WriMo Ireland

I’ve managed to get an automatic word war bot set up in the chat room – although please note that it won’t be running all the time due to server constraints; it’ll probably just be available evenings and weekends.

What’s an automatic word war bot for, you might ask. Well, it’s so you can have word wars – or as I prefer to call them, word sprints – against other writers or even just against yourself. Give the bot the command to start, and it will count down a 10 or 20 minute war for you, during which time anyone who wants to just writes non-stop.

To start a word sprint, make sure that SprintBot is listed in the chat room’s users.
Then type !wordwar# where X is 10, 15, 20 or 30, depending on how long you want the sprint to last (those are the only available options unless someone asks me for others).
Write like crazy until SprintBot tells you to stop! If you have sound switched on, you should get some beeps as well.

What’s the point of a word sprint? Well, it’s a great way to up your NaNoWriMo word count in a quick easy burst – and in company, too. Try it! You might be amazed.