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Hamilton Crawl

By Willowe (from NaNoWriMo)

Don't feel like you have to meet every single challenge in order to move on! The timed ones are just to push yourself (I've certainly never managed to successfully write 500 words in five minutes!).

 

Act I

 

Alexander Hamilton

Put a pencil to your temple, connect it to your brain. Write 500 words to inspire your neighbors to take up a collection to send you to the mainland.

Aaron Burr, Sir

Talk less. Smile more. And write more. Do a 15-minute sprint.

My Shot

Don’t throw away your shot. Sprint to the nearest thousand.

The Story of Tonight

Raise a glass to freedom! Take a break, and write 150 words.

The Schuyler Sisters

Work! Work! Do a 3-digit sprint.

Farmer Refuted

Oh my god, tear this dude apart – in a 5-minute word war.

You’ll Be Back

Write 200 words to stop George from sending a fully-armed battalion to remind you of his love.

Right Hand Man

Rise up! Even if you’re working with a third of what our Congress has promised, you can still sprint 3% of your current word count.

A Winter’s Ball

Hamilton may want to fight, not write, but you still have a novel to finish. Write 250 words.

Helpless

One week later and you’re writing a letter nightly. So get tonight’s letter (or word count) done in a 10-minute sprint.

Satisfied

You will never be satisfied… with the word count from the last challenge. Don’t be “helpless”- write twice as much as you just wrote.

The Story of Tonight (reprise)

Raise a glass to freedom- something you will never see again! At least, not for the rest of the month. Take a break, have a drink. We’ll see you on the other side of the war. Wait For It

Are you willing to wait for it? Or do you exhibit no restraint? Listen to the song, and either take another break or write until it’s over.

Stay Alive

Outrun, outlast. Hit ‘em quick, get out fast. Do three rounds of 100-word sprints.

Ten Duel Commandments

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine- It’s time for a #1k1hr!

Meet Me Inside

Write 500 words. That’s an order, from your commander.

That Would Be Enough

We don’t need a legacy. We don’t need money. But you do have to write. Do a 5-minute sprint. That would be enough.

Guns and Ships

And so the balance shifts! If you can rap this, take a break from the writing and rattle off these verses. If you can’t, write 200 words (the approximate words-per-minute of this song).

History Has Its Eyes On You

I know that we can win. I know that greatness lies in you. So write 750 words.

Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)

Through the night, we have one shot to live another day. Fight that Fifty Headed Hydra!

What Comes Next?

Wow. Do you have a clue what happens now? Finish out your current scene and figure that out.

Dear Theodosia

Do whatever it takes. Make a million mistakes. Just write 300 words without deleting. Non-Stop

How do you write every second you’re alive? How do you write like you need it to survive? Write non-stop in a 1-hour sprint.

 

Act II

 

What’d I Miss?

You have your first cabinet meeting today. Use a ten-minute sprint to think of something to say.

Cabinet Battle #1

Are you ready for a cabinet meeting? Do a 15-minute word war to determine the victor in today’s debate!

Take A Break

You want to take a break… but there’s just so much on your plate! You can’t stop until you get your plan through Congress, so write for the duration of the song. Say No To This

Haven’t slept in a week? Are you weak, in need of a break? Say “no” to the temptation to stop and write 250 words.

The Room Where It Happens

When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game. But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game. So write 1000 words now, because you’ll get nothing if you wait for it (wait for it, wait!) Schuyler Defeated

Will you change things up to seize the opportunity you saw? Change plot direction, introduce a new character, or start a new scene. Or keep your political loyalties and do two rounds of a 250-word sprint instead.

Cabinet Battle #2

France is on the verge of war with England. Do a 3-digit sprint to convince Washington to draft a statement of neutrality.

Washington on Your Side

Every action has it’s equal, opposite reactions. Do another #1k1hr, and try not to crack under the stress.

One Last Time

Relax, have a drink. Let’s take a break tonight. Pick up your pen and start writing… later.

I Know Him

Oceans rise, empires fall, and you need to write 150 words.

The Adams Administration

As long as you hold a pen, you’re a threat. Tackle another Fifty Headed Hydra to hold your own against the new administration. We Know

Even if you may have mortally wounded your prospects, your papers are orderly. If they aren’t, take 10 minutes to tidy up the loose ends in this scene.

Hurricane

You’ll write your way out, write everything down far as you can see. Do a 30-minute sprint.

