#gywo

[jkateel]

finished the first month of the year having written 20,011 words 💪

maybe my goal of 150,000 words this year isn’t too crazy lol

[chaos-monkeyy]

If any of my writer friends are looking for a way to stay accountable to your own writing goals this year or to challenge yourself, today is the last day to sign up for Get Your Words Out!

(p.s. they have a very sexy tracker spreadsheet available for gywo members to use. just sayin'.)

[greaseonmymouth]

pledging for GYWO 2024 is open! I’ve pledged again - I’ve done GYWO since 2012 and this year is the second year I’ve completed a pledge (first time was in 2018) though I’ve come close a few times and also some years fallen very short of the mark.

There are several pledge types and throughout the year (and the month) there are various voluntary activities one can participate in to stay motivated. Only mandatory thing is the formal check-in every month.

I’ve seen whispers on here wrt people wanting to check out or go back to dreamwidth; if you are writing minded then this community could be a great way to use dreamwidth more actively and connect with people.

[staceymcgillicuddy]

GetYourWordsOut: Year Sixteen! Pledges & Requirements | getyourwordsout.net

Happy New Year, friends!

This post is just to share the love--I've participated in Get Your Words Out for the past few years, and it's really good for motivation and celebrating any words written, not just the ones on the big projects. There are wordcount goals, as well as habit goals, and it's a nice, low-pressure way to see what you've done, writing-wise, throughout the year.

[kalira]

Worries and Safety

Another Moon Child poem rounding out my first roll of prompts for @gywo Yahtzee! The prompt for this one is "bossy".

As always, available in text form on AO3.

[stormofsharpthings]

If anyone is looking for year-round writing accountability, you might check out Get Your Words Out (GYWO).

They have several levels of annual Word Count pledges, from 75K (about 200 words a day) on up, or you could choose a Habit pledge instead that tracks the number of days you do writing activities.

They have monthly check-ins to help you keep on track, and a supportive community on Dreamwidth.

I believe the deadline is January 15th to join!

[darknutmeg]

Made it to 300 days! 🙌 🙌

[space-dog-from-space]

GetYourWordsOut: Year Seventeen! Pledges & Requirements | getyourwordsout.net

Just filled out my 2025 GYWO pledge. Last year I went for a million words and failed miserably (but hey, at least I wrote something) so this year I'm trying a new tack with the habit pledge. I chose 350 days, so if I'm going to end up in a coma it had better not be for longer than four days.

[poedinson]

May Check-In: Now Open

The May Check-In is open from May 30 through June 5. 

Report your Year-to-Date (YTD) progress by following the directions on Dreamwidth.

Important Reminders!

Make sure you check in! Missing too many check-ins will result in your removal from the community. 

Not meeting your monthly goal will not affect your membership status whatsoever.

If you have a question or concern, please consider leaving a comment on the post linked above or contacting a moderator.

[alas-poor-cesario]

Well so far for GYWO I'm doing better than last year. This is an 8x increase on last year's total monthly words

Like if I managed to finish NaNo in November, and write just 1k for every other month this year I'd hit my target. And that's kinda mad to think about.

[mirrored-illusions]

GetYourWordsOut: Year Sixteen! Pledges & Requirements | getyourwordsout.net

Pledging is open between December 11th, 2023 and January 15th, 2024.

Dreamwidth & Open ID.

All fandoms, any original work.

Pledge to write a certain number of words in 2024, or, Pledge to write a certain number of days during the year.

What words count? | Pledges & Requirements & FAQ

[inktrailing]

I can tell it's been a busy year if I hadn't updated my fic housekeeping since last November. I have not done a lot fic-wise this year but I have hit my 250k goal for GYWO nonetheless. 228k words through roleplaying lmao, great.

[wherekizzialives]

Herding the Words: Q3 2023

So this is a month late, thanks to my body and brain ganging up on me – which I’ve mainly talked about over on Substack – yet when I look back over the past four months my word herding has once again mostly been a positive force in my life.  In terms of stats I’ve added another 40k words to the yearly count, taking me over 100k in total, and last Friday I hit my Get Your Words Out habit goal of…

[staceymcgillicuddy]

Sunday Summary

This week was a huge milestone for me in that I hit my GYWO goal of writing 200,000 words this year, and I did it several months early! I've been in a huge writing dry spell for almost a year and a half, and last year I was way too ambitious with my wordcount goals and got in my head about it and failed miserably. This year I was a lot more modest, AND I had the amazing Hellcheer community putting wind in my sails so… yay! 200k!

Beyond that, I've been traveling so missed a few days of writing, but still got some words in!

🚛 to get my soul known again - 170

Edited Chapter 28, sent to the beta, will post it tomorrow, woo-hoo!

🏛️ College/Townie - 5,476

Got a lot done on this one, and I'm almost done with the first chapter, which is ending up as a crazy 10k epic thing. I have a feeling this one might be a fic where the chapters take a long time, but they end up being pretty long when they do get posted. Anyway, these two are a messsssssssss and I love them already.

😈 Kinktober - 3,138

I have 4/31 fills done, the shortest of which is 255 words and the longest of which is 1,100. I was trying to get everything in under 1k, but now I'm just going where the spirit moves me. Two of them, so far, are kinks I've never written before. God bless.

Grand Total: 5,959

Not bad considering I only wrote 4 of 7 days!

Six-sentence Sunday later, I hope, plus soul tomorrow and kinkmeme 3 on Weeeednesday?

[kalira]

Brilliance

Day 2 of my Valentine's Spectacular, and also written for my tarot prompts challenge from @gywo!

T; 1.1k Jenny/Lynn

With two of the most brilliant girls in the galaxy - and each supporting the other - flashes of victory can be attained even on the weariest days.

[mad-madam-m]

Tiger & Bunny Fic: Selfies

Title: Selfies Fandom: Tiger & Bunny Relationships: Barnaby/Kotetsu Word count: 913 Rating: G Tags: Established Relationship Summary: Barnaby and Kotetsu are supposed to get dinner together. Barnaby is late.

Read it on AO3!