Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
13 years ago
Wed Mar 09 2016, 01:43pmArwen
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
Dreamscape Artist
Autumn 2016
Target: 50 000
March:
01/03/2016: 1871
02/03/2016: 1631
03/03/2016: 1674
04/03/2016: 1689
05/03/2016: 1506
06/03/2016: 1612
07/03/2016: 1559
08/03/2016: 1580
09/03/2016:
Total: 13122
Summer 2015/2016
Target: [strike]50 000[/strike] [strike]70 000 words (goal updated 22/01/2016)[/strike] 90 000 words (goal updated 06/02/2016)
Progress:
December:
15/12/2015: 335
21/12/2015: 1062
22/12/2015: 1023
23/12/2015: 1085
24/12/2015: 1335
25/12/2015: 1097
26/12/2015: 1150
27/12/2015: 1158
28/12/2015: 1047
29/12/2015: 1152
30/12/2015: 1398
31/12/2015: 1192
December total: 13034
January:
01/01/2016: 1503
02/01/2016: 2634
03/01/2016: 1941
04/01/2016: 1540
05/01/2016: 1541
06/01/2016: 2012
07/01/2016: 1078
08/01/2016: 1953
09/01/2016: 1124
10/01/2016: 1910
11/01/2016: 1515
12/01/2016: 1664
13/01/2016: 1575
14/01/2016:1545
15/01/2.016: 1636
16/01/2016: 1530
17/01/2016: 1681
18/01/2016: 2306
19/01/2016: 1821
20/01/2016: 1536
21/01/2016: 1535
22/01/2016: 1570
23/01/2016: 1727
24/01/2016: 1706
25/01/2016: 1533
26/01/2016: 1537
27/01/2016: 1521
28/01/2016: 0
29/01/2016: 0
30/01/2016: 0
31/01/2016: 1950
January total: 47124
February:
01/02/2016: 1987
02/02/2016: 2063
03/02/2016: 1835
04/02/2016: 1510
05/02/2016: 1623
06/02/2016: 1715
07/02/2016: 1683
08/02/2016: 1586
09/02/2016: 1881
10/02/2016: 1709
11/02/2016: 1764
12/02/2016: 2072
13/02/2016: 1868
14/02/2016: 1568
15/02/2016: 1566
16/02/2016: 1586
17/02/2016: 1655
18/02/2016: 1935
19/02/2016: 1733
20/02/2016: 1674
21/02/2016: 1786
22/02/2016: 1606
23/02/2016: 1863
24/02/2016: 1863
25/02/2016: 1617
26/02/2016: 1536
27/02/2016: 1628
28/02/2016: 1600
29/02/2016: 2000
February total: 50512
Total: 110670
Previous years:
Summer 2014/15
Target: 25 000 words
Progress:
16/12/2014: 3216
17/12/2014: 2114
18/12/2014: 3374
19/12/2014: 1073
20/12/2014: 1095
22/12/2014: 2053
23/12/2014: 1160
24/12/2014: 1400
27/12/2014: 1631
December total: 17 116
05/01/2015: 269
07/01/2015: 276
09/01/2015: 745
10/01/2015: 987
15/01/2015: 227
23/01/2015: 252
27/01/2015: 680
28/01/2015: 684
29/01/2015: 463
January total: 4583
04/02/2015: 2121
08/02/2015: 581
09/02/2015: 500
26/02/2015: 597
February total: 3799
Total: 25 498
Target met!
Spring 2014
Target: 10 000
Progress:
01/09/2014: 529
02/09/2014: 1009
07/09/2014: 145
11/09/2014: 145
18/09/2014: 265
19/09/2014: 617
20/09/2014: 352
September total: 3062
12/10/2014: 2940
October total: 2940
05/11/2014: 3375
30/11/2014L 867
November total: 4242
Total: 10244
Target met!
Winter 2014
Target: 15 000
Progress:
05/06/2014: 323
06/06/2014: 314
28/06/2014: 805
June total: 1442
01/07/2014: 1404
02/07/2014: 167
16/07/2014: 256
30/07/2014: 506
31/07/2014: 600
July total: 3003
04/08/2014: 628
06/08/2014: 559
08/08/2014: 919
10/08/2014: 385
12/08/2014: 423
16/08/2014: 686
18/08/2014: 358
22/08/2014: 2308
25/08/2014: 145
26/08/2014: 574
27/08/2014: 694
29/08/2014: 1062
30/08/2014: 480
31/08/2014: 1594
August total: 10815
Total: 15260
Target Met!!
