Are we all still here? Lol 
Could you write for 100 hours, straight? LIVE on a web cam?
Well that’s exactly what David Varela is doing, and in the process, raising money for charity. David is hoping to raise £3000 for The Arvon Foundation to go towards their work with children. They run writing schools to encourage children to write.
So David will be writing for 100 hours, with as few breaks and as little sleep as possible. If you donate, you can request a subject for him to write about.
Thanks to Hannah in my writing class for the heads up on this….absolutely amazing!
Please check out David’s Web Cam & Site which I can’t embed here, but what I can imbed is an interview David did recently about his challenge.
He must be absolutely shattered poor luv!
Would you ever consider a writing marathon? I wrote for a whole day once (about 8 hours) when the hubster was at a chess thingy….it was exhausting! Lol
short answer to your question: NO
However I did add the awards to my blog (don’t ask) Thank you very much
He he he
Brilliant Sue!
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Oh my! I hope he doesn’t make himself ill. I did a 12 hour stint and I was completely wiped out. A 5000 word day will do that too
I know!
I think it’s gunna take him a while to recover! Still, it is all for charity and he’s raised over 60% of his target so far
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There is NO way. I know my hand wouldn’t hold out writing that long or my brain.
Ooooo, yeah, can you imagine the pain in his wrists!
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There is no way I could do this, not unless I could write gibberish for four days and four hours. That’s insane. My hat is off to him.
Ha ha ha! He’s posting some if his writing live in the web site. Can’t believe it’s actually readable!
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Reblogged this on Self-Publish 101 and commented:
What’s this all about?
My name’s David Varela and I’m a writer. I’ve written films, plays, games, poems, global ad campaigns, and all sorts of other strange things – but now, for one week only, I’m taking requests. I’ll write what you tell me to. You can also watch my writing process in action – live, via webcam – and you’ll be able to see every keystroke as I type it on our website. For 100 hours, my every word is yours. I’m taking a vow of silence and I won’t have any private communications – no texts, no tweets, no emails. Every word is public domain. And everything I write is copyright-free.
Thanks for the ReBlog honey
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Absolutely not. I can only imagine how difficult it gets and as his body really start to fight him, the words really won’t end up making any sense. An interesting was to bring writing to attention though. Wishing him lots of luck. He’s going to need it!
I think he’s got about 20 hours to go now….absolutely amazing!
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What an amazing challenge, Vikki. David is a brave and “energetic” soul. I can’t imagine how exhausting this is for him … but his cause is probably what will sustain him
Knowing that he can make a difference in someone’s life by doing what he loves … that is a good thing !!
Isn’t it!
It’s really inspiring! Would love to try something myself similar!
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Couldn’t do it – physically or mentally!
Ha ha ha, I know what you mean Sally, although……
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I just nominated you for Blog of the Year 2012 – hope you will accept. Check out my blog post for info.
Awwww, thank you so much Pat!
Will come see!
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My bum would go dead for sure. All the best to David, though – what a wonderful thing to be doing!
Isn’t it Linda!
I’m quite inspired
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Definitely not something I’ll be trying.
Not even for charity Patsy? I’m actually really tempted lol
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