tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post6906752605515816302..comments2023-04-27T10:10:36.337-05:00Comments on Adventure Awaits: 100-for-100 Challenge Report (aka i've fallen and i can't get up)Tracey Dyckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-65003942602219335352016-09-28T17:20:34.976-05:002016-09-28T17:20:34.976-05:00Thanks so much, friend! (Had to giggle at you catc...Thanks so much, friend! (Had to giggle at you catching your repetitiveness. XD Too bad comments can't be edited, right?)<br /><br />YOU'RE A HANDWRITER, OH MY GOODNESS. I feel like I knew this? But didn't? That is admirable. I used to handwrite before buying a laptop, and I currently value the speed of typing and ease of editing over the more tangibly appealing pen and paper gig... But that's not to say I'd never try it again. :)<br /><br />But girl. Writing six days a week, approx. 1k a day... that is fabulous. o.o Wow! I totally get the aversion to patchworking, though. I kind of wish I had that luxury of avoiding it, but if I only wrote when I had time to do entire scenes... I don't know WHEN I would ever get anything down. So I've taken to the patchwork method of writing bits and pieces when I can--of course larger chunks are preferable for getting "in the zone"--but overall that's how it has to go for me in this season of life. :P And I also find that if I end my writing session by finishing a scene or chapter, it can be harder to pick up next time. Whereas if I leave off in the middle of things, all I have to do is reread a bit, then keep writing from where I stopped mid-flow.<br /><br />But I didn't mean any of that to say that your methods are wrong or anything! Because they're working for you, and that is SO GREAT. Because like you said, we all have our own processes, which are fascinating to hear about and learn from. And oh goodness, those 20k days sound like pure insanity to me. I don't think I'd enjoy working on four projects at once, either. XD So yes, it's awesome that all of us have our own ways of creating books and are finding what best suits us. ^_^<br /><br />Happy Wednesday to you! <3Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-87496281013826314232016-09-26T15:28:45.648-05:002016-09-26T15:28:45.648-05:00didn't mean to say "Well done!" twic...didn't mean to say "Well done!" twice in three sentences ... and THAT is why you reread your comments before publishing them! But, you know, Tracey, you deserve two well dones because you've done doubly well XDEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-65579573441450884652016-09-26T15:26:30.720-05:002016-09-26T15:26:30.720-05:00Well done! I'm so glad you made it through. We...Well done! I'm so glad you made it through. Well done! Personally I would never participate, the main reason being, of course, that I'm a handwriter (which stops me from participating in, like, everything. NaNo? Forget it. Anything with wordcount goals does not happen because, ha, I don't know how many words I've written!), but also because 100 words sounds like a horrible number to me. That might be a paragraph of description, it might be like a quarter of a conversation, it ... would not be a full scene. So I would be patchworking scenes together day by day and I am not a patchworker. I very rarely write a whole chapter at a time, but I do tend to write a scene. My daily goal is 1k. If people ask me if I write every day I say yes, but it's probably normally more like six days out of seven ... Still, I start getting v stressed and anxious if I go more than one day without writing. Honestly I tend to prioritise it over almost anything (hence my blog suffers!) which is how I can get about 1k a day done. We must also bear in mind that I only work three days a week so I'm a lot less busy than I was when I was in school! And I guess I wrote a lot less then. (I'm loving my gap year!) So yeah, I can't really remember what point I was making ... oh yes, patchworking. I think it's important to write as often as possible and if I do only have time for 100 words then so be it, but I would much rather write ten times that, so that I feel like something significant has happened, rather than just, like, a 100-word description of the sea (*hemhem* Corrie *hemhem*)<br /><br />But anyway.