signups are now closed, as it is now april, haha Hi there! These are the camper sign ups for the March session of SWC. Even if you've done SWC before, scroll to the leaders and please read all of the information as it may have changed from the last time you participated. ~ Scratch Writing Camp (also known as SWC) is a triannual writing camp, running during the months of March, July and November. During SWC, you make a word goal for yourself, and try to reach that by the end of camp. There's also a competitive aspect with cabin points (you'll be in one of 10 cabins), and you can do activities such as word sprints or word crawls for points :) The camp goes from the 1st of March to the 31st of March and it's online so you can be there 5 minutes or 3 hours a day, at any time. ~ To sign up, simply fill out this form in the comments below: 1. Do you have any plans in March that will affect your activity levels? (apart from school, as I believe most people have school) 2. On a scale of 1-10, how active will you be in March? 3. What is your timezone? (this is needed for evening out timezones for cabin wars) 4. Of the leaders listed below, which would you like to have as your leader? 5. What is your word goal? (a good starting goal for an inexperienced camper would be around 10,000) 6. What is your WPM? WPM is words per minute- an average of how many words you type/write in a minute. To check, go to https://www.typingtest.com, and put the number that you get in this answer, not 'High' or 'Average' 7. Have you participated in SWC before? ~ Leaders + Co-Leaders (cabin, leader, co leader/s) Thriller: @smartcutecandy, @pianorecorder Science Fiction: @Writing_Forever, @okae, @lh-the-cat Mystery: @-IcicIe- (me), @carnivalgirl47, @starriberri Adventure: , Dystopian: , , Contemporary: , (), Historical Fiction: , , Realistic Fiction: , , Horror: , ( / ), Fantasy: , , The cabin name has no correlation with what genre you write- you could be writing historical fiction if you were in the Dystopian cabin, or any other combination. Make your choice based on the leaders. ~ You are not allowed to have a reserve exceeding 10,000 words. Reserves are word banks you save up over camp, as a strategy so other cabins do not know how many words they need to write to beat you. The word goal limit is 200,000 words. It is impossible to write this amount and still be healthy. Once you hit 200,000 words, no more words will count. If you are having issues with someone in your cabin, please tell both your leader and myself. We can help sort it out, or I can move you to a different cabin, as a last resort. If you are not placed in your first choice cabin, it is likely because in camper sorting we need to even out camper counts. You may be asked for a second choice leader. You are expected to know all of this, but we are not too strict. Please remember that this is just an online writing camp! Prioritise your own health and schoolwork over SWC. There are no prizes for winning SWC, and I would much prefer it if you got 8 hours of sleep rather than none because you were writing towards a cabin war all night! ~ Credits: for creating SWC and hosting two sessions. for hosting one session. for hosting four sessions. for hosting alongside me for one session. and for being inofficial co-hosts this session.
