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We're on a mission and we will not stop until we reach our goal and get a WORLD RECORD!
We've been attempting to write a story with over 1000 people getting in on the action. The goal is to have everyone write 1 sentence of the story so that we have a story of over 1000 sentences (plus an intro which we wrote before hand). There are rules however, and this is where we need your help: This must all be done in a 24 hour time period. Every sentence must have a meaningful impact on the story and it must all be written on a single piece of paper. We urge you to tell your friends, tell your family, even tell random people on the street if you have to!!! We need to break the record (currently 1178) but we're aiming for 1200 or more!
We've been attempting to write a story with over 1000 people getting in on the action. The goal is to have everyone write 1 sentence of the story so that we have a story of over 1000 sentences (plus an intro which we wrote before hand). There are rules however, and this is where we need your help: This must all be done in a 24 hour time period. Every sentence must have a meaningful impact on the story and it must all be written on a single piece of paper. We urge you to tell your friends, tell your family, even tell random people on the street if you have to!!! We need to break the record (currently 1178) but we're aiming for 1200 or more!
The first attempt was at the friendship festival in fort erie ON JUNE 29 2013
It poured on Friday so every one of us were praying for sunshine on Saturday and we got our wish. It was a little cloudy and chilly but still a beautiful day.
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The first attempt went amazing and we attracted more than 1/4 the projected attendees and created an awesome story called "The Bookshelf King" It was such an awesome story we decided to continue it into a Book-e-sode series which you can find here.
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There was a classic car show, great performers, fun rides and a good turn out for a rainy weekend. The Friendship Festival was our first choice for a venue, it only felt right to try and attempt it in our hometown of Fort Erie.
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We had a few helpers and volunteers that were bringing in people and help process the sentences and they did an amazing job. Thank you to everyone that came out that day and added a sentence.
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We had experienced and educated scholars and little kids together trying to break this record and making an awesome story it really was exciting.
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The second attempt was at canal days in port colborne ON AUGUST 3, 2013
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We were blessed with a great location and a beautiful day so it was no wonder we were able to bring through an astonishing 500 people in a 12 hour time -frame. |
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Look at the location we had for this event and tell me this wasn't awesome. Whoever this performer was he had some serious talent and brought in a crowd like this every show he did that day. 
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We met a lot of fun and awesome people but the most memorable character would be "Chipper" a parrot who actually made a cameo in the story. The story ended up being a really cool story that is called "Captain Terry and the Sailors Dream"
The third attempt was at the Niagara falls buskerfest on august 31 2013.
On Saturday, August 31 Written Rock attempted the world record for "Most people to write a story in 24 hours". This was our third practice run and we built a strategy of how to efficiently process the line and maintain a coherent and 'publishable' story. This time we we're at the Niagara Falls Buskerfest and if you've never heard of it then it's a world-wide travelling celebration/festival of art and music, jam packed with entertainment hidden in the shape of a street festival. If that didn't have your interest like ours, the whole event was in support of arts programming for children and youth. It was on Queen Street Downtown Niagara Falls and was a free all-day event for anyone and everyone to enjoy. We definitely did.
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