Sometimes, we just look for that certain word count war, time limit or challenge but we just can't find it.
Or perhaps, you just don't want to search for the perfect war to join, to initiate your creativity.
Then, this is the place to come to challenge yourself to a good writing session.
Put the word count you want to achieve,
Put the time limit you are setting for yourself,
Finally, put your starting time.
When done, come back and post your word count.
Example: 500 words in 15 minutes. Starting at 7h15pm.
Result: 464 words in 15 minutes... almost there ouf!
It worked for me in the past. MIght help some others too.
Tekky
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5,129 / 50,000
Oct 31, 2009 - 20 33
Off to a good start and perhaps a little incentive in here will help me be satisfied with my first rush of NaNo writing.
600 words in 15 minutes starting at 12h33
edit: starting word count 1062.
----------5,129 / 50,000
Oct 31, 2009 - 20 49
556 words... not quite but I suppose it still mean I am getting somewhere with this, doesn't it lol.
Yay me!
----------65,826 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 03 07
Considering I've been doing this already in the 30 minute ww post I might as well come on here.
I'm going for 1800 words in 1 hour. Starting at 2am.
Don't want to make this too hard on myself . . .
*edit*
----------I got 1978 in the hour. I used write or die, and I did take a small break but it has a timer so it was 1 hour.
My hands were cold.
"Yes, I live in my own little world, but I get lost sometimes because there's no such thing as maps; and people don't like me very much so I get bad directions!"
0 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 05 57
Ok, I have to finish 15 pages of a screenplay for school, due tomorrow, before I can start Nano. And it's already the start of day 2. :(.
My goal is to write a really bad draft of it in 20 minutes. Starting time 12:59AM. Finish time 01:19AM. I really hope I don't get interrupted.
To insanity!!! :D!
22,294 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 06 09
500 words 10 minutes.
Start time; 14;14
----------“I’ll be in the living room when you want me.”
“I’ll always want you.” He replied
- Cutest Line in my novel!
22,294 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 06 21
NO WHERE NEAR!
264 words.
----------stop time 14;24
“I’ll be in the living room when you want me.”
“I’ll always want you.” He replied
- Cutest Line in my novel!
52,188 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 06 54
700 words, 10 minutes.
Starting time 7:43. (in a minute.)
Edit: Yes! 744 words.
----------High School Class of 2013 - REPRESENT!
This is my first year of NaNoWriMo and already I love it!
Most productive day: Nov 1 - 14057 words written
I won NaNo on: Nov 7
0 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 06 44
Ok, didn't go so well. Went over time and have 2 crappy crappy scenes and the beginning of another. New challenge. Start time - 2:05AM. length of time - 30 minutes. end time - 2:35AM. Outline and crazy write a new thing - because it's bothering me. ok.
8,969 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 09 35
500 words in 20 min, starting 11:15.
Let's see how this goes, then....
edit:: 409. Dangit, I fail. ;-;
36,000 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 09 52
450 in 10 minutes start :41
YES! 531 in 10!
----------Mme Mete's class is going to PWN you all. :D
45,028 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 13 47
Time: 15 min
Goal: 550
Starting WC: 1206
Time: 4:49 pm
45,028 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 14 06
I only got 448, but that was just a warm up!
Time: 15 min
Goal: 550
Starting WC 1654
Time: 5:07 pm
45,028 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 15 21
BAM 631, now that's what I'm talking about!
Time: 15 min
Goal: 650
Starting WC: 2285
Time: 6:02 pm
Edit: Only 415 on that one, not very good, but I think I'm winding down for the day.
30,401 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 17 41
Time: 15 min
Goal: 600
Starting WC: 2644
Time: 8:28
well I got stopped by the phone 5 mins early. my total for 10 mins though was 322. eh, it'll pick up i'm sure once i get to the more exciting parts of the story.
44,517 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 17 56
time: 8:41
Goal: 800 words in 15 minutes
current word count: 5900
Ended up with 6469. Not bad, though. Good luck everyone!
41,700 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 21 16
550 words in 15 minutes.
Starting time: 10 p.m.
Finish time: 10:15 p.m.
Starting Word Count: 7451
Final Word Count: 7995
I was so close! Damn cats! I had to break up a fight between two of my cats partway through!
----------Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters. — Neil Gaiman
55,507 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 01 26
400 words in 10 mins. Starting at 2:50 am.
Result: 484 at 3:00 am. Yay, I did it!
Good luck to everyone on your projects!
