25 Days of Writing: Day 1 - Current Projects
Oh, this sounds fun. 25 days of writing. Usually when I look at memes like this I don't really relate to a large chunk of the questions, but in this case I think I have something to say on all of them. Of course, this is me, so I'm finding out about the thing when it's halfway through (though apparently it wasn't originally an X-days thing?), and let's be real, I'm not going to do it consistently one per day anyway. But I think I will plink through the whole list, if not necessarily in order.
So, on to 1. Tell us about your current project(s) - what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
The current project is to finish Lightning Strikes Twice, which is the sequel to ...And the Kitchen Sink. It's lighthearted space opera with spies. This one does not have the cyborg platypus of AtKS, but so far it does have flying ferrets, a whole lot of architecture references, and of course endless alliteration. And the occasional ninja, because why not?
Progress has been... it's hard to say, actually. Teeth-pullingly slow, subjectively; the first 50K was my NaNo 2018 project, so of course anything's going to look pokey compared to that, plus booting it back up after that long was hard. But really I've been plugging along pretty steadily. I keep running into hard scenes; the latest is one where a normally-voluble character has to talk about something he really doesn't want to discuss, and it's been... interesting, dragging words out of him against his will.
What I love most is Aubrey DeAugustine being snarky, of course. And Kearsley learning the ropes and becoming more independent is being a lot of fun. Also, I wrote a huge sprawling scene with lots of small talk (my weak spot) and it didn't suck! That was cool.
I'm also working on a short story affectionately known as "the creepy fae thing". It's an idea for a novel that's been kicking around half-formed in my head for a while now, but I recently realized that I could excerpt the beginning as a stand-alone short and it should work just fine, so I'm writing that. It's really dark, possibly the darkest thing I've ever written, so I'm taking it in small doses, but it actually makes a good counterpoint to LST. I'm having fun simultaneously leaning into the horribleness and keeping the description minimalist, so the reader's imagination can take it to far worse places than the text ever could. ;-)
All the days:
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?
This entry was originally posted at https://lizvogel.dreamwidth.org/231019.html because I got tired of dealing with whatever LiveJournal had broken this time. Comment whereever.
So, on to 1. Tell us about your current project(s) - what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
The current project is to finish Lightning Strikes Twice, which is the sequel to ...And the Kitchen Sink. It's lighthearted space opera with spies. This one does not have the cyborg platypus of AtKS, but so far it does have flying ferrets, a whole lot of architecture references, and of course endless alliteration. And the occasional ninja, because why not?
Progress has been... it's hard to say, actually. Teeth-pullingly slow, subjectively; the first 50K was my NaNo 2018 project, so of course anything's going to look pokey compared to that, plus booting it back up after that long was hard. But really I've been plugging along pretty steadily. I keep running into hard scenes; the latest is one where a normally-voluble character has to talk about something he really doesn't want to discuss, and it's been... interesting, dragging words out of him against his will.
What I love most is Aubrey DeAugustine being snarky, of course. And Kearsley learning the ropes and becoming more independent is being a lot of fun. Also, I wrote a huge sprawling scene with lots of small talk (my weak spot) and it didn't suck! That was cool.
I'm also working on a short story affectionately known as "the creepy fae thing". It's an idea for a novel that's been kicking around half-formed in my head for a while now, but I recently realized that I could excerpt the beginning as a stand-alone short and it should work just fine, so I'm writing that. It's really dark, possibly the darkest thing I've ever written, so I'm taking it in small doses, but it actually makes a good counterpoint to LST. I'm having fun simultaneously leaning into the horribleness and keeping the description minimalist, so the reader's imagination can take it to far worse places than the text ever could. ;-)
All the days:
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?
This entry was originally posted at https://lizvogel.dreamwidth.org/231019.html because I got tired of dealing with whatever LiveJournal had broken this time. Comment whereever.