Word War FTW!
Apr. 13th, 2009 11:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanWord War, for those who don't know, is when a bunch of writer-types sit in a chat room and do sprint writing (30, 45 or 60 minute bursts) and see how much writing they can get done. Winner gets bragging rights, and a decent haul of work accomplished.
(blogged with permission)
(9:22) meerkat: gahhh. why is the soundtrack from Oklahoma! in my head? bad earworms, bad!
(9:22) mizkit: ...well, two seconds ago I had the Buffy OMWF soundtrack in my head, and now I've got "I've got a theory!" clashing with "OOOOOOOOOOOKLAHOMA"
(9:22) mizkit: thanks a lot. :)
(9:23) meerkat: I keep hearing lines about corn and elephants eyes
(9:24) meerkat: time to start up the Nick Cave...
(9:24) mizkit: It's kind of going "I've got a theory where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain!"
(9:24) meerkat: dogdamnit!
(9:24) mizkit: ?
(9:24) meerkat: *wipes coffee off keyboard*
(9:24) mizkit: oop
(9:25) meerkat: and for once, that's not just a saying. damn it...
(9:25) meerkat: *glares at kit*
(9:25) mizkit: O.O
(9:26) mizkit: I yam innocent! Innocent of all that I am accused of! honest!
(9:26) meerkat: hah. in this instance, we have written evidence...
(9:26) mizkit: *laughs* Oh. Right. Damn. :)
....
(9:30) mizkit: Dave. Mick. (oh yeah. Mick Mustang. Agh.) Rich. Brad. Bill. Bob.
(9:30) meerkat: Josh?
(9:31) meerkat: Joshua, called Josh....
(9:31) meerkat: nicely tough-guy
(9:31) meerkat: Mick Mustang sounds like a Marvel hero
10:27) meerkat: Sheer Madness = making a semi-decent living. There's got to be an easier way... maybe if I write a polyamorous heroine who gets it on with werebears? Gay werebears!
(10:28) astres: Gay "bears" might be a little too pun
(10:28) mizkit: *laughs8
(10:28) meerkat: astres: precisely the point. :-D
....
(10:32) meerkat: ZOMG, and we have hero and heroine in their fist tactile encounter. wheeee! purple pen time!
(10:32) meerkat: fist=first
(10:32) astres: I think you meant fist
(10:32) mizkit: I was gonna say. :P)
(10:32) mizkit: er :)
(10:32) meerkat: getting back to the werebears....
(10:32) meerkat: *looks innocent*
(10:32) mizkit: -laughs-
(10:32) astres: Rawr
(10:40) meerkat: argh. wall. bad wall! *batters it down with tiny fists*
(10:41) mizkit: SEXXAY WALL
(10:42) meerkat: I need to get them into a motel room. No, really.
(10:42) meerkat: (I'm so LJ-blogging this!)
(10:42) astres: This is a very, erm, gutter-al chatroom
(10:43) mizkit: -giggles-
Total haul for the morning: 2,500 words. Now, lunch.
(blogged with permission)
(9:22) meerkat: gahhh. why is the soundtrack from Oklahoma! in my head? bad earworms, bad!
(9:22) mizkit: ...well, two seconds ago I had the Buffy OMWF soundtrack in my head, and now I've got "I've got a theory!" clashing with "OOOOOOOOOOOKLAHOMA"
(9:22) mizkit: thanks a lot. :)
(9:23) meerkat: I keep hearing lines about corn and elephants eyes
(9:24) meerkat: time to start up the Nick Cave...
(9:24) mizkit: It's kind of going "I've got a theory where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain!"
(9:24) meerkat: dogdamnit!
(9:24) mizkit: ?
(9:24) meerkat: *wipes coffee off keyboard*
(9:24) mizkit: oop
(9:25) meerkat: and for once, that's not just a saying. damn it...
(9:25) meerkat: *glares at kit*
(9:25) mizkit: O.O
(9:26) mizkit: I yam innocent! Innocent of all that I am accused of! honest!
(9:26) meerkat: hah. in this instance, we have written evidence...
(9:26) mizkit: *laughs* Oh. Right. Damn. :)
....
(9:30) mizkit: Dave. Mick. (oh yeah. Mick Mustang. Agh.) Rich. Brad. Bill. Bob.
(9:30) meerkat: Josh?
(9:31) meerkat: Joshua, called Josh....
(9:31) meerkat: nicely tough-guy
(9:31) meerkat: Mick Mustang sounds like a Marvel hero
10:27) meerkat: Sheer Madness = making a semi-decent living. There's got to be an easier way... maybe if I write a polyamorous heroine who gets it on with werebears? Gay werebears!
(10:28) astres: Gay "bears" might be a little too pun
(10:28) mizkit: *laughs8
(10:28) meerkat: astres: precisely the point. :-D
....
(10:32) meerkat: ZOMG, and we have hero and heroine in their fist tactile encounter. wheeee! purple pen time!
(10:32) meerkat: fist=first
(10:32) astres: I think you meant fist
(10:32) mizkit: I was gonna say. :P)
(10:32) mizkit: er :)
(10:32) meerkat: getting back to the werebears....
(10:32) meerkat: *looks innocent*
(10:32) mizkit: -laughs-
(10:32) astres: Rawr
(10:40) meerkat: argh. wall. bad wall! *batters it down with tiny fists*
(10:41) mizkit: SEXXAY WALL
(10:42) meerkat: I need to get them into a motel room. No, really.
(10:42) meerkat: (I'm so LJ-blogging this!)
(10:42) astres: This is a very, erm, gutter-al chatroom
(10:43) mizkit: -giggles-
Total haul for the morning: 2,500 words. Now, lunch.
