Most of you may see me #wordmongering on Twitter. This is one of my favorite places to visit and use while I’m writing. Before I found wordmongering, I’d sit there dilly dallying instead of writing. It took me five months to write the first four chapters of my book, and when I found wordmongering, I wrote the last seven chapters in two months! I also used this religiously during NaNoWriMo (not like I didn’t already, though).

The way #wordmongering works: you write from the top of the hour to the half and write like the wind. At the end of the thirty minute sprint you post your word count along with the hashtag, compare and celebrate everyone’s progress. There is only one rule… negativity and the word “only” get left at the door. Sounds harsh? Not at all. Some writers can write close to 2k within the half hour and some (like myself)  average anywhere from 80 words or more. Point is, every one writes at their own pace and every single word makes you one word richer than you were a half hour ago. This a place to be positive.

I have also connected with so many amazingly fantastic and supportive writers through wordmongering. All in all I’ve been around since wordmongering first started and I’m not going anywhere. It would be hard to write without it.

There is #editmongering, too. Which works quite the same way. You edit from the half hour to the top of the hour and update with the hashtag all the wonderful (or not so wonderful) progress you have made. Just remember, while editing, someone somewhere is going through the same pain… or fun, depending who you are, and that makes it worth it.

Happy birthday #wordmongering and #editmongering! I’d be lost without you.

Have you tried #wordmongering or #editmongering?

If you have, please share your thoughts. If you haven’t tried them feel free to ask me or any mongerer questions.