Since I’m sure that others besides me sometimes need a push forward to stop dabbling in plotting, world building, etc, and instead just write, I’m proud to introduce April’s Fools Write-A-Thon.

What is it?

From 12:01 A.M. in your timezone on April 3rd, 2010 to 11:59 P.M. on April 4th, I challenge you to write as much as you possibly can. If you wish to be eligible for the prize, you must confirm your total by posting all of your words on the site, or by e-mailing me.

What do I have to write about?

Anything! Having a competitive spirit helps me to write more words, so I am shamelessly exploiting all of you to push me to write more.

This is a great way to get a head start on Script Frenzy, for those of you that are participating.

While writing so much in a weekend can cause your quality to be less than normal, you are still expected to try to write well if you are going for the prize. Repeating something over and over again, inserting completely random filler just to boost word count, and other dirty methods are not allowed. Use your common sense if you are competing for the prize.

So what are the prizes?

For the top word count, I’ll be giving $10 to the winner. The winner must have paypal to receive the money – if they don’t, I will donate the money to the charity of their choice.

For every 1000 words written this weekend, I will donate 1000 grains of rice through freerice.com.

If there are any questions, please let me know. Details will be added as necessary.

Thanks and good luck!

I think I’ll give this a go. It’ll be good to actually write something, even I don’t get near 10, 000 words.

I might participate, depending on my schedule. April 1st-4th is the week before my spring break, so in all likelihood, it’ll be crazy. But I really need to get some words down.

I’ll have to remember, but this looks fun.

Hopefully I’ll have the time to do this! I’ll be rifling through H.P. Lovecraft’s commonplace book for ideas :)

Glad to see there’s a lot of interest in this. :D

If there’s a good number of people who can’t participate on this Saturday/Sunday, maybe I can plan another weekend for doing this too. Quibble amongst yourselves – what would be another weekend that would work for those of you who already have plans?

This starts in just over 24 hours [or whatever it is, depending on your timezone]

Get ready to be awesome and write.

Seriously though, I need a way to gauge how much I edit.

Good luck to you guys. I would’ve done this, but a 4 hour bus trip and severe drowsiness are stifling me.

I’m not sure I understand you, but you could have your rough draft and a separate file as edits.

Starts today, depending on your timezone.

I won’t have much time to write either. >:O My schedule today and tomorrow is jam-packed. No sleep, perhaps?

I was getting all psyched up for this, then finally sat down and realised that I have nothing to write >.< Stupid writer’s block.

About 2000 words so far, all Purple™ and terrible. But at least I’m getting some writing done.

...It starts tomorrow?

I am pretending I live in another time zone. ‘Ello mates! :D

arksa, if that’s supposed to be Aussie, you’ve got a long way to go. If it’s supposed to be some dialect of British… you’ve got a long way to go.

Usually. I say g’day as a habit, but I also say the oh-so-British “morning!”. Aussies around my neck of the woods also substitute “mates” for “felləs” and “gen’lmən”.

So, everybody else’s word count?

1,064. I’ve been very out of it lately. Very pathetic. I’m going to go into full-out writing mode very very soon. No internet, just write write write. And that’s how tomorrow will be as well.

I can see everything so clearly in my head. Then I put it on Open Office and everything goes blank. D:

I haven’t checked my count yet, but quietly chugging along.

@ No One: Wikipedia. copy-paste. Also, you can access the “Character Map” from the Start Menu, usually in Programs>Accessories>System Tools; that will allow you to select and copy any character in any of the fonts on your computer, and be able to paste it into a text box. And that character is called a “schwa”, and it represents a vague vowel-sound kinda like “ugh”. Basically a placeholder for other vowels when they’re not enunciated properly, as I understand it.

What I got:

I dunno. .

The closest thing I did to writing on April 1st was going on Toon Zone and making about 50 or 60 posts in the persona of a crazed Warren Ellis.

2670 words written. :/

338 of those were a completely different story, so I still have the same wordcount from yesterday. I kept distracting myself and getting distracted. Although, this contest got me back into writing, so thanks to Dia for that. :D
I’m going to try to write every day, however many words, just write.

No, he beat me by 59 words. D=

I don’t think I deserve the prize. All 2670 words are absolutely terrible, simply put, quantity doesn’t mean quality. :P

Anyway, thanks to Dia for arranging this. :D This was exactly what I needed to get me back into writing.