #81
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
ConnieCockrell,
Mar 31st 2012, #54
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
ConnieCockrell,
Mar 31st 2012, #55
RE: Join March Madness 2012!,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 01st 2012, #60
Day 6 1151 words,
ConnieCockrell,
Apr 01st 2012, #63
RE: Day 6 1151 words,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 03rd 2012, #77
Congratulations everyone,
zette,
Apr 03rd 2012, #71
RE: Congratulations everyone,
MarFisk,
Apr 03rd 2012, #72
RE: Congratulations everyone,
bonniers,
Apr 03rd 2012, #74
RE: Congratulations everyone,
Dreamerscove,
Apr 03rd 2012, #78
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Mesg #90577 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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Suelder |
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Member since Sep 01st 2006
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Mon Mar-26-12 08:23 PM |
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Are we supposed to sign up?
Okay - I'll do it this year. I'm playing with a possible anthology of connected shorts based on Canterbury Tales set in epic Fantasy.
1,000 words a day
It's all I can manage.
Suelder ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90605 |
"totals for March 27th and 28th" |
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Suelder |
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Member since Sep 01st 2006
1625 posts |
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Wed Mar-28-12 09:09 PM |
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So, for the 27th, I had 987 words - close enough to 1,000 that I'll definitely make it up.
And for the 28th, I've got 1,030 words. See, I've made it up already 
I have a better Idea of who's in the inn and what their stories could be. I've written some framing scenes and some of the set up of one ghost story, so far.
Suelder ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90612 |
"RE: totals for March 27th and 28th" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
166 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:40 AM |
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Yay for keeping up with the madness goals! So fun to see a story grow and become more tangible.
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Mesg #90621 |
"RE: totals for March 27th and 28th" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 03:34 AM |
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Congrats on the words, Sue! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90625 |
"Day Three" |
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Suelder |
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Member since Sep 01st 2006
1625 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 09:35 PM |
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Okay, have done another 1,260 new words.
As usually, I've written part of the ending. This helps me by giving me ideas and something to move toward.
Sue
Suelder ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90632 |
"RE: Day Three" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Fri Mar-30-12 12:37 AM |
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Congrats on the new words! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90638 |
"Day four and a snip" |
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Suelder |
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Member since Sep 01st 2006
1625 posts |
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Fri Mar-30-12 09:03 PM |
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I'm beat and only got 357 words today. But I'll make it up over the weekend.
And here's the promised snip:
Deep in the forest, there's a dark place. The trees shield it from the world and the mountain has carved a hollow to hold it. It waits.
Suelder ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90661 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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Suelder |
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Member since Sep 01st 2006
1625 posts |
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Mon Apr-02-12 09:49 PM |
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Well, I made a valiant push on the seventh day and got 2,000 new words.
But that only nets me 5,734 words for March Madness.
Still, it's not a bad jumpstart for my ghost stories.
Happy April,
Suelder ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90669 |
"RE: final: around a thousand words" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Tue Apr-03-12 11:25 PM |
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Definitely better than nothing. You've moved ahead! Yay! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90579 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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eblgorton |
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Member since Dec 17th 2003
1162 posts |
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Mon Mar-26-12 09:35 PM |
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Mon Mar-26-12 11:57 PMby eblgorton
I am crazy. Buuut I think I'll hop on board this one too.
1000 words a day.
the project... my prehistoric fantasy romance. female featured fantasy.
**wanders away muttering**
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Mesg #90586 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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eblgorton |
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Member since Dec 17th 2003
1162 posts |
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Tue Mar-27-12 02:05 AM |
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Did 887 words before falling asleep. Will get the rest later today after kids are at school. Last line:
“The Changing Wheel will wipe out all life and leave it a barren wasteland.” ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90611 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
166 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:38 AM |
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Heroics to put wordcount over sleep - and what a dramatic finale. Hope you get to save that world from the perils of the Changing Wheel!
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Mesg #90645 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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eblgorton |
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Member since Dec 17th 2003
1162 posts |
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Sat Mar-31-12 08:14 AM |
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The project halted, it isn't ready to be written, so I am jumping back to the prehistoric project and zeroing out the count.
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Mesg #90650 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Sun Apr-01-12 01:42 AM |
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Good luck with the other project! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90580 |
"Zette's in " |
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zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
13570 posts |
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Mon Mar-26-12 11:08 PM |
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I am going to try for 3k a day, but this is really a crazed week for me with everything due before April 1. We'll see how I do, and if I get newsletter, Vision, FM updates and all the rest of the stuff done as well!