2014 Autumn
Target: 10 000
Progress:
10/03/2014: 320
30/03/2014: 1273
March total: 1593 words
02/04/2014: 2365
05/04/2014: 1180
22/04/2014: 1871
23/04/2014: 138
24/04/2014: 332
26/04/2014: 351
28/04/2014: 51
April total: 6288
06/05/2014: 698
08/05/2014: 1200
14/05/2014: 1983
17/05/2014: 320
21/05/2014: 750
28/05/2014: 656
30/05/2014: 2500
May total: 8107
Total: 15988 words
Target Met!!
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2013/14 Summer
Target: 10 000
Progress:
01/12/2013: 598
02/12/2013: 2704
03/12/2013: 372
04/12/2013: 338
13/12/2013: 288
16/12/2013: 225
19/12/2013: 879
22/12/2013: 372
December Total: 5776
28/01/2014: 546
January Total: 546
06/02/2014: 1005
07/02/2014: 256
08/02/2014: 359
15/02/2014: 884
16/02/2014: 1200
17/02/2014: 246
February Total: 3950
Summer Total: 10272
Last updated 17/02/2014.
(Target met on 16/02/2014: 10026 words)
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2013 Winter
Target met!!
Target: 5 000
Progress:
03/06/2013: 410 words
04/06/2013: 635
05/06/2013: 986
15/07/2013: 540
20/07/2013: 160
29/07/2013: 430
30/07/2013: 731
31/07/2013: 1602
Total: 5494
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2012/2013 Summer
Target: 5 000
Progress:
02/12/2012: 301 words
03/12/2012: 644
05/12/2012: 538
06/12/2012: 976
07/12/2012: 771
08/12/2012: 383
09/12/2012: 776
10/12/2012: 522
11/12/2012: 939
12/12/2012: 616
13/12/2012: 1735
15/12/2012: 542
17/12/2012: 297
20/12/2012: 434
22/12/2012: 677
25/12/2012: 549
30/12/2012: 583
31/12/2012: 171
December Total: 11 454
02/01/2013: 413
06/01/2013: 725
07/01/2013: 457
12/01/2013: 385
16/01/2013: 340
18/01/2013: 84
22/01/2013: 378
23/01/2013: 1075
24/01/2013: 331
28/01/2013: 1011
30/01/2013: 104
January Total: 5303
02/02:2013: 155
03/02/2013: 767
04/02/2013: 1929
05/02/2013: 843
06/02/2013: 1060
08/02/2013: 355
13/02/2013: 738
14/02/2013: 887
16/02/2013: 489
20/02/2013: 1259
22/02/2013: 114
27/02/2013: 298
28/02/2013: 1898
February Total: 10792
Total: 27 549
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2012 Winter
Target: 5 000
Progress:
16/07/2012: 649 words
25/07/2012: 971
27/07/2012: 448
28/07/2012: 1504
29/07/2012: 1679
30/07/2012: 552
Total: 5803
Target met!!
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2011/2012 Summer
Target: 5, 000 words
Story focus: Poetry and Arthurian.
Progress so far:
15/01/2012: 1, 394 words
02/02/2012: 384 words
25/02/2012: 238
Total: 2, 016 words
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2010/2011 Summer
I've decided to aim for 10 000 words over the entire summer. Hopefully I'll succeed within three months.
Story focus: Something Arthurian legend related. Should be a challenge.
Okay, well. I'm researching. Forever.
Progress so far:
27/12/2010: 1, 067 words
15/01/2011: 1, 495 words
05/02/2011: 1, 704 words
06/02/2011: 1, 193 words
07/02/2011: 799 words
09/02/2011: 298 words
11/02/2011: 1, 524 words
17/02/2011: 665 words
22/02/2011: 1, 423 words
27/02/2011: 1, 172 words
Total: 11, 340 words
Woot! I've reached my goal, 22/02/2011. I shall, however continue to add to my total in the next week :D
That sounds like a fascinating project, Arwen. I hope you'll post some snippets of it when you get into the writing phase of it. :D
YAY! Another person swimming/drowning in research! Now I don't feel quite so alone. :D
I have found myself relying on a technique where every time I am unsure about something (for instance, today I did not know which Roman family someone should belong to) I type TK. Not very many English words have TK in them, so I can just Ctrl + f and find out what I need to look up. This lets me do all my research in batches rather than hinder my writing flow. This, of course, doesn't work for big scale stuff, but it can help get things moving!
