Comments on: PerBoWriQua

By: PerBoWriQua 2012 Begins « Elsewhither

PerBoWriQua 2012 Begins « Elsewhither — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:28:09 +0000

[...] years ago I came up with the idea of the "Personal Book Writing Quarter". Last year I made a second attempt which ended with a fizzle almost as quickly as it began. Given [...]

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:28:19 +0000

I didn't, but Akismet did. No idea why. Unless PBWQ is some evil keyword we don't know about.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:03:17 +0000

I'm ready! Where did my previous comment go? Did Charlie mark it as spam?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:59:28 +0000

I'm ready to PBWQ!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:50:52 +0000

Technically, yes. The "Per" really does mean do it when you're ready. But people also tend to stay motivated when they have others to rely upon, hence the "let's do it all alone but together" approach. For me the "Per" is less about being strictly personal and more about the informalness of it (as opposed to something large and rigorous like NaNo).

By: Texas Deb

Texas Deb — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:38:01 +0000

I dunno, Charlie, PerBoWriQua sounds a little bit like something you'd spray on your tomato plants to keep the hornworms at bay. At any rate, I am supposing if you were to stick strictly to the Per in PerBoWriQua a body could start their own quarter whenever they were ready? Si o no?