You're Invited to a Sprint Party!

[tjs_whatnot]

What: Sprint Party!
When: Starts Now! (9am EST) Ends whenever the last sprinter leaves.
Location: Here, in the comments!
Hosts: thedreamisreal and I
No need to RSVP! Invite who ever you'd like. Come on over whenever you'd like and stay as long as you'd like.

How this will work: Every hour, on the hour, I will make a new comment simply saying GO! You write as many words as you can in the time set by you (I like 20 minutes myself, but you do you, bb), and then you come back to that comment and under it, tell us how long you sprinted for and how many words you wrote. Then we spend the time between sprints congratulating/commiserating with each other (or you know, doing life type things), until we start it all over again in the next hour.

Sometimes there will (hopefully) be lots of people here sharing their struggle, rocking the words, and sometimes you will be sprinting all alone. That's okay as long as you're getting words down, this party will continue!

Tapping Out: When I have to step away from the computer and see to other responsibilities for over an hour at a time, I will make a comment "TAPPING OUT" and someone else will take on the responsibility of making the hourly comment. When they can't do it anymore, they'll do the same until there's just no one around to take up the baton. Then the party will truly be over.

Sound fun?

Excellent! I'm going to go and get myself a coffee and will be back at 9 for the first sprint. Hope to see you sometime later!

♥

Comments

9 am EST

[tjs_whatnot]

GO!

Re: 9 am EST

[evilinsanemonkey]

twenty minutes, 665 words!

Re: 9 am EST

[libbi]

Oops! Got here late. I'll join in on the second one here. Thanks again for hosting. ♥

Re: 9 am EST

[seleneheart]

Okay, did it. I'll be back later.

Re: 9 am EST

[tjs_whatnot]

20 minutes

412 words

Mostly just little things I needed to get done before I start for legit on my Chocolate Box--which is what most of my sprinting will be used for!

Re: 9 am EST

[kingstoken]

I don't know if this counts, because I started writing before before I saw this post, I wrote 750 words, but it took me roughly an hour. I guess I am more of tortoise than a hare.

[seleneheart]

This sounds fun! Jane Eppenson (sp?) does these on Twitter sometimes. Or she used to. Can't remember seeing on Twitter in a while, now that I think of it.

Anyway, my world is drabbles these days, but I can play for a little bit.

[tjs_whatnot]

Yes. I've done them on Twitter before too and their usually a good time.

Drabble Sprints are fun too. I used to have a community that would have Drabble marathons where every hour a new prompt would go up and everyone had an hour to write something for it. It was INSANE, but I got so many stories written.

♥

10 AM EST

[tjs_whatnot]

GO!

Re: 10 AM EST

[evilinsanemonkey]

15 minutes, 759 words!

Re: 10 AM EST

[tjs_whatnot]

20 mintes

349 words

And now my Chocolate Box is almost twice what it was. ♥

Re: 10 AM EST

[libbi]

Kind of unmotivated but I did nab a rare cat in Neko Atsume, so yay?

11 AM EST

[tjs_whatnot]

GO!

Re: 11 AM EST

[tjs_whatnot]

20 minutes

245 words.

Got distracted by the Star Wars marathon also running on my TV. ;)

NOON EST

[tjs_whatnot]

Go!

Re: NOON EST

[tjs_whatnot]

Ugh.

The coffee and lack of food hit hard. Stopped for lunch and therefore, only got a quick 10 minute sprint where I wrote a little over 100 words.

Oh well.

pondering

[oldtoadwoman]

I need to take a bath, but I will ponder fic ideas while I'm in the tub and I'll see if I come back with anything productive.

Re: pondering

[tjs_whatnot]

w00t! I hope you had a good-fic-plot-generating bath!

♥

[author_by_night]

What does it say about current social media subculture that when I saw the title, I thought it was an MLM thing at first?

Glad that it's not. :)

[tjs_whatnot]

Haha, I was like, What is MLM, it sounds horrid! Then I remembered. It is horrid. ;)

1PM EST

[tjs_whatnot]

GO!

Re: 1PM EST

[tjs_whatnot]

20 minutes
233 words

2 PM EST

[tjs_whatnot]

GO!

Also, P.S. where has the time gone?!?!?!

Re: 2 PM EST

[tjs_whatnot]

15 minutes
200 words

TAPPING OUT

[tjs_whatnot]

Got to go and do some things if someone wants to do the 3pm and beyond.

Hope the party is still going when I return. If not, it was great fun and we'll definitely have to do it again!

♥

Re: TAPPING OUT

[libbi]

Hey if anyone's still around, I'll start back up at 4PM! Just have some adulting to do. ♥

4PM EST

[libbi]

Go!

Re: 4PM EST

[libbi]

20 minutes
318 words

If you're here, what are you working on? I'll post a new comment at 5! ♥

5PM EST

[libbi]

Go!

Re: 5PM EST

[libbi]

20 minutes
427 words

This is my last round, but someone else can take over if they'd like!

6PM EST

[elrhiarhodan]

It's 6PM

GO!

Re: 6PM EST

[elrhiarhodan]

20 minutes - 335 words

7PM EST

[elrhiarhodan]

And GO!

Re: 7PM EST

[tjs_whatnot]

Squeezed in 215 words while I was supposed to be watching Goosebumps2 with My Favorite Little Guy. Shhhh. Don't tell. :D

Thanks Everyone!

[tjs_whatnot]

What a great party!

Thanks for joining us!

Hope you got something out of it. I know I did. I was really panicked about my Chocolate Box before today. But not only did I get a lot done, but I'm also inspired to get even more done tomorrow!

♥