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Post by butterflywings on Mar 3, 2014 15:06:00 GMT -5
From NaNoWriMo -
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!
A type of sprint, the Fifty Headed Hydra is 5 minutes of panic writing. Don't think, don't use the backspace, don't pause for air. Just write!
The name is from a NaNo Intern who, while doing a 5 minute sprint, managed 500 words. The only words spelled correctly were "fifty headed hydra." (Strangely enough I've never managed to type all three correctly for this challenge. I should send flowers to my overworked Backspace key).
Join us in the challenge! Set the timer for five minutes and record your results below. Come back anytime during the month (or year!).
Date completed -- WC -- name
3/1/14 -- 500 -- somebody
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Post by Agent Double Oh Zero on Mar 3, 2014 19:34:03 GMT -5
From NaNoWriMo -
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!
A type of sprint, the Fifty Headed Hydra is 5 minutes of panic writing. Don't think, don't use the backspace, don't pause for air. Just write!
The name is from a NaNo Intern who, while doing a 5 minute sprint, managed 500 words. The only words spelled correctly were "fifty headed hydra." (Strangely enough I've never managed to type all three correctly for this challenge. I should send flowers to my overworked Backspace key).
Join us in the challenge! Set the timer for five minutes and record your results below. Come back anytime during the month (or year!).
Date completed -- WC -- name
3/1/14 -- 500 -- somebody[/quote]
3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
Not bad. That's about right for the pace at which I type. It'll be a miracle if half of the words are spelled correctly, though!
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Post by butterflywings on Mar 5, 2014 2:41:39 GMT -5
From NaNoWriMo -
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!
A type of sprint, the Fifty Headed Hydra is 5 minutes of panic writing. Don't think, don't use the backspace, don't pause for air. Just write!
The name is from a NaNo Intern who, while doing a 5 minute sprint, managed 500 words. The only words spelled correctly were "fifty headed hydra." (Strangely enough I've never managed to type all three correctly for this challenge. I should send flowers to my overworked Backspace key).
Join us in the challenge! Set the timer for five minutes and record your results below. Come back anytime during the month (or year!).
Date completed -- WC -- name
3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
3/5/14 -- 335 -- butterflywings
That's the one real problem with this challenge. The spell checking is killer.
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Post by Agent Double Oh Zero on Mar 7, 2014 2:45:28 GMT -5
From NaNoWriMo - The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!A type of sprint, the Fifty Headed Hydra is 5 minutes of panic writing. Don't think, don't use the backspace, don't pause for air. Just write! The name is from a NaNo Intern who, while doing a 5 minute sprint, managed 500 words. The only words spelled correctly were "fifty headed hydra." (Strangely enough I've never managed to type all three correctly for this challenge. I should send flowers to my overworked Backspace key). Join us in the challenge! Set the timer for five minutes and record your results below. Come back anytime during the month (or year!). Date completed -- WC -- name 3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero3/5/14 -- 335 -- butterflywings3/6/14 -- 122 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
Heh. Being on the iPad cuts my typing speed in half.  I kind of just blow through spelling corrections as fast as I can. I'd rather write than spell check stuff that I would have spelled correctly otherwise! :-) |
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Post by butterflywings on Mar 14, 2014 23:50:11 GMT -5
From NaNoWriMo -
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!
A type of sprint, the Fifty Headed Hydra is 5 minutes of panic writing. Don't think, don't use the backspace, don't pause for air. Just write!
The name is from a NaNo Intern who, while doing a 5 minute sprint, managed 500 words. The only words spelled correctly were "fifty headed hydra." (Strangely enough I've never managed to type all three correctly for this challenge. I should send flowers to my overworked Backspace key).
Join us in the challenge! Set the timer for five minutes and record your results below. Come back anytime during the month (or year!).
Date completed -- WC -- name
3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
3/5/14 -- 335 -- butterflywings
3/6/14 -- 122 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
3/14/14 --257 -- butterflywings
Really I should do that more often. Fast increase in WC. My worst spelled words? Toss up between "Porromise" for promise, and "I stammared, empbarassed" makes me laugh a bit as well. Way to spell!
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Post by TearsOfNightfall on Mar 17, 2014 21:42:37 GMT -5
Did a few of these the other day when working on a WIP. Really helped me get going.
