I will write Trash for you!

Matt979 · Wed, 12 Jan 2000 06:13:18 -0800

Have you ever glanced through a set of tournament
questions and thought to yourself, "Geez, *I* could do
better than that!" I've had that reaction every now and
then.

Have you ever wanted to write an entire tournament by
yourself? I have -- especially when other people do it --
but I know from experience that it is almost
impossible for one person to write polished academic
questions of high quality across the categorical
board.

Trash questions pose their own challenge, but for some
reason I find that I can write them somewhat faster than
I write academic questions.

Cutting to the
chase, I believe that I can write a high-quality,
well-rounded, *fun* set of trash questions that will greatly
enhance your quiz experience. If enough of you agree,
then the challenge will be on.

I would like to
write a set of ten (10) top-notch trash packs (21 & 21
per pack), to be sold at a $25 flat rate and
delivered by e-mail no later than March 31. (Hey, that's
right before TRASHionals! That means a bunch of teams
need practice fodder!)

If I can get at least
eight (8) people to express their honest belief that
people will buy these questions, then the challenge is
*on*. =)

(This initial expression of interest is
NOT a commitment to buy, but I'd prefer that you that
you express interest only if you actually might make
that purchase.)

A quick note on my writing
experience: Seven years of contributing to my college teams'
pack submitted tournaments (four at Harvard, three at
BU); chief pack editor for five invitationals; over
2,000 questions contributed to NAQT, of which a huge
chunk are in trash categories (or at least trashy
=)).

I understand that many people find the appeal of
trash to be a certain eccentricity, and that by the
same token you don't want a tournament to be full of
one person's pet topics. On the first point, believe
me, these questions WILL be suitably inspired -- you
won't regret playing on these. On the second point, I
am convinced of my versatility -- and tempted to
offer a money-back guarantee. You'll get no repeats in
this set, and CERTAINLY no Pokemon burnout.
;-)

So what do people think?
Matt
(Speaking only
for myself and not on behalf of anybody.)