The DFTBAuthors Writing Challenge

Days Four and Five!!!!

2009-07-04T16:38:00.000-07:00

We're almost done, people! Only Saturday and Sunday are left! GO GO GO GO!!!! (Also, if your scores are missing, @reply to us and we'll update them.)

THURSDAY'S and FRIDAY'S SCORES

ab7- ?

AnneShirley06- ?

bythebrooks- ~~||||~~ |||

Genevieve_Thurs- |

Kaye723- ||||

kperry- ~~||||~~ ||

kreativrytr- ||||

miss_ashleyc- ~~||||~~ ~~||||~~

runforamsterdam- ~~||||~~ ||

summer3r- ~~||||~~

supernovakgirl- ||||

ukulele17- |||

TEH WORDCOUNTS

ab7
Goal - 500 words
Monday- ????
Tuesday- ????
Wednesday- ????
Thursday- ????
Friday- ????

AnneShirley06
Goal- 1200 words
Monday- ????
Tuesday- ????
Wednesday- ????
Thursday- ????
Friday- ????

bythebrooks
Goal- 1002
Monday- 878
Tuesday- 2575
Wednesday- 3063
Thursday- 2095
Friday- 1008

Genevieve_Thurs
Goal- 700 words
Monday- 648
Tuesday- 780
Wednesday- 540
Thursday- 231
Friday- ?

Kaye723
Goal- 1000
Monday- 1746
Tuesday- 1209
Wednesday-1209
Thursday- 1412
Friday- ?

kperry
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1200
Tuesday- 1500
Wednesday- 1500
Thursday- 2000
Friday- 2000

kreativrytr
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1566
Tuesday- 1237
Wednesday- 2143
Thursday- 0
Friday- 0

miss_ashleyc
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1878
Tuesday- 2348
Wednesday- 2412
Thursday- 3009
Friday- 2301

runforamsterdam
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 2268
Tuesday- 2247
Wednesday- 2057
Thursday- 1622
Friday- ?

summer3r
Goal- 1500 words
Monday- 1532
Tuesday- 1578
Wednesday- 1597
Thursday- 1680
Friday- 1527

supernovakgirl
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1013
Tuesday- 1076
Wednesday- 1018
Thursday- 1231
Friday- 108

ukulele17
Goal- 800 words
Monday- 1105
Tuesday- 59
Wednesday- 811
Thursday- 824
Friday- ????

Day Three

2009-07-02T18:29:00.000-07:00

You're all still going strong! We're just about halfway finished with the first challenge! HURRAY! For those of you who haven't had enough, stay tuned, b/c we'll be announcing when the next challenge is VERY SOON.

WEDNESDAY'S SCORES

ab7- ?

AnneShirley06- ?

bythebrooks- ~~||||~~

devynburton- |

Genevieve_Thurs- |

Kaye723- |||

kperry- |||

kreativrytr- ||||

miss_ashleyc- ~~||||~~

runforamsterdam- ~~||||~~ |

summer3r- |||

supernovakgirl- |||

ukulele17- ||

WEDNESDAY'S WORDCOUNTS

ab7
Goal - 500 words
Monday- ????
Tuesday- ????
Wednesday- ????

AnneShirley06
Goal- 1200 words
Monday- ????
Tuesday- ????
Wednesday- ????

bythebrooks
Goal- 1002
Monday- 878
Tuesday- 2575
Wednesday- 3063

devynburton
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1059
Tuesday- ????
Wednesday- ????

Genevieve_Thurs
Goal- 700 words
Monday- 648
Tuesday- 780
Wednesday- 540

Kaye723
Goal- 1000
Monday- 1746
Tuesday- 1209
Wednesday-1209

kperry
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1200
Tuesday- 1500
Wednesday- 1500

kreativrytr
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1566
Tuesday- 1237
Wednesday- 2143

miss_ashleyc
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1878
Tuesday- 2348
Wednesday- 2412

runforamsterdam
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 2268
Tuesday- 2247
Wednesday- 2057

summer3r
Goal- 1500 words
Monday- 1532
Tuesday- 1578
Wednesday- 1597

supernovakgirl
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1013
Tuesday- 1076
Wednesday- 1018

ukulele17
Goal- 800 words
Monday- 1105
Tuesday- 59
Wednesday- 811

Day Two! Woohoo!

2009-07-01T21:36:00.000-07:00

Great job, peeps! You're all amazing! Special congrats to runforamsterdam, who's leading with FOUR POINTS, followed closely by miss_ashleyc, with THREE points!

TUESDAY'S SCORES

ab7- ?

