Get Your Words Out

Now that the final numbers are in, we have one more post to wrap up GYWO 2015.

While we commend every writer who stuck with getyourwordsout through the entire year, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate the writers who didn’t just stick with the community but who also achieved their pledged goal.

Below the cut is a list of the writers who met or surpassed 100% of their pledge goal. With their name is listed the percentage they achieved and when they completed their pledge. It’s a truly amazing achievement! Come celebrate these writers for completing their GYWO challenge! (If you want to check out the amazing word count totals, see the 2015 Word Count Spreadsheet.)

( GYWO 2015 Finishers )

If you have only requested membership and have not made a pledge comment in a pledge post, you are not a member for 2015.
You MUST MAKE A PLEDGE IN A PLEDGE COMMENT to be a member of GYWO.

As of this posting you have about 10 hours to make your pledge and then that's it!

PLEDGE! PLEDGE! PLEDGE!

Have you pledged?
Light, 75K words
Modest, 150K words
Basic, 200K words
Moderate, 250K words
Difficult, 300K words
Insane, 350K words
Ludicrous, 500K words

Dreamwidth Users If you want to be a member of the community and have already pledged, please make sure your membership request has been approved or that you have accepted a member invitation sent by a moderator. You are a member of the DW community if your name appears in the Members list and only the Members list. Your name MUST appear in the Members list if you wish to have access to the Dreamwidth community.

If your name is not in that list, please check to see if you have an invitation to accept or request membership.

Livejournal Users If you also want to have access to the Livejournal community and do not, please check to see if you have an invitation to accept or request membership. You are already a member of the LJ community if your name appears in this list.


When membership closes end of day on Jan 20, that includes allowing people to request membership, so please act quickly to make sure you have access to the community/communities!

If you have not pledged, you must pledge before requesting membership.

GYWO is BACK for 2015! We’re starting our 7th year-long writing challenge with seven pledges to help you challenge yourself, achieve your writing goals, and build a writing life. Keep in mind that even our smallest word count goals require a serious commitment throughout the year. Before choosing your pledge, please take note of the few requirements we have of our members, and carefully consider which of the seven pledges you'd like to choose.


( Membership Requirements & Information )


Pledging

Members who pledge for 2015 are permitted to use any number of writing projects to add to their word count over the year. Projects may include (among other things) novels, fanfics, poems, songs, and essays. You can find a guideline of what kinds of projects we count at our website.

When choosing your pledge goal, keep in mind your personal writing habits and what you find most motivating. Will hitting your goal early help propel you to keep writing through the year? Do you need a major challenge to keep you on pace? Have you surpassed smaller goals in previous years and need more of a challenge? Make sure the pledge you make is one that will motivate you.

To make your pledge there are two steps to complete: Pledge & Request.

Step 1: Pledge Follow the link for your pledge to the appropriate post and leave a comment using the journal you intend to have join the community.

• 75K words, the Light level, approximately 6.25K words/month, 206 words/day (reserved for members with chronic or recurrent conditions)
• 150K words, the Modest level, approximately 12.5K words/month, 411 words/day
• 200K words, the Basic level, approximately 16.6K words/month, 548 words/day
• 250K words, the Moderate level, approximately 20.8K words/month, 685 words/day
• 300K words, the Difficult level, approximately 25.0K words/month, 822 words/day
• 350K words, the Insane level, approximately 29.1K words/month, 959 words/day
• 500K words, the Ludicrous level, approximately 41.6K words/month, 1,370 words/day

Reminders: Sign up with only ONE account.
You may sign up using Livejournal, Dreamwidth, or OpenID.
You may use a fic/writing journal instead of your personal one.
Include your username on the other platforms requested to have access everywhere.
If you have previously participated under a different username (or on Livejournal, if you are signing up on Dreamwidth), please let us know so we can track our repeat members.

Step 2: Request Once you have made your pledge, please request to join the community. We’ll approve memberships on December 31st/January 1st (as we still have the 2014 members scrambling to hit their goals!), but we'll hold you in the queue.

Some members may need to take one more step:
Step 3: Verify Before approving new membership requests we want to make sure your journal is not a bot or a troll—so if your journal is f-locked with little information in your userinfo, you may want to send us a PM to tell us about your writing goals (which confirms you are a human).

If you’re concerned we didn’t receive your pledge: We will be updating the 2015 member list in the profile as new members are verified. Please give us at least 24 hours from submitting your pledge before inquiring about your status. (Over the Christmas holiday we will not be vetting pledges, so please check back on Dec 27th.)


IMPORTANT: Anyone requesting to join the community who has not made a pledge will not be added. To ensure you are not left out, make your pledge first, then request to join.

You have until January 20, 2015 to make your pledge.
After that time you will NOT be able to change your pledge
or join the challenge, so think carefully before committing.


Promotion

If you want to share GYWO with your friends, please feel free to use either of the codes provided to let them know you’ll be writing a lot of words in 2015 and you think they should too.


GetYourWordsOut: Year Seven!
Pledges & Requirements | GYWO.net

( Promotion )

Hopefully that covers everything you need to know about what is required of members, what our pledge options are, and how to make your pledge. Questions are welcome in this post! We hope to see your pledge soon!