🧵 I #amwriting a "Draft 0" of the latest iteration of a long-time project -- somewhere between an outline and a first draft -- so things are a very messy... but let's see what happens!
Hoping to get an accountability thread set up for my project later today, but for now, I'll be working my way through the "Extreme HP #WordCrawl" for little bite-sized writing sprints.
>> link: https://www.wikiwrimo.org/wiki/Word_crawl/Extreme_HP_1
⚡ STARTING WORD COUNT: 5,307
TASK: You receive your Hogwarts letter by owl and are completely ecstatic to head out for your first year at Hogwarts. Sprint to 100 words to let out your excitement and energy.
⚡ NEW WORDS: 101
⚡ WORD COUNT: 5,408
TASK: You arrive in Diagon Alley and your first stop is Gringotts, wizard bank. Write for ten minutes. The amount of words you write will determine how many Galleons are in your vault.
⚡ NEW WORDS: 370
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 3
⚡ WORD COUNT: 5,778
TASK: You step into Ollivander’s wand shop. Roll a die and multiply your roll by 100. Sprint to that many words.
🎲 DICE ROLL: 1
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 3
⚡ NEW WORDS: 106
⚡ WORD COUNT: 5,884
TASK: Finally, you’re done shopping! But before you leave, you decide that you want to purchase a pet. Write for 15 minutes as you search for the perfect animal for you. Pick one: owl, cat, or toad.
🦉 PET: owl
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 3
⚡ NEW WORDS: 675
⚡ WORD COUNT: 6,559
TASK: After months of waiting, you’ve arrived on platform 9 ¾ and boarded the Hogwarts Express! Write to the nearest thousand as you settle into your seat and get ready for a long ride. If you need to write more than 500 words for this challenge and choose not to skip this round, take one Galleon.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 3
⚡ NEW WORDS: 441
⚡ WORD COUNT: 7,000
TASK: Anything off the trolley, dear? Buy some sweets to help get you through the ride! Your candy determines your challenge!
🐸 Chocolate Frog: Write for five minutes as you chase down the frog.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 3
⚡ NEW WORDS: 185
⚡ It's Day 3 of #NaNoWriMo and it's time to hop back on the word crawl train! I've moved on from "Draft 0" and we're about 3000 words into Draft 1.
TASK: You arrive at the castle and wait in the hall with the rest of the first years. You notice a boy with messy black hair and glasses talking with a redheaded boy, a girl with bushy hair whispering to the people around her, and a boy with pale… well, everything. Write for ten minutes as you attempt to socialize with the people around you.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 3
⚡ NEW WORDS: 347
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 3,252
TASK: Professor McGonagall escorts you and your peers into the Great Hall for the Sorting. After the Sorting Hat sings its song and several students walk up timidly, your name is called, and you sit yourself down on the stool, timid and worried about what is about to happen. McGonagall places the hat on your head, and you are sorted into your House.
🐍 Slytherin: You’re an ambitious one, aren’t you? Write 750 words in 30 minutes!
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 3
⚡ NEW WORDS: 826
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 4,078
The feast is delicious! Do the Three Digit Challenge as you eat at your House table and talk with those around you, as well as your House ghost.
(Got lucky with this one and the first word count I found on my timeline ended with a 077, much better than the second one which was....... 973. I don't do well with long sprints!)
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 3
⚡ NEW WORDS: 96
⚡ Lost track of my #NaNoWriMo word count to kick this one off because I actually did it last night, and this post vanished!
TASK: On your way to Potions, the messy haired boy who you now know is Harry Potter stops and asks you if you know where Professor Binns’ classroom is. Write 200 words in 10 minutes as you try to remember where his classroom is.
> Only managed 179 because my sleepy, grumpy baby woke up in the middle of the sprint, so:
TASK: You spend so much time trying to help Harry that you are both late to your next class. Write another 200 words as you apologize to Snape and try not to lose any points for your House.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 2
⚡ NEW WORDS: ...honestly between these two tasks and deciding I *needed* to hit 5k last night, no idea! But it's a new day, let's gooooo!!!
⚡ WORD COUNT: 5,017
> Also: spent a Galleon to skip a "write for an hour" task because I am NOT friends with those!
TASK: You get locked out of your common room and Mrs. Norris finds you! You run with Harry, Ron, and Hermione to the third door corridor, and you find a giant three-headed dog! After making it back to your dormitory safely, roll a die, multiply your roll by 100, and write that many words as you try to calm down.
🎲 DICE ROLL: 3
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 2
⚡ NEW WORDS: 309
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 5,326
TASK: Troll! In the dungeon! You go with Harry and Ron to find Hermione and end up fighting the troll with them. Sprint to 250 words, and try not to get yourself killed.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 2
⚡ NEW WORDS: 457
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 5,790
TASK: You go down to Hagrid’s hut to have tea with him. When you try his treacle fudge, your teeth get stuck together! Write for fifteen minutes as Hagrid tries to help and Madam Pomfrey magically loosens the cement-like effect the fudge had on your mouth.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 2
⚡ NEW WORDS: 448
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 6,238
TASK: Months pass, and it’s Christmas morning! You receive 3 Galleons from your parents, as well as a challenge from the Weasley twins. Write 1000 words in under an hour.
> Aaaaand I'm using one of those Galleons to skip this task!
