#wip word count game

[moonshine-nightlight]

84 for the Dale thing. (I am FROTHING at these snippets)

@lunalocura

thanks!!

with this one, the chapter is drafted and so this round of the WIP Word Count Game is over. i still have to edit it, but it will go up in the next 2 or so hours (i need to quickly run to the grocery store before it closes) but this chapter is currently over 6k, making it the longest chapter yet so hopefully everyone's ready for all that

Actual Word Count: 84

“So close. But perhaps you are correct,” it’s the human voice this time, panting but not demoralized.

[verbenaa]

snippet sunday MONDAY

thank you to @khywren @inkymoonbunny @ladyduellist and @roguishcat (sorry if I've forgotten anyone else) for tagging me the past week(s) to post a little something! I am super behind on my tagged stuff but I'm working to catch up 😅

Chapter 8 is at a very modest 12k words atm. Sorry for the wait on it, but a good 3/4ths of it is smut and/or some casual emotional damage so it's (hopefully) worth it 😈 it shall come out sometime in the (hopefully very) near future.

anyway here ya go~

No pressure tags ✨💖 @elinorbard @preciouslittlebhaalbae @xxnashiraxx @eraserspiral

[presleyhearted]

I’m bored, let’s play a game! 🤔

Send me a word and I will retrieve a sentence from my WIPs (work in progress) that contains the word.

[slowandsteddie]

WIP Wednesday…

…with a twist!

Tagged by: @eriquin

I am currently working on Chapter Two of Lazy Petals. I have the rough draft done, but I do need to go through the editing process. Which is going to consist of massive rewrites.

For every note that this post gets, I will write at least one paragraph. If it gets under fifty notes, each one will count for 2-3 paragraphs. If you want, you can comment multiple times.

Once I have written (rewritten) the proper amount of paragraphs to notes ratio, I will share my favorite part by reblogging this post.

[leofrith]

tagged by: @reiverreturns 🥰

rules: summarize your WIPs badly and let people vote on what they’d most like to read

i'll reblog with a snippet of whichever WIP wins (or you could also just ask me because i have no self control when it comes to sharing 💀)

tagging @aeide @artschoolglasses @findusinaweek @beroyas @orphiceonian and anyone else who might want to do the thing :)

[mebiselfandi]

Tagged by @liverpool-enjoyer thanks bestie💕🫶

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell us about it. Then tag as many people as you have WIPs. If you don't write, list your art WIPs!

1. Everything Stays - modramos

2. Always On Your Left - mo & darwin

3. Life Imitates Life - trent virg and robbo (will be posting tomorrow)

4. Vampy Valentines - domitrent

5. Andy x Virgil - just realized the ship is the title lol😭

6. Black Boys Don’t Cry - domitrent

7. Dawn Chorus 2 - jude gavi chap 2

8. Be Your Best Girl 2 - domitrent chap 2

Tagging @stormoflina @ollieflopkins @trentxaa @nmsxi @kloppinthekop @seedlessmuffins @photmath @walkon-throughtherain

[1mnobodywhoareyou]

59 words this time?

FIFTY NINE WORDS EXACTLY! BOO YA!

Alex frees Bex from her chair, hovering while she climbs down of her own accord. He stopped being allowed to physically lift her down a few weeks ago and now just has to stand by while she does it herself, hoping each time that it isn’t the day she slips and smashes her face against it or the floor.

send me a number and i'll add that many words to a wip

[griseldabanks]

Let Me Count the Ways ask game

I've been wanting to do something like this for a long time, and finally decided I might as well just go ahead and do it. Send in a prompt and a duo, and I'll write a short fic for you! Feel free to reblog or alter for your own purposes.

"I missed you."

"You're my idiot."

"You're not a burden."

"I trust you with my life."

"I love you. Yeah, for real."

"I'll never give up on you."

"I can't imagine how I lived without you. I mean, I can remember it, but I can't imagine how I considered that living."

"I've got you."

"Don't EVER scare me like that again!"

"I thought I lost you…"

"How could you do this to me?"

"I know this may be hard to believe, but I'm on your side."

"Of course we're best friends. No one else would put up with your shenanigans."

"Do you trust me?"

"What? I meant it as a compliment."

"I can't do this anymore."

"Are you just going to keep walking by my house or are you going to come in?"

"Dude. It's three in the morning."

"Where are your clothes?"

"I can't believe I'm telling you this."

"I should have told you this a long time ago."

"Why are you helping me?"

"I feel like we've met before…."

"No, I don't care what 'they' think."

"Can't believe this drive is going to take 10 hours…. You wanna play I Spy or License Plate Poker?"

"I'm still mad at you. A broken elevator won't change that. Get away from me. That's YOUR side."

"Leave you? You know how hard it was for me to TRAIN YOU to deal with me?"

"Why does my blanket smell like you?"

"It's not my fault."

"Trust me."

"I wish…"

"Forgive me."

"Thank you."

"I'll keep you safe."

"Why did you do it?"

"Where are we going?"

"Now what?"

"Stay with me for a while."

"Did you really do that?"

"I love you. You know that, right?"

"I have no idea what just happened."

"What are friends for?"

"Please don't be mad."

"You're not wrong."

"I never told you, but…"

"Stop! Can we think this through?"

"Whatever happens, don't forget."

"We should eat something."

"I haven't slept in days."

"I know that face."

