‘Tis a shocking statement, I know, but true. Over Labor Day weekend, The Write Crowd’s own J. Patrick Lemarr took place in the 3 Day Novel Contest, a Canadian literary experiment celebrating its 31st year. Lemarr talks about the 72 hours of little sleep and lots of typing over at The Insomniac Writer.
I spent some time digging around other blogs, reading the stories of those that participated in this year’s contest. Some completed their quest for a finished novel - others did not. The common ground, however, amid the different blogs was that almost every writer worked on a story that they feared they would never write if they didn’t just stop everything - and write it.
That’s always the trick, isn’t it? Folks, write. Write while the idea is fresh. Write because you don’t know what tomorrow holds. Write - because you’re a writer. Books don’t write themselves. They need committed writers to help them make the journey from fuzzy ideas to ink and paper.
thewrite @ September 3, 2008
Greetings and salutations!
Jeff’s latest podcast is up. In it, he shares the process of “doing the work” from the planning stages to the final edit. You can check it out in the player below. Or go to the Insomniac Writer page for show notes.
thewrite @ April 25, 2008