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lacygreyHi, I'm lacygrey, I’ll be doing the check-ins all this week as we end May and go into June.
For discussion:
Can you tell when you start a story whether its going to be a one-shot or a multi-chapter epic? Do you know when you first have the idea? Or do you ever find that a fic will grow from one into the other - when a short story begs a sequel and then they become the first chapters of a novel-length story? Or do you plan for a story to be chaptered from the start? Has the opposite ever happened?
(I failed at a big bang once because found that I had the story down in three-quarters of the goal and didn’t have the time or willingness to ‘pad’ just to boost wordcount.)
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What is your word count/fic goal this week? (I’ll include the same poll for results next Saturday - unless you beg me not to!)
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Bof!
1 (9.1%)
100
0 (0.0%)
100-500
0 (0.0%)
500-1000
1 (9.1%)
1000-5000
5 (45.5%)
>5000
2 (18.2%)
one fic / chapter posted
5 (45.5%)
more than one fic / chapter posted
1 (9.1%)
For discussion:
Can you tell when you start a story whether its going to be a one-shot or a multi-chapter epic? Do you know when you first have the idea? Or do you ever find that a fic will grow from one into the other - when a short story begs a sequel and then they become the first chapters of a novel-length story? Or do you plan for a story to be chaptered from the start? Has the opposite ever happened?
(I failed at a big bang once because found that I had the story down in three-quarters of the goal and didn’t have the time or willingness to ‘pad’ just to boost wordcount.)
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