<br /><br />I'm so glad it has worked out for you! I love reading about other writers' processes. On the topic of writing drivel, if I really feel like what I get down in SitC is not gonna be worth it, I'd probably write something different (eg LesMisBook) rather than forcing rubbish. It is good maybe having more than one project at a time, I think. Even if my other projects are not actually novels. But yeah, I'm going off on a tangent again .... What I was saying was, I love other people's processes and I'm glad this has been good for you. Isn't it great that we can all choose our own way to write?! Because I read about other people doing what they do (like Cait's 20k days, or you doing this challenge, or Victoria writing like four books at once) and think BLEGH NEVER EVER but hey guess what! No one IS going to force me to do any of those things! Because we can all find what works! And what a nice truth that is :)<br /><br />Happy Monday! <3Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-38313351479506541842016-09-23T17:19:49.582-05:002016-09-23T17:19:49.582-05:00Thank you, Imogen! I came so close to abandoning i...Thank you, Imogen! I came so close to abandoning it myself. Glad you found the reminder idea helpful! Let me know if it works for you. :) It definitely is a challenge to make time to write. For me, I've spent a long time envying people whose daily schedules are consistent enough they can schedule in writing at the same times every week. But I've come to accept that doesn't work for me, so I try to develop a mental habit of LOOKING for writing times rather than continuously failing to write for, say, two hours every Wednesday night. (Whew, didn't mean to go into a ramble there! XD) Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-78236334058826445122016-09-21T01:58:45.973-05:002016-09-21T01:58:45.973-05:00Congratulations on conquering the 100 for 100 chal...Congratulations on conquering the 100 for 100 challenge! I started out participating, but derailed partway through and abandoned it. I absolutely love your idea for setting a reminder at the end of the day to make sure that you write something. I really want to try that now. Remembering to write regularly is such a challenge sometimes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05746017057593508370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-6518592961143798182016-09-20T18:20:49.192-05:002016-09-20T18:20:49.192-05:00THANK YOU, CHLOE!!! Love you, sweetums! ;D You'...THANK YOU, CHLOE!!! Love you, sweetums! ;D You're awesome, sis.Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-85110954341543288592016-09-20T18:19:21.138-05:002016-09-20T18:19:21.138-05:00Which I do (write YA, that is), so yes--lots of re...Which I do (write YA, that is), so yes--lots of reason to stay. :)<br /><br />Nice! Yeah, I don't usually spend money on apps and stuff. With the exception of iTunes, I don't buy much of ANYTHING digital, actually. *shrugs*Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-73391994214820918682016-09-19T17:07:14.307-05:002016-09-19T17:07:14.307-05:00Congrats, Tracey!!! You did so good! I'm proud...Congrats, Tracey!!! You did so good! I'm proud of you, sweetums! ;) (I don't know why I called you that. But whatever. I'm a bit weird but you already knew that.)Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211795104255791133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-51931610693722688052016-09-19T07:22:05.629-05:002016-09-19T07:22:05.629-05:00GTW does have good posts, especially if you write ...GTW does have good posts, especially if you write YA, so I don't plan on leaving either. Lol.<br /><br />It is the Wordly app! I also wish there were more available on the free version... I know $4.99 isn't a ton of money, but it does feel kind of steep for an app. Ashleyhttps://thewriterlyone.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-27160227365030567462016-09-18T16:09:42.031-05:002016-09-18T16:09:42.031-05:00For some reason, a comment isn't showing up he...For some reason, a comment isn't showing up here. Emily G said: I participated, too! It was a lot of fun, although I had to reallyyy push myself to get to 100 words some days. It would have been better if I had had a better idea of where I wanted my story to go, but since I was kind of stuck I wrote junk a lot of days too. xD<br />And yeah, even though it may not be my greatest writing, it totally feels great to have finished! I was super proud of myself for actually sticking it out to the end. :) And I was ready to take a break, too-- I started to switch to another story when I was finished, but I was having trouble getting into it, so I haven't written in a week and it's actually been kind of nice. :-)<br /><br />My reply: Some days were hard to push through, weren't they? Way to go for sticking it out! You *should* be proud! But yeah, I had a similar problem with not knowing where the story was going. I mean, I have an outline, but I was in a part where the details were fuzzy because I needed to do some research... and I didn't do the research... so that was interesting. XD Let's enjoy our time off from writing! I'm sure before we know it, we'll be ready to start it up again. ^_^<br />Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-75962565124520299012016-09-18T15:49:42.259-05:002016-09-18T15:49:42.259-05:00Hey, thanks, Ashley! (And welcome here!) Getting m...Hey, thanks, Ashley! (And welcome here!) Getting married is most definitely a good excuse for not finishing the challenge. Congrats on that, by the way. I guess I fall into the "Old Fogies" group as well--I only started following GTW within the last year or so, but I'm closing in on 21, so I'm no longer a teen. XD But the posts are so good, I'm not planning to leave anytime soon!