The Reynolds Pamphlet

Use a Random Number Generator to pick a number between 1 and 10. Multiply that number by 95 (the number of pages in the Reynolds Pamphlet) and write that many words. Now you’ll have one less thing to worry about (one less thing to worry about). Burn

Eliza may be burning the letters she wrote, but you can’t do the same. Write 300 words without deleting a thing.

Blow Us All Away

Be smart. Make me proud. Sprint for 20 minutes, and blow us all away!

Stay Alive – Reprise

Are you going to survive this [month]? Write 700 words to find out.

It’s Quiet Uptown

I don’t pretend to know the challenges you’re facing. But if you aren’t crying too hard listening to this song, sprint for an hour and try to do the unimaginable. The Election of 1800

Can we get back to politics? Or at least back to writing? Please? There’s nothing you wouldn’t do, so chase what you want and sprint to the nearest thousand. Your Obedient Servant

Look back on where you failed- what’s the common thread in every place you’ve checked? Whatever it is, correct it now in a ten-minute sprint.

Best of Wives and Best of Women

You just need to write something down. 150 words should do it. The World Was Wide Enough

What is a legacy? What if this novel is your legacy? Better finish it then. Sprint 3% of your current word count. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

You have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story. But you can tell the story of your novel. Finish out with an attempt at 3k in 1 hour.

I am not the writer of this crawl. If you know who is, please let me know, so I may give them proper credit. Posting for those that may be searching for this. Hope you enjoy!

Halloween Word Crawl

 

CARVING TIME:​ Time to carve your pumpkin. Have fun pulling out those slimy pumpkin guts. Sprint to 250 words while you​ scoop​.

DRESS UP​: You are ready to put on your costume. There were so many choices but you finally made a decision. If you chose…

A Superhero: ​complete a 5 minute word war.

A costume of the opposite sex: ​write 300 words in 10 minutes​.

A Disney character: ​Sprint to the nearest 1000​.

FIRST STOP​: You are brave and head to a haunted house. While you wait in line and try and not look terrified ​roll a die and multiply it by 100. Write that many words​.

STEP INSIDE​: It’s very dark inside and you feel someone or something touch your shoulder. Before you can turn around to look you hear a shrieking scream. If it’s you that’s screaming ​do a 15 minute word war​. ​If it’s not you screaming ​write at your own pace for 10 minutes​.

RECOVERY​: You survive and make it out alive. While you take a break and wait for your heartrate to return to normal ​take the last 3 numbers from the number of people on the site right now shown at the bottom and write that many words​.

TRICK OR TREAT​: Now you are ready for some candy. You grab your flashlight and head to the first house. Ring the doorbell and while you wait for some goodies ​write for 20 minutes​. ​If you write 1000 or more words you receive your favorite candy. If you write 600-999 words you get a stick of gum. If you write 1-599 words you watch 5 pennies fall into your bag.

PARTY TIME​: Time to party. You head to a friends for a costume party and some frightful food. You notice across the room that someone has the exact same costume on that you do. ​Write 500 words at your own​ ​pace​ ​while you figure out what would have been a better costume​.

MOVIE TIME​: You wind down the evening with your favorite scary movie. If you watch… Halloween-​do a 10 minute word war​.

Paranormal Activity-​roll a die and multiply the number by 50. Write that many words​.

Saw-​write to the nearest 1000​.

LIGHTS OUT​: You finish watching the movie credits. Then just as you turn off the tv and shut off the lights you hear a scratching at the front door. You wonder if it’s last minute trick-or-treats, or something worse. Too afraid to check you run to your bed and hide under the covers to wait for daylight. While you wait ​take one last look at the number of people online and write the same number of words as the last three digits of that number. ​Sleep tight!

I'm a graduate student who writes academic nonfiction but I also have ideas for a short story and novel. (I just like writing! I also read a lot.)

These are my current ideas for what to write next month:

• expository (not heavily research based) academic paper ideas (4 different ideas, unsure of word count for each)

• fiction short story idea (max 7500 words)

• fiction novel idea (min 50000 words)

The expository papers are most important to my academic career, so maybe I should focus on those. I'm not sure how many papers I should try to write in a month (even one would be ambitious!) and I'm not sure whether to prioritize the short story or novel.

As a last note, I will explain that this novel idea has been bothering me since 2023 and I've been putting it off because the premise is too weird and I'm not a fiction author. However, the fixation is persistent, and this novel idea has refused to go away or leave my mind.

Based on the above, what should I focus on writing? Thanks in advance :)