Note: I'm only going to write for platonic relationships. There's plenty of great romances out there, but I want to focus on friendships and familial relationships. Even if you send in one of my OTPs, I'm going to write them platonically. Also, I'm perfectly happy to write about my usual blorbos, but I think it would be a fun challenge to try to write characters I wouldn't normally go for. Check out my main blog @novelmonger for my main fandoms, or go ahead and send in some characters to see if I know them. I'd love to fill all of these prompts, so feel free to send me LOTS :D

Non-exhaustive list of duos I'd like to write:

Ed and Al (FMA)

Ed and Mustang (FMA)

Steve and Bucky (MCU)

Steve and Sam (MCU)

Sam and Bucky (MCU)

Frodo and Sam (LotR)

Legolas and Gimli (LotR)

Sam and Dean (Supernatural)

John and Sherlock (BBC Sherlock)

Rakka and Reki (Haibane Renmei)

Link and Navi (Zelda)

Fai and Kurogane (Tsubasa Chronicle)

Shion and Nezumi (No.6)

Hyakkimaru and Dororo (Dororo)

Nate and Sully (Uncharted)

Nate and Sam (Uncharted)

Joel and Ellie (The Last of Us)

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan (Star Wars)

Beat and Rhyme (The World Ends with You)

Kara and Alice (Detroit: Become Human)

Hank and Connor (Detroit: Become Human)

L and Watari (Death Note)

Din and Grogu (The Mandalorian)

[tboybuck]

Make Me Write

I was tagged by @steves-strapcollection

The Rules

Set a word count goal for the week.

Create a 24-hour poll with all the projects you would like to work on for the week.

People can send asks or messages about the things they'd like to see snippets of. [I will tag you in the snippets I post at the end of this challenge]

Once the poll closes, divvy the word count based on the percentage of votes each option got!

Optional: By the end of your 7-day writing period, post a snippet for each option.

This means there is no winner or loser. All the fics below will be worked on! This is just deciding the percentage of the word count!!

The Goal

So I really, truly want to push myself this weekend and into next week, and with me having all of Wednesday off to recover from my post concert depression (FOB TUESDAY AAHHHHHH!), I'll have a decent amount of time to really push myself

Minimum WC Goal: 7,000 words Stretch WC Goal: 15,000 words Completion date/time: Sunday July 23, 10:00 PM Eastern Time

The WIPs!

The Tags!

Either to do this too or just to boost and/or enable me! No pressure!

@patchworkgargoyle, @starryeyedjanai, @starrystevie, @sidekick-hero, @legitcookie, @scoops-stevie, @inairbinad, @thefreakandthehair, @flowercrowngods, @kkpwnall, @stobinesque, @artaxlivs

[windor-truffle]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE WORD "ASBEL" SHOWS UP IN MY OUTLINE DOC 1,840 TIMES?????????

[messrsbyler]

writing wip game!

tell me in the tags:

how many wips you currently have (the ones you've worked in whether is the actual fic, or an outline, or random scenes, etc)

what's the total word count they sum up

the word count of your shortest wip

the word count of your longest wip

[moonshine-nightlight]

55 words! :D

@strawberrybuzzcut

thanks! :)

Actual Word Count: 57

She must be able to tell you’re not surprised by the news because her eyes narrow, “You knew.”

[obblywobbly]

"if i'm no one at all, then i can become anything!"

[OC: Thyme] 07/01/2024

Timelapse under the cut!!

[kiwiana-writes]

lmao, so now I'm being silly but I'm curious how many times the word "fucking" appears across all your WIPs🤣🤣

All right, I counted this shit manually. "fucking" specifically, not "fuck" or any derivatives, appears 26 times (so far).

[Send me a word, if it’s in any of my wip documents I’ll answer your ask with the sentence that it appears in.]

[fluffypotatey]

i Need to know about narrative vs Narrative(tm)

omfg baby that is my beloved magnum opus. my essay to end all essays. my pride and joy <3

made her after writing a silly shitpost about how Lego monkie kid has 2 narratives (the narrative written by the writers and the narrative™️ being forced upon the characters) because Lego Monkie Kid is a very meta show and plays with storytelling mechanics. so then i went, “wait a minute….what if i did expand on this” and now there’s a posted part 1 with the rest still in the works

i have been writing this essay for fun since fall 2023 finals (because what am i if not beginning a new project for funsies when i am supposed to be focused on writing academic papers ✌️) so like…. end of November(?) i think [nvm it was Nov. 9th i just checked lmao]

anyway,

this baby can fit sO much infodumping :D

i am 3704 words in now and only gotten as far as part 3 (but only three paragraphs in. so like….29% complete). this is essay is not at all formal, nor do i intend for it to be anything else other than a tumblr post. it is (said affectionately) a hot mess of an essay full of screaming and incoherent rambles that give you a pretty good idea on how my brain works

but yeah lemme give you a snippet of what i’ve got so far

The Hero’s Journey is a style of storytelling that moves in steps (acts) with your establishment of the status quo, the inciting incident that breaks the status quo, the rising actions, the climax, falling action, and resolution. “BUT FLUFFY!!!” you may be shouting at me, “is this not the steps we have for every story????”  Again: yes but also no. It’s hard for me to explain (without going further off tangent) but stories have different stakes and conflict resolution and sometimes there’s never a resolution, just catharsis— but this isn’t what I am here to talk about. Just know that Hero’s Journey follows this structure pretty strictly. But back to Percy Jackson. 

oh yeah, i uh, i use other pieces of fiction as examples of narrative mechanics and modern storytelling. that is also there

[avocado-frog]

Last line tag

Tagged by @regalserpent (checks watch) OH SHIT TEN DAYS AGO

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Since Elliot and Dylan were attached like two cats that couldn't be adopted separately at the shelter.

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Tags:

@ashen-crest @briannaswords @calloumii @digital-chance @fire-but-ashes-too @flock-from-the-void @holdmyteaplease @junypr-camus @kaiusvnoir @littletaxitt @mynroli @nelliecomet @the-stray-storyteller @writeblr-of-my-own @yesireadbooks

open tag + no pressure + sorry for tagging a bunch of people i dont know that well i just went alphabetically