Twas the time before writing, when all thro' the net,
Not a friend was conversing, not even to fret;
The keyboard sat on the desk with ease,
In hopes that the typing will soon be a breeze;
The songs were playing in the background with care,
While visions of scenes were written with flare,
We heard the readers exclaim, ere they drove out of sight-
Happy Writing Marathon to all, and to all a good night.

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Quick Statistics ​

Since 2020, DLP has written a total of 7,825,628 words.

Last year, DLP wrote 2,049,869, the majority written by 5 people (@Silirt, @TheWiseTomato, @Dark Syaoran, @Anarchy, and @Striker).

The most prolific writer of 2020 was by @Silirt with 973,500. He is also the most prolific writer since 2020 with a total word count of 2,443,500.

The most written in a single month was by @Roarian in June 2020 with 118,700 words. In 2022, the most written in a month was by @Silirt in August with 93,500 words.
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Links
Writing Marathon 2023 Spreadsheet

Previous Years:
Writing Marathon 2022 Spreadsheet
Writing Marathon 2021 Spreadsheet
Writing Marathon 2020 Spreadsheet



@Silirt, @Anarchy, @Vira, @VereorNox, @Halt, @Roarian, @TheWiseTomato, @Omega, @Blorcyn, @BTT, @Zeelthor, @Eilyfe, @manatee-vs-walrus, @Frickles, @Lungs, @Niez, @Striker, @ML, @Jeram, @Paradise, @Paladin, @Selethe, @Ched, @Majube, @CrackedMind, @Khaine, @Nexis, @H_A_Greene, @FitzDizzyspells, @TMD, @Sataniel, @Meerkats, @Tsar, @TA, @sonder, @Utsane, @Golden Shadow, @Disvelop @Dark Syaoran​

 

I will break you.

 

I had forgotten about making goals last year.


2022 Goals:
1- I want to maintain my weekly update rate.
2- I want to write at least 7000 words per week.
3- I want to grow my trio of quests into something that people across the fandoms can point to and go, "That was some real fire shit man.".
4- I want to avoid the assessment season mood that sees my writing rate plummet.
5- I'm going to finish my children's story and submit it to publishers.
6- I want to get my writing to the stage that I can support myself with it.

2022 Outcomes:
1- I did this! I kept writing each week, not letting the habit slip away or be pushed back.
2- Just scraped this in. My average for the year was 7050 words per week, though I did take October off entirely with no words written.
3- I still haven't gotten around to starting my third quest, but I've seen my Captain Westeros quest rec'd in the wild a few times, which is incredibly validating.
4- Ehh. I'm still working my way through the traffic jam commission backlog from midyear, but I did maintain my writing.
5- Lol. No.
6- I made over $7500 from my writing! That is just...wild.

2023 Goals:
1- Maintain. Weekly writing, and a goal of 30 000 words per month.
2- Catch up and stay caught up on my commission schedule. Avoid delays and late delivery.
3- Begin a planned original story for inclusion in my story rotation.
4- Find time (somehow) to work on existing original ideas for traditional publication.
5- Grow my writing income. Hit $1500 a month.


Get hyped, lets all hit our goals.

 

Okay, give us an update in 2024.
My 2022 goals were probably not very meaningful or helpful for my development. I did, however, manage to succeed at the unexpected sidequest of not being banned. I wrote an ending to my HP series just recently, before that I wrote a Pokemon fic, a Detective Conan fic, and my first ever crossover between DC and Marvel, and an original called Luck of the Devil for NaNo. This year, I want to finish my Naruto fic, a sweeping epic already that may benefit from having an end in sight, as much as I like writing it, and my current HP fic, which I want to be on the shorter side, but I don't know what else I want to write other than an original fic for November as always. I don't have a long list of media for which I want to write and usually when I've written for something, I'm content with it; like I have no aspirations to write a sequel to any standalone works that I've written. I think what will probably help the most this year is to cross off what I feel like I've already accomplished with my works and proceed in a different direction, to address new themes and come up with new methods of communicating them.

 

goals:
make 1 complete cohesive story. Even if its not the whole story, just make a minimum viable product.
And only then start to edit it.
and maybe post it after the editing.
aiming for 5k words a month. If i can beat that, amazing, fantastic. But thats my minimum.
not very high goals, but I'm a very short dog.

 

What do people count as writing? Actual story words or do you include notes and things like plot outlines?

 

I count the story proper. Notes and outlines I don't.

 

I count the actual story, and only the first time I write it. If I revise it, I don't count extra words because I probably deleted as many as I wrote.

 

Will the PBP narrative sections count for me, boss? Consider this might affect how long your character survives, as you answer.

 

I'm fine with people counting outlines as part of word count as long as it's actual progress on your story/fic. Not just world building documents.

And @Blorcyn, go ahead. It is still writing.

 

The end of the first quarter is approaching, and I see that most people haven't signed up or updated their word counts. Here is a reminder to you. We are a Harry Potter writing site y'all, so write!

(This is my first time in about two years I've managed to write 5 days in a row, huzzah)

@Silirt, @Anarchy, @Vira, @VereorNox, @Halt, @Roarian, @TheWiseTomato, @Omega, @Blorcyn, @BTT, @Zeelthor, @Eilyfe, @manatee-vs-walrus, @Frickles, @Lungs, @Niez, @Striker, @ML, @Jeram, @Paradise, @Paladin, @Selethe, @Ched, @Majube, @CrackedMind, @Khaine, @Nexis, @H_A_Greene, @FitzDizzyspells, @TMD, @Sataniel, @Meerkats, @Tsar, @TA, @sonder, @Utsane, @Golden Shadow, @Disvelop @Dark Syaoran