Welcome to Get It Done 2013! Signups are open
This is the signups post for letsgetitdone 2013 round. The official signups period is over, but if you still want to sign up to complete something by December, drop a line below.
What is this comm of which you speak?
Get It Done is a motivation-a-thon. Kind of like Nano, but much less specific. Sign up here and commit to creating Something. Something you want to do. Something you've been meaning to do. Something you'd like to try. Something where you need the Deadline Fear to give you that little nudge into action. The deadline is a main posting week or so in early December up until 8 Dec, though you can post early if you like. So you have 5 months or so, depending on the time of your signup. The point is making that commitment to Do A Thing. Committing to a Thing is a good part of the battle to getting that thing done.
Okay, what's involved?
Sign up below, making that committment. Join the comm and receive periodic reminders that your deadline time is ticking away. Do the thing you signed up for. When you're done, please post a link in the comm and share your creation in as many other places as you care to share The Thing That You Have Now Done.
This seems a little non-specific. What kind of Thing can I Do?
Pretty much anything creative. It's not about me dictating what you want to create. You might commit to writing a new chapter in an ongoing WIP because you need a deadline to aim for. Or to trying a particular pairing or writing style which is new, or writing out a bunny that's been bugging you. Or to writing a long fic, because you've never done over 10k and you'd like to give it a shot, though you don't yet know which characters are involved. Or to creating a series of artwork, or just ten icons, or to running down the perfect image of the way Julie Benz's mouth tilts to the left and making that gif you've been meaning to do for years. Or to sculpting Andrew Wells out of paperclips. I do not judge.
I hear you're a Buffyverse writer. I'm not. Is Get It Done for me too?
Yep. Totally. Last year we were Jossverse specific, but this year we're open to works from any fandoms, including crossovers. I had one request for original fic to be included, and I can't think of a reason to exclude. Definitely welcoming all media - fic, art, vids, meta, poetry, music, fanmixes, whatever. Another person asked about writing in other languages - also absolutely fine. Ask if you have anything else you're concerned about, but I'd like to be as inclusive as possible. (If you're posting adult or triggery material, I'll ask you to warn appropriately when posting, btw, but if that's what you want to create this comm is also very much open to you.)
Your artwork still looks a little Jossversey…
Yeah. I have no art skillz, and lovely people helped me out last year by donating banners. If lovely people from other fandoms would like to help out more this year, I'll gladly mix up the fandoms a bit. But if you can live with art that is a little Buffy-centric, so can I.
I signed up last year and didn't deliver. Am I outcast?
Nope. It's about challenging yourself. Sometimes, that doesn't work out. If you want to try again, try again.
Deadlines oppress me
This probably isn't the motivationathon for you. Unless you'd like to give it a shot - in which case, do. There's no comeback. Just a date, to do a thing. If you don't, well, you didn't. Eh. There is no public shaming in Get It Done.
I am confused by the lack of rules. Give me more rules!
Okay… Be excellent to one another and to fandoms (no flaming, no trolling, concrit in generous spirit, character bashing not welcome, no inter-fandom snarking pls).
Go away and create something. Then come back and share here.
Please tag posts and warn for NSFW content.
That deadline? 8 December. Engrave it somewhere obvious.
Clear? No? There's a thread below for questions if this is baffling.
Clear? Yes? Then sign up! Reply to this post with the relevant bits of the following:
Your Name:
Type of contribution: (fic/art/something else/not sure yet)
Fandom: ('not sure yet' is an acceptable answer)
Ficcers only:
What is your minimum word count goal (if any):
Something else:
If you're signing up for something other than fic or art, what (roughly) will it be:
Anything else you want to commit to at this point: (do you know what you want to create/finish? characters? themes? Styles? Write it down now, and maybe it'll come true...)
(Remember to join the comm too, so you can post when your Thing is Done.)
* Or longer. Who knows when motivation may strike? But the idea is to give yourself a good space to do the thing you've been meaning to do.
What is this comm of which you speak?
Get It Done is a motivation-a-thon. Kind of like Nano, but much less specific. Sign up here and commit to creating Something. Something you want to do. Something you've been meaning to do. Something you'd like to try. Something where you need the Deadline Fear to give you that little nudge into action. The deadline is a main posting week or so in early December up until 8 Dec, though you can post early if you like. So you have 5 months or so, depending on the time of your signup. The point is making that commitment to Do A Thing. Committing to a Thing is a good part of the battle to getting that thing done.
Okay, what's involved?
Sign up below, making that committment. Join the comm and receive periodic reminders that your deadline time is ticking away. Do the thing you signed up for. When you're done, please post a link in the comm and share your creation in as many other places as you care to share The Thing That You Have Now Done.
This seems a little non-specific. What kind of Thing can I Do?
Pretty much anything creative. It's not about me dictating what you want to create. You might commit to writing a new chapter in an ongoing WIP because you need a deadline to aim for. Or to trying a particular pairing or writing style which is new, or writing out a bunny that's been bugging you. Or to writing a long fic, because you've never done over 10k and you'd like to give it a shot, though you don't yet know which characters are involved. Or to creating a series of artwork, or just ten icons, or to running down the perfect image of the way Julie Benz's mouth tilts to the left and making that gif you've been meaning to do for years. Or to sculpting Andrew Wells out of paperclips. I do not judge.
I hear you're a Buffyverse writer. I'm not. Is Get It Done for me too?
Yep. Totally. Last year we were Jossverse specific, but this year we're open to works from any fandoms, including crossovers. I had one request for original fic to be included, and I can't think of a reason to exclude. Definitely welcoming all media - fic, art, vids, meta, poetry, music, fanmixes, whatever. Another person asked about writing in other languages - also absolutely fine. Ask if you have anything else you're concerned about, but I'd like to be as inclusive as possible. (If you're posting adult or triggery material, I'll ask you to warn appropriately when posting, btw, but if that's what you want to create this comm is also very much open to you.)
Your artwork still looks a little Jossversey…
Yeah. I have no art skillz, and lovely people helped me out last year by donating banners. If lovely people from other fandoms would like to help out more this year, I'll gladly mix up the fandoms a bit. But if you can live with art that is a little Buffy-centric, so can I.
I signed up last year and didn't deliver. Am I outcast?
Nope. It's about challenging yourself. Sometimes, that doesn't work out. If you want to try again, try again.
Deadlines oppress me
This probably isn't the motivationathon for you. Unless you'd like to give it a shot - in which case, do. There's no comeback. Just a date, to do a thing. If you don't, well, you didn't. Eh. There is no public shaming in Get It Done.
I am confused by the lack of rules. Give me more rules!
Okay… Be excellent to one another and to fandoms (no flaming, no trolling, concrit in generous spirit, character bashing not welcome, no inter-fandom snarking pls).
Go away and create something. Then come back and share here.
Please tag posts and warn for NSFW content.
That deadline? 8 December. Engrave it somewhere obvious.
Clear? No? There's a thread below for questions if this is baffling.
Clear? Yes? Then sign up! Reply to this post with the relevant bits of the following:
Your Name:
Type of contribution: (fic/art/something else/not sure yet)
Fandom: ('not sure yet' is an acceptable answer)
Ficcers only:
What is your minimum word count goal (if any):
Something else:
If you're signing up for something other than fic or art, what (roughly) will it be:
Anything else you want to commit to at this point: (do you know what you want to create/finish? characters? themes? Styles? Write it down now, and maybe it'll come true...)
(Remember to join the comm too, so you can post when your Thing is Done.)
* Or longer. Who knows when motivation may strike? But the idea is to give yourself a good space to do the thing you've been meaning to do.