NaNo writers joke about not sleeping or eating, but the three-day novel people really don't! (I hardly did.)
I saw a documentary made in Canada a couple of years ago, where our Book Television channel challenged several entrants to bed down on cots in a major book store, and try to do the 3-day novel. They had computers set up on a big square of tables, and could nap and write mostly on their own timetable. There were scheduled breaks where they were given mental challenges and other things, but other than that, it was all up to them.
On the program, you could watch them growing more haggard and wild as the three days progressed. It was fascinating. I missed the final installment, so I don't know who among them actually finished. But it was amazing, how much they got done.
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Date: 2008-11-01 10:42 pm (UTC)I saw a documentary made in Canada a couple of years ago, where our Book Television channel challenged several entrants to bed down on cots in a major book store, and try to do the 3-day novel. They had computers set up on a big square of tables, and could nap and write mostly on their own timetable. There were scheduled breaks where they were given mental challenges and other things, but other than that, it was all up to them.
On the program, you could watch them growing more haggard and wild as the three days progressed. It was fascinating. I missed the final installment, so I don't know who among them actually finished. But it was amazing, how much they got done.