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*****NOTICE*****
The Last Author Standing Challenge was more popular than expected, so we’re capping the entries at twenty. We still have four slots open, but we’re saving them for Roundtable Podcast viewers. If you are interested in one of the four final spots make sure to watch The Self Publishing Roundtable Podcast this Thursday, Sept 5th.
You can find the podcast on this website, at 7 pm, PST. In the comments section on Thursday, let us know that you’d like to enter the the challenge. The first four people who post will be allowed into the contest. Contest rules are below.
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A group of us, including several hosts from The Self-Publishing Roundtable, are kicking off a writing challenge on Friday, Sept 6th.
This contest is intended to encourage a daily writing habit.
The rules follow.
1/ Everyone will set their own personal word count goal—with 250 words a day the minimum amount that can be set. Professional/full time writers are welcome to join in, but must set a goal of at least 2000 words a day. You can choose a larger word count goal, but remember the goal chosen needs to be achievable even if life gets in the way.
2/ To remain in the contest you must achieve your personal goal every day. One missed day and you are booted out.
3/ After a week of achieving your personal word count goal- you must increase your goal by at least 50 words for the following week. So to remain in the contest your minimum goal will increase by 50 words every week.
4/ Participants will need to be/or become members of Google+ so you can update your word count.
5/ The last person remaining in the contest will receive a $25 dollar gift certificate to the online bookstore of their choice.
If you’re interested in joining the fun, please comment below and let me know what your word count goal will be so I can add you to the spreadsheet. From there you’ll be directed to the Google+ Community we have launched and the Google document we’ll be updating our daily word counts to.
The contest entry closes on Sept, 5th 2013
Questions? Leave a comment!
Good job Trish. The G+ community is looking good. I can’t wait to get started on beating all of you!
I’ll give it a go. I’m in an editing phase at the moment, but I can always write 250 words a day 🙂
SimonCantan Good man. Always welcome another person to defeat. Trish will invite you along.
This sounds like fun. Count me in!
Where on G+ am I supposed to go?
I’m in – just starting a new project, so this is well timed!
I think this sounds like an awesome idea. Sign me up.
Grussano I invited you.
chaunceytube Invite sent on G+
gregorylynn Invite sent on G+
Welcome to the contest gregorylynn chaunceytube SimonCantan. Prepare to eat my dust! 🙂 It looks like Carl has invited everyone to The Last Author Standing Google plus community that John Ward set up for us. I’ll need your minimum word count goal in order so I can set up your space on the Google doc we’ll be recording our daily word counts. You can give it to me in the Google community or here. I’ll check back.
Grussano When you accept Carl’s invite it will take you directly to the Last Standing community.
This is awesome–just what I needed right now. I’d like to sign up for 500 words per day.
melissadonovan Sending an invite.
I need to get my novel finished but need a kick up the bum to get motivated again. This could be just the thing.
Hi Susan, if you post your email, or send it to me at trishmccallan@yahoo.com I’ll send out an invite to our Google plus community.
Trish McCallan After Susan, hold the last 4 spots open for during SPRT. We can let any listeners who haven’t yet joined, take up a spot if they want it.
Carl Sinclair Trish McCallan Sounds good. Susan emailed and I sent her an invite. I’ll post an announcement to the website that we’re capping the contest at 20 and holding the last 4 slots for Podcast viewers, so if anyone new wants a spot- they need to watch the podcast on Thursday.
Hello, I would like to participate, thanks. I have a WIP that was born as a short story and is eating me out of house and home and trying to turn into a novella. Timothy Hurley, on G+. Are there still spots open?
Oops forgot to give you my word count: 500
timothyhurley44 Hi Timothy, as I mentioned in the notice above we’ve capped the group at 20, it’s simply getting too big as it is. We probably should have capped it at 15, that would have been easier to handle. We’ve been getting so much interest though, there is little doubt that another contest would fill up quickly. If you like, I can send you the spreadsheet I’ve designed and you can launch a group of your own. I’ll send any new authors who are interested in joining our challenge over to yours. Let me know if you’d like a copy of the spreadsheet. And good luck if you decide to launch a challenge of your own. 🙂