LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo July 2025 – Official Thread

[Aethalope]

After 10,000 words of talking to the mc, it finally has a voice. I shall now set it loose on the plot.

If anyone is interested in following this messy journey, you can find it here.

(Brace yourself, it'll be raw.)

 

[MattScho]

Halfway through the month, 80 percent through the work

 

[RK Wallis]

Halfway through the month, 80 percent through the work

I'm winding down too. Maybe a few scenes left and a tidy up. Woah, that was one hell of a ride!

 

[LJ Beck]

After 10,000 words of talking to the mc, it finally has a voice. I shall now set it loose on the plot.

If anyone is interested in following this messy journey, you can find it here.

(Brace yourself, it'll be raw.)

Yay!! I've read and I loved it! Looking forward to following this journey! WOOT!!

 

[Aethalope]

Yay!! I've read and I loved it! Looking forward to following this journey! WOOT!!

Wow!!! Thank you so much! I really appreciate the support never had a rating this early on!

 

[Trey]

I'm up to 35.5k, 10,722 (to the word!) written this month. I may not get another 10k done as was my originally stated aim, but will try for another decent chunk between now and Monday, Tuesday onward will be really hectic so i doubt i'll get much done. My challenge is on!
Happy writing, everyone. Or productive, at least. Sometimes the happiness of getting words down comes a while after they're written.

 

[RK Wallis]

Sometimes the happiness of getting words down comes a while after they're written.

So true, Trey!

I've really slowed down now and I'm stitching together what I've written, also adding more emotional reactions and making sure the sleuthing tracks.

Best climax I've ever written (and most fun!). I'm also going through the denouement and making it fit (was originally written as the midpoint, but far more cathartic for the ending). Then the time consuming work of going through my excel spreadsheet starts. Lucky it's satisfying or I'd never do it!

 

[RK Wallis]

starting to unpack my All is lost scene and the one before. I got them around the wrong way and don't want to screw up emotional beats. Give me strength!

 

[Claire G]

Hi all, I didn't join in with LiNoWrMo because I was feeling stressed and didn't want to pressure myself by setting a tight deadline for my edits. But I've been following this thread and feeling really inspired by you all - you're amazing!!!!

 

[Nikky Lee]

Big writing day today. 2.2k done. My marked for death character is still alive. In all fairness, I've got a few more POVs to write before I get back to (what I hope will be) their final scene.

 

[LJ Beck]

Big writing day today. 2.2k done. My marked for death character is still alive. In all fairness, I've got a few more POVs to write before I get back to (what I hope will be) their final scene.

Are you sure your marked for death char is meant to die? They seem pretty hearty.

 

[LJ Beck]

I have just finished the chunk of scenes that I knew would be the trickiest in this edit, and I was right! Phew. I'm much happier with it now. But to be fair, this section was a mess before, so low bar. Anyway, 4 more chapters now to "the end" and then I go back to see if I can cut 7K words from the whole MS. Ha! Didn't help that I had to add a chapter to this section to get it all to work as I wanted. Good grief. So now it's 106K and I am committed to keeping the final draft under 100K.

 

[LJ Beck]

I have just hit THE END! Woot. All chapters now edited. Fooking A. Even sucked some tears from me... again. Maybe I was just happy it was done. Word count 106K and change.

Now to go back and read aloud, and cut 7 - 8K. 98K is the goal. I like that number.

 

[MattScho]

Sorry I vanished, bit of work overload.

But I should have mentioned that I finished with the third draft, and thanks so much for this, it was a huge help, push.

 

[RK Wallis]

I had a great writing week even though my word count hasn't shifted much. Typed THE END, fixed up emotional beats, streamlined the mystery (I hope readers can follow), added in answers to questions I raised, fixed up the parts I'd left markers to com back and fix and wrote the blurb.

Probably need to go through character arcs now.

Thanks for organising this, @Nikky Lee

 

[MattScho]

So, inspired by this month, I will spent until September producing a third draft on the other book I've got in second draft form. To be fair, I am cheating a bit, as I had already worked on the first two-thirds. Need a new ending, though

 

[wrightstuff]

This was the prompt I needed.

