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Today I
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planned
1 (14.3%)
researched
0 (0.0%)
wrote
2 (28.6%)
sent to beta
0 (0.0%)
edited
1 (14.3%)
posted
1 (14.3%)
rested
2 (28.6%)
did something else
3 (42.9%)
The way I feel about that is
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Mean: 4.29 Median: 5 Std. Dev 2.12
Mean: 4.29 Median: 5 Std. Dev 2.12
| Terrible 1 | 1 (14.3%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 (14.3%) | |
| 3 | 1 (14.3%) | |
| 4 | 0 (0.0%) | |
| 5 | 1 (14.3%) | |
| 6 | 2 (28.6%) | |
| 7 | 1 (14.3%) | |
| 8 | 0 (0.0%) | |
| 9 | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Awesome 10 | 0 (0.0%) |
If you write to prompts or, in an exchange, to somebody else's taste, how do you go from the prompt to the story? Is it a straightforward process?
I tend to need a few days of letting my knowledge of the canon and the prompt stew in the back of my head. I have a harder time working from a traditional prompt than I do from a description of what the prompter loves about canon or in general. I think traditional prompts generally don't have enough context for me. I always feel like there's something missing. Generally, when I start writing, I have only the most general idea of what's going to happen. I have to discover the story by writing it.
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Date: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 01:48 (UTC)When writing to prompts, I am usually able to come up with a couple of ideas straight away, or after a short time of mulling over various possibilities. Once I have a list of ideas, I research them to see if they are viable -- whether they fit canon, the timeline, etc. and whether they answer the prompt properly. Once I feel comfortable with an idea, I firm up the research, then start thinking about it until the story is ready for an outline. I always write better from an outline, even if it's a vague one of ideas or concepts or snatches of conversation I want to include. I would say it's a fairly straightforward process for me, though the time involved between settling on an idea and starting to write it varies greatly!