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Yo, Clarionoids West and fellow travelers! I talked to a bunch of you at Wiscon, waved at several others in passing, and heard rumors of the existence of still others huddled around the bar trading plots and writing tips the whole weekend. It's Write-a-thon time.
Be part of Clarion West this summer without even attending the workshop. Set your own goals for your writing for the six weeks of the workshop. Post about your goals in the forums, and encourage others as they pursue their goals. Sign up sponsors in support of your goals, or just write alongside the others. Yes, the Write-a-thon is a fundraiser, and a very important fundraiser for Clarion West, but the writing is more important than the money. The writing comes first.
Participants last year wrote first drafts, polished drafts, short stories, novels, screenplays. They wrote alone and as collaborators. Troublemaker-in-chief Michael Swanwick led Ruth Nestvold, Eileen Gunn, L. Timmel Duchamp, Gordon Sellar, and Marilyn Holt into writing a round-robin story right there on the forum, complete with a walk into hell with a dog, Dick Cheney, and gratuitous smoots. In 2007, Michael and Eileen collaborated on six stories in public in their Write-a-thon Smackdown. Yesterday this day's madness did prepare; what will tomorrow's silence, triumph, or despair include?
Last year, we had more participants than ever before, 58. We'd love to see as many of you back as possible, and we're looking for some new challenge ideas. Naturally we're interested in monetary challenges, but we're also interested in participation challenges, writing challenges. Got a challenge for your classmates? Bring it on!
The Write-a-thon is open to the whole Clarion West community: alumni, instructors, friends. Drop me a comment here with your email address, or send email to writeathon@clarionwest.org to sign up. Do it soon; do it now!
Thanks.
Be part of Clarion West this summer without even attending the workshop. Set your own goals for your writing for the six weeks of the workshop. Post about your goals in the forums, and encourage others as they pursue their goals. Sign up sponsors in support of your goals, or just write alongside the others. Yes, the Write-a-thon is a fundraiser, and a very important fundraiser for Clarion West, but the writing is more important than the money. The writing comes first.
Participants last year wrote first drafts, polished drafts, short stories, novels, screenplays. They wrote alone and as collaborators. Troublemaker-in-chief Michael Swanwick led Ruth Nestvold, Eileen Gunn, L. Timmel Duchamp, Gordon Sellar, and Marilyn Holt into writing a round-robin story right there on the forum, complete with a walk into hell with a dog, Dick Cheney, and gratuitous smoots. In 2007, Michael and Eileen collaborated on six stories in public in their Write-a-thon Smackdown. Yesterday this day's madness did prepare; what will tomorrow's silence, triumph, or despair include?
Last year, we had more participants than ever before, 58. We'd love to see as many of you back as possible, and we're looking for some new challenge ideas. Naturally we're interested in monetary challenges, but we're also interested in participation challenges, writing challenges. Got a challenge for your classmates? Bring it on!
The Write-a-thon is open to the whole Clarion West community: alumni, instructors, friends. Drop me a comment here with your email address, or send email to writeathon@clarionwest.org to sign up. Do it soon; do it now!
Thanks.
