A Round of Words in 80 Days

With the hectic rush of NaNoWriMo over, I was putting off writing by trawling the writing forums, when I stumbled across a link to this site:

A Round of Words in 80 Days

The site was started by a NaNoWriMo participant who, like many others, found it impossible to disconnect completely from their real life in order to meet the requirements of NaNoWriMo. It is another writing challenge, similar to NaNoWriMo, but instead of having only 30 days to complete the challenge, you have 80. Also, instead of having to churn out 50,000 words, writers can set their own goals they wish to achieve. Writers sign in using their blogs, and throughout the challenges keep participants updated on their progress, as well as encouraging others to reach their goals.
Many people feel that writing 50,000 words in a month is just too big a task (in a way, I empathise - I reached 50,000 but only by madly bashing out senseless drivel to fill that Word document). However, sometimes writers need something to push us to keep writing, a deadline, a reward, a supportive community; anything. We need something to get us into our chair in front of our keyboard, without being intimidated by it. A Round of Words in 80 Days should get us there (kind of like bribing a kid with chocolate to clean their room... hmm... now I want chocolate...). It's a challenge that WE choose, so we know we can win :)
I've joined; hope to see some of you there!