100 Reviews in 15 days!

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Last year, around this time of the year, Nate decided that he would set a goal for himself to complete 100 reviews in 15 days.

It was great motivation; a lot of people wanted to do it, and a lot of people started to. I'm not sure that everyone finished, but those who started certainly boosted their review count.

Starting December 5th, I'm planning to do 100 reviews in 15 days (and, that's to put it the sane way; I'm trying for something more extreme, like 300 in those 15. It's possible). Like last year, it would be great to have the motivation of others as I go along, so if you're up to it, please join me. :)

These reviews don't have to be extensive, in depth critiques, but they should be well-writ reviews. None of the slip-shop reviews allowed. :)


It sounds intimidating, but it's not; that's about 6.5 reviews a day, and if we say you pace yourself to get 7 done in a day, you'll have about 107 reviews by the time you're done. It's also a good way to jump start yourself for NaNo-editing. By reading other people's work for proofreading, it becomes easier to spot common errors in writing. So! If you put your NaNo down for about two weeks and do this, you return to it with a fresh, sharper eye.

So. :D Who's in?
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I'm in *has already done 7 reviews today*

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xD Best of luck to everyone. I'd love to participate, but I have exams coming up in two weeks. I'm sure you can all do it!
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I'm participating! I dunno how much I'll get done with these next to weeks for me, but it'll be cool to get my next blue star.

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ok, umm, I'll try so I'm in
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Ha ha. I reeeeally need to up my review count... I'm in. :)

Current review count: 99.

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Oh dear. I really need to work on how many reviews (good ones, mind you) I can do in that amount of time! The maximum amount of reviews I could do in 15 days would probably be 50! The minimum amount? 25.

But anyway, even if I don't make 100 reviews in 15 days, I can do my best to do 50 reviews in 15 days! I've done, like, 3 or 4 today before this post...must work on getting more reviews in...!

Edit: had 13 reviews at time of original post :(
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I'll do it. Won't be able to start until December 14th, but I should be able to. After all, I used to write 100 reviews every week for months back on TYWC.




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Nate wrote:I'll do it. Won't be able to start until December 14th, but I should be able to. After all, I used to write 100 reviews every week for months back on TYWC.


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Its really possible...but watch out for the quality people.
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(and, that's to put it the sane way; I'm trying for something more extreme, like 300 in those 15. It's possible)


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I'm going on the other extreme and will try and do 50 over the holiday break.
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Wow--I'm actually finding this so much easier than I thought it would be! I'm right on track for the goal (100 reviews in 15 days!) by doing 7 reviews per day. That's pretty good, considering how much I've neglected my critiquing in the past! Anyway, are we allowed to post our progress here? I think it would be a nice way to motivate all the others who are doing this. :)

This has been Fruits_Basket99Tohru, signing off!
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I'm lagging badly. It's getting harder for me to type, so I've only done 962-947 reviews... which is... 13? 15? No idea. I need to seriously step up my game.

However! It makes me happy to see more reviews in the lit forums, and ones that are constructive, at that. Keep up the great work, guys. :)
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Yes, you can most certainly post your results in this thread! That's what we did last year, I believe? If not, I'm obviously thinking of something else, and we should most definitely start the trend, Fruit Basket. (Amusing anime, by the way.)

It seems that when I finally catch up to the amount I should have to be on track, I start falling behind, haha. Right now I've done 18 reviews, so I really gotta pick up the pace.

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