<br /><br />Ooh, that's a great idea! All the best with that! Is that the Wordly app??? Because I've been using it too, and I've noticed I write faster in short bursts as well! Such a handy dandy little app, isn't it? I just wish I could add more than one project without paying. :PTracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-68769850296239426512016-09-16T12:58:16.722-05:002016-09-16T12:58:16.722-05:00I participated, too! It was a lot of fun, although...I participated, too! It was a lot of fun, although I had to reallyyy push myself to get to 100 words some days. It would have been better if I had had a better idea of where I wanted my story to go, but since I was kind of stuck I wrote junk a lot of days too. xD<br />And yeah, even though it may not be my greatest writing, it totally feels great to have finished! I was super proud of myself for actually sticking it out to the end. :) And I was ready to take a break, too-- I started to switch to another story when I was finished, but I was having trouble getting into it, so I haven't written in a week and it's actually been kind of nice. :-)Emily Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-92177995819662675222016-09-16T07:39:24.185-05:002016-09-16T07:39:24.185-05:00Great job (and great post)! I started the 100-4-10...Great job (and great post)! I started the 100-4-100, but didn't get very far. I got married in August, so wedding stuff got in my way. Yes, I fall into the "Old Fogies" group on GTW. I've been reading it since I was in high school and I'm still hanging around...<br /><br />Anyway, I would like to try my own 100-4-100 again in October, I think. I actually do better in short spurts than I do when I try to go at it for an hour or so. I didn't think this would be the case, but I have an app on my phone that allows me to start a timer when I start writing and when I stop and put in my word count it tells me my words-per-hour ratio. When I looked at my stats, the 15-20 minute sessions were much better than the hour+ sessions. I don't know. Maybe I'm just weird. Ashleyhttps://thewriterlyone.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-75881614231463461472016-09-15T12:03:28.154-05:002016-09-15T12:03:28.154-05:00I didn't realize I've never mentioned that...I didn't realize I've never mentioned that's how NaNo goes for me! I think because I've only just recently realized that...here 6 NaNos later. *snorts* I always THINK the first week is gonna be the best, but it's hard for me getting into the story and writing and writing and WRITING. But once I've been in the story for a few chapters, and formed a writing habit (and gotten my mind used to the idea that I'll be holed up in my room writing for a month XD), it becomes much easier. But trust me, I'm always ECSTATIC when the end comes around. It can be so tiring. Z_ZChristine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-16288578518575981292016-09-14T19:06:47.426-05:002016-09-14T19:06:47.426-05:00Oh, really? Cool! Yep, consistency: great. Burn ou...Oh, really? Cool! Yep, consistency: great. Burn out: not so great. But at least given enough time, we can build up our creative juices again. YAY, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THE LARRYBOY REFERENCE. VeggieTales was my childhood. XDTracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-33090323680403013532016-09-14T19:05:37.159-05:002016-09-14T19:05:37.159-05:00Oh, and what's this I see? You've made you...Oh, and what's this I see? You've made your blog public? How exciting! When I have a moment, I'll pop on over. ^_^Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-59397439603768573272016-09-14T19:04:53.237-05:002016-09-14T19:04:53.237-05:00THANK YOU, DEARIE! :D You should definitely do a p...THANK YOU, DEARIE! :D You should definitely do a post too! I'd enjoy seeing how it went for you in greater detail. (Especially since you wrote over 60k! o.o)Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-73031372687555548952016-09-14T15:24:28.350-05:002016-09-14T15:24:28.350-05:00I've participated in this challenge a few time...I've participated in this challenge a few times. It's really helped me in a lot of ways. Many of which you stated. It helped with consistency primarily, but I too dealt with burn out. Yesssss to the Larry Boy reference. I love that movie. XD<br /><br />storitorigrace.blogspot.comVictoria Grace Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849013182543674707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-88519707647528213552016-09-13T18:35:35.151-05:002016-09-13T18:35:35.151-05:00TRACEY DYCK. YOU DID IT YOU DID IT!!! HURRAH!!! *r...TRACEY DYCK. YOU DID IT YOU DID IT!!! HURRAH!!! *raises sword in triumph for you* <br /><br />I loved reading this post - it was so much fun seeing how you tackled 100-for-100! I may or may not have to do a post like this of my own ... <br /><br />~ Savannah <br />scattered-scribblings.blogspot.comSavannah Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668452024211579085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-59160148087815126372016-09-13T18:09:57.956-05:002016-09-13T18:09:57.956-05:00I love how it works so differently for the two of ...I love how it works so differently for the two of you!