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Jul 4 2009

Video of Fourth Fiction Launch

by Constantine Markides

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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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Jun 14 2009

Open Call for Guest Participants in Blog-Based Reality Show

by Constantine Markides

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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

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First Blog-Based Reality Show to Launch

by Constantine Markides

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Do you wish you spent more time reading books and less online? Do reality shows repulse you and yet, like a dung heap to flies, invariably draw you in? And if you do extricate yourself for a few moments from all devices luminous, does your shoulder devil soon whisper you back to a screen? If so, perhaps it’s time to stop resisting and instead put your reprehensible addictions to the service of your unrealized aspirations.

How? For the last few months I’ve claimed, with scant details, that something novel would soon be underway at Fourth Night. The time has come to announce it: on July 4, the four-year anniversary of Fourth Night, this website will host a blog-based, literary reality show—the first of its kind, as far as I know. Continue reading

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