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Have any of you heard of or done a word war before? I just learned about them recently through Go Teen Writers.
Word warring is where you set a certain amount of time, say 10 or 20 minutes and write with someone during that time. Then you go back and say how many words you got.
Honestly, I didn’t participate in any wars on GTW because I didn’t feel it would be something I could do. I am not a fast writer and I think a LOT when I write.
But then last week, my friend, Emma and I warred together. And I couldn’t believe how much fun it was! I wrote hundreds of words within just a few minutes, where before, I had written only a few hundred words in a few hours.
Warring seriously helps you to write and to get so much more done because you’re challenging yourself. You have a deadline and you have to give it your all.
Seriously, I’ve had days where I would write maybe 1,000 words total in a day. That night that we warred, I wrote about 2,000 words in barely over an hour. O_O
Photo via Matthew West
THIS IS SO ME GUYS!!! EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Guys, if you’re having trouble writing because the internet is calling to you, you don’t know where to start, or you find yourself just wanting to eat as you stare hopelessly at the screen (admit it, you’ve done this XD ); I encourage you to war – whether with someone or on your own. You will get SO much done and you will find yourself in awe at what you are capable of!
I’d ask if any of you wanna war, but…. I don’t have anything to write right now… I MUST PLAN FOR NANO!!! INSPIRATION, PLEASE STRIKE ME!!! *cries helplessly*
Do you like to word war? How does that work for you? What do you usually do when you procrastinate writing?
Love,
~Fluffet~
12 Responses to Why I Now Love Word Wars
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Oooh, I really want to do this! I’m not sure who I’d do it with, though… I’m not sure when I’ll see my BFF again, and none of my sisters are really into writing.
-Clara <3
Awww! Well… It can be with someone online! That’s mainly how it’s done 😉 I’d be happy to do it with you sometime, but maybe you could ask another one of your online writing friends to do it with you?
~Fluffet~
Oooh, okay! I’d love to do it with you!! 😀
-Clara <3
Same here! We’ll definitely have to plan a time to do it! 😀
~Fluffet~
Okay, sounds great!
-Clara <3
That sounds really helpful, I am definitely the sort to think A LOT, so just GO GO GOING and doing it would probably work really well, I need inspiration and someone to battle…2,000 in an HOUR is crazy!
It is SO helpful!! I’d be happy to war with you sometime! Shoot me a comment or an email and we could set up a time to do it together! 😀
~Fluffet~
Sounds great, definitely need to do that sometime!
Oh, I love word warring! I’ve been thinking about hosting word wars for the blogging community during NaNo. Like, maybe get each person to host a word war on their blog for a day.
That would be awesome, Josie! 😀
~Fluffet~
Word wars are fun! I’ve only done short, 10 minute ones with girls from Camp NaNoWriMo, but they’re fun to do! We bloggers should do one sometime! 😀 (Maybe we could do a post about it on TEROW.
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~Grace <3
I totally agree! That would be AWESOME! 😀
~Fluffet~