Big Bang

[jessicasteiner]

Well, ten minutes after setting up shop on Dreamwidth again, I've signed up for a writing challenge. Typical.

I've decided to do the originalbigbang challenge, which is an original, minimum 10,000 word story by mid-September.

I've got a couple of universes that I can draw from, so I'm pretty confident I won't have any difficulty hitting my goal without it interfering with the other work I'm doing.

Right now, I figure I'll either write another instalment of my slashy vampire short story collection - the Grim Series - or play around in one of the universes I plan to turn into novels one day and use the story as an opportunity to flesh out the world and characters. Updates as they become available.

Comments

[leia_solo]

I've been thinking about doing a big bang, but I really taper out after a certain amount XD. I might sign up for one next year though.

[jessicasteiner]

I've never done one before! I've written 100,000 word novels, and quite a few long fanfics that are well above that wordcount, though.

I guess the key is to plan it out carefully. I find if I've got a good outline I can just keep writing scene by scene, because I always know what comes next. I'm almost more nervous of overshooting.

[leia_solo]

Haha I don't really have that problem. The longest story I've written was almost 4,000 words, but I should have expanded more on it. I'm aiming for novels though!

[jessicasteiner]

Good luck! One technique I've used to flesh out a novel to give me more material is the snowflake method. There are some limitations, but it's served me pretty well.