Artwork: Visual Epics from Canva
The challenge begins on 1st April/1st July and ends at midnight on 30th April/31st July. Our Second Life® Moxie word meter will be up and working on the 1st at our virtual coffee bar. You will need to join the Virtual Writers, Inc. group in order to use our participant titler. This allows you to keep track of your word count through the meter. More about this below.
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What’s Camp Moxie?
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Camp Moxie is a more relaxed version of the November novel writing event. We have Camp sessions in both April and July, and welcome word-count goals between 5,000 and 25,000 for any type of writing project. You might want to use the time to edit your Moxie novel from November, or plan for next year’s challenge. Some of our participants use the time to tackle research. The choice is yours. Camp is a creative retreat for whatever you’re working on!
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Camp Moxie: Our Step-by-Step Guide
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1. Join our Virtual Writers, Inc. group (found in Second Life® search), and our Discord server.
2. Grab our gift box (the rusty tin at the Camp Moxie Info Hub) found at the campground. It’s packed full of resources and special goodies for writers. Be sure to add the write-in dates to your calendar so you don’t miss anything.
3. Next, sign up for the TrackBear app and join our Camp Moxie Leaderboard (sign up code is: 0de8ff40-5ede-437e-a915-943e6bc85ad4). This is a fab new app that suits our needs perfectly.
4. If you’re a Plotter (vs a Pantser), open up the box containing the Prep Worksheets and look for the plot storyboard, and character development notecards. Moxie Madness is a demanding challenge and preparedness is key. Use your time wisely and join us for our daily write-ins as we get ready for the challenge. If you need some inspiration, click on one of our plot bunnies (they’re scattered about the sim). Or, try our prompt dice game. You’ll find it on the counter at the Forest Coffee Bar.
5. Pick a tent at the camp and rent it, or choose one of our lovely beach huts or cottages. You will be provided with your own personal word counter and goal jar (or agenda).
6. Set your personal writing goal by clicking on the firefly jar (or agenda) and following the instructions.
7. Wear the Word Scout titler (found in the gift box), activate the group so you are also wearing the Virtual Writers, Inc. group tag, touch the lantern by your tent (or the sandcastle by your beach hut, or the watering can by your cottage), then type in your new word count. Repeat the last step daily.
8. If you don’t want to rent a tent you can still participate: wear the Word Scout titler, activate the Virtual Writers, Inc. group so you are also wearing the group tag, touch the word meter (the old school computer found at the Forest Coffee Bar), wait for the instructions then type your new word count into the chat box.
Remember to update your daily word count at our meter in Milk Wood as well as on the TrackBear leaderboard, this is important for the group, so we can see how well we’re doing as a whole.
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Write-Ins
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Word Snatch: Monday – Sunday at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT.
Additional Word Snatch at Book Island every Sunday at 12 noon PT.
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Word Scrimmage
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Random word wars held during April and July. Most battles begin on the hour and last between 15 and 30 minutes. Feel free to start your own scrimmage by posting an alert in our Virtual Writers, Inc. or Milk Wood Wrimos group chats.
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Virtual Writers offers a veritable calendar of delights that includes word wars, write-ins, and inspirational workshops from successful authors. Be sure to join our Second Life® groups Virtual Writers, Inc. and Milk Wood Wrimos for event reminders, and follow us on X.
You can also find us on
Facebook
Discord
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You can use the buzz and excitement of Camp Moxie to work on other writing endeavours, such as poetry, plays, short stories, or essays. Write whatever takes your fancy. but try to write something every day.
Happy writing!
Virtual Writers
www,virtualwriters.org
We offer sustained writing support throughout the year. Once Camp Moxie ends be sure to join our 500 Word Snatch challenge!