<br /><br />@Deb: Ooh, even shorter. I'm not sure which one is the most accurate, but either way, habits obviously don't take long to form. (Which is a good thing AND a bad thing. XD)Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-50948561036249957282016-09-13T18:08:42.949-05:002016-09-13T18:08:42.949-05:00Okay, cool! But oh my word. It happened right over...Okay, cool! But oh my word. It happened right over NaNo??? :O :O :O That would be insane. Go you!Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-40139916880079474722016-09-13T14:09:55.449-05:002016-09-13T14:09:55.449-05:00*creeps into conversation* That's so funny you...*creeps into conversation* That's so funny you feel that way about NaNo, Lauri, because I'm the other way! O_O Yes, sometimes it's a little hard to start, but I tend to find it easier in the first week of NaNo because I'm excited and haven't run out of inspiration yet or goteten burnt out. And then in the middle it starts to be a drag and I get tired... and by the end I'm usually like AGH WHAT R WORDS and do one last desperate push to the end and then win and collapse and vow not to touch a word for at least a month. XD I'm not sure I knew it was so opposite for us, but I absolutely LOVE how it becomes a habit to you! :) I've always admired how well you handle NaNos, so I guess that's why! :D I've just never seen you explain it like that and now I'm fascinated. XD<br /><br />@Tracey: I thiiiink someone once said that if you do something every day for like 3 weeks it's a habit? I'm sure there's lots of different theories but that's one I've heard. :PDeborah O'Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969896655321575875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-40511443279765448862016-09-13T14:05:45.294-05:002016-09-13T14:05:45.294-05:00Yup, I did it in 2014, when it ran from like Septe...Yup, I did it in 2014, when it ran from like September to sometime in December I think? Which meant it encompassed NaNo that year... the same year I was on a roadtrip for like two weeks in November. Let me tell you, I was very glad for my grace week and weekly grace day. XD I can't believe I survived it. :P<br /><br />Yay! Glad it's amazing! :)Deborah O'Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969896655321575875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-67880386384136565972016-09-13T11:23:03.025-05:002016-09-13T11:23:03.025-05:00Thanks so much! I'd recommend giving it a go s...Thanks so much! I'd recommend giving it a go sometime! I'm not sure when Go Teen Writers will hold another one, but you can always make it a self-imposed challenge, too. It definitely gives you a taste of what a published authors life might be like (having to write every day). :)Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620960568844915525.post-62937151926384372652016-09-13T11:21:41.721-05:002016-09-13T11:21:41.721-05:00Awwwgsh, thanks. *blushes* ^_^ In a way it felt li...Awwwgsh, thanks. *blushes* ^_^ In a way it felt like forever, but in another way I can't believe it's already over.<br /><br />That's true, there are a lot of similarities to Nano! Or at least, from what I know (and imagine) Nano is like. XD<br /><br />Heehee, charts are so fun. I liked keeping track of my daily counts... I might even start doing that on a regular basis. (I already have a writing log in a notebook, but I always round the wordcounts to the nearest hundred, so I don't know the exact amount I write in a month.) Oh, trust me, there were plenty of days I wrote the bare minimum and called it quits!<br /><br />Yes, the timer was probably the most effective tool I used! Progress over wordcount--a much better mentality to have. Because progress doesn't always manifest as words being added to the manuscript. Sometimes progress is brainstorming, or taking notes, or researching, or rewriting. *nods*<br />Absolutely, the way we can form a habit is great! Doesn't it say somewhere that people can develop a new habit in 30-60 days?<br /><br />No, I love all the Nano babbles! It really relates to the 100-for-100. YOU'RE AMAZING TOO. <333<br /><br />More cake and confetti! Yay! You guys will fatten me up with all these virtual goodies. XD<br /><br />(Oh my goodness, yes. Those need to be in a story now. o.o)Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.com