GUYYYS. Haha better late than never, but last night at 1:30 am I finally finished my story-level revision that I was working on during our 30K in 30 Days challenge! The middle is still messy. I think the pacing is still off. But I'm in love with the ending, and now all the plot threads tie together in a way that makes sense. My goal is to print it out and listen to it on Speechify next (following @Allison Anderson's advice), then clean up whatever new issues I find, and hopefully get it to beta readers by the end of the month! I know there's still a lot of work to do, but I'm not going to lie--I'm still riding the high that comes with typing "THE END" for the second time. Maybe editing won't kill me after all! 😂

Hoping to successfully complete a 30k in 30 days challenge this time. Life was hectic this last two tries and writing got away from me. Life is still hectic but I have a plan and set time aside everyday to write. I'll keep you updated.

Hey team, we're trying something new (and hopefully fun?): I'm going to make up the first sentence of a story and then tag someone. That person will then come up with the next sentence and post it in a comment, along with tagging someone for the next line. We'll keep this first story going until we feel like it’s done! (Edited from original end date of 9/16—we’re having far too much fun to stop now 🤠) Get those creative juices flowing! Be crazy, creative, and kind! Who knows, you may get your next idea here . . . Okay, here's the first line: On her 85th birthday, Gladys woke up speaking Italian. @Kai Alger, take it away!

Ummmmmm maybe I should have waited to update Week 3 because I FINISHED! My first draft is currently capped at 70,148 words. I wrote a little less than 30k during these few weeks I have been doing this challenge, but my goal was to take this challenge and finish my book and I did it!! 🎉🎉🎉 I'm going to follow Erin Stewart's advice and give myself a week to catch up on a few other things that I've been putting aside while I've focused on this. Especially since I have 25 days until I move to the other side of the planet! Then I'm going to do a spelling/grammar revision before I send this off to my alpha readers (Because I also followed Ayana Gray's advice from the video and just got it out--regardless of how good or bad it was). I would love some beta readers in a little bit to help. If this story sounds like something you would be interested in reading and workshopping with me, please let me know! So here's my pitch for my YA Coming-of-Age Romance, LOST AND FOUND: Kate is about to begin a pre-college tour of Mexico and Belize, but she's not here for the opportunities to get to know her future classmates or professors. She's found the journal of her late mother containing clues that lead to the father she's never met. There's only one problem: the journal is written entirely in Spanish. Desperate for help, Kate looks to the charming Sebastien to translate the entries. Together they go on a scavenger hunt through unfamiliar cities and ancient ruins searching for the only family she has left. But the closer she gets to her father, the more difficult it becomes to ignore what she's been finding with Sebastien along the way.

I had a very busy week with many different things going on and unfortunately did not write as much as I would have liked. Today is my 30 day mark and my final word count is 16,608. Honestly, I’m still happy with the progress! I really like what @Angela Griffin said about posting when she hits 30k, so I’ll do that too! A big win I just experienced this week was: since I had finally pushed through the writer’s block I had, I have now written perhaps one of my favorite scenes I’ve ever written! It felt so cathartic to write it out, especially after all the toiling. It made me excited to keep going!