TASK: During the Gryffindor vs Slytherin Quidditch game, you get incredibly excited. Roll a die. If even, you’re cheering for Gryffindor; if odd, you’re cheering for Slytherin. Word war for fifteen minutes with someone cheering for the opposite team. If you beat them, you win your bet, and you take 2 of their Galleons. But be careful- if you lose, you give them 2 of your Galleons. A bet’s a bet.
> Throwing the bet part out and just making this a sprint!
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 4
⚡ NEW WORDS: 363
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT:
TASK: Harry tells you that he suspects that Snape is going after the Philosopher’s Stone and you decide to go with the trio to try to get to the Stone before Snape does. But before you can even go down the trapdoor, you need to make it past Fluffy. Write for ten minutes as you lull him to sleep sneak through the door.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 4
⚡ NEW WORDS: 364
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT:
TASK: Oh no- you and your friends are trapped in a patch of Devil’s Snare! Hermione tells you that you need to write 300 words in five minutes in order to safely escape.
If you succeed: You make it out of the deadly plant without a scratch and even spot a Galleon on the ground. What luck!
If you fail: Hermione has to set the plant on fire to get you out alive. She thinks very poorly of your skills now, so write another 300 words to impress her.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 5
⚡ NEW WORDS: 327
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 7,292
TASK: Harry catches a flying key and opens a large wooden door. Inside the next room is a giant wizard chess set. You and your friends need to replace some of the pieces and play the game. Ron takes the place of a knight, Harry becomes a bishop, and Hermione takes over for a rook. Pick a chess piece and complete the challenge below! Keep in mind that you are not allowed to skip this round even if you have enough Galleons to do so.
🏰 ROOK: You take the place of the other rook and spend the game running across the board, strategically taking out important pieces of the other side’s team. Sprint to 200 and take a five minute writing break once the game is won.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 5
⚡ NEW WORDS: 226
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 7,551
TASK: Harry and Hermione move ahead into the next room when you stay with Ron. When Hermione comes back, sprint to 500 words as you run to find Dumbledore and explain the situation to him.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 5
⚡ NEW WORDS: 521
⚡ #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 8,072
TASK: The word gets out that Professor Quirrell is the one who wanted the stone, not Snape! Rumors also spread of your bravery in helping Harry, Ron, and Hermione as you four went through the challenges the professors set to protect the stone. Dumbledore awards you fifty points for your courage. Write for five minutes as your peers congratulate and admire you.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 5
⚡ NEW WORDS: 527
And with that, PART ONE of The Extreme HP #WordCrawl is complete! Onward to PART TWO... 🐍 https://www.wikiwrimo.org/wiki/Word_crawl/Extreme_HP_2
🐍 #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 8,329
TASK: You’ve been spending your summer with the Weasleys, and when you and Ron find out that Harry’s in trouble, you go with him, Fred, and George to rescue him in the flying car. Write for ten minutes as you fly home to the Burrow.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 5
🐍 NEW WORDS: 515
🐍 #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 8,844
TASK: Molly has some work for you to do to help around the house. For every challenge below that you complete, she gives you one Galleon.
🌻 DE-GNOME THE GARDEN: Word war for fifteen minutes with a friend. The loser has to write an additional 100 words!
> Just making this a straight sprint instead of a word war.
> NEW WORDS: 613
🕑 FIX THE CLOCK: Write 250 words.
> NEW WORDS: 256
🍴 HELP MOLLY COOK DINNER: Write for twenty minutes.
> Pass on this one. :)
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 7
🐍 TOTAL NEW WORDS: 869
🐍 #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 9,713
TASK: Errol arrives with everyone’s book lists, and Gilderoy Lockhart’s name is written all over it. Write 3% of your current word count, as you worry that it’ll take 3% of everything you own to buy his books along with everything else you’re going to need.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 7
🐍 TOTAL NEW WORDS: 317
> And with that, I've hit 10k on this project!
🐍 #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 10,030
TASK: Floo powder power! Floo powder power! Write 500 words in fifteen minutes as you travel to Diagon Alley.
If you succeed: You spot a Galleon on the ground outside of the fireplace! What luck!
If you fail: You end up in Knockturn Alley with Harry. Write an additional 200 words as you find your way back to the Weasleys.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 8
🐍 TOTAL NEW WORDS: 658
🐍 #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 10,688
TASK: Your first stop is Gringotts to pick up some additional money for your schoolbooks. Write for ten minutes. The amount of words you write will determine how many Galleons you take out of your vault.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 11
🐍 TOTAL NEW WORDS: 426
🐍 #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 11,114
TASK: You spend so much money in the book shop buying your books. Write 500 words as you try to balance your new books along with everything else.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 11
🐍 TOTAL NEW WORDS: 532
🐍 #NaNoWriMo WORD COUNT: 11,646
TASK: On September 1st, you go with Harry and the Weasleys to Kings Cross Station, but you get stuck outside of Platform 9 ¾! You, Harry, and Ron decide to find another way to get to school this year… Word war with a friend for an hour during the long drive- er, flight in the Ford Anglia. The winner gets to take a Galleon from the other.
> Spending a Galleon to skip the hour sprint!
TASK: Upon your arrival at Hogwarts, you crash into a strange tree that starts to attack you! Write 300 words as you escape from the tree and take the walk of shame into the school.
⚖️ GALLEON INVENTORY: 10
🐍 TOTAL NEW WORDS: 303
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