Lois & Clark Forums Forums Fan Fiction Fanfic Related An Invitation to join NaFinWipsMo

Some of you might have heard of NaNoWriMo . Well, some of us who talked about possibly joining in felt put off by the fact that we have hard drives full of unfinished WIPs and the thought of starting yet another piece of work - fanfic, novel, whatever - only to grind to a halt with that one too left us wanting to tear our hair.

So a suggestion has been made - and I credit Pam with the title - of organising a NaFinWipsMo. In other words, National Finishing WIPs Month. This is your chance to dust off one of those unfinished documents on your hard drive and make a serious effort to complete it.

Want to join in? Post below. Feel free to update from time to time. And feel enthused by the fact that lots of us are trying to do it at the same time.

Now, I have at least half a dozen long WIPs I'd love to finish. I'll have to save the rest for another time, but for this month here is my commitment:

Unfinished WIP: 24 Hours. Currently standing at around 41,000 words and 109 full pages. I think I'm around halfway through it, which could mean anything from another 30,000 words to another 50,000.

One way or another, I intend to have it finished by the end of November. And there's another advantage to that - I can get it to the Archive before the December cut-off point.

And I hereby commit to the above.


Wendy

Oh, yes! Come on and join us, guys! It'll be fun

My effort: Hearts United (the sequel to Hearts Divided, yes), which as of tonight stood at 25,550 words. I don't think it'll take me more than 25,000 more -- but then you know how stories grow in the telling. It took me over a year to get the first 25,000 -- I want to see if I can't get the next 25,000 within a month.

All encouragement and fed-ex deliveries of chocolate will be much appreciated

PJ

I do hereby, despite all the voices screaming in my head, commit myself to the termination of Trick or Treat: A Halloween Dilemna.

In as much as said fic deals with a holiday already passed, this endeavour is both necessary and insane.

Signed,

I'm in, too!!

I'm determined to finish this fic by the end of the year. Not sure I can finish it all this month, but I'm going to try like heck!

Away From the Sun status: 51,119 words

I'd say it's about 2/3rds finished... maybe... could be half... In other words, I have no clue how long it's going to be. Could be 25 parts. Could be 53.

Sara (who wishes she didn't have so much homework...)

Wendy, I'm glad you posted this invitation. I was interested in the NaNoWriMo, but I have a fanfic I've committed to completing by Nov. 30, and it didn't make any sense to start something new. I'm about 1/4 the way through my fundraiser fic--just under 7000 words--and it'll probably be around 30,000 words when it's done, so I've got about 23,000 words to go. Wow, that's almost half of the NaNoWriMo goal!

Okay, that works out to about 770 words per day, or a little less than two pages. So I'm committing to finishing this WIP by the end of November.

(/me chants, "I can do this. I can do this," and tries not to think of the grading piling up.)

Hmm... does polishing a completed fic (possibly including major rewriting of some scenes) count?

See ya,
AnnaBtG.

The way this month is shaping up there's just no way But good luck to all of you who are working!

Kaylle
(if by some miracle I finish a fundraiser story, it will be a short one )

Congratulations to everyone who's signed up so far! We can do this. We can do this...

Day One: 2208 words. Five and a half pages. It's progress.


Wendy

Does an outline count?

'Cause I've spend several almost full days, usually the odd lazy Saturday or Sunday, in the last month working on the outline for Haven. I am determined to finish it in the next few months and I was seriously considering doing a "book in a week" once I got the outline where I wanted it.

Anything counts, as long as it's progress towards getting an incomplete story finished! And that goes for you too, Anna.

So sign up - the more the merrier! We can all nag each other.


Wendy

Well, I'll throw my hat in the ring. I've started two stories (Uncovering Utopia, and You're Looking evil: ).

I will write everyday... :
I will write everyday...
I will write everyday...

gerry

*deep breath*

Okay, I'll bite. I'm committing to finish the sequal to an Alt-Clark story that's currently in the BRing stage. I've got the entire outline and about 5 pages of the first part, but I haven't written anything in about three months. With the holidays coming up I should have some time off from work and school to get serious about finishing.

Feel free to nag me any time.

~Anna

NagNag NagNag NagNag NagNag NagNag NagNag NagNag...


Wendy (getting nagged a lot on IRC and getting a lot of writing done as a result. )

I had a bit of a slow start: 270 words the first day and 500 words the second, so at the end of two days, I've met my first day's writing goal of 770 words. <sigh> That's okay. The fact that I actually wrote the equivalent of 1 manuscript page on the 1st and 2 manuscript pages on the 2nd is tons more writing than I've been doing. I'm building up a head of steam--working my way up to the goal of 3 manuscript pages per day. Hopefully, I'll reach that today. I just need to get my grading done so I can get going on the writing.

There are only three unfinished manuscripts on my hard drive right now, and I'm hard at work on one right now -- that's the one for the fundraiser. Maybe I should join this afterwards, or not. Not sure what to do here. <g>

Nan

Well, since the aim is to finish any unfinished manuscript, Nan, I don't see why you can't join in now: the fundraiser fic is a good place to start! And if you think it'll be finished too soon, just say that you aim to finish two.

And, Sheila, the fact that you're making progress at all is good. Especially as it's more than you've been doing recently - you deserve a pat on the back for that!


Wendy (who did really well the first couple of days but has yet to start today)

Actually, if it's finished too soon that will be all to the good. I hate deadlines ...

Nan

Okay... /me takes a deep breath... So:

The Walls Between Us: A finished, BRed, posted story I'm not happy with. I commit myself to having it ready by the end of this month. (November is one of the worst months for high-school students, but anyway... I could use the nagging. I've been procrastinating on this for too long.)

First step will be... umm... joining all the parts I have in one file. /me ducks tomatoes. Hey, it's a start, right? Besides, if you saw my TWBU folder, you'd agree it's a complete mess.

/me sighs "I can do this" and is off to study Advanced Physics.

See ya,
AnnaBtG.

You can do this, Anna! And way to go, Sheila! It may not seem impressive but it's a huge improvement on nothing <g>

Today, I wrote 1263 words. Yay, me!

PJ

I must be crazy....

but I think writing is what I need right now...

I devote myself to "untitled fic" so far it's 11,622 words and I don't know how much more it will be till I am finished....

However, I will finally finish it!

:mumbles: peer presure :mumbles:

~Lois Lane Wanna Be