Word Wars Work

Due to circumstances beyond my control I'm having to miss my first "write in" this week. So as much as Kristy is trying to keep the writing group going, I am, apparently doing my darndest to undermine her work. That being said, I have written 2500 more words than I otherwise would have thanks to Kristy's and her sister's motivation.

Word wars work. I heard about them over the course of the last few NaNo's but never joined in. But in this case, it works. A quick couple of "hello's" via chat, someone sets a timer then says "Go" and fifteen minutes later you stop to see where you are. I have been hitting over 600 words in 15 minutes pretty faithfully. Sadly, it's not in the arena that I want.

I want to go back and re-write my Vapor Trail manuscript. I started using Scrivener to write my 10 key scenes for Vapor Trail, and I'd like to see where I am with that sucker, but these word wars hardly offer the opportunity for deep thought and re-writing.

They are more like brainstorming sessions where you are forced to throw stuff up against the wall and see what sticks. What's sticking now is a short story, so my resolution will be proud.

That being said, the positive note to glom onto is that I'm two word wars in and I'm 2500 words ahead. If I focus on bailing on the write-in (where I hoped to work on Vapor Trail) and the lack of a coherent story in my novel, well . . . who wants to hear about that!