The Word Watchers Challenge

Back on August 1, I posted about my personal goal of reaching 150 pages by September tenth. Several of my writing friends latched onto the idea and “pledged” goals of their own. Before I quite knew what was happening, the Word Watchers Challenge was born.

Here’s how it goes: Leave a comment stating your writing goal to be reached by September tenth. It can be anything writing related from pages in a first draft, to revised or rewritten pages, to finishing a smaller writing project you’ve been putting off. One gal wants to get her character charts completed. That’s fine. As long as it’s something writing related.

No, you don’t have to post your writing efforts. You can, however, comment on your progress. Or lack thereof.

I’m keeping this as simple as possible. You don’t even have to come forward and post your goal. But it’s a lot easier to fudge on a promise that no one knows about. That’s why I put my intension in print two weeks ago. We’ll all hold each other’s feet to the proverbial fire.

There will be no prizes given out for completing your goal, except for the warm glow of knowing you did it. There will be no penalties for NOT completing your goal. I probably won’t get to my 150 pages, but I figure I’ll get further by setting my goal high, than if I leave it too low.

We can all meet back here on Monday, September 11 and compare results. In the meantime I will be cheerleading and nagging as needed. And we’ll check in every so often to report how it’s going.

Besides my goal of 150 pages, Paula has pledged 100 pages, Betty has pledged 150. Jaye is shooting for 40. Darlene is down for 20 and finishing her final evaluation for Citizen’s Academy (yes, it’s writing related). And Ruby’s on board with her own goals.

For the record, I am now on page 68. I don’t think I’m on target for my goal, but I’m making more progress than I was before I set it.

How are the rest of you doing?