Wanderer Ward
13 years ago
Wanderer Ward
Dreamscape Artist
Good luck with your research and getting started Arwen! :) I'm starting to realise that I need to do some serious research myself. Off to the library with us all! Well, that's where I'm headed today :P
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
13 years ago
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
Dreamscape Artist
I finally started some writing and have written more than 1/10th of my goal :D
The minute the sheath had hit the water Arthur had felt its loss and filled with rage that Morgan would be so bold as to rip his kingdom to pieces by her actions. He refused to acknowledge his part in the tearing, still blinded by his love and ignorant in the matter called greed. The kingdom began to tremble and over the years it crumbled.
HUZZAH! Keep up the goodwork. . . . only 9/10ths to go :P
Wanderer Ward
13 years ago
Wanderer Ward
Dreamscape Artist
Good work Arwen! I like the little snippet :)
Great job, Arwen! Intrigued by the first snippet. :)
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
13 years ago
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
Dreamscape Artist
A bit of a larger snippet, now that I'm nearly halfway done :)
“You are a fool!†Anne threw at her brother. “You are an ignorant fool who cares for nothing but yourself! I am ashamed of you and what you have become.â€
“I am a fool, you say? Who are you to call me fool? You are a but a girl, young in the eyes of all who see you,†he spat down at her.
“Young I may be, but blind I am not. You have no care for her, nor for him. So why do you yet remain?â€
“Because I care not what she does at this moment. So long as she remains my wife she can do as she pleases with Lance.â€
“You allow her to commit adultery with your closest friend, your cousin?†she asked him incredulously. “You speak as if there is nothing wrong with such an act.â€
“And why should there be something the matter with it? Of her I would expect the same allowance should I desire it.†He turned away to look again at the plaque resting on his desk. Making a sound of dissatisfaction he pulled from his pocket he polish cloth for the fiftieth time that morning.
“Will you stop that? I can barely stand the sight of the horrid thing, let alone you rubbing it every ten seconds.†Her eyes flashed dangerously as he pointedly ignored her comment and set to polishing again. With all the daring she could muster, Anne ducked under her brother’s arm and snatched up the glimmering object, which as the sunlight hit it sent a blinding ray of light in Art’s direction.
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
13 years ago
Thu Feb 17 2011, 08:10pm
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
Dreamscape Artist
Yay! Only 1255 words to go :D
The sun was close to setting as Anne and Gary sat in the Hide, legs dangling over the edge. The latter let out a groan as he arched his back. “Ugh. I didn’t realise cleaning was so hard.â€
“Doesn’t anyone clean in your house?†Anne asked him, puzzled over the state of disrepair and neglect she’d seen in the kitchen.
“Nah, don’t have the time. Dad’s always at work and I’m studying. We can’t afford to hire someone either and no one would volunteer these days.†He paused, thinking. “The farm’s not looking good. Dad doesn’t say much, but I can see that he’s thinking he may need to sell.â€
“Sell the farm? But where would you go then? Surely it’s not that bad.â€
“It is bad though. Worst drought we’ve had in years. They say it’s not going to end anytime soon either.â€
“Who does?â€
“The weather guys. They’ve been keeping an eye on it you see. Crops of all sorts are dying and there’s nothing the farmers can do to stop them, what with the water restrictions.â€
Anne sat quietly for a short time. She wasn’t big on watching the news, mainly because of her disgust with the reports. Unless there was some major news about a war, or something within Australia nothing was said about the third world countries. Any reports about criminals seemed almost for entertainment; as if it was a source of amusement when someone was murdered or stole thousands just to buy themselves a fancy house. The world was corrupt and Anne felt alone as she saw it and could do nothing about it.
“Alone…†she whispered softly, the breeze blowing by her face catching the words and taking them far away from her.
Mystic Ward
13 years ago
Mystic Ward
Twentyfamilies Gypsy
WTG Arwen. Nice snippet too.
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
12 years ago
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
Dreamscape Artist
So far I have 1 394 words, which means I only have 3 606 until I reach my goal. Half of what I have written so far is poetry, the rest snippets for stories I've been working on in my mind for a few months.
I'm planning on continuing/adding to my Arthurian story from last year. Unfortunately this requires more research (I need to brush up on the legends) and I need to re-read my story to re-immerse myself in my universe. I'm so excited to get back into it :) Oh, and if anyone wants to read what I wrote last year I'm happy to pm it. I just don't want to publish it on a public forum.