Holli
----------NaNo '04 - Crown of Thorns (won)
NaNo '05 - Shadow and Betrayal (won) - Available now at New Concepts Publishing
NaNo '06 - Balance (won)
NaNo '07 - Ashes of a Dream (won)
NaNo '08 - Lovers' Curse (won)
NaNo '09 - Out of the Fire (won)
94,298 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 13 36
500 words in 15 minutes. Starting at 11:35 am Starting Word count 2824
Ending time 11:50 am Actual words written 470 words Ending Word count 3294
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start time 12:00 PM Goal: 500 words 15 minutes Starting word count 3294
Ending time 12:15 Actual words written 526. Ending word count 3820
Wow that was a good run. My mom called and my son stubbed his toe both in that 15 minutes. I like writing sprints like that LOL
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Starting time 12:30 pm Goal 180 words in 5 minutes Starting word count 3820
Ending time 12:35 Actual words written 170 Ending Word Count 3990 So close to that 4000 mark. LOL Im finishing the last ten words before my next sprint.
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Starting time 1:45 pm Goal 500 words in 15 minutes Starting word count 4058
Ending time 2:01 pm Actual word count 382 words Ending word count 4440
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Starting time 2:15 Goal 500 words in 15 minutes Startihng word count 4440
Ending time 2:30 Actual word count 465 Ending word count 4905
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Starting time 2:45 Goal 500 words in 15 minutes Starting word count 4905
Ending time 3:00 Actual word count 363 Ending word count 5268
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Starting time 3:15 Goal 500 words in 15 minutes STarting word count 5268
Ending time 3:30 Actual word count 403 Ending word count 5671
I still have 2329 words to make my goal for the day and catch up what I didn't finish yesterday But, hubby is headed home so I have to go start supper. Hopefully I will be back later.
----------2006 - So bad I don't even remember it - Failed
2007- Tamera's story Won
2008 - The dragon story Won
2009 - Chances Are
54,884 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 10 45
Yes.
1,000 words.
30 minutes.
Starting at :15.
Wish me luck!
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925 words! D: At five minutes left, I saw I had 200 words left, and thought "Piece of cake." Little did I know that, 30 words later, I would completely blank. -_-
54,884 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 11 30
Once more!
1,000 words!
30 minutes!
Starting at... :00!
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827. =P Ah well. Almost at my word count for the day, at least.
53,450 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 13 05
400 in 10 starting at 12.54
update 626! :-)
----------Orange County South ML
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50,018 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 15 09
400 in 10 minutes starting at :58 :)
only 271, but it's 271 more words than I had before :)
41,700 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 17 04
All righ, lets try this again.
Start time: 5: 46
End Time: 6:01
Starting Word Count: 9026
End Word Count: 9576
9649! Woohoo! I did it! :D
----------Excuse the change in times. I did a fifteen minute word war, but it seems my mushy brain decided to have me type out the wrong end time.Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters. — Neil Gaiman
5,129 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 26
OKay, I need to like do a mini-marathon(limited available time tonight) of word war... I am not behind in any ways but I know myself... if I let go even a little bit, I will lag behind before I know it.
So, how about 500 words in 10 minutes. Lets see what I can do with that! 1749 words to start, 8:05pm start time
456 words in 10 minutes. Not quite there but it is a start...
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Next, 750 words in 20 minutes. Word count 2205 Start time 8:19
----------628 words ... grrrrrrr anyways it is still more than before I started now isn't .
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okay, 1000 words in 30 minutes. start time: 8:52
1121 words... YAY ME!!! Total word count as of now: 3954 words and I will cross the 4000 words before turning in for the night!
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41,232 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 24
400 words in 10 minutes. Starting at 9:26.
----------I declare war on you, me!
NaNo '08: The Orion Project - Winner [GhostIsAMetroid]
NaNo '09: Angels in the Fog
41,232 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 37
240 words. Dang. Stupid phone ringing off the hook. :(
----------NaNo '08: The Orion Project - Winner [GhostIsAMetroid]
NaNo '09: Angels in the Fog
29,015 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 19 02
500 words in 30 minutes. Start: 10:01PM (EST) End: 10:31PM
----------45,028 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 19 39
Time: 15 min
Goal: 600
Starting WC: 3421
Starting Time: 10:22
Actual: 540
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Time: 15 min
Goal: 600
Starting WC: 3961
Starting Time: 10:41
41,232 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 19 23
500 words in 15 minutes. Can she do it folks, let's see?
----------Starting at 10:25.
NaNo '08: The Orion Project - Winner [GhostIsAMetroid]
NaNo '09: Angels in the Fog
29,015 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 19 32
531 in 30 minutes. YEAH! Even with backtracking to make something sound less awkward.
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