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greerwatson) wrote2021-02-23 11:23 am
greerwatson) wrote2021-02-23 11:23 am
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25 Days of Writing: Day 1
I've been so intrigued by lightbird's responses to this, that I've decided to try it myself.
1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
At the moment, I'm working on my assignment for the Worldbuilding Exchange (![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
worldbuildingex). Obviously, since it's a gift exchange with an anon period, I can't talk much about it. I can say that it's an idea that I've had for a long time.
It's going to be quite a long, plotty story. The frustrating thing is that, while I know where I want it to head, actually getting the scenes down can be tricky. Sometimes they play themselves out in my head when I'm lying in bed; but then, when I actually get down to writing, they decide to come out differently—and painfully slowly. But I've been here before. Anything besides a tiny ficlet (if I dash off immediately and write the whole thing in less than an hour) always seems to need prying out word by word.
The easiest thing to write is dialogue. There's a reason I wrote a virtual season in a script format! It's getting all the in-between bits down that's painful; yet action requires description, and one must set the scene. Still, taking it all in all, though at times it feels as though I'm pulling teeth, when I reread what I've already got down I realize that some parts of the story are going great guns.
It should all come together in the end. At the moment, though, I'm far off getting there.
Full list:
1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
2. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project.
3. What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway).
4. Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like).
5. What character that you're writing do you most identify with?
6. What character do you have the most fun writing?
7. What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?
8. Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
9. Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other? Both, or neither?
10. How would you describe your writing process?
11. What do you envy in other writers?
12. Do you want your writing to be famous?
13. Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?
14. At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
15. Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?
16. Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)
17. Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?
18. Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterisations?) Tell us about them.
19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe 'too often', trope you can’t get enough of?)
20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)
21. What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)
22. Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?
23. What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
24. Would you say your writing has changed over time?
25. What part of writing is the most fun?
lightbird's responses to this, that I've decided to try it myself.1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
At the moment, I'm working on my assignment for the Worldbuilding Exchange (
worldbuildingex). Obviously, since it's a gift exchange with an anon period, I can't talk much about it. I can say that it's an idea that I've had for a long time. It's going to be quite a long, plotty story. The frustrating thing is that, while I know where I want it to head, actually getting the scenes down can be tricky. Sometimes they play themselves out in my head when I'm lying in bed; but then, when I actually get down to writing, they decide to come out differently—and painfully slowly. But I've been here before. Anything besides a tiny ficlet (if I dash off immediately and write the whole thing in less than an hour) always seems to need prying out word by word.
The easiest thing to write is dialogue. There's a reason I wrote a virtual season in a script format! It's getting all the in-between bits down that's painful; yet action requires description, and one must set the scene. Still, taking it all in all, though at times it feels as though I'm pulling teeth, when I reread what I've already got down I realize that some parts of the story are going great guns.
It should all come together in the end. At the moment, though, I'm far off getting there.
Full list:
1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
2. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project.
3. What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway).
4. Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like).
5. What character that you're writing do you most identify with?
6. What character do you have the most fun writing?
7. What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?
8. Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
9. Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other? Both, or neither?
10. How would you describe your writing process?
11. What do you envy in other writers?
12. Do you want your writing to be famous?
13. Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?
14. At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
15. Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?
16. Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)
17. Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?
18. Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterisations?) Tell us about them.
19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe 'too often', trope you can’t get enough of?)
20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)
21. What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)
22. Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?
23. What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
24. Would you say your writing has changed over time?
25. What part of writing is the most fun?
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Good luck with the exchange.