Sign Ups Are OPEN for this year's 'Finish that Fic, Merlin! (2024/2025)

Another year has passed with you being completely unable to finish those darn WIPs in your folder. Fear not! 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' is once again here to w(h)ip your arse into shape so you can finally clear your conscience! (and you WIP-folder)

The fest will run from November 1st 2024 till March 31st 2025!

If you've never heard of 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' before, the short answer is that it is, like the same suggests, a fest to help you finish your WIPS. All those fics you've started but for whatever reason never finished. Maybe life got in the way, maybe you just didn't have the motivation, and without a deadline, it's easier to just do other things instead. Well, now's the time to sign up for this fest, so you can finally finish!

Before you sign up, however, please be sure to read 'How This Fest Works' and the 'FAQs' for the long answer on what 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' is. I know it sounds weird, but there's some rules to follow, and more importantly, an explanation on how you can get a prize for your hard work! After you've done that, you can sign up here via Livejournal or here via Google Forms.

If you need some cheerleading, you can head over to Discord to join The Tavern(18+) server where I've been graciously allowed to host a channel for this fest. Please note that while The Tavern server is for 18+, if you're under 18, you can still participate in 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' you just can't be part of that particular Discord server. Fortunately, there are other Merlin servers for people of all ages to help you with your writing. You can even find me in some of them :D

And don't forget to reblog this tumblr post to help spread the word!

Sign Ups are OPEN!!

You're probably thinking, "Wait a minute, didn't 'Finish that Fic, Merlin' already run this year?" and you're absolutely correct. However, that was actually last year's fest that had been postponed due to your favourite mod finishing her degree and also the whole pandemic-thing, which you might have heard about. Now, however, 'Finish that Fic, Merlin' is back at its regular schedule which is from November 1st to March 31st. Sign ups are already open right here on Livejournal, although you don't need an actual Livejournal account to sign up, only a Google account.

If you don't feel like writing, but still want to participate, you can sign up as a beta/cheerleader.

If this is your first time participating in this fest, which is all about finishing your WIPs, be sure to read How this Fest Works and the FAQs before signing up. And the nice mods of the Discord server 'The Tavern' (+18) have kindly let me have a designated channel for this fest which will be open from the 1st of November so we can all finally finish our fucking WIPs!

(Please also consider a reblog of this post to help spread the word)

Sign Ups Are OPEN!

2020 has been quite a year. While not all of us have been in the same boat, we've certainly all been in the same storm, and it hasn't even ended yet as many countries are still in lockdown. 2021 can only be better, so let's start it out with trying to rid ourselves of at many WIPs as possible while we wait for our turn to be vaccinated.

To help you do that, ‘Finish that Fic, Merlin’ is back with a new round! This time the fest will run from January 1st to April 30rd.

All you need to do is head over to our livejournal to read ‘How This Fest Works’ and the ‘FAQs’ and then SIGN UP!

If you don’t feel like writing but still want to participate, you can sign up as a beta reader/cheerleader here.

And don’t forget to reblog this post to help spread the word.

Monthly Round Up - November

Top 3 for most words written so far: 1.  @schweetheart with 50,002 words 2. @candicewright with 11,847 words 3. @thefutureisequalaf with 10,231 words Top 3 1 for most fics finished so far: @schweetheart, @candicewright and @lair-of-the-dragon have each finished one fic and thus all share the top spot. Oldest fic finished so far: as prisoned birds must find in freedom by @schweetheart which was started the 24th of November 2017 Fics finished this month: - as prisoned birds must find in freedom by @schweetheart - Of Fire and Loyalty by @candicewright - and from you grace, i fell by @lair-of-the-dragon

And don’t forget that it’s not too late to sig up for this fest!! Just head over to our livejournal, read the rules and the FAQs and then sign the fuck up!