Writing sprint
Methods & processA short, timed writing session, solo or in a group, where only the word count matters.
Example
25 minutes, 612 words, break, again: 2,000 words before noon without noticing.
A writing sprint locks production inside a short, timed frame — fifteen, twenty-five, forty-five minutes — with one instruction: produce words, no rereading, no correcting. The timer plays the inner critic's role: there's no time to doubt. Practiced in a group (online or in workshops), it adds gentle emulation — you announce your score, you go again.
Popularized by NaNoWriMo culture and its "word wars," the sprint is the most effective known tool against session procrastination: starting is half the work, and a sprint is a starting machine. Its generic cousin is the Pomodoro technique; its natural metric, words per sprint, quickly becomes a personal fitness barometer.
In the workshop
Extypis writing goals (word target + deadline + visible progress) give the sprint its natural dashboard.
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