Posts Tagged ‘Press’
“Because You Have To”
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
The Stranger newspaper
Paul Constant at The Stranger interviews a few 3-Day novelists on their experiences doing the contest and on what to do next, and puts forward the more-complicated-than-it-sounds idea that aspiring writers need to sit down and write.
“Contests like the 3-Day Novel Contest and the much less competitive National Novel Writing Month in November do a genuine, generous service for aspiring authors by providing compelling (if entirely artificial) deadlines and introducing them to the concept that words and ideas are easy to come by (and equally easy to abandon) in the quest for a novel.” (Read the full story.)
Optimism and the Arts
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
John Kupferschmidt
The economic downturn may be an opportunity for aspiring writers and artists to enter the cultural life, says Maria Kubacki of CanWest News Service. (We concur—our first try at the 3-Day Novel Contest was right after the dot-com bust.) As part of a series on optimism, Kubacki interviewed our 2007 winner, John Kupferschmidt, on how web-driven writing events like 3-Day and Nano are helping people find their communities. Read the whole article at Canada.com.
Jason Rapczynski speaks with the New Haven Register
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Jason Rapczynski
A classic 3-Day Novel experience: “Seventy-two hours straight, a one-hour nap, no outline and a little inspiration from videos on YouTube.”
—The New Haven Register interviews 2008 winning 3-Day Novelist Jason Rapczynski about his preparation, his process and his soon-to-be-published novel. Read the whole article.
Selections of Past Press
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Select quotes and excerpts from news and articles about the International 3-Day Novel Contest:
The Ottawa Citizen interviews 2007 winner John Kupferschmidt.
Ron Yamauchi, a finalist and a contestant in Book Televsion’s televised version of the contest, writes about his experience on The Tyee.
“I cannot tell a lie–I loved the marathon of the 3-Day Novel Contest. It made me high. … And as well as my mojo, I got my faith back. No matter the length of the journey, what else is writing about if not faith?”
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