I'd say "there are no words for how awesome this is" but in reality there are 24,999 words for how awesome this is. That's, like, half a novel based on a kind of fruit... that isn't even a lemon. *ba dum cha* It's awesome looking back on it now, but at the time it was a bit intimidating because up until that point, I'd been lucky if I'd written something that cleared 2,000 words.
I can see how it would make sense to avoid them, especially considering how you have to budget your time. I don't tend to avoid prompts/challenges in general, just the timed ones. Like, I'm never going to sign up for Yuletide or a big bang, know you?
I'd really like to hear more about this. I think I do something similar (playing scenes mentally before recording them in text - I think the same thing came up earlier in the comments, too) and I wonder what exactly you mean by letting the general outline "glow through." I think I meant flow not glow, sorry. *headdesks*
For me, mentally playing through a scene makes it easier to stay IC. I can see and hear them in my head in a way that's similar to how I've watched the show, so it's easier to tell when I'm putting words into their mouth or when it's something they really would say/do.
For the outline/plot, I basically let it play out in my head. I start with the basic idea, ask myself something like 'ok, how would this start out?' and get a first line and let it go from there. My 25k fic started with me having a basic idea of where it was going, and initially it was going to have alternate POVs for different scenes, but I couldn't see the story playing out. It wasn't until I figured out that it had to be from the set POV of a certain character that I got the story. Then it became a matter of 'OH! So, this happens and then she sees this and then this works like this...' and I could see the story playing out in my head.
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It's awesome looking back on it now, but at the time it was a bit intimidating because up until that point, I'd been lucky if I'd written something that cleared 2,000 words.
I can see how it would make sense to avoid them, especially considering how you have to budget your time.
I don't tend to avoid prompts/challenges in general, just the timed ones. Like, I'm never going to sign up for Yuletide or a big bang, know you?
I'd really like to hear more about this. I think I do something similar (playing scenes mentally before recording them in text - I think the same thing came up earlier in the comments, too) and I wonder what exactly you mean by letting the general outline "glow through."
I think I meant flow not glow, sorry. *headdesks*
For me, mentally playing through a scene makes it easier to stay IC. I can see and hear them in my head in a way that's similar to how I've watched the show, so it's easier to tell when I'm putting words into their mouth or when it's something they really would say/do.
For the outline/plot, I basically let it play out in my head. I start with the basic idea, ask myself something like 'ok, how would this start out?' and get a first line and let it go from there. My 25k fic started with me having a basic idea of where it was going, and initially it was going to have alternate POVs for different scenes, but I couldn't see the story playing out. It wasn't until I figured out that it had to be from the set POV of a certain character that I got the story. Then it became a matter of 'OH! So, this happens and then she sees this and then this works like this...' and I could see the story playing out in my head.