Hi friends. Just wanted to let you all know I talked to my accountability partner last night and we decided this year’s #1000wordsofsummer will be May 31-June 13. My accountability partner is a teacher and a writer and a parent, and those days worked best for her, and so I assumed they would be helpful to lots of you, too! (I can write basically…whenever, so I am just trying to be of assistance here to those who cannot.)
I'm working on a novel and have been writing 15 minutes a day with a normal output of around 200 words. I have a 5 year old and an 8 month old and a PT job and will be starting a Master's in Teaching program in June but will be trying my damndest to up my output to 1000 words/day. Don't think I can "take on" an accountability partner, but maybe I'm wrong? I just don't want to fail anyone when I inevitably miss some accountability check-in lol.
Thank you so much for doing this again! Last summer it pretty much saved my life, living in that story, and I never stopped. It will be wonderful to be back here where it started.
Excited to try this for the first time! Today I'm starting my own personal #500WordsOfSpring to build up the muscle I need for #1000WordsOfSummer. I've been working on a novel on and off since 2019, and now will be doing some major work breathing some life into my main character. These Craft Talks are kind of my accountability check-ins, so thank you!!
I would love an accountability partner! I'm working on a non-fiction book about medical discrimination, and I'm based in the Eastern time zone. I'm happy to partner up with someone who's writing something totally different, so long as you don't mind reading what I'm writing. DMs are open on Twitter @traceylindeman
Hi there! I've not done #1000wordsofsummer before but will join in this year. I'd love an accountability partner, too. I write creative nonfiction. Find me on Twitter: @TaraCurtisCre8s. DMs open.
Love this! This is the first year for me and really excited to participate! I live in Chicago and write CNF (memoir, personal essays mostly). I have some ideas kicking around but finding I need external motivation to stay committed. Would love an accountability buddy who also works in the nonfiction space.
As you opened up the comments, I wonder. Could you talk about what you do to protect your writing time? Not just making it happen, which is really a matter of will, but what you do to put your mind in the right place. I was really annoyed this morning about something dumb, for example, and it got in my way. Sometimes I notice I am doing to much editing or second guessing of the work and I have to stop myself. Or I get overwhelmed by what is wrong with it. What challenges you this way and what do you do with it?
Hi, any academics working on book projects? I want to approach my work with the spirit of a writer but have more pragmatic constraints than fiction writers might so would be glad to connect with someone in a similar situation. (I'm an art historian writing on 19th c France)
I’ve been debating for at least two weeks posting a note that I’m looking for an accountability partner. I’m working on a novel that was nearly finished right before the Pandemic, but which has sat moldering since. Would love to work with someone. I live in Eugene, Oregon, so if someone is local and wants to socially-distance meetup, that would be even more awesome.
It’s always wonderful to have a challenge. I’m in the middle of a novel I started during NaNoWriMo last November. I write sporadically since I am also the “au mere” and learning partner for a kindergartner who is doing virtual school. I am one of a group of four writers who zoom- meet every month. We are tough, honest readers of each other’s work so I don’t an accountability partner but a two week challenge is the perfect push for me. Thanks!
I am looking forward to participating in this for the first time. I have a novel idea that I want to start on, now that my film script is in edits. I am in Brooklyn/upstate NY and would love an accountability partner.
Hello! I look forward to partaking in #1000wordsofsummer for the first time this year. I will be typing away from New Zealand where I am 25,000 words into a novel (a cosy murder mystery) and would welcome an accountability partner!
Very excited about this!
I'm working on a novel and have been writing 15 minutes a day with a normal output of around 200 words. I have a 5 year old and an 8 month old and a PT job and will be starting a Master's in Teaching program in June but will be trying my damndest to up my output to 1000 words/day. Don't think I can "take on" an accountability partner, but maybe I'm wrong? I just don't want to fail anyone when I inevitably miss some accountability check-in lol.
Thank you so much for doing this again! Last summer it pretty much saved my life, living in that story, and I never stopped. It will be wonderful to be back here where it started.
Excited to try this for the first time! Today I'm starting my own personal #500WordsOfSpring to build up the muscle I need for #1000WordsOfSummer. I've been working on a novel on and off since 2019, and now will be doing some major work breathing some life into my main character. These Craft Talks are kind of my accountability check-ins, so thank you!!
Starting from scratch is the PERFECT theme.
I would love an accountability partner! I'm working on a non-fiction book about medical discrimination, and I'm based in the Eastern time zone. I'm happy to partner up with someone who's writing something totally different, so long as you don't mind reading what I'm writing. DMs are open on Twitter @traceylindeman
Hi there! I've not done #1000wordsofsummer before but will join in this year. I'd love an accountability partner, too. I write creative nonfiction. Find me on Twitter: @TaraCurtisCre8s. DMs open.
I would love an accountability partner. I will be working on novel and live in Seattle if that matters.
Love this! This is the first year for me and really excited to participate! I live in Chicago and write CNF (memoir, personal essays mostly). I have some ideas kicking around but finding I need external motivation to stay committed. Would love an accountability buddy who also works in the nonfiction space.
Yay!
As you opened up the comments, I wonder. Could you talk about what you do to protect your writing time? Not just making it happen, which is really a matter of will, but what you do to put your mind in the right place. I was really annoyed this morning about something dumb, for example, and it got in my way. Sometimes I notice I am doing to much editing or second guessing of the work and I have to stop myself. Or I get overwhelmed by what is wrong with it. What challenges you this way and what do you do with it?
Hi, any academics working on book projects? I want to approach my work with the spirit of a writer but have more pragmatic constraints than fiction writers might so would be glad to connect with someone in a similar situation. (I'm an art historian writing on 19th c France)
I'm trying to start a blog about cookbook design, and I find writing quite painful. An accountability partner could be helpful.
I’ve been debating for at least two weeks posting a note that I’m looking for an accountability partner. I’m working on a novel that was nearly finished right before the Pandemic, but which has sat moldering since. Would love to work with someone. I live in Eugene, Oregon, so if someone is local and wants to socially-distance meetup, that would be even more awesome.
Can't wait!
It’s always wonderful to have a challenge. I’m in the middle of a novel I started during NaNoWriMo last November. I write sporadically since I am also the “au mere” and learning partner for a kindergartner who is doing virtual school. I am one of a group of four writers who zoom- meet every month. We are tough, honest readers of each other’s work so I don’t an accountability partner but a two week challenge is the perfect push for me. Thanks!
I am looking forward to participating in this for the first time. I have a novel idea that I want to start on, now that my film script is in edits. I am in Brooklyn/upstate NY and would love an accountability partner.
Hello! I look forward to partaking in #1000wordsofsummer for the first time this year. I will be typing away from New Zealand where I am 25,000 words into a novel (a cosy murder mystery) and would welcome an accountability partner!