A WRITING VLOG | 1,060 minutes of writing sprints, the midpoint, & help me choose some winners!

Ahhhh, the Prime Writing Weekend is done and dusted! A crazy 1,060 minutes of writing sprints spread out over 5 days. Here's a look at the weekend and my smattering of stats!! 👀
(Also I had so much fun with this and cannot wait to do another version again soon!)
L I N K S M E N T I O N E D :
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[@KateCavanaugh]

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE: On the best seven word story: forms.gle/d6pP7dkeHcUWcYdd7 For your favorite haiku: forms.gle/XeqcPSsxevUdS2DW8 Thank you for taking the time to help choose a winner and THANK YOU to everyone who submitted to this little challenge! :)

[@chriso117]

That "prime" weekend was so fun! I was happy that I could join a few of the afternoon sessions. Good to see you back on the 'tube!

[@KateCavanaugh]

Thank yoU!! Very glad to be back. :) Hoping it'll be a more weekly occurrence. And HOORAY that you were able to join us for a few sessions!

[@sunsetchili27]

By the way, I love the way your videos are edited, like when you have sped up clips of you typing while finishing a coffee or some food with the normal speed audio, and when you put aesthetic clips of the outdoors while it's rainy or whatever. The amount of listening vs watching sections is so perfect.

[@Aheartofbooks]

Health issues can make things that used to be easy so hard (been there done that). I'm so glad you found a way to bring them back that works for you ❤

[@KateCavanaugh]

Thank you so much. 💜 It's definitely been (and will continue to be) a gradual process.

[@writingiscreative4380]

I have not written anything for any of my stories in a very long time now. Every time I start something I stop and never go back to it. There are two stories that I want to go back to but they are no longer on my pc. I will have to start them from scratch. I think I remember the name of the stories but not sure. I hope I can get back into it again.

[@aced_coffee]

This weekend was such a blast. I loved seeing the community come together, it was such an inspiring time and place to be. I can't wait for more crazy writing ideas! 🎉

[@KateCavanaugh]

Thank you so much for contributing so many wonderful ideas to the weekend too!!!

[@Wallisimo]

Omg, I have you on while ordering groceries and the opening sounds of the Backhands & Compliments podcast threw me for a LOOP!!! Also, loved the artistic shot of you making that coke martini or whatever it was.

[@mangaluver2010]

I gasped when I saw this video and dropped everything lol! We missed you, Kate! TT w TT

[@KateCavanaugh]

Ahhhh, I missed y'all too!!! Thank you, it's such a great feeling! I'm hoping to gradually make it back to once a week now. :)

[@HM-cp7gy]

kate i was just thinking of you!! i was about to give up on writing for the day because i was stuck but then i thought of your 24hr writing challenges and told myself i can manage a few hundred more words!! you have been my inspiration for five years now 🤣❤

[@KateCavanaugh]

Lololol!!! I'm so glad those experiments could inspire! I think back to that insanity fondly bahaha.

[@anjakuemski]

Prime week(end) was so much fun. I loved that it stretched over 5 days and I could join in whenever I had the time. The challenges were great and it was the perfect amount of chaos.

[@KateCavanaugh]

Loooool week(end) is much more accurate! Thank you for hanging out with me, I had so much fun!

[@StackRabbit]

I recently binged your videos, I love your channel so much! Can't wait to see more from you 🥰

[@KateCavanaugh]

Awww, thanks so much! :)

[@ElaineUribeWrites]

PWW was great! I got so much stuff done during that time and not that long ago I was thinking that I really need something like that again very soon because there's so many things I need to do. As for participating on it while dealing with real life is so true. I was participating on it and getting a lot done during a time of grief for me and my family. Definitely count me in for the next one!

[@Jocrazyface]

This was SUCH a productive weekend for me!! Thanks so much for hosting it!

[@KateCavanaugh]

AHHH, I'M SO GLAD, JO! For me, too!

[@sarabreugelmans4859]

Absolutely loved this vlog! You always inspire me to open my doc and start writing 😊

[@KateCavanaugh]

Awww, thank you so much. I'm so glad to hear that and do a little part in helping you get your story on the page! :)

[@mothnaut]

It was such a fun event and I loved watching this vlog! Looking forward to whatever chaos you come up with next 😁

[@KateCavanaugh]

[@kristinarose111]

Your channel has inspired me with every video, so thank you! I feel like we’re friends (lol you just don’t know it) and help me feel empowered to start my YT channel and start writing too! 🥳

[@cassie_hart]

this was so great! I wish I'd been able to participate, but I love hearing how it went - that little dragon is SO cute, btw!

