Writing Goals

[guanin]

I finally finished the first draft of Awakenings yesterday, which frees me up to do other things. That was my first foray into writing these characters, so that got me comfortable with the character voices and deciding what dynamics I want to explore. And it's also my third finished long fic in a row. Last year, I completed a 119,000 one and a 56,000 one, both in Star Wars. The longest fic I completed before then was 24,000 way back in 2011. Wow.

Now I'm going to focus on writing meta and finally stop lazy and learn how to write case fic already. How am I supposed to write an adaptation if I don't know how to write case fic? While I get my ideas sorted, I'm going to write ficlets for a bingo card, something else that I've never done before. They will probably be in the same universe as Awakenings so I can jump into writing Established Relationship without having to worry about new backstory.

Comments

[aim_of_destiny]

congratulations! that's a lot of writing :)

[guanin]

Thanks! It was very productive 2018.

[write_out]

Congrats! Looks like I've got some more reading to do! :)

I haven't done a true case fic yet either, but have a canon adaptation in the works. It's intimidating!

[guanin]

Thank you!!

It is! I have ideas written down for mine, but when I started thinking of a case, I was suddenly all, uh oh. How do I plot? And Sherlock's deductions are so precise, too.

[vulgarweed]

I found this book really helpful: https://www.amazon.com/Weekend-Novelist-Writes-Mystery-Weekends/dp/0440506581

It's got some good tips on outlining, motivations, and how to work in short periods to build up a story over time.

[guanin]

Thanks for the recommendation! I've been needing a book like this.