I've produced more words than planned, but not sure I'll hit 6 complete short stories by the end of the month - one of the stories has taken a dark turn, and I have an unexpectedly unsympathetic main character, in a short story that's threatening to turn into a novella...

Anyway, I've enjoyed my foray into short stories so much that I've decided to spend most of August on the same track.

 

[MattScho]

Yeah, Nikky, thanks so much.

 

[LJ Beck]

I've managed to cut 2K words so far. At least 5K to go. 3 more days and I'm taking Thurs 31st off work, so hey. I might make it!

 

[Aethalope]

I just uploaded a chapter titled My Meringues!

One more chapter before the month is out. This has been a fun exercise

 

[MattScho]

Okay, in the second work I am on, done with the first 5 chapters. As I said, this is easy stuff, will try for another 10 today because I've already worked the first 2/3rds pretty hard. But I do like making progress, and i have made some small adjustments.

 

[MattScho]

Okay, another 5 today, so a total of 10.

 

[LJ Beck]

Down 4K with 4 more to go. Have officially one more day for this challenge, but I have the next 4 days off work so I might spill into August but I will finish this before Monday! Oh yeah.

 

[MattScho]

Another four chapters on book 2 (for the month, not at all a series). I'd forgotten a storyline (been away for nine months) and did some serious recontruction on one.

 

[MattScho]

Down 4K with 4 more to go. Have officially one more day for this challenge, but I have the next 4 days off work so I might spill into August but I will finish this before Monday! Oh yeah.

I don't think it's the dates that define LiNoWriMo as much as the spirit. I love that the spirit continues with us.
We are the Cult of Nikky, or Niktorians.

 

[MattScho]

Last day of the blessed event. I'm about 20 percent of the way through an edit a second book, and have finished a third draft on the first. To me, this was a total success

 

[Sedayne]

Sorry I bailed out half way through, but I've had a very productive month with other writing projects.
It's been great to see all the progress made. Well done everyone. And big thanks to Nikky for organising it all.

 

[LJ Beck]

On ch 17 of 42 chapters in my final (for this draft) read-through with 3K more to cut. I'm super happy with my progress this month. This draft has been hanging around like a bad smell, neglected for too long. This month I've managed to finish my full MS edit from notes from my dear alpha reader, and almost half of a final read through cutting it down 5K to 101K so far - thanks to this challenge! Woohoo! It's given me such great momentum, and I will finish it in the next few days to sit at my goal length of 98K Yippie Kai-yay (m-f'er)!

This draft will go off to my proof reader, and then once those mistakes are fixed, off to my beta readers. I'm chuffed to reach this stage. It's been a long time coming.

It's really nice to get to share updates with other writers when you're excited. This thread has provided wonderful encouragement and great motivation and good feels seeing other's progress. Good job everybody. Thanks @Nikky Lee ! And congrats on surpassing your goal as well! (According to TrackBear) Nice!!

 

[Nikky Lee]

Okay we're down to the final hours (or if you're in my neck of the woods it's well past the final hours, but I'll give you some leeway ).

I'm absolutely thrilled to see so many people finishing off or making major headway on their projects! Well done everyone! Even if you didn't reach your goal, I operate on the principle that any words are better than none.

My final update for the July LiNoWriMo:
Monthly total: 20,234
WIP total: 211,920
Marked for death characters successfully shuffled off: 0

Current Trackbear chart (I will post this again once people post their final updates):



Along with some seriously impressive word counts from some of you!

 

[MattScho]

Okay we're down to the final hours (or if you're in my neck of the woods it's well past the final hours, but I'll give you some leeway ).

I'm absolutely thrilled to see so many people finishing off or making major headway on their projects! Well done everyone! Even if you didn't reach your goal, I operate on the principle that any words are better than none.

My final update for the July LiNoWriMo:
Monthly total: 20,234
WIP total: 211,920
Marked for death characters successfully shuffled off: 0

Current Trackbear chart (I will post this again once people post their final updates):

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Along with some seriously impressive word counts from some of you!
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Well done, all you people able to figure out trackbear! I mean, to me, that by itself is an accomplishment!