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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What do I need to do to join the Endurance Writing movement?
A: It's simple! Just sign up for the Endurance Writing Yahoo Group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/endurancewriting/. From then on, you'll receive invitations to our upcoming events on Yahoo Messenger. (From the Yahoo Group page, you can access our calendar of upcoming events, as well as post messages and/or questions for other group members.)
Q: What if I don't use Yahoo?
A: You'll need to sign up for a FREE Yahoo account at www.yahoo.com in order to access our group page and participate in events. To make things simple, you can even link your Yahoo ID to your current non-Yahoo email account.
To participate in WordSprints or the online Writers' Half-Marathon event, you're also going to need to have Yahoo Messenger installed on your computer. You can download Yahoo Messenger for free at messenger.yahoo.com. Once you have the program installed, you'll just need to make sure it's up and running a few minutes before any event that you want to participate in. If you're signed in and showing up as "available" (and you've previously signed up for the Endurance Writing Yahoo Group), you should receive an invitation to any upcoming events automatically.
Q: How is Endurance Writing any different than any of the other expedited novel-writing programs already out there?
A: Endurance Writing is not about meeting a specific word count goal or page count goal. It is not about "checking in" with the group on your specific daily or weekly progress, or even about "finishing" any specific project.
The ultimate goal is, of course, for participants to be able to finish multiple writing projects, but this should occur more as a natural side effect of participation in Endurance Writing, not as its specific aim. As a part of the Endurance Writing group, you can work on whatever project you desire during WordSprints. Old half-finished novel on the backburner for months? Go ahead and pick it up! Got an outline that's been dying for some attention? Perfect! Basically, if you can dream it, you can sprint with it.
In addition, you can participate in whatever scheduled WordSprints you desire. No advance notice is necessary to "jump in" on a daily WordSprint with the group.
What Endurance Writing is, essentially, is a wellspring of real-time, online writing camaraderie--as well as a system of time-wise writing accountability for those who find themselves easily distracted from the actual task of writing that draft.
Endurance Writing is about putting in the time, in a group setting, making your fellow writers your "partners in crime." Broken up into bite-sized, 20-minute chunks, Endurance Writing takes the enormous, hard-shelled task of writing a novel and makes it more palatable... and sociable. |
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