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Sprinto!

Write with your friends! Run a sprint and compete with your writing group! Focus on your writing, share word counts, write the most you can! Setup is easy.

Popular and fun ways to start a sprint

→ see also: Sprint command explained (with full list of sprint options and presets)

Command	Longer alternative	Description
/sprint	/sprint for 15 in 1	Start a sprint for the default duration (15 minutes, starting in 1 minute)
/sprint 10	/sprint for 10	Start a 10 minute sprint (can change it to up to 60 minutes)
/sprint in 5	/sprint for 15 in 5	Start a sprint in 5 minutes time.
/sprint 20 5	/sprint for 20 in 5
/sprint :45	/sprint for 15 at :45	It's easier for sprinters to keep track if the start and end times line up with clock time.
/sprint iab	/sprint for 15 mins in a bit	Sprinto will find a nice time to start the sprint in the next 2½ to 7½ minutes (an increment of 5 minutes).
/sprint quick	/sprint for 5 in 30 endtime 90s	Start a 5 minute sprint in 30 seconds, also with reduced time to give your final word count.
/sprint hel	/sprint for however long in 1 min	Sprinto spins the wheel and starts a Sprint usually between 10 and 25 minutes, with a tiny chance of being around 5 or 40 minutes. You can also combine this, e.g. /sprint hel iab
/sprint marathon	/sprint for 60 in 7.5 to 12.5 mins endtime 10	Sprint a marathon after a bit for 60 minutes; 10 minutes for your final word count)

Oops?

Command	Description
/cancel	If Sprinto didn't understand your /sprint command you can cancel it and start over. Note that if others have joined your sprint, you might need them to /cancel too.

Join a sprint

Join once a sprint is started.

Command	Description
/join	Join the active sprint (with no starting words). Note: You must join your own sprint too.
/join 10000	Join with 10,000 words (This is the word count of the document you're working on)
/join same	Join with your last word count (e.g. from your previous sprint)

Some different ways to declare or update your word count

Command	Description
/wc 10150	When time's up, declare the word count of your document is now 10,150. If you started with 0 words, your word count might look more like /wc 150.
/wc -	At the end of a sprint you may wish to simply leave your word count unchanged. Don't forget the dash - without it, Sprinto will just show your current word count.
/wc 150 new	If you know how many new words you've written, but perhaps changed documents or lost track of your starting word count, you can just declare how many of your words are new (written during the sprint). Use /wc 0 new to reset your word count.
/wc +50 or /wc add 50	Add another 50 new words to your count. Perhaps from your second manuscript.
/wc 10150 final	Give your final word count early, before the sprint is over. This way Sprinto won't wait for another /wc from you after time's up.
/join 15000	You can rejoin a sprint with a different number of starting words before giving your wc. Sometimes it's easier.
/join just 200 final	Late to the party? Forgot to join? Dive-bomb in just before the finish line with just your final tally and surprise everyone! You can't use this to join a sprint before it's fully underway.
Why are there so many commands?	The top one is all you need to use. The rest are just for your convenience.

More sprint-related commands

Command	Description
/wc	By itself will show your current word count.
/time	How long is remaining?
/leave	Leave a sprint you have joined
/cancel	Cancel the active sprint

General commands

Command	Description
/help	Show basic help in the channel.
/longhelp	Show longer help in the channel. It's not as complete as the help on this wiki.
/invite	Generate a link to invite Sprinto to your own Discord server
/feedback ...	Give your your suggestions and improvement ideas. A copy will be posted anonymously on the Sprinto Planet support guild. ⟨discord.gg/jWBcCYQ⟩ Please join to see the dev's response

Fun / misc commands

→ See also: More miscellaneous commands (nothing very useful or exciting)

Command	Description
_dare	Get a writing dare (via now deleted nanowrimo.org word_sprints page)

Admin commands

→ SprintAdmin — Admin commands

→ Setup — Inviting and setup

→ ActiveSprinter — /create_active_role

More info:

→ Sprint — full options for /sprint command

→ pingme — /pingme /forgetme /always /never /pingstatus

→ FAQ