Wanderer Ward
12 years ago
Wanderer Ward
Dreamscape Artist
Is that the one you used for your major work Arwen? I loved that! :D I did a writing workshop late last year and I discovered that as soon as you put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard), your work is copyrighted. I thought that was a little surprising, but it's nice to know. Still, definitely safest not to post on a public forum at all :) And though your words are safe, I'm not sure how that extends to ideas... Anyway, I'll stop blabbering :P Goodluck with your writing!
I'd love to read it Arwen, if you'd pm it to me. I've always liked Arthurian stories.
Ditto to what Dargafleas said.
The Arthurian legends seem to be quite popular here on Ober.net. I've come across a few people here writing different versions! :D
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
12 years ago
Wed Jul 25 2012, 07:28pm
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
Dreamscape Artist
Okay, time to write 5 000 words in the next six days. I was a bit late in starting ~:|
So far I've written 1620/5000. Here's today's snippet:
“Forgetting something?†My hand froze halfway to the door knob and I reluctantly turned around.
My mother looked exhausted, exasperated as she was with me. Once again I had ‘forgotten’ my lunch. She prepared it daily even though I knew how to make it myself.
“Oh! Thank you,†I took the lunch box she proffered to me, making an effort not to wrinkle my nose at the jam sandwich and apple inside. “I guess I was distracted.â€
Just barely I saw her raise an eyebrow at me. She wasn’t stupid, but she couldn’t prove that I was deliberately forgetting my lunch half of the time. The other half, I took it before she had to remind me, just to appease her. If she knew why I ‘forget’ my lunch I’m not sure how she’d react. Maybe she’d laugh and roll her eyes before insisting I take my lunch, or perhaps she’d go for the standard scolding for me doing something so…
“Foolish. If you don’t have any lunch you’ll starve. I know how hard you study, so you need to brain food.†She smiled at me and I put my lunch away, blew her a kiss and opened the door.
YOU CAN DO IT [act]waves pom poms around[/act]
I enjoy the slightly sarcastic tone of your snippet--and I can totally realte to the scene XD
'The other half I took it before she' I think you've got an extra words in there that doesn't belong.
Sounds a bit (a lot) like my mum [act]glances over at her pottering around the kitchen looking for something tell me off for[/act]. An entertaining snippet ;D Can't wait for more :nods:
Re Shonk's comment: Actually, I think you just need a comma after 'half'. Then the sentence makes sense.
And she sounds a lot like my mum used to be. Parents. Sigh. A very intriguing snippet. Care to give an outline of the story you're writing? Or at least a few teasers about the world/characters/anything??
Good luck with your target. Excellent start today.
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
12 years ago
Wed Jul 25 2012, 07:33pm
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
Dreamscape Artist
Thanks Shonk, Vestie and Darga :)
Yeah, she sounds like my mum too, when it comes to the 'brain food' bit.
If I knew where it might be going I'd be very happy. As it is, I don't even know her name, where she lives or anything much. But I think it might be something like as follows: elite school, middle class girl, very studious, and either A) is given food by a cute guy whenever he notices she's 'forgotten' her lunch or B) experiments in her home kitchen while everyone's asleep and as such takes unusual food she doesn't want to share with her parents. Although, now I don't see a dad in the picture.
Aside from that, I've got nothing. The other words in the count are on an idea I've been working on for a while (which is about to go to Prodders).
I like option A. My life is very sad and I take romantic fantacies out of books and other peoples writing (proving how sad I actually am :P). As long as the cute guy isn't too cheesy (like I can talk :P Matthew is the cheesiest cheese that could ever exist in Cheeseland). I like the ideas you've got ;D
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
12 years ago
Dreamweavers' Guildmistress
Dreamscape Artist
I can't believe how much fun I just had writing a few hundred words. Why can't I believe it? Because I didn't realise how much I like my character. Who's just become a bit sarcastic o_O Don't know how that happpend.
First we go right back to when it started. I see you thinking in clichés and picturing me as a baby. Not that far, if you please. I really don’t feel the need to relive my entire childhood. My mother forces me to do that everyone Christmas. I’ve still got five months until then, and even that’s not going to be long enough. But, back to the story. This time, go back to when I was sixteen, halfway through tenth grade.
I think I like this character too--the comment about reverting back to their babyhood ;) Very fun.
I like how wry your character's narration is :). She's (not sure why I think she's a girl; but I do :P) going to be fun!
Hehe! Dry humour and sarcasm are the funniest! I want more of this person (who I also assume is a girl :nods: )
