Comments | ratherastory: 30 Snapshots: This Never Happened

ratherastory

30 Snapshots: This Never Happened

Mar 28, 2010 21:19

Clearly, I'm nuts.

So I decided to join spn_30snapshots. I'm going to use it as an exercise in concision ('cause writing 1,000 words is an effort), and as a way to explore my "Never Happened" 'verse, which is floating in my head but doesn't want to be written just yet ( Read more... )

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tifaching March 29 2010, 02:46:10 UTC

An exercise in concision is right. My first snapshot came out to 956 and it was HARD! But exercise is the only way to get proficient at something and writing 30 fics of under 1000 words should make us more concise, right? Right? And it's also a great way to work on something you haven't totally worked out yet. My snapshots are going to be the kind you keep in a shoebox. All mixed up and in no particular order. I think that table will be perfect for your story. Can't wait!

ratherastory March 29 2010, 03:43:21 UTC

That's what I was thinking. The "Never Happened" stuff keeps popping into my head as teeny-tiny vignettes, so I think it'll work nicely in this format.

pkwench March 29 2010, 03:12:13 UTC

God, I want to do one of these SO BADLY. I always see these 30snapshots posts and I just get all drooly with want.

This should be mega brill' as always. Look forward to reading!

ratherastory March 29 2010, 03:15:19 UTC

Doooo iiiiiiiit!

They're short! And there's no time limit!

pkwench March 29 2010, 03:31:57 UTC

But, schooooooooooool. WAAAAAAAAAH. I mean, I'd have to just take the piss on the next 6 weeks and do nothing good.

Nothing but think about it. And think. And formulate ideas.

How DO those things work anyway?

ratherastory March 29 2010, 03:42:24 UTC

I have no idea what your second sentence means, but oh well. :) (Seriously. "Take the piss?" What does that mean?)

Ideas are good. I approve.

The idea is you go, you sign up. You think of a character(s) or pairing you want to write about, and then you pick a prompt table to go with it. There are 12 word-prompt tables, a poetry-prompt table, an image-prompt table, and a lyric-prompt table.

You then write 30 pieces of fiction (or create fanart) between 100 and 1,000 words to go with the prompts. You don't have to write them in order, either.

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callistosh65 March 29 2010, 09:51:35 UTC

Great to see you signed up for this. I've only done 2 of mine, but I love the idea of indulging my fic whims without the need for a long, cohesive story.

ratherastory March 29 2010, 13:03:20 UTC

:)

Thank you!

That's very much along the lines of what I was thinking. The Five Years That Never Happened doesn't seem to want to be a long, cohesive story, so I'm going to indulge it and see if I can't do it in small doses instead.