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Updated 2/15: Challenge and a Plot Critter Bounty for 18K words

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NewMexicoKid
55095 words so far Winner!

Collected
DelusionalOtaku
* sparkly headed sea turtle

Made and delivered
scrapacat (2)
* sparkly kitten
* dragon
Squiddish (2, almost 3)
* pirate papa squid
* squiddy baby
AmaranthMuse (3!)
* antlered head; plot horse; sparkly white bunny
Qberty (1)
* qbert
KatherineWriting (1)
*Something carrying a Flag (Alien Flag of Surrender) being too close to something else (Too Close for Comfort) -- so basically a mashup of my two titles using your imagination, Tim.
Corrupted Flame (1)
* a plot fairy
Cee-Bee
* plot puppy (possibly either a schnauzer or a shar pei, but pom-pom resolution is limited...)
WritingStudent (2)
* Tyranosaurous Rex
* bunny with the rainbow scarf
ziplizard
* doggy
cableshaft
* wrimo triumphant
TypesetJez (1)
* butterfly lion

No custom requests (yet)
TRRDEDEAN, Larkk, LemonFairy, Me-n-Jesus (1)

Made but not yet delivered
ThePiratess (1)
* sparkly pirate plot parrot
kheartsfan96
* Plot penguin
firefoot77 (1)
* dragon

Custom Requests Received

Instructions
Thanks to everyone for writing! Note: If you have any special requests for critters, be sure to post them soon! It will take me a while to make the 24 but I hope to have them done sometime later this month. I will see if folks are available for a lunch out to distribute them; otherwise, we can try the first Journey meeting or make other plans.

Original Post
People in our region love plot critters (like this plot carrot my daughter made today):



and this sparkly plot kitty I put together:


And I dearly want people in our region to write this final week of NaNoWriMo, particularly in an effort to draw even with Maryland. So here is my challenge to Naperville-homed folks in our Introduce Yourself thread that feeds our faces graph:


  • Post in this thread your current wordcount and your goal of at least 18000 additional words written by the end of November 30 (more is better!)

  • If you can make that goal by the end of November 30, I will make for you a plot critter! The more words over 18000 you are, the fancier I will be! So if you currently have 10,000 and end up with 28,000, you will win yourself a plot critter! If you currently have 0 and write 18,000, you will get a plot critter! If you have 172,000 and you end up with 214,000, I'll make you two or three special plot critters!



So help out the region! Post your pledge to take up this challenge!

Note that delivery might not be until January (at our Journey first meeting) or at least sometime in December since there are preparations I need to do for the TGIO.

Order_Of_32
51163 words so far Winner!

44413
Motivation!
Plot Critter! :D
Is it possible for you to mail the critter to us, as I'm not entirely sure I am allowed to make any of the NNWM meetings.

NewMexicoKid
55095 words so far Winner!

Order_Of_32 wrote:
44413
Motivation!
Plot Critter! :D
Is it possible for you to mail the critter to us, as I'm not entirely sure I am allowed to make any of the NNWM meetings.


I'm glad you're motivated!

I'd prefer not to have to mail critters as the expenses add up and all of this comes out of my own pocket; all of our meetings are open to the public and in public venues--everyone is welcome to attend. If it is a matter of parental permission, you could note to them that our region has great partnerships with area libraries, especially a long standing one with the Naperville Public Library that goes back to 2006. Also, in addition to my polished credentials as a volunteer Municipal Liaison ;-), I'm also a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Alcatel-Lucent and a happily married parent of a student at Naperville North High School :-)

I really hope you'll be able to come to our TGIO (note: depending on the number of folks taking this challenge and the number of critters I give out tomorrow and Sunday, I might not have all of them ready by December 3rd, but there is a chance). If not, we will have Journey events in 2012.

If, after all of that, we aren't able to get the critter to you (and you make the 18,000 word total), nanomail me and we'll see what we can do.

Good luck! And let me know if you have other questions.

Cheers,
--Tim

Order_Of_32
51163 words so far Winner!

Now that I think about it....it probably wasn't a good idea for me to try to cram an extra 18K in.... *sigh*

KatherineWriting
160096 words so far Winner!

I would like one with an Alien Flag of Surrender that is Too Close to another creature for Comfort.
No rush.

NewMexicoKid
55095 words so far Winner!

Just a quick bump in case any folks are reading this and wanting to collect their challenge plot critters this Saturday. I will have them with me in room A.

Squiddish
87790 words so far Winner!

34,783. c:

NewMexicoKid
55095 words so far Winner!

Squiddish wrote:
34,783. c:


See you at 52,783 November 30th's end :-)

Squiddish
87790 words so far Winner!

