In 2002 I took part in an international 3-day novel contest run by Anvil Press in Canada.
I later published an account of the 72-hour marathon in Mslexia magazine. You can read what I wrote - The Incredibly True History of Tracy Lycett - in full.
Three Day Novel Contest (pdf)
'[Iain] Banks is sanguine about his level of productivity, “I always find it extraordinary that I get accused of being prolific - I don’t do anything else, I don’t review, I don’t do journalism, I just write a novel now and again.” '