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Mesg #90597 |
"Day 1: 10,090" |
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zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
13570 posts |
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Tue Mar-27-12 11:26 PM |
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I started with 51,023 on the Water/Stone/Light novel. I am now up to 61,100.
I really don't see how I can keep doing days like this, but it was fun to just run with the novel today. ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90602 |
"RE: Day 1: 10,090" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Wed Mar-28-12 01:17 AM |
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Go Zette! That's a great kick-butt day full of words! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90608 |
"Day 2: 10,120" |
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zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
13570 posts |
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Wed Mar-28-12 11:49 PM |
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The novel is now up to 71220 words. I did not expect a second 10k day and no, I don't think I'll be doing any more. I did get quite a bit of other work done, too, though. So I'm happy with the results. It's fun to be able to fly with a story again. I haven't done this in a long time.
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Mesg #90610 |
"RE: Day 2: 10,120" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
166 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:31 AM |
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Wow - so impressed with & inspired by your flying with the story. Congratulations!
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Mesg #90622 |
"RE: Day 2: 10,120" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 03:36 AM |
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Congrats on another 10k day! I wish I could get a few of them in. Your wordcount is really flying now. ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90627 |
"Day 3: 7,231" |
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zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
13570 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 11:40 PM |
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Water/Stone/Light is now up to 78451 and I am running out of outline. I'm writing a few notes for the last chapters of the book, which I hadn't expected I would need quite this soon. I've written over 27k in the last three days.
Tomorrow I must do other work , though, so I will be slowing down a bit for the next couple days. Actually, if I get all the way through Water/Stone/Light I might not have anything ready to work on, at least at this sort of speed!
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Mesg #90639 |
"Day 4: 4587" |
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zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
13570 posts |
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Sat Mar-31-12 12:31 AM |
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Work took a lot of time, massive headache slowed me down, along with general annoyances with stuff.
But still, not a bad count. I might still get the rest of this first draft completed by the end of the challenge.
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Mesg #90648 |
"Day 5: 2533" |
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zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
13570 posts |
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Sun Apr-01-12 12:20 AM |
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Plus another 2k on Vision material.
Back is out. Miserable. Going to bed early and doing the rest of the Vision work in the morning, if I can move at all. ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90651 |
"RE: Day 5: 2533" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Sun Apr-01-12 01:42 AM |
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I hope you feel better in the morning. It's been a tough few days.
:hugs: ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90658 |
"Day 6: 2110" |
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zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
13570 posts |
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Sun Apr-01-12 11:09 PM |
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A really annoying day with Vision site problems, but got a bit of writing done and calling it good for the night. Back is still horrible. Just can't sit through any more tonight.
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Mesg #90662 |
"Day 7: 5159 and 41,830 total" |
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zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
13570 posts |
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Tue Apr-03-12 12:03 AM |
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That averages very close to 6k a day (5976), so I did really well, even with the days that were not so good. Plus I put out a new issue of Vision, a newsletter for DAZ and FM and DAZ site work done. A nicely productive week!
Water/Stone/Light is now over 90k and heading towards The End
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Mesg #90664 |
"RE: Day 7: 5159 and 41,830 total" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Tue Apr-03-12 12:23 AM |
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Congrats on the words! You had a lot to distract you, too! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90581 |
"Dreamerscove" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Mon Mar-26-12 11:52 PM |
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I'm in! I'm even going to be a little nuts, since I'm desperate to finish a first draft before I move. So, going for #6 and the 40,000 words, hoping it gets me to the end of this novel. ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90601 |
"Day 1 - 5248 Words" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Wed Mar-28-12 01:16 AM |
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Off to a pretty good start, I think. On the plus side, this surge took me into an exciting part in the book that answers a lot of questions in the series. I'm excited to write it! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90613 |
"RE: Day 1 - 5248 Words" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
166 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:42 AM |
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What a great incentive to boost wordcount before moving. Well done and hooray for getting into terrain of exciting writing!
