The First Annual Matched Set Writeoff

kidnykid · #1 12-25-2002, 02:03 PM

I've had this idea kicking around for a while.

In late January, I'll be celebrating the 24th anniversary of my transplant. Since it's a kidney transplant, and kidneys come in pairs in non-transplanted people (lucky you if you're one of 'em) - I do hereby announce -

The First Annual Matched Set writeoff

Rules of engagement:

1. Write about a book and its associated movie. (Examples include Blood Work, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep/Blade Runner, The Thorn Birds book/TV miniseries, and any film which has an associated novel or biography. Yes, novelizations do count. So do biographies such as My Left Foot. So does Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, which Woody Allen actually brought to the big screen.)

2. Announce your intention to do so either here or to my private email box that I use for Epinions.com (look in my profile page, linked to in my sig line).

3. There is no particular recommended paragraph - just mention that it's the Matched Set writeoff. I will attempt to post as many of the participants on my profile page as possible (my HTML skills stink, I'm lucky I can do italics and bold, so I will just list your user name there). But "Crashers" are welcome.

4. The offical date for this writeoff is January 29, 2002 (the exact 24th anniversary, but I wanted to give everyone a heads-up so they had time to read the book). Latecomers encouraged - you can post this writeoff as a part of Amy Khar's February challenge if you wish.

Thanks, everyone.

Robin Peters

**Prepoia**[$] · #2 12-25-2002, 02:10 PM

Sounds like a great idea all around. I'm a definite maybe and keep bumping this thread up to keep reminding us

Sandy

kidnykid · #3 12-25-2002, 03:26 PM

OK - since it is so far away, I'll post the occasional "bump-up" reminder just to keep the thread active. (As I said, the only reason why so far in advance is that you have to have some time to read the book or novelization! A film, you can block out a couple hours to watch the DVD or go to the theater and see it, but it takes time to read a book.)

Robin Peters