A friend of mine attended his very first writer’s conference this weekend and was blown away. He came back literally shell-shocked and walking like he had two pounds of sand in one shoe, a fifth of vodka in his gut, a smile to rival any toothpaste ad and a maniacal, calculating gleam in his eye.
Most writers know this gleam. It’s the “Wait! I’m having an idea/epiphany/discussion with my characters” gleam. I’ve been known to drift off from the middle of a conversation when struck by this gleam. It usually happens when I’m at a restaurant with my son and we’re discussion myriad topics. He’ll sigh and hand me a napkin knowing I’ll soon be scribbling down whatever idea popped into my head.
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In light of his awesome experience and the rush that comes from knowing just what he’s done and will now do and has done for several years (WRITE!) I decided to issue a challenge/contest this morning. For this week, May 21-25, put your name in the hopper either here or at my Facebook page and report in each day how much you’ve written. At the end of the week, I’ll hold a drawing for a random name and the winner will receive a couple of free books along with a few other goodies.
A few rules:
1. You must sign up.
2. You must write.
3. You must chime in at least once a day with your total word count.
4. You must have fun!
Pass the word! The more, the merrier!
Happy writing!
Jennifer
I'm up for it. I still have to work the day job so I probably won't turn in much of a word count, but what the heck. Where do we have to check in?
ReplyDeleteI'm up for it too! :o)
ReplyDeleteGlad to have you aboard ladies! Tianna, you can post your word count here or at my facebook page each day. Good luck and happy writing to you both!
ReplyDeleteEnd of day 1 in our writing challenge. I've heard from lots of people who are playing. Keep those words flowing. I wrote 5002 words today!
ReplyDeleteLate check in today. Yesterday's word count was 8,136 and I wrapped up the book!!!! So, I'm taking today off! LOL
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! Congratulations Nicole. You totally deserve the day off :)
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