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3-Day News, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
3-Day Novel Newsletter
It’s time for another 3-Day update! We’ve got news about some upcoming events in Brooklyn and Milford, some statistics from the 32nd Annual contest, and a few writing events from other organizations that will keep you occupied until September 2010. Read it online here!
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Go Go Wrimos
Monday, November 16th, 2009
National Novel Writing Month
We’d like to send out some encouragement to participants in this year’s National Novel Writing Month, who have passed the halfway mark in their race to write a novel in 30 days. Sure it might seem a little laid-back to take a whole month to write a novel, but who are we to question another’s creative method? Congratulations to those who are 25,000 words in to their 50,000 word goal. To those who may be a little behind, don’t worry! Experienced 3-Dayers will tell you that you can always find a second wind in the final hours.
To those 3-Dayers who may not be familiar with the 11-year-old NaNoWriMo, you should definitely check out their website. There’s lots of great tips and tools there for staying on track while producing hasty fiction, particularly the pep talks by fans such as Lynda Barry, Gail Carson Levine and Jasper Fforde.
3-Day Novel: The Series, season two
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
BookTelevision
The long-awaited second season of 3-Day Novel Contest: The Series will finally air tonight (8:30 pm ET, Tuesday, Nov. 3) on BookTelevision. During the 2007 International 3-Day Novel Contest, 12 entrants were holed up in a Chapters bookstore in Edmonton and filmed live while they sweated their way through their novels, along with several other tortures dreamed up by the producers.
The footage has been made into a 7-episode series, and if it’s anything like the first season, you won’t believe how compelling it can be to watch people write. Seriously. Tonight’s episode will also repeat Wednesday, Nov. 4, and the other 6 will follow the same weekly schedule. Check it out at BookTelevision.com.
Under Surveillance: a special NYC event
Monday, September 7th, 2009Have you ever felt you were being watched? It may not be paranoia. In celebration of our latest release, the world’s most notorious literary marathon brings you a special night of storytelling, featuring two very different perspectives on the art of spying in New York.
Details:
Saturday, September 19, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Free admission
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St., New York
RSVP to the Facebook event.
FEATURING
Loud People
Loud People by Todd Lamb
3-Day presents a rare screening of Loud People, a short series by Brooklyn-based writer and filmmaker Todd Lamb. Loud People features actual overhead NYC cell phone conversations, re-enacted by comedians from 4Track improv and set to music by Tortoise. Over the course of a year, Lamb and his assistants eavesdropped on and transcribed more than 100 conversations to find the bizarre and very real moments featured in this hilarious piece. With an introduction by George Basil, a member of 4Track and a regular performer at the Magnet Theater.
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The Videographer
The Videographer by Jason Rapczynski
Jason Rapczynski reads from The Videographer, the newly released winner of the 31st Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest. The Videographer follows a film-school dropout who finds work taping street fights and setting up spy cams in I-95 rest stops. His plans to escape the grasp of his enigmatic boss are sent spinning when a pre-teen runaway shows up at his door, claiming to be his daughter. As her arrival triggers a series of events that are eerily similar to a script he wrote years earlier, the videographer must uncover the truth about who is really under surveillance.
Hosted by Lila MacLellan, NY freelance writer and editor and MFA student at the New School.
Survivors of the 32nd Annual 3-Day Novel Contest are encouraged to come out! This is a great opportunity to meet up with fellow entrants and compare experiences.
Contact: info@3daynovel.com
Last minute drop-off for Vancouverites
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009We’ll be doing our usual last minute meet-up and registration drop-off this Friday night a Lugz coffee shop in Vancouver. That gives Vancouverites a couple of extra hours to get their registrations to us…everyone else in the world needs to get it to their local post office by closing time.
We’ll be at Lugz from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. this Friday, so come by to drop off your registration or just to say hi and meet with fellow entrants!
Details:
Friday, Sept. 4, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Lugz Coffee Lounge, 2525 Main Street, at Broadway
(Please note: do not leave registrations at the cafe outside this time—put them in the hands of 3-Day personnel only.)
New Haven reading and post-contest meetup
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Reading at the Yale Bookstore
The Yale Bookstore is hosting a reading by 2008 winner Jason Rapczynski on Sept. 9. It’s a great opportunity to meet up with fellow entrants from the New Haven area after the contest. You can debrief with Jason and other survivors and share your experiences - and also hear a little bit of The Videographer, a great 3-Day novel!
Details:
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 6 p.m.
The Yale Bookstore, Yale University
77 Broadway, New Haven, 203-777-8440
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