FOURTH NIGHT

The pre-contest literary dares are now over. As of midnight tonight, July 24, the contestants will begin a chain story on the Fourth Fiction Twitter page. The contestants will then develop it as they wish, writing one post per 24-hour cycle, until August 4th when the competition proper begins. I will also be posting all of their writing here on the website. Watch this video for details:

See the YouTube video of the Fourth Fiction Launch for an overview of the reality show. You can also read the initial competition announcement for more details or see the ‘Similar Posts’ links below. Anyone interested in being an outside participant to the competition should read the Open Call post.

Fourth Fiction Dare 1: Write a caption for this cartoon

Each Fourth Fiction pre-contest dare was posted at midnight on the Fourth Fiction Twitter page between July 14th and July 24th. The contestants had 24 hours to respond to each dare. The outside responses by non-contestants are also included (after the contestants’ responses) in many of the posts. For more details about these pre-contest literary dares, see this video.

The 10 Dares

DARE 1 – Come up with a caption for this cartoon.

DARE 2 – Tweet a story that involves an act of cannibalism.

DARE 3 – Write something from the perspective of a sperm.

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*To read a review of the first ten days click here

As of today, July 14, there will be pre-contest literary challenges known as ‘dares’ posted at midnight EST each day on the Fourth Fiction Twitter page. The contestants will now write a maximum of one tweet per day and only in response to the dare. Watch this brief video for details: 

See the YouTube video of the Fourth Fiction Launch for an overview of the reality show. You can also read the initial competition announcement for more details or see the ‘Similar Posts’ links below. Anyone interested in being an outside participant to the competition should read the Open Call post.

The following video gives an overview of  Fourth Night, the first blog-based reality show:

You can read the initial competition announcement for more details or see the ‘Similar Posts’ links below. Anyone interested in being an outside participant to the competition should read the Open Call post. 
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THE JULY 4TH LAUNCH for Fourth Fiction—the first blog-based reality show—is nearing. Here’s how it will work. On the night of July 4th, I will briefly introduce the 12 contestants through a blog post here on Fourth Night. At midnight each of them will be given access to the new Fourth Fiction Twitter page, where they can begin posting.  

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*Round 1 Challenge: Write the opening sentence of your novella.

I recently announced that Fourth Night will soon host a blog-based literary reality show– Fourth Fiction–where twelve writers will vie to complete a short novel while readers vote them off, one by one. After the announcement, a number of other writers expressed interest in participating, which has led me to reconsider the format. Continue reading