What is Madness मंडळी?
Madness मंडळी is a maha mash-up of creative minds each of whom express themselves uniquely. But when their powers combine - the results are bound to be crazy!
Madness मंडळी is a maha mash-up of creative minds each of whom express themselves uniquely. But when their powers combine - the results are bound to be crazy!
So what exactly is The
Water Glass Project?
The Water Glass Project (TWGP) is a month-long writing challenge,
to produce an original work of collaborative fiction.
Wait, head hurts, can you
say that again without jargonese?
Okay,
pay attention, this is a writing
challenge, means it won’t be easy. It will last for a month, means you get 31 days to write it. And original means no Pritam-giri
You missed that
collaborative fiction something part?
Very
smart you are paying attention. Collaborative fiction basically means two or more authors come
together and write a work of fiction. One story, more than one voice.
Sounds like Ek Titali, Anek Titaliyaan, no?
Do
you want to hear about this or not?
Okay okay, so tell me more…
Fine,
but no interrupting! So basically teams of not less than TWO and not
more than FIVE members, will have to sign up for this challenge and will
be given a month to write a novel together. Okay?
Okay but, when is this
going to happen?
Registration
is open from 1st December 2012 to 30th December 2012.
The actual writing has to happen from 1st
January 2013 to 31st January
Teacher, Teacher, how much
we have to write?
Between
20,000 to 30,000 words. We are looking
at a page length of about 120 pages.
Will you give us topics?
No!
Write whatever you feel like!
Okay, I’ll write something
with my friends, but what is in it for us?
If
your book wins, we will publish it, and bear the cost of your first print-run*
(the number of copies in that print run depends on how much we are able to
raise). We will make sure every baccha-baccha knows your name. Famous you will
become!
Yay! Where do I sign up and
how much do I have to pay?
Our registration page will open up soonly!
Registration
is free, BUT we encourage
that you to support the project by visiting our pre-order page which will also be up soonly.
Wait a minute. There has to
be some catch here. Will you take away
my intellectual property and/or my mother’s gold bangles?
No
no! Your copyrights remain with you whether or not you get published. If you do
get published we have some terms & conditions, with regards to the
published work itself, but you are not bound to Madness Mandali in any way….And
tell Auntyji, the gold bangles look very beautiful also!
Since you respect my
mother, I will take part in this competition. But if she asks who these Madness
Mandali people are, what to tell her?
Already
thought of that! You show her this page
Awesome, I’ll do that! But
what if I have more questions?
Okay!
Now
go beta go! Get your friends together and write!