AnneShirley06- ?

bythebrooks- ||

devynburton- |

Genevieve_Thurs- |

Kaye723- ||

kperry- ||

kreativrytr- ||

miss_ashleyc- |||

runforamsterdam- ||||

summer3r- ||

supernovakgirl- ||

ukulele17- |

TUESDAY'S WORDCOUNTS

ab7
Goal - 500 words
Monday- ????
Tuesday- ????

AnneShirley06
Goal- 1200 words
Monday- ????
Tuesday- ????

bythebrooks
Goal- 1002
Monday- 878
Tuesday- 2575

devynburton
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1059
Tuesday- ????

Genevieve_Thurs
Goal- 700 words
Monday- 648
Tuesday- 780

Kaye723
Goal- 1000
Monday- 1746
Tuesday- 1209

kperry
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1200
Tuesday- 1500

kreativrytr
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1566
Tuesday- 1237

miss_ashleyc
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1878
Tuesday- 2348

runforamsterdam
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 2268
Tuesday- 2247

summer3r
Goal- 1500 words
Monday- 1532
Tuesday- 1578

supernovakgirl
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1013
Tuesday- 1076

ukulele17
Goal- 800 words
Monday- 1105
Tuesday- 59

Day One

2009-06-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

Awesome wordcounts everyone! KEEP GOING!!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

MONDAY'S SCORES

ab7- ?

AnneShirley06- ?

bythebrooks-

devynburton- |

Genevieve_Thurs-

Kaye723- |

kperry- |

kreativrytr- |

miss_ashleyc- |

runforamsterdam- ||

summer3r- |

supernovakgirl- |

ukulele17- |

MONDAY'S WORDCOUNTS

ab7
Goal - 500 words
Monday- ????

AnneShirley06
Goal- 1200 words
Monday- ????

bythebrooks
Goal- 1002
Monday- 878

devynburton
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1059

Genevieve_Thurs
Goal- 700 words
Monday- 648

Kaye723
Goal- 1000
Monday- 1746

kperry
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1200

kreativrytr
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1566

miss_ashleyc
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1878

runforamsterdam
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 2268

summer3r
Goal- 1500 words
Monday- 1532

supernovakgirl
Goal- 1000 words
Monday- 1013

ukulele17
Goal- 800 words
Monday- 1105

Participant List w/ Weekly Goals

2009-06-29T19:41:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone! Here are the goals everyone will be shooting for each day this week! GO GO GO GO!!!!

ab7
Goal - 500 words

AnneShirley06
Goal- 1200 words

bythebrooks
Goal- ????

devynburton
Goal- 1000 words

Genevieve_Thurs
Goal- 700 words

kperry
Goal- 1000 words

kreativrytr
Goal- 1000 words

miss_ashleyc
Goal- 1000 words

runforamsterdam
Goal- 1000 words

summer3r
Goal- 1500 words

supernovakgirl
Goal- 1000 words

If I left anyone out, please @reply to DFTBAuthors on Twitter saying YOU LEFT ME OUT! Also, let us know your word count goal. THANKS!!!! HAPPY WRITING!

Instructions for Participating in the FIRST EVER DFTBAuthors Writing Challenge

2009-06-26T19:13:00.000-07:00

Follow DFTBAuthors on Twitter. Then @reply to DFTBAuthors by 11:59 p.m. on June 28, 2009, saying you want to be in the challenge and what your daily wordcount goal is.

Every night at midnight (or earlier if you want), local time, tweet @DFTBAuthors with your daily wordcount goal and that day's wordcount. So if your daily goal is 1000 words, and on Monday you wrote 1300 words, your tweet would look something like this: "@DFTBAuthors Goal: 1000, Monday: 1300."

For every day that you meet that goal, you get a point. For every day that you double your goal, you get an extra point. If you triple your goal, you get three points, and so on. As long as you @reply with your daily scores, we'll update them to DFTBAuthors.blogspot.com every day so that everyone can see how everyone else is doing! You can cheer each other on, challenge each other, etc.

Obviously, this will all be solely on the honor system. We aren't going to verify wordcounts or anything. This is a just-for-fun way to get a few people together and write like insane people for a week. :)

Tips for Wordcount Goal Setting: Pick a daily wordcount goal that you think is reasonably attainable but maybe just a little bit more than you might normally do. This will give you enough of a challenge without making you want to tear your hair out every day.

Let us know if you have any other ideas! And feel free to take this and run with it. Start your own mini-challenges or whatever you think will help you get writing. If you want to do page counts instead of wordcounts, that's fine too. Whatever! Just let us know by @replying so that we can post your daily tally.

If this works, there's a chance we'll do it again. Maybe again this month, or maybe we'll work out something regular, like the first week of every month. WHO KNOWS?

- Chelsea & Rebecca