One down. On my way to two!

NewMexicoKid
55095 words so far Winner!

Squiddish wrote:
One down. On my way to two!


Way to go! Great job!

ziplizard
59018 words so far Winner!

39086
So goal of 57,086. This will be hard, but darn, I really love plot critters...

NewMexicoKid
55095 words so far Winner!

ziplizard wrote:
39086
So goal of 57,086. This will be hard, but darn, I really love plot critters...


Good luck! I know you can do it!

ThePiratess
61776 words so far Winner!

38,001. See you on the other side of November with 56,001 at least. :) I'm shooting for 60,000 but we'll see if my life cooperates.

KatherineWriting
160096 words so far Winner!

I'm in.
135,249 -- so I'll aim for 153,253 since I like symmetry in numbers.

Hezzah
50126 words so far Winner!

I am pretty sure I will not be succeeding at this, as I have only 3.5 days left, but what the heck...

38449

Pazuzu
44785 words so far

I'm in!

Current word count: 28,740

scrapacat
90823 words so far Winner!

I will have 70,000 by 11:59 Nov 30, that's a little more than 18K from here for me. I luvs the sparkly kitteh! That plot carrot is dang cute, too!

Cee-Bee
71700 words so far Winner!

48020 now, so at least 66020. I'm on it!

Larkk
107092 words so far Winner!

I just updated to 81779 so, let's make that an even 100k for me. I do love a challenge, especially if it involves writing lots of words.
The sparkly plot kitty is adorable! :)

cableshaft
56147 words so far Winner!

Mine's 36,733. I actually don't plan to write more than 50k but might have to in order to keep up with Squiddish and Piratess, so I might as well sign up.

Squiddish
87790 words so far Winner!

GET ON IT, BRIAN. PASSED YOU UP TODAY~!

WhimsicalSnowflake
50977 words so far Winner!

39515 right now, so 57515... a toughie, but I'll give it a shot. That's just three 5k days, after all... we'll see. :)

Me - n - Jesus
29791 words so far

I'm at 11093. It's a tough goal, but tough is what I do!

firefoot77
62309 words so far Winner!

I'm in! Currently at 35798, aiming for 54k.

WritingStudent
225000 words so far Winner!

Tim... was that last comment aimed at me? ;D
'If you have 172,000 and you end up with 214,000, I'll make you two or three special plot critters!'
Well, if it wasn't, whatever, it still worked. count me in.
The total that I have right now, as of this exact moment, is 175,107 :)
I'm going to win those two/three plot critters >:D No matter what it takes!

NewMexicoKid
55095 words so far Winner!

WritingStudent wrote:
Tim... was that last comment aimed at me? ;D
'If you have 172,000 and you end up with 214,000, I'll make you two or three special plot critters!'
Well, if it wasn't, whatever, it still worked. count me in.
The total that I have right now, as of this exact moment, is 175,107 :)
I'm going to win those two/three plot critters >:D No matter what it takes!


You're a real joy to have in our region, Sarah! (yes, of course it was aimed at you :-) :-) )

WritingStudent
225000 words so far Winner!

NewMexicoKid wrote:
WritingStudent wrote:
Tim... was that last comment aimed at me? ;D
'If you have 172,000 and you end up with 214,000, I'll make you two or three special plot critters!'
Well, if it wasn't, whatever, it still worked. count me in.
The total that I have right now, as of this exact moment, is 175,107 :)
I'm going to win those two/three plot critters >:D No matter what it takes!


You're a real joy to have in our region, Sarah! (yes, of course it was aimed at you :-) :-) )

Aw, Thanks, Tim! :D

LemonFairy
54601 words so far Winner!

35,785 is what I'm at currently, and I've been needing some motivation to play catch-up. Which means 53,785 or more. (I'm pretty sure the only reason I've ever finished NaNo is because I went to Write Ins where I was motivated by buttons, so... shiny things = things I need? Let's find out!)

tireddadx3
54364 words so far Winner!

Okay, I am up for a shot at this. It will be my only shot at a plot critter since I have not been able to schedule any write-ins this year. I started this evening at 43920 so I would need to get to 61920.

ThePiratess
61776 words so far Winner!

Whoo! Guys! So far we have knocked Maryland's lead down over 1,000 words! And that's just in one day! If we keep this up, we'll leave them in our DUST! Keep writing! GOGOGOGOGOGO!

Lady Riss
50110 words so far Winner!

38147 now.... so 56147
:)

Lady Riss
50110 words so far Winner!

PS: These are just absolutely adorable.

J.A. Kosse
136308 words so far Winner!

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

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