GYWO

[spindle_ella]

[img: notebook paper with "GYWO 2019" printed in large black
letters with a blue shadow. under that, "writing decathlon" in
handwritten black letters with an orange shadow.]
GetYourWordsOut: Year Eleven!
Pledges & Requirements | GYWO.net


I enjoyed doing the habit pledge for 2018 so I'm going to do it again - Journeyman this time. Doing the Apprentice level this year was doable, but I didn't start writing until like mid-May I think? Mostly down to AXA and the Saga of the Kitchen Leak. I find the habit pledge much better for me than the word-count ones; I think I've actually written more this year, not working to word-count, than I do when I have a number.

Comments

[notasupervillain]

Good luck!

[spindle_ella]

Thank you! Are you doing it this year?

[notasupervillain]

No, I tend to write in fits and starts. Plus I'm catching up on the Reading I do for friends right now! So that's priority over writing until I catch up.

[spindle_ella]

Ah, good luck with your Reading challenge then ;)

[notasupervillain]

Nearly. Caught. Up.

Nearly....

[spindle_ella]

\o/!

[notasupervillain]

I caught up! Now to edit. Or write. Hopefully.

[spindle_ella]

Good luck!

[notasupervillain]

I wrote... Well. A couple words. But I did good plotting and character work, even if it never made it to the page?

[darjeeling]

I was intrigued by the habit pledges but ultimately I think for me, a word count will motivate me more lol. Good luck on yours!

[spindle_ella]

Not gonna lie, I was a bit surprised by how much better the habit pledges worked for me. I picked it because my house was a disaster area thanks to a leak, thinking I could at least crank out 100 words per day towards the back end of the year, and found that being able to count research and editing meant that on writing days I could write more (I'm now 8k shy of 200,000 words for 2018, and my wordcount was maybe 1k in when the builders finally finished up in May, if that?). So I'm doing it again, lol.

Good luck to you too!

[darjeeling]

:O That's amazing, congratulations on your 2018 word count!

Thanks!

[spindle_ella]

Thank you!

[viciousladybug]

Wow, I never heard of this. That is really cool.

[spindle_ella]

It's a great motivator. :D

[ladygriddlebone]

Ooh, this is tempting... I wonder if I could make time for one of these.

[spindle_ella]

It's great fun, and there's lots of support posts through the year too :D