Thread: 3 day novel

Anyone else tried this? I did two years ago and made it to 82 pages...about 50 are interesting, then it just goes crazy.

www.threedaynovel.com

I figured this would be the place to post this since Namo is the same idea...except longer.

i might give it a shot. and cry.

Whups, I have to work over the long weekend, but it's an intersting idea.

I was looking on their site and couldn't find how they defined "novel." Is it the same as Nano, 50k words? And here I thought writing a novel in a month was crazy.... Oy!

Three days? That's batshit insane.

I salute you.

Originally Posted by Avi

I was looking on their site and couldn't find how they defined "novel." Is it the same as Nano, 50k words? And here I thought writing a novel in a month was crazy.... Oy!

Here it is, straight from the horse's mouth:

Originally Posted by 3-Day Novel's Website

There are no limits to the novel's length, but entries average 100 typewritten pages, double-spaced.

this sounds crazy...and i thought nano was scary!

Do you...not sleep? Maybe Mountain Dew should sponser it.

EDIT: I just check it out and almost died just reading about it. You must be some kind of writing god if you survived that monstrosity.

Originally Posted by Craigy

Do you...not sleep? Maybe Mountain Dew should sponser it.

EDIT: I just check it out and almost died just reading about it. You must be some kind of writing god if you survived that monstrosity.

agreed

How precisely can they stop you from cheating? Surely you could write it in advance, and just submit it for the deadline, without them ever being able to tell? It seems to be the same problem as with NANO

The difference, of course, is that with Nanowrimo you win an avatar at best, not the various prizes 3-Day Novel offer, so there's less of a reason to cheat, as it were.

What's all this about cheating anyway?



-D

I remember getting 100 pages done in 3 days once...

Okay yeah but Nano is for the self-satisfaction more than money or fame. And bragging rights... sure you could cheat, but then you're just an idiot. Plus there's comraderie to failing too since a lot of people too. Having Nano pity parties are almost as fun as having celebratory ones methinks.

The problem with this one is that it costs $50 to play and with no guarantee that others won't cheat, I'd be leary of handing over my money. But hell, if you can do, then you rock and THAT is a prize within itself!

I know someone that did Nano this year, and had her stuff written in a weekend. She spent most of the rest of the month editing and debating whether or not she wanted to write a 2nd novel.

In a weekend....? *is skeptical* But hey, if she said she did, cool.