CHECKPOINT THE SECOND!

[alby_mangroves]

Hey guys, welcome to the second checkpoint! The rough drafts are due on December 10th and we'd love to know where you're at right now.

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[backrose_17]

Username: backrose_17
Fandom: Torchwood/the Avengers
Characters/Pairings: Clint/Ianto, Tony/Phil, Natasha/Pepper, some Jack/Ianto, Tosh, Owen and Gwen
Current Word Count: 11,541
What I Like About the Story: How nicely it's coming along.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: Nothing so far
Anything Else: My mom suffered a mild heart attack, she's doing much better now but that did slow me down a little.

[alby_mangroves]

Hey there, I'm so sorry about your mum! I'm very glad to heat she's okay though. Best wishes for a speedy recovery and WOW, that's an awesome word total. I love that you're writing Clint/Ianto <3

[backrose_17]

Thanks! It was a rather scary time but she's doing much better now. Clint/Ianto has taken over my muses so that's really helping the story to come along.

[alby_mangroves]

LOL! Kids definitely make it difficult to get the time you need to write. Dude, you're not dropped, you're awesome for continuing and WOOT almost 5K! Well done. Hope to see you turning in a rough draft at the next checkpoint :)

[clover71]

Username: clover71
Fandom: Free! Iwatobi Swim Club
Characters/Pairings: Matsuoka Rin/ Nanase Haruka
Current Word Count: 2247
What I Like About the Story: The characters and their interaction.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: The story refuses to write itself, dang.
Anything Else: Personal issue that involves one of my dogs having canine stroke a couple of weeks ago and was bed-ridden for a week so I had to nurse her, thus, no writing for me then and until now because I'm swamped with other family matters - which is bad because I have tons of other fics for other challenges to work on.

[alby_mangroves]

Aww, don't worry, we know family things always come first. Thanks for wanting to continue! I hope your dog's much better now!

[clover71]

My dog isn't completely out of the woods yet, so I'm still distracted. I won't be sending in the rough draft anyway since I'm creating my own arts, right? So I'd have plenty of time to finish the story.

[tarlanx]

Username: tarlanx
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John/Rodney
Current Word Count: ~5000
What I Like About the Story: I know where it is heading!
What I Don’t Like About the Story: Happy with it so far.
Anything Else: Not really. I plan to spend today working on it and I'm fairly confident that it will be ready by the 10th.

[alby_mangroves]

Fantastic! Well done and best of luck!

[bellacatbee]

Username: bellacatbee
Fandom: SPN
Characters/Pairings: Dean/Castiel
Current Word Count: 8367 words
What I Like About the Story: At the moment, not very much.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: I'm not writing it.
Anything Else: My grandmother broke her hip, I'm sick and I'm just not in the mood to write. How complete does the story need to be when the rough draft is turned in?

[alby_mangroves]

Oh no, I'm sorry about your grandmother, I hope she's okay!

Copied out from our FAQ: Your rough draft should be at least 8,000 words or 80% done. It should have a clear beginning, middle and end. This way your artist and mixer can have a full story to work with in order to create art. It does not however need to be the completed fic. Hopefully that helps, let us know if you'd like to chat about it!

[bellacatbee]

Thank you! She's moved to respite care and is doing better.

Oh, looking at my check in now, it looks so sullen. Thank you for this information. Since last night I'm now at 9,600 words and chugging along happily so I think everything will be okay, even if I might fill in some extra scenes afterwards.