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To Holly Lisle

 

Archived Writing Pips, Forward Motion Community

This page contains the links for pips that are at least a year old and mark non-repeating events.

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Find the appropriate pip. Simply Right-click (or Mac-key-Click) on the image you like, Copy Shortcut, and paste the link into your post. That's all there is to it. You can line them up any way you like -- we have no special order of display.

 

The Dares    
Dare 1 -- Late 2000  Dare 2 -- Jan/Feb '01  Dare 3 --
Apr/May '01 
Dare 4 -- Jul/Aug '01 
Dare 5 -- Oct/Nov '01  Dare 6 -- Jan/Feb '02  Dare 7 --
Apr/May '02 
 Dare 8 -- Jul/Aug. '02
 Dare 9 -- Oct/Nov '02 Dare 10 --
Jan/Feb '03
Dare 11 --
April/May '03
Dare 12 --
July/Aug '03
 Dare 13 -- Oct/Nov '03          
Class Completion Pips
Jim Mills's World Building          
Year-Long Word Count Marathon Challenge

Marathon 2003
(250k words)
UltraMarathon 2003
(500k words)
  Sheer Lunacy 2003
(1 million words)
       
Monthly Word Count Marathon Challenges

Participation
(For less than 5000)
5,000 Words   10,000 Words    15,000 words    Participating Banner 2002
Participation
(For less than 5000)
5,000 Words    10,000 Words    15,000 words    Participating Banner 2003
Monthly Edit Marathon Challenges

Participation
(For less than 5000)
5,000 Words    10,000 Words    15,000 words    Participating Banner 2003
2003 Monthly Challenges
Sept. 2003
Writing Exercise
Dec. 2003
Loose End Challenge
         
Oct. 2003
Haiku and Tanka
30 Poems 50 Poems 75 Poems 100 Poems
Dec. 2003
Markets for the New Year
12 Markets 20 Markets 28 Markets  
2004 Single Challenges
February Romance March Children's Story April Dvorak Challenge June Science Fiction Challenge
July Summer Fun August Lost in Translation September Historical Fiction October Writing Exercises
Loose Ends            
2004 Level Challenges
Jan. 2004 Historical Fiction
1 entry 2 entries 3 entries 4 entries
April 2004 Haiku and Tanka
30 Poems 50 Poems 75 Poems 100 Poems
May 2004 Story A Day
10 Stories 15 Stories 20 Stories    
2005 Single Challenges
January Historical Fiction February Romance June Science Fiction July Summer Fun
August - A Little Magic October - Scary Dare November - Friendship December - Holidays
2005 Level Challenges
April 2005 Haiku and Tanka
30 Poems 50 Poems 75 Poems 100 Poems
May 2005 Story A Day
10 Stories 15 Stories 20 Stories 31 Stories
2006 Single Challenges
January Moving On February Romance June Science Fiction July Summer Fun
August - A Little Magic September - Writing Exercises October - Scary Dare November - Six and One Hundred Word Stories
December - Holidays
2006 Level Challenges
April 2006 Haiku and Tanka
30 Poems 50 Poems 75 Poems 100 Poems
May 2006 Story A Day
10 Stories 15 Stories 20 Stories 31 Stories
Genre of the Month Challenges
YA Lit   Sept. '02 -- Ghostly Spring Story Oct. '02        
Pushing for the Deadline Contests    
2003
March Madness 2003          
Labour of Love -
Three-Day Novel
2003
10,000 Words 20,000 Words  30,000 Words Completed Novel -
30K or More Words 
Unfinished Business -
Three-Day Novel
2003
10,000 New Words 20,000 New Words 30,000 New Words 
Completed Novel -
30K New Words or More 
2004
March Madness 2004
Level 1 - 1000 words a day (7,000 words) Level 2 - 2000 words a day (14,000 words) Level 3 - 3000 words a day (21,000 words) Level 4 - 4000 words a day (28,000 words)
Level 5 - 5000 words a day (35,000 words) Level 6 - Completed first Draft Novel of 40,000 or more words



Labour of Love -Three-Day Novel 2004

10,000 Words 20,000 Words 30,000 Words Completed Novel -30K or More Words

Unfinished Business -Three-Day Novel 2004

10,000 New Words 20,000 New Words 30,000 New Words Completed Novel -30K New Words or More

Book in a Week 2004

10,000 New Words 20,000 New Words 30,000 New Words 40,000 New Words

50,000 New Words            

2005


March Madness 2005

Labour of Love - Three-Day Novel 2005

10,000 Words 20,000 Words 30,000 Words Completed Novel - 30K or More Words

Unfinished Business - Three-Day Novel 2005

10,000 New Words 20,000 New Words 30,000 New Words Completed Novel - 30K New Words or More

2006


March Madness 2006

Level 1 - 1000 words a day (7,000 words) Level 2 - 2000 words a day (14,000 words) Level 3 - 3000 words a day (21,000 words) Level 4 - 4000 words a day (28,000 words)

Level 5 - 5000 words a day (35,000 words) Level 6 - Completed first Draft Novel of 40,000 or more words        

Labour of Love - Three-Day Novel 2006

10,000 Words 20,000 Words 30,000 Words Completed Novel - 30K or More Words

Unfinished Business - Three-Day Novel 2006

10,000 New Words 20,000 New Words 30,000 New Words Completed Novel - 30K New Words or More

National Novel Writing Month Progress Pips

2003 NaNo Official Marathon













Take 1 Minimum NaNo
1667 words each day (total words=3334)
Double NaNo
3334 words each day (total words=6668)
Triple NaNo
5001 words each day (total words=10,002)
 
Take 2 Minimum NaNo
1667 words each day (total words=3334)
Double NaNo
3334 words each day (total words=6668)
Triple NaNo
5001 words each day (total words=10,002)
 
Take 3 Minimum NaNo
1667 words each day (total words=3334)
Double NaNo
3334 words each day (total words=6668)
Triple NaNo
5001 words each day (total words=10,002)
 
2003 NaNo Unofficial Marathon
Take 1 1667 words each day (total words=3334) 3334 words each day (total words=6668) 5001 words each day (total words=10,002)  
Take 2 1667 words each day (total words=3334) 3334 words each day (total words=6668) 5001 words each day (total words=10,002)  
Take 3 1667 words each day (total words=3334) 3334 words each day (total words=6668) 5001 words each day (total words=10,002)  
NaNo Completion Pip 2003
2004 NaNo Offical Marathon






2004 NaNo Marathons
Participating Banner 2004 Minimum NaNo
1667 words each day (total words=3334)
Double NaNo
3334 words each day (total words=6668)
Triple NaNo
5001 words each day (total words=10,002)
2004 pre-NaNo World Building Marathon
1000 words 4000 words    
NaNo Completion Pip 2004
2005 NaNo Offical Marathon


Large
Small
2005 NaNo Marathons
Participating Banner 2005





Participant
less than 1667 words each day (total words=3334)
Minimum NaNo
1667 words each day (total words=3334)
Double NaNo
3334 words each day (total words=6668)
Triple NaNo
5001 words each day (total words=10,002)
2006 NaNo Offical Marathon





2006 NaNo Marathons
Participating Banner 2006





Participant
less than 1667 words each day (total words=3334)
Minimum NaNo
1667 words each day (total words=3334)
Double NaNo
3334 words each day (total words=6668)
Triple NaNo
5001 words each day (total words=10,002)
Individual Board Challenges
Young Writer's Scene I  Young Writer's Scene II  Young Writer's Scene III   
Scriptwriting Challenge Aug '03            
Killer App Challenge Survived 2002 Dvorak Challenge 2003    
The Alternate Challenge
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