[@KateCavanaugh]

Awww thank you so much!! 🐉 I’m currently trying to make another (a slightly different version) so we’ll see how it turns out! :)

[@alivia329]

I need to know how you format your scrivener documents. I'm still new to using it and while I love some of the features I feel like I'm not utilizing all of them. I think this every time you show your doc lol. Prime weekend was super fun and I broke 20k in my book!!!!!

[@KerriB]

Twitch wasn't cooperating for me that weekend so I missed it lol I've been swamped with work so I'm hoping to write later today. While I love editing for clients and seeing them improve, I cannot wait to transition to full-time indie author ❤

[@KateCavanaugh]

Aww, that's such a bummer! I'm sure we'll do another variation of it again soon and hopefully Twitch cooperates then! :) And yesssss, Kerri!!! I'm sure it's so fun getting to help other people's visions come alive, but it can be hard to find the time to do the same for your stories (especially when business is going so well!). I'll keep my fingers crossed it happens for you soon!!! 🤞

[@KerriB]

​@@KateCavanaugh Thanks, Kate 💕 I can't wait to get back to writing about my aquarium-diving werewolf and his friends lol His story (only a little over halfway done) was supposed to be done in February so I could find arc readers this month 😅

[@KateCavanaugh]

OMG AQUARIUM-DIVING WEREWOLF YES. You got this!!!!

[@KerriB]

​@@KateCavanaugh🎉 the paranormal romance series is going well. Two of the books are almost done and I'm two chapters into the third. My fantasy series has three main books (the second book is ready to edit and has been for a year and the third book is almost done!) and two spin-offs. I really need to take the time to work on my human romance stories at some point too, but writing about elves and werewolves is just so much more fun! 😂

[@ThatSundaySchoolTeacher]

Missed you guys a lot over the last year. Hopefully I can get in when you're live for chaos sprints again sometime soon.

[@KateCavanaugh]

KITTY OMG!!! I've missed you! YES I'll keep my fingers crossed and try to do a better job announcing thing too. :) For now I'm hanging out on Twitch ~9:45am Central Time on the weekdays. I hope all your animals are doing well!!!

[@ThatSundaySchoolTeacher]

@KateCavanaugh It's been a year of back and forth to NY to care for my mom. She passed two weeks ago and we're trying to get back to normal. It's been a crazy adjustment. I'll make sure my alerts for twitch are back on.

[@juleschackelson2530]

Prime writing weekend was so much fun!! (i saw what you did, not including that silent cheating moment lol) and i was the one that edited 105 scenes

[@KateCavanaugh]

Shhhhhhhh hehehe. 👀 And omg YES JULES way to go with your 105 scene!!

[@ringsroses]

I wasn't able to participate so I'm glad I could vote 🎉 It looked like a really fun time 😊

[@KateCavanaugh]

Ahhhh, thank YOU for voting!! :)

[@JenTimothy]

Love the prime sprint idea!! Your German shepherd is so cute. And where did you get the wine stopper?!?

[@KateCavanaugh]

Thank you! She's a sweetheart. 🐶 And I got it at Disney World a few years ago!! (I also have some Haunted Mansion ones, lolol.)

[@clairesturdy2088]

I miss the twitch writing sprints. Hope you start doing them again. 😊

[@KateCavanaugh]

I have been! :) More regularly this past week and I'm working to update my Schedule now. ~9:45am CST. :)

[@giseledute]

I loved prime weekend!

[@KateCavanaugh]

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! :)

[@klatchabobby]

You have to make it a 10K WEEKEND not day

[@KateCavanaugh]

This is clearly the answer!

[@Heothbremel]

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[@AScreenwritersJourney]

Wait - why Twitch and not KZbin? Sorry if you already explained it. I'd totally love to participate if future streams were on KZbin.

[@KateCavanaugh]

Oooh, so I started doing sprints over on Twitch like 4 years ago? And sort of intuitively liked their hosting system for livestreams better. KZbin has caught up in a lot of ways since then, but I still personally enjoy hosting more on Twitch. (Though I probably watch more streams on KZbin, too, so I do understand.) Maybe someday I'll come back to hosting here regularly, but for the most part I save KZbin streams for community events that aren't led by me.

[@neohudson5894]

I know this so silly but when I first read the title I read "1,060 in a minute" I waa so confused and concern. like how did you write that many word in 60 seconds????

[@fionahowellwrites5302]

I've never gotten 10K in a day...don't think that's gonna happen. LOL

[@KateCavanaugh]

Bahaha, I haven't in years! It's really such an impressive feat, but also even back then, I'd be exhausted for a couple days after. So it's a fun pipe dream for me, but ultimately I'm probably better off just chugging along consistently. :)