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Okay, last week, I posted this poll about having a second White Collar community rewatch. The response was generally positive, but not overwhelmingly so.
Around the same time, I started posting notices about Word Warring*, and frankly, I was shocked at the interest, participation and overall enthusiasm. I think, since last Wednesday night, there hasn't been an evening where there wasn't at least one thirty-minute battle.
In discussion with some of the participants - many of whom take part in the community rewatch - I suggested that instead of adding a second night of White Collar, we just continue the Word Wars. Because I realized that what I value and anticipate is the interaction with fellow fans and writer, not turning on an episode of White Collar and ogling Tim's legs or Matt's hair (which I can do at any time, TBH).
So, we continue with the Tuesday night rewatches (we just started Season 2 and had a blast with Withdrawal, next week is Need to Know, another favorite), and get together in the WCWU chat room whenever we can.
While we are enjoying the ad hoc evenings in chat, don't forget about the two scheduled "Writers' Chats" - one on Friday evening at 10 PM Eastern and another on Sunday, at 2 PM Eastern. These are on-going, there may be Word War battles, there may be prompt-specific exercises.
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*A note about the Word Wars. This is an exercise to get your words out, you can write whatever you want, it doesn't have to be White Collar fan fic. It doesn't have to be fan fic at all. It's amazing how productive a thirty-minute highly focused writing session can be. Whether your a cheetah or a sloth, your words get out.
(To give you an idea of how productive I've found Word Warring, I've added between 1400 and 2100 words each night to my current project, in addition to everything I've written in a not-battle setting.
Because people are working on WIPs and other projects, no one is sharing their output, post-Battle. Just the word counts.
Around the same time, I started posting notices about Word Warring*, and frankly, I was shocked at the interest, participation and overall enthusiasm. I think, since last Wednesday night, there hasn't been an evening where there wasn't at least one thirty-minute battle.
In discussion with some of the participants - many of whom take part in the community rewatch - I suggested that instead of adding a second night of White Collar, we just continue the Word Wars. Because I realized that what I value and anticipate is the interaction with fellow fans and writer, not turning on an episode of White Collar and ogling Tim's legs or Matt's hair (which I can do at any time, TBH).
So, we continue with the Tuesday night rewatches (we just started Season 2 and had a blast with Withdrawal, next week is Need to Know, another favorite), and get together in the WCWU chat room whenever we can.
While we are enjoying the ad hoc evenings in chat, don't forget about the two scheduled "Writers' Chats" - one on Friday evening at 10 PM Eastern and another on Sunday, at 2 PM Eastern. These are on-going, there may be Word War battles, there may be prompt-specific exercises.
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*A note about the Word Wars. This is an exercise to get your words out, you can write whatever you want, it doesn't have to be White Collar fan fic. It doesn't have to be fan fic at all. It's amazing how productive a thirty-minute highly focused writing session can be. Whether your a cheetah or a sloth, your words get out.
(To give you an idea of how productive I've found Word Warring, I've added between 1400 and 2100 words each night to my current project, in addition to everything I've written in a not-battle setting.
Because people are working on WIPs and other projects, no one is sharing their output, post-Battle. Just the word counts.
