# Word Dragon Challenge \*THE END\* \[Nov.1~30\]: Share, Chat, Encouragement **URL:** \ **Category:** The Chatters\ **Tags:** chat, writing, hangout\ **Created:** [October 13, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859 "2025-10-13T16:29:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/thetigerwriter/32/28691_2.png) [@TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/TheTigerWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/41 "2025-10-20T04:58:55Z")
**Topic: What does it mean to defeat a word dragon vs win the challenge?** Adding to the list of Q&A. I addressed this on IG, but I thought I should address this here. This is where this challenge differs from other challenges (as far as I’ve seen). First, **a word dragon is any writing project you consistently work on for one month**. **Defeating the Word Dragon** If your word dragon is “finish edits by the end of the month” then defeating it means that you’ve achieved this goal you set for yourself. It’s your own personal accomplishment and not a must in this challenge although greatly celebrated. **Winning the Word Dragon Challenge** Winning the challenge means you have consistently showed up for the writing project and you have given your weekly progress updates. That makes you a winner, a real trooper, you go human! You’re awesome 😁 Word Dragon Challenge celebrates consistent progress. Consistency is key. It’s the whole point of this challenge. Note that consistency can look like anything and it can be shaped around your lifestyle and schedule. ---
**Author:** ![TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/thetigerwriter/32/28691_2.png) [@TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/TheTigerWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/42 "2025-10-20T05:01:37Z")
Just noticed one of the graphics is wrong. It says “weeky” XD ---
**Author:** ![CoffeebyNight](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/coffeebynight/32/62352_2.png) [@CoffeebyNight](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/CoffeebyNight)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/43 "2025-10-20T12:28:03Z")
Characters, side characters, backstories, world building, 3 act structure, key scenes, primary/secondary conflicts… the list goes on haha ---
**Author:** ![NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/notarussianbot/32/63102_2.png) [@NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/NotARussianBot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/44 "2025-10-20T13:31:49Z")
Well, I started Route 108 again. I hope you like monkeys. [![](https://www.uticazoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Cotton-Top-Tamarin.jpg) ](https://www.uticazoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Cotton-Top-Tamarin.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/thetigerwriter/32/28691_2.png) [@TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/TheTigerWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/45 "2025-10-20T16:54:33Z")
I imagined monkeys riding dragons ---
**Author:** ![NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/notarussianbot/32/63102_2.png) [@NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/NotARussianBot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/46 "2025-10-20T17:08:40Z")
Yes there is some of that as well. ---
**Author:** ![Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/churro/32/48086_2.png) [@Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/Churro)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/47 "2025-10-20T19:54:27Z")
> [@NotARussianBot](#): > > Well, I started Route 108 again. I hope you like monkeys. Why does does this look like a middle aged woman? ---
**Author:** ![Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/churro/32/48086_2.png) [@Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/Churro)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/48 "2025-10-20T19:56:35Z")
I might combine two ideas 😮 ---
**Author:** ![NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/notarussianbot/32/63102_2.png) [@NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/NotARussianBot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/49 "2025-10-20T21:28:46Z")
I wanted a white-haired monkey and cottontop tamarins have spiky white hair. ---
**Author:** ![Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/churro/32/48086_2.png) [@Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/Churro)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/50 "2025-10-21T00:16:03Z")
> [@NotARussianBot](#): > > I wanted a white-haired monkey and cottontop tamarins have spiky white hair. # I see 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/thetigerwriter/32/28691_2.png) [@TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/TheTigerWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/51 "2025-10-21T05:43:42Z")
Oooooh 😯 ---
**Author:** ![Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/churro/32/48086_2.png) [@Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/Churro)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/52 "2025-10-21T16:58:35Z")
> [@TheTigerWriter](#): > > Oooooh 😯 I _had_ two main characters, but they were boring, so I accidentally made another two that are less boring. So, maybe I am thinking of combining two ideas to make it more coherent because they both sort of fit for the story direction I am looking tbh 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/thetigerwriter/32/28691_2.png) [@TheTigerWriter](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/TheTigerWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/53 "2025-10-23T18:57:52Z")
