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I have decided to discontinue the writing exercises for the time being. It's the holidays, guys. I need a break at the very least and y'all should have one, too. Having you all write on Thanksgiving was probably going a bit far as is. More than that, I'm creatively and mentally exhausted right now. I haven't even caught up on the feedback thread.

That said, if you truly do not want to stop doing exercises, you're welcome to give it a shot yourselves. The opportunity to challenge each other as writers and people is one of the best parts about this site. I loved getting to do this, and I never thought I'd succeed once, let alone twice, on making it last over two months. Participation this time was even better than I hoped. So, thank you all. (And thanks again to 3J. Admin support is always awesome.)

If anyone really does want to try this, feel free to PM me and ask for tips / whatever. Just because I'm chillin' doesn't mean I won't give out advice / help, I'm always around for that, if nothing else. If you'd rather wait for me to start them back up once my life gets less crazy... well, you may be waiting a while, but telling me so might convince me to make my break short. 

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Also, please do note that if you want to practice even without the points, there are over 18 weeks worth of these things floating around this site in the WW. Feel free to try any of them out, they may inspire you or help you to improve.

To bad you're discontinuing the exercises, but it is completely understandable. As before, thank you very much for making up these exercises. Though I wasn't able to participate every time, I found them very enjoyable, and they even motivated me (a teeny tiny little bit) to finally take up some stories that I started writing ages ago. 

:D It was my pleasure. There's so much talent here and seeing sparks of it in those exercises was a lot of fun for me as a host. I'm proud of you guys. I hope to see more from you in the future, Rom. True, you didn't get all of 'em, but when you participated, you did great. Thank you for participating.

Too bad you're discontinuing it. I enjoyed it very much. At least you encouraged me to finish a story through and through. I'd forgotten about those stories that I wrote so long ago....Thank you for making this a reality. I can't say I can do it myself, though. We'll miss you, Writing Exercises! 

Aww, haha. :3 Thank you for participating. I'm glad you had fun and I really hope it encourages you to write more, some of your entries were among my personal favorites. I was simultaneously very pleased and rather frustrated at how torn y'all made me over awarding bonus points some weeks.

Favorite? I don't know how to say thank you properly....but THANK YOU!

Parroting what the others have already said, it's a shame to see you end this, although I totally understand why you want to do so. Even though I didn't participate much the last couple of weeks, I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this. It's been fun flexing my creative muscles, and it was probably thanks to these exercises that I've stuck to the site and decided to actually start working properly on my own story here.

So anyway, thanks for doing these. 

The dedication you showed for a new comer to this site and these exercises was amazing, and you put out some really great work, man. Thank you for being a part of this. It's great to hear that this encouraged you in your own projects and I really look forward to reading them. That said, if you still wanna keep going, please see the update below. :D

My pleasure.

Good news! Sethaniel has just generously agreed to take my place as host for the time being. (Yes, an actual admin host! I know things will go smoother this time.) It'll give me a chance to get back on my feet as far as writing goes and maybe I can get some actual work done on my own projects, lol, so thank you so much, Seth!  

I expect you all to put in a sincere effort and work together with him to create even more epic writing magic. And hey, once I've had some time... maybe I can actually participate with you guys. :P I could use the practice. 

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Despite the fact that I hardly ever wrote anything, I really enjoyed reading the exercises you came up with, Kiel. I may actually backtrack and do some of them just for myself, if I'm ever in need of inspiration. Thanks for carrying the torch, & for passing it on, too.

I really think this sort of thing isn't something any one person is going to be able to or want to do in perpetuity, but hopefully we can collectively keep the flame alive, if you'll pardon the metaphor.

I'm glad, Morgan. I hope I didja proud. :3 Thank you so much for the weeks you did, I never would've tried this otherwise. I really appreciated your participation, too. Felt like I had your blessing to continue, hehe.

I do agree with you. This is an awesome idea for an on-going thing, but for just one person to tackle the responsibility forever... bah, I'd have to wrack my brain for activities so much, it'd be pulverized by the effort. Here's to the hope of making this a lasting tradition, ne?

Aw! You really did; I think your exercises were better than mine, actually. ^_^

And, well, you're welcome, but also, credit where credit is due: I swiped the idea from Holly Lisle's Forward Motion, back in its heyday. Which is to say, back when most of the kids here were learning their ABC's, I suspect. XD

The exercises were certainly a lot of fun, thanks for running them! I was looking forward to a break, but then Sethaniel stepped in, so I'm back in, too! Hey, I think I already took one week off earlier this month... :)