10 hours, 10 columns

[HanSenSE]

From BANG's Mark Purdy ... Friday! Friday! Friday!

Purdy: This sports columnist will write 10 columns in 10 hours

 

[QYFW]

"Every now and then"

 

[Doc Holliday]

Why?

 

[justgladtobehere]

Shank Shaughnessy can do 10 columns in an hour. Just replace 'John McNamara' with 'John Farrell', etc.

 

[CD Boogie]

I am under no illusion that all 10 columns will be fantastic. Some of them will be good, I hope. Some of them won’t be, I imagine.​

So will your readers. This is an inane exercise. Doing any type of writing just to do it is what hacks do. He'd be the kind of guy who'd always write 1000 words of fiction per day even if it's ****. No one benefits from that. All he's doing is courting carpal tunnel syndrome. Why not save your topics for when you actually need them? I ****ing hate gimmicks like this, especially from a writer. It's **** like this that causes people to think less of the profession and fosters the impression that anybody can do it.

 

[HanSenSE]

Why?

He lost the bet?

 

[Vombatus]

I didn't read the link yet, but my first question is how many of the ten articles are for experience (i.e., free unpaid labor)?

 

[playthrough]

Would be even better if he live-tweeted it all.

 

[Kayaugstin Kott]

This is an interesting concept. Certainly more skill required to do this than the 10 stories a day some writers aggregate on blogs.

Kind of reminds me of The Trentonian's L.A. Parker writing 365 columns in one year: L.A. Parker: Gumption fueled goal for 365 columns in 2014

 

[cisforkoke]

"Every now and then"

"I wanna talk about me!"

 

[Fran Curci]

Aren't writers already doing this? They are called "blogs."

 

[Kayaugstin Kott]

Mark Purdy on Twitter

Mark Purdy on Twitter

Mark Purdy on Twitter

 

[cisforkoke]

The list. Soon to be followed by the bulleted item column. Later we might get the treasured "Here are all the things that have happened in the world since (fill in the blank) won a title!"

 

[CD Boogie]

i'll bet ya 10 bucks that none of those 10 columns win any awards.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

That's almost as many posts as some of us make in 10 hours here.

 

[HanSenSE]

And the rest ....

Purdy: A new film about a bizarre Bay Area basketball tragedy

Purdy: TV's refereeing voice reaches out to soldiers

Purdy: Things from sports I wish were in WikiLeaks document dump

Purdy: Time to help out a Little League that needs cheering up

Purdy: In final 10 x 10 x 10 installment, some personal reflections

 

[cisforkoke]

Bulleted list. Check.

Column about self. Check.

 

[Old Time Hockey]

Boss: "Mark, we need to talk"
Purdy: "What's up?"
Boss: "You know, the average number of clicks for your columns really fell off in March. I hope that picks up or we're going to have to note it on your next evaluation."

 

[Riptide]

Gimmick journalism, attention *****, etc., etc. ...
I wonder what Purdy's newsroom thought of this stunt.

 

[HanSenSE]