Tag Archives: 3DNC

A Playful Prologue from my @3DayNovel “Pants Are Evil, and Other Lessons from Outer Space”

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Since a number of 3 Day Novel Contestants are posting their first chapters–for example, you can check out the Ekphrasis artist collective here–I thought I would post mine for Work-in-Progress Wednesday. You can read about my older 3 Day Novel Contest … Continue reading →

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A 3 Day Novel Contest Post-mortem: Thoughts After my 7th 3DNC

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

For the 7th consecutive year I have been a contestant in the International 3-Day Novel Writing Contest. This is literally the exercise of writing a full novel in 72 hours. No extensions, no extra time, no time outs. This is … Continue reading →

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A 3 Day Novel Contest Post-mortem: Thoughts After my 7th 3DNC

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

For the 7th consecutive year I have been a contestant in the International 3-Day Novel Writing Contest. This is literally the exercise of writing a full novel in 72 hours. No extensions, no extra time, no time outs. This is … Continue reading →

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Dayshift Werewolves and Weekend Writers: Thinking about the 3 Day Novel Contest Genre

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s Friday. This may not surprise you, and may not be true for all readers. But at this point, from my perspective, it is Friday. And in just a few hours the International 3 Day Novel Contest begins. Once again, … Continue reading →

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WIP Wednesday: Ch. 1 of my 3 Day Novel, “Wish for a Stone”

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

Since a number of 3 Day Novel Contestants are posting their first chapters–you can check out the Iambic Admonit blog where Sørina Higgins is blogging her writing group’s first chapters–I thought I would post mine for Work-in-Progress Wednesday. You can … Continue reading →

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