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!
Date completed -- WC -- name
3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
3/5/14 -- 335 -- butterflywings
3/6/14 -- 122 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
3/14/14 -- 257 -- butterflywings
3/15/14 -- 341 -- TearsOfNightfall
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Post by Siana Blackwood on Mar 22, 2014 3:07:32 GMT -5
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!Date completed -- WC -- name 3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero3/5/14 -- 335 -- butterflywings3/6/14 -- 122 -- Agent Double Oh Zero3/14/14 -- 257 -- butterflywings3/15/14 -- 341 -- TearsOfNightfall3/22/14 -- 282 -- Siana Blackwood---- How to scare the living daylights out of yourself at the end of the 5 minutes: www.online-stopwatch.com/bomb-countdown/full-screen/
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Post by The Black Flamingo on Mar 22, 2014 8:54:23 GMT -5
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!
Date completed -- WC -- name
3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
3/5/14 -- 335 -- butterflywings
3/6/14 -- 122 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
3/14/14 -- 257 -- butterflywings
3/15/14 -- 341 -- TearsOfNightfall
3/22/14 -- 282 -- Siana Blackwood
3/33/14 -- 309 -- blackflamingo777
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Erg, couldn't stop correcting typos, even when I wasn't looking at the screen or my fingers. I'm too good at telling when I've made a mistake.
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Post by butterflywings on Mar 23, 2014 18:12:14 GMT -5
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!Date completed -- WC -- name 3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero3/5/14 -- 335 -- butterflywings3/6/14 -- 122 -- Agent Double Oh Zero3/14/14 -- 257 -- butterflywings3/15/14 -- 341 -- TearsOfNightfall3/22/14 -- 282 -- Siana Blackwood3/33/14 -- 309 -- blackflamingo7773/23/14 -- 260 -- butterflywings3/23/14 -- 203 -- butterflywings---- Yeah. Backspace is my friend  I mess up the next five words when I don't have the ability to fix the word I just missed. I hate trying to ignore the backspace button, but I do get more words out (they are horribly misspelled words, but words all the same).
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Post by Siana Blackwood on Mar 23, 2014 22:25:23 GMT -5
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!Date completed -- WC -- name 3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero3/5/14 -- 335 -- butterflywings3/6/14 -- 122 -- Agent Double Oh Zero3/14/14 -- 257 -- butterflywings3/15/14 -- 341 -- TearsOfNightfall3/22/14 -- 282 -- Siana Blackwood3/33/14 -- 309 -- blackflamingo7773/23/14 -- 260 -- butterflywings3/23/14 -- 203 -- butterflywings3/23/14 -- 216 -- Siana Blackwood---- New challenge for everyone - try to beat TearsOfNightfall's record of 341 words.  Also, first person to crack 400 gets (virtual) cake!
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Post by butterflywings on Mar 31, 2014 15:46:45 GMT -5
Wow. 400 in five minutes? Not possible for me, I'm afraid. I'm still flying high on reaching that 335. Great job TearsOfNightfall! I really need to move on to this month's board now. I'll see if this challenge is there yet. |
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Post by Siana Blackwood on Mar 31, 2014 19:13:22 GMT -5
The Fifty Headed Hydra Challenge!
Date completed -- WC -- name
3/3/14 -- 246 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
3/5/14 -- 335 -- butterflywings
3/6/14 -- 122 -- Agent Double Oh Zero
3/14/14 -- 257 -- butterflywings
3/15/14 -- 341 -- TearsOfNightfall
3/22/14 -- 282 -- Siana Blackwood
3/33/14 -- 309 -- blackflamingo777
3/23/14 -- 260 -- butterflywings
3/23/14 -- 203 -- butterflywings
3/23/14 -- 216 -- Siana Blackwood
3/29/14 -- 265 -- Siana Blackwood
3/31/14 -- 191 -- Siana Blackwood
3/31/14 -- 170 -- Siana Blackwood
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One of my April goals is going to have to be '>300 words in a Fifty Headed Hydra'.
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I mess up the next five words when I don't have the ability to fix the word I just missed. I hate trying to ignore the backspace button, but I do get more words out (they are horribly misspelled words, but words all the same). 