(Anna) 9.31pm Because I have nothing better to do than mess around in excel [Again, disclaimer: the first few chapter word counts were calculated by me copy-pasting the chapter into word, so minor discrepancies may apply.]
Can’t believe it’s over. Can’t believe how much MCM has produced in such a short time. It’s astounding.
So, some graphs.
His [...]
(Eli) 10:30 am, and I’ve got noodles on the boil, so I have to make this quick. Jan is saying hello to her roommate. Anna is on the phone with her dad. MCM? MCM is taking photos of himself (!) … that vainglorious general of no-Typhoon-pron *mumbles darkly*
Anyway! Chapter 40s up, and here be the [...]
(Eli) 9:35. MCM has uploaded, and I’m puzzled. Where was this encoder chip from? And why does she have a bank routing ID, considering that she wasn’t the original Tundra? Is something wrong with me, that I cannot keep up? Frazzled and slightly fried, and it’s midnight over at my end. (Anybody have answers?) Here [...]
(Eli) Forgot the timestamp but it was before Jan’s comment and after 4 am. It’s always strange when you’re at the tail end of a long day, looking back at the past 16 hours of crazy writing. It’s been two days for me, Jan and Anna (plus mjgolli, but I’m not sure about that) [...]
(Eli) 12:50 am It’s me alone up here, Michael’s gone to sleep some minutes ago. He was worried about the quality of tomorrow’s chapters if he stayed awake any longer. Chapter 16 is up and it’s back to Yuri/Redux for this one – I’m starting to really like the guy, along with Rook, and I [...]
(Eli) 11:15 pm over at Victoria, B.C., and it looks like Michael’s solved the chapter 15 problem. And the best thing about it is that the final version isn’t that big a difference from the outline! If there’s anything he’s going to have to do – MCM’s probably going to have to deal with how [...]
(Eli) 10:29 am, and it turns out that MCM’s short break involved something he called Screech:
From the trusty old Internet resource, Wikipedia:
Newfoundland Screech is a particularly strong liquor, sold in Newfoundland and originally imported from Jamaica, which enjoys fame in many parts of Canada.
Cultural learnings for make benefit glorious nation of Web Fiction(!):
Screeching someone visiting [...]
(Eli) It’s 5.43 am, 15 minutes before #3D1D begins. This will also be my last prelude post, before things begin in proper – I’m betting that MCM is awake and doing the various early-morning-routines every sane human being must do, upon waking up (i.e.: brush teeth, eat breakfast, prepare self for insane 72 hour writing [...]
On the 6th of October, Tuesday, this week, Michael C. Milligan (a.k.a MCM) will be attempting to write a novel in 3 days, online, in front a live audience. The name of the novel he will be writing is Typhoon. Typhoon will have 51 chapters. That number is exact. Each one of those chapters will [...]