April Word War Day 3!

Jill here. Welcome to Day 3 of this week's word war. I'm in edits, so I don't have time to write new material. I'm trying to work through 3-4 chapters a day, and so far, I'm behind! Life happens, so if you're farther behind than you wanted to be, take heart. It happens to all of us. Just do your best and keep on keeping on. Every little bit helps!

If this is the first you've heard of the word war, here's what's happening:

What it is: A word war is when you and another writer (or in this case, lots of other writers!) compete to see who can write the most words in a designated period of time. 

This word war began on Monday and will end Friday night. It's a come-and-go, write-when-you-can style of war, so it's never too late to join!

The goal is to buckle down and focus on our manuscripts whenever we can, make good use of our writing time, and encourage each other as we do. Hopefully you'll be meeting new writers and deepening friendships as the weekend goes on!

Here's how you can connect with each other:

1. In the comments section of the blog. Something as simple as "Just wrote 1,000 words in the last hour!" is fine. Or you can challenge each other to word wars. There's strength in being able to encourage each other and in knowing that others are hard at work too.

2. On Twitter, using the hashtag #GTWwordwar or on the Go Teen Writers Facebook Group. (This is a closed group, so if you're not a member yet, apply to join and then shoot Stephanie an email telling her so that she can approve you pronto.)

Keep on writing!