15 Minute Word Wars (3)

Ariane
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Nov 6, 2009 - 15 33

I see the #2 thread for the 15 minute wars is over 500, so I'm starting a new one here. And I'm going at :40. Anyone else?
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Little Lamb

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Nov 6, 2009 - 15 37

I'm with you, it's about :37 over here :) Going for 700 at the :40

Jesq

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Nov 6, 2009 - 15 49

I'll go for the :00, if anyone wants to join me. :)

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Ariane

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Nov 6, 2009 - 15 56

I got 695 that time. I need to go take care of a work issue. These darned people keep giving me work and interrupting my writing. ;) I'll be back for the :15.

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icicle_feast

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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 02

Jesq wrote:
I'll go for the :00, if anyone wants to join me. :)

i'll go with you!!

Ariane

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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 12

Going at :15 if anyone else wants to join in.

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icicle_feast

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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 16

Ah, I got 767... not the best. :P

Jesq

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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 17

I got 511 words for the :00. That's a fair bit less than I normally get... :(
Oh, well.

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icicle_feast

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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 20

Jesq wrote:
I got 511 words for the :00. That's a fair bit less than I normally get... :(
Oh, well.

Ah that's still really good tho!! *shakes hands* ;)

SpyGirl

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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 26

anyone in for :30?

Ariane

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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 31

818 at the :15. My best so far! Great way to end the afternoon. Now I'm wrapping up here and heading home. Happy writing everyone!

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SpyGirl

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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 47

648 at the :30. It's the first word war I ever did, so I'm not sure if that is a good count for me or not. It felt like I wrote more than that, I was really thinking I hit 1k. But we'll see what happens with future ones.

Good luck everyone!

TheDelta

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Nov 6, 2009 - 16 54

Okay, last one for the night, going at :00

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renbrantGlowing Halo

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 04

I'm gonna go at :10, anyone with me?

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Macroinvertebrate

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 07

I'll start at :10 with you, renbrant!

TheDelta

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 15

539 for the :00, and I'm off to bed with over 14k :)

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atlntgrl25

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 20

going at the :30

anyone else?

renbrantGlowing Halo

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 25

586 for the :10. Blah. Kind of a slow moment.

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Macroinvertebrate

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 26

713 for :10. I'm going again at :40.

renbrantGlowing Halo

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 28

So will I :3 Hopefully that'll put me over 15k, which was my goal for the day.

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epiceemilie

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 29

Going a :30. I have two thousand more words to write and the SAT tomorrow, so I need to finish fast.

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epiceemilie

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 45

715 for the :30. I think that's my best so far!

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atlntgrl25

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 46

591... yay! my mc got in a nice little rant...most of my words come from dialogues :D

I'm in for the :00

epiceemilie

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 48

Going again at :50.

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heresyourstupid...

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 54

anyone up for going at .55?

renbrantGlowing Halo

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 57

687 for the :40. And I can take a nice break now. :D

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Macroinvertebrate

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Nov 6, 2009 - 17 58

715 for :40. Don't know when I'm going to go again, but I'll be back after I eat some stuff.

epiceemilie

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Nov 6, 2009 - 18 06

761! I'll finish up my two thousand on my own. THANK YOU WORD WAR BUDDIES! You are awesome and I would not have nearly as many words without your awesome.

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RebelDork

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Nov 6, 2009 - 18 15

Hey, anyone around who wants to war?

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atlntgrl25

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Nov 6, 2009 - 18 16

518...not as many as last time because I was distracted by Medium. I'm in again at the :30

mari_goldGlowing Halo

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Nov 6, 2009 - 18 17

I'm in at 30 too

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