Wordwar Winners!
What is a wordwar?
A wordwar is when a group of people have a set amount of time to write as much as possible.
The winner is the person with the highest wordcount, but there is also special cheers for anyone who beats their personal best.
The aim of a wordwar is to get stuff done, and also to learn to silence the inner critic and to write instinctively without thinking.
How does it work?
First of all we decide on a time to go, for example :30 - :45. That means fifteen minutes starting from half past whatever hour it is in your timezone.
Then you write like crazy. You can work on a novel, story, poem, essay, freewrite, as long as it's half coherent.
When it's over you post up your wordcount, and your last or favourite line of the piece you were working on.
Then we all cheer for eachother and remark on how intricate or poetic eachothers lines were.
Average starting wordcount for first time warers is between 10-15 wpm. Prolific wordwarers occassionally hit 100wpm.
Where do we play?
Usually in chat. Just stumble in and shout 'Wordwar!' and then see how many people spring to life.
Credit to Lumi for the hall of fame idea.