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Mesg #90620 |
"Day 2 - 7381 Words" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 03:33 AM |
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Did better today than yesterday. Feeling a little better from having been sick certainly helped, as did getting a little more time alone. Reached the half-way point of the novel AND stopped right before an action scene. Which his great, since it means I can launch myself into writing tomorrow morning! Yay! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90630 |
"Day 3 - 5471 Words" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Fri Mar-30-12 12:34 AM |
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Made it despite a bad day! Ended up having to take a good walk to figure out a plot problem. The idea in the outline just wasn't quite right. But, problem figured out and I'm now well past writing the solution! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90640 |
"Day 4 - 4047 Words" |
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Author |
Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Sat Mar-31-12 02:18 AM |
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Today was a really hard day for writing. Still, I did manage to get through several tough parts where I had to rethink points in the outline. ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90649 |
"Day 5 - 5045 Words" |
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Author |
Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Sun Apr-01-12 01:40 AM |
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Still had a hard day, starting with sleeping 12 hours, but still made it. Whew. ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90659 |
"Day 6 - 5009 Words" |
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Author |
Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Mon Apr-02-12 03:40 AM |
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Yay for words! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90660 |
"RE: Day 6 - 5009 Words" |
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Author |
zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
13570 posts |
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Mon Apr-02-12 02:47 PM |
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Good words! Congratulations! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90585 |
"In for Level 1" |
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Member since Dec 26th 2003
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Tue Mar-27-12 01:59 AM |
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Wed Mar-28-12 08:37 AMby Strigine
I have a short story I want to finish for a market opening in April, so maybe this will be the fire under my butt.
I've got ~1k on it already and don't want it to run much over 7k, so it'll probably be more like six days' worth on one story and one day worth on another.
ETA: Official start count: 1170 ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90615 |
"RE: In for Level 1" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:46 AM |
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Hope March Madness keeps the fire going for your cauldron of creativity!
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Mesg #90609 |
"So far: 3700 words" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
166 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:29 AM |
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...which is more than last week's total wordcount. No dayjob on Friday = marathon time!
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Mesg #90674 |
"RE: 6000+ words total" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Thu Apr-05-12 01:16 AM |
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Hehe, you're welcome. And, congrats on all the new words. 6000 new words is great! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90619 |
"RE: Dawn" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:54 AM |
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I hear you on the need for prep work - much easier to flow within structure at times. Have fun during the Madness days!
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Mesg #90618 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
166 posts |
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:53 AM |
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1K a day is more like leap than baby steps for this writer...happy mad writing!
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Mesg #90598 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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ConnieCockrell |
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Member since Oct 21st 2011
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Wed Mar-28-12 12:58 AM |
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Hey, I'm curious. If I join, where do I post?
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Mesg #90599 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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ConnieCockrell |
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Member since Oct 21st 2011
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Wed Mar-28-12 01:04 AM |
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OK. I'm totally new. Where do I post if I actually have 1K per day?
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Mesg #90600 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
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Wed Mar-28-12 01:15 AM |
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We update right here in this thread. Just reply to your own post in this thread and put your wordcount in the title of the post or in the post itself (or both!).
Welcome to the March Madness! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90617 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:51 AM |
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Sending you 1K of daily challenge cheers!
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Mesg #90616 |
"RE: MarFisk's In" |
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Fabricia |
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Member since Dec 15th 2010
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Thu Mar-29-12 01:50 AM |
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Taking a recipe for disaster and twisting it to success is the best kind of Madness - best of luck with dishing out words for the story!
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Mesg #90646 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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ConnieCockrell |
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Member since Oct 21st 2011
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Sat Mar-31-12 02:59 PM |
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Well, I'm finally getting around to posting. So far, I've only racked up 1005 works. Life keeps upsetting my usual routine but today! Today I can work for a bit. Hopefully a couple thousand more words. ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90647 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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ConnieCockrell |
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Member since Oct 21st 2011
79 posts |
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Sat Mar-31-12 05:03 PM |
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Another chapter done, total words: 2497 for 1492 today. ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90652 |
"RE: Join March Madness 2012!" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
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Sun Apr-01-12 01:43 AM |
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Congrats on the new words! Yay! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90655 |
"Day 6 1151 words" |
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ConnieCockrell |
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Member since Oct 21st 2011
79 posts |
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Sun Apr-01-12 03:39 PM |
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That makes it a total of 3608 words! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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Mesg #90665 |
"Congratulations everyone" |
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zette |
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Member since Jun 12th 2002
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Tue Apr-03-12 12:24 AM |
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Even if you didn't reach your goal, you have more words. I hope you had fun!
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Mesg #90672 |
"RE: Congratulations everyone" |
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Dreamerscove |
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Member since Sep 25th 2007
1581 posts |
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Tue Apr-03-12 11:27 PM |
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I agree. Yay for new words! Congrats to everyone who put a few new words down in this past week! ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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