4,000 words part III

ok, some time has passed (in which time i watched the transporter). i can write again.

for the record:
the way to write 4,000 words in one day is to start early - before 12 and set yourself a goal to do 4 pages. by the time that 4 are done you will be somewhere near 2,000 words. you will feel like giving up. so the cure is to do sprints, 15 minute ones. (i got 560 on one and 400 on another.) then you're almost at 3,000. then it's the most massive struggle to get the last 1,000. but you just type each word, forcing it from your brain and not caring how it lands on the page. this will be nine or ten hours after you started, so be sure you have the time.
and why do you do this? to get to the top of your regional, genre leaderboard and have some hope of staying there. ooh yes, competitiveness is fun.