(This being a children's book author's blog, I'm assuming "a**" stands for "arm," or maybe "abs"; or perhaps it's an esoteric reference to plot development: "write your arc off." I'll leave it to you to decide).
I have to admit, I have a certain knee-jerk disdain for arbitrarily-declared writing effort events, which is why I was tempted to post this summary of my participation in last week's National Picture Book Writing Week...
(...but that would have been smart-alecky, so of course I refrained.)
Nonetheless, I'm well aware that the #1 rule of writing is "Honor Thy Process." And sometimes an arbitrary writing event can be just the inspiration needed to kick your writing back into gear.
So this Saturday, I encourage any of you who are writers to write earnestly, creatively, and with abandon, for as much of the day as you can.
In short: Write your asterisks off!
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Actually, I'm at least as skeptical as you of arbitrarily-declared writing effort events. When I first learned of the NYCW event in an e-newsletter Saturday, I just thought, well shoot -- why should NYC have all the fun?
Nobody was more surprised than I that it seems to have actually infected people's minds. :)
(OTOH, I do rather wish folks wouldn't take it all so literally: it's not "write for 7.5 hours!"; it's just "do something(s) nice for your writing for 7.5 hours, which may or may not include some writing." Which alas, doesn't fit on a bumper sticker. Maybe on the side of a semi trailer. In a small font.)
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