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     Sprint Writers Competition Announcements:  Sprinting starts with the 2:00am Official Sprint on Nov. 1. New in 2025: Any new writing is fine. It doesn't have to be a novel.New in 2025: You must SIGN UP  to participate.If your name is not on the form's "Author" list at the time of sprinting, post your word count in the forum until it can manually be added by a scorekeeper. Please be patient. Adding you to the Author list is a manual process.RULES: 1. Joining a Sprint In the subject line of a new message, announce your intent to join an upcoming "official" or "mini" sprint with the word "JOIN" and the scheduled sprint time. - Please use military/international time (24-hour clock). ▼ - All times are according to WdC Time (example: "JOIN 10:00" or "JOIN 14:15 MINI") 2. Sprinting  Set up your writing space. - You may write in any application you choose. - If adding to a novel or other longer work, clearly delineate the current sprint. Set a timer and make sure the volume is adequate.- To use the Google timer: ▼ - To use the Android (Samsung) or iPhone/iPad timer: ▼ Write your words. (They must be your words, so no AI!)- The following methods* of composing are permitted: - typing - glide typing (formerly "Swype") - handwriting / convert to text - dictation - When the timer alarm goes off, stop writing. *Some of these methods are significantly faster than others, and therefore will give a competitive sprinting advantage. We recommend you learn to use the faster methods if you're in it to win it. If you just need us for the motivation, by all means, go at your own pace. 3. Getting Credit - Copy/paste your words into https://wordcounter.net. (privacy policy) - Report your word count on the Sprint Writers Entry Form. Record your final word count using the Sprint Writers Entry Form. Review your results on the Sprint Writers Scoresheet, and notice there are several tabs across the bottom where you can view your data in more detail. 4. Official Sprints 30 minutes long Proceed regardless of participation (solo participants win by default) Scheduled daily as follows (WDC times): 02:00 (2:00 am) 06:00 (6:00 am) 10:00 (10:00 am) 14:00 (2:00 pm) 18:00 (6:00 pm) 22:00 (10:00 pm)4. Mini-Sprints Impromptu 15-minute sprints Group members may propose in the forum at any time on the quarter-hour (:00, :15, :30, :45) At least two Sprinters are required for Score Points to be awardedHowever, if you log words for an invalid mini-sprint, those logged words do contribute to your word count total. 5. Score Points Points awarded as follows: 5 pts for participating in an Official Writing Sprint 3 add'l pts to the 1st place winner of the Official Sprint (total 8 pts) 2 add'l pts to the 2nd place winner of the Official Sprint (total 7 pts) 1 add'l pt to the 3rd place winner of the Official Sprint (total 6 pts) 2 pts for participating in a valid Mini-Sprint (min. 2 sprinters) 1 add'l pt to the first place winner of the Mini-Sprint (total 3 pts) Scorekeepers  Storm Machine  Brandiwynš¶Sprinting  6. Elimination All Sprinters start the month with a 5-day grace period. After the grace period, Sprinters must maintain a cumulative score of 4 points per day or risk elimination. For example:On 11/6 you must have 4 points. On 11/7 you must have 8 points. On 11/8 you must have 12 points. ...etc. Sprinters who fall below the required daily cumulative score are eliminated (you will be removed from the scoresheet.) Keep track of your cumulative points on the Sprint Writers Scoresheet. Note: One Official Sprint per day starting on Nov. 6 will keep you comfortably in the running, even if you don't place (5 points for participating).7. Prizes The top-scoring Sprinters at the end of November earn prizes of some kind or another. Yes, we realize that's vague. We're trying to write our novels, here, people. Shut up and sprint, already, and for goodness sake, don't get eliminated. That would be A Very Bad Thing. (But in case you're desperate to know, the prizes have generally been portfolio "Fingers-on-Fire" Awardicons.) PREVIOUS WINNERS: ▼ Happy Sprinting! |
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