**Topic: What project have you chosen as your word dragon?** Mine is a 50k first draft, new world word dragon. A bit intimidating as I haven’t done one of these in a while. On top of that, I have to navigate days when I won’t be able to work on it at all. So, I decided that it will have a fantasy battle arena situation as one of the main things in the beginning. MC will get into it by mistake at some point. His truth will be revealed and then he will become wanted. Maybe the city this takes place in, won’t be the same city the rest of the story takes place in. I also decided that he will discover a baby something, but it’s something that he shouldn’t befriend. I’ve never written a baby creature sidekick into a story. I don’t know why. I definitely should. ---
**Author:** ![CoffeebyNight](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/coffeebynight/32/62352_2.png) [@CoffeebyNight](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/CoffeebyNight)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/54 "2025-10-23T19:05:58Z")
Baby creatuurees! Do it, do it, do it!! \<3 That sounds great, Enna. I’m probably gonna be flitting across different projects, honestly. I’m hoping to hit 50k, but honestly if I can stay on track with everything I have planned, I should be creeping closer to 100k. So that’s a handful of shorts and one short novel. Not too shabby. I definitely want to write a fantasy next month. ---
**Author:** ![alcoholandcaffeine](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/alcoholandcaffeine/32/28008_2.png) [@alcoholandcaffeine](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/alcoholandcaffeine)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/55 "2025-10-25T09:00:29Z")
> [@TheTigerWriter](#): > > Topic: What project have you chosen as your word dragon? My word dragon is gonna be finishing the draft for The Scorned Cat, the sequel to The Spying Cat. It’s currently at around 52k…I estimate it will end at around 70-80k, _but_ it being a mystery, I suspect I’ll have to go back and forth a lot, adding/removing things (clues, red herrings, etc), sooooo we’ll see. That’s why the goal is to _finish_, whatever that actually means. I was going to re-read my manuscript so far as prep, but…I got derailed lol. Blasted Instagram. It hasn’t been my best week trying to get back into my semblance of a routine after travelling. So I think I will go for my secondary goal after this weekend, and swear off IG for a month 😂 If this goes well (I hope it will 🤞), I will then take a break for the month of December, and hopefully can start publishing on Inkitt in January/February. That’ll make it a year since the previous book was completed 🥹 ---
**Author:** ![Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/churro/32/48086_2.png) [@Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/Churro)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/56 "2025-10-25T23:25:55Z")
# 20k is doable, prolly gonna do 30k. ---
**Author:** ![Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/churro/32/48086_2.png) [@Churro](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/Churro)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/57 "2025-10-26T01:36:06Z")
This is a very good source, but I think (for me) it’s too genre/fantasy based. Is there something a bit more rough (I know you said that you don’t do all those things) for someone who’s less intro structure but still wants to make/take notes? ---
**Author:** ![dizzyd\_writer\_poet](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/dizzyd_writer_poet/32/62320_2.png) [@dizzyd\_writer\_poet](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/dizzyd_writer_poet)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/58 "2025-10-26T04:22:39Z")
Hi, everyone! I just joined the forum a couple hours ago and I’m happy to be here. Thanks again for the invite, @TheTigerWriter. I appreciate it. This November, I plan to keep working on my WIP, which is a book about a disturbed little girl, her domineering mother, and a creepy doll. Typically, I write horror, fantasy, or sci-fi, and this will most likely be a combination of the three. My stories tend to transcend genres. ---
**Author:** ![dizzyd\_writer\_poet](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/dizzyd_writer_poet/32/62320_2.png) [@dizzyd\_writer\_poet](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/dizzyd_writer_poet)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/59 "2025-10-26T04:50:01Z")
I believe in you! Also, I wouldn’t worry too much about the final word count. Just do what it takes to finish your draft. We"ll be here when you’re done. ---
**Author:** ![alcoholandcaffeine](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/alcoholandcaffeine/32/28008_2.png) [@alcoholandcaffeine](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/alcoholandcaffeine)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/word-dragon-challenge-the-end-nov-1-30-share-chat-encouragement/15859/60 "2025-10-26T09:23:35Z")
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