{"id":7445,"date":"2010-05-12T17:15:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T21:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=7445"},"modified":"2010-05-15T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T13:37:24","slug":"official-2010-write-your-a-off-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/official-2010-write-your-a-off-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Official<\/em> 2010 Write Your A** Off Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"You may remember from a few months ago that Moonrat, that charmingly impetuous rodent, instigated<\/a> an early “Take 2” of the Write Your A** Off Day which I myself pretty much ripped off last year<\/a>, from the New York Writers Coalition.<\/p>\n

As expected, the official<\/em> 2010 version of Write Your A** Off Day will occur somewhat later. I’ve recently heard from a Coalition publicity official, who tells me that this year’s date is set for June 12. As before, if you will be in the New York City area on that date, the Coalition has all sorts of activities<\/a> planned for you.<\/p>\n

But<\/strong> my correspondent also tells me that they’ve put an additional twist on this year’s commitment to devote a day to your writing:<\/p>\n

We’ve created the challenge of writing 3,000 words (about 10 pages) in one day, and we know you can do it!… In addition, everyone who completes the challenge and writes 3,000 words on June 12 will have the chance to enter a drawing to win a free private phone consultation about your writing project with Jennifer Belle<\/a>!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Three thousand words in one day. You can do that, right?<\/p>\n

(True, NaNoWriMo demands only an average of one<\/em> thousand words a day. But this is a Saturday! Still a month away! Plenty of time to outline what you’re going to write, stock up on food and beverages, purchase tickets to send family members out of town…!)<\/p>\n

Now, one caveat: other than this email, I haven’t seen any official confirmation of this 3K-word challenge — like details about how the drawing will work — particularly for out-of-town writers. I’ll see if I can learn more.<\/p>\n

Update, 2010-05-15:<\/strong><\/em> I’ve got more information. See this more recent post<\/a> on the 3K-word challenge.<\/div>\n

In the meantime, what say? Give it a try? Launch yourself into a summer of big writing with one big day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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