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Writing Out Of Bounds. Oh, my.
Last night I wrote a couple of key scenes to appear in the later part of Out Of Bounds, and realized...
Oh.
Oh, wow.
If my final scene count turns out to be anything like my outline, I only have 30 more scenes to go. Given I just posted scene 152, my scenes are 1,000 words each, and I've written 30,000 word stories very, very quickly before, that's pretty damned close.
It's doable. I can finish Out Of Bounds this year. I could even, with persistent effort, writing a scene a day, finish Out Of Bounds this month.
Okay, the latter's not likely. But the end is in sight. The story is there.
ETA: Oh, ah, oops, clarification. I've created a misconception here because of the way I tend to write.
I skip around and write later scenes when an earlier scene is stuck, to write while it's fresh and keep myself moving. So I have only 30,000 words left to write. But you have 40,000 words left to read.
See, 10,000 of that is scattered throughout the rest of the story, like stepping stones in the stream. What's left to post is about the length of your average Big Bang fic.
No need to start mourning the end of the fic. 40,000 words is still a small novel and plenty more for you to enjoy.
Oh.
Oh, wow.
If my final scene count turns out to be anything like my outline, I only have 30 more scenes to go. Given I just posted scene 152, my scenes are 1,000 words each, and I've written 30,000 word stories very, very quickly before, that's pretty damned close.
It's doable. I can finish Out Of Bounds this year. I could even, with persistent effort, writing a scene a day, finish Out Of Bounds this month.
Okay, the latter's not likely. But the end is in sight. The story is there.
ETA: Oh, ah, oops, clarification. I've created a misconception here because of the way I tend to write.
I skip around and write later scenes when an earlier scene is stuck, to write while it's fresh and keep myself moving. So I have only 30,000 words left to write. But you have 40,000 words left to read.
See, 10,000 of that is scattered throughout the rest of the story, like stepping stones in the stream. What's left to post is about the length of your average Big Bang fic.
No need to start mourning the end of the fic. 40,000 words is still a small novel and plenty more for you to enjoy.
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On the other hand, what are we going to do once you're done? OoB updates have been part of my lj experience for such a long time. In fact, I just checked and I've been reading OoB for more than half the time that I've had an lj.
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I swear, people have joined and then left the fandom in the time I've been writing this story.
I think I'll write a whole slew of shorter fics. I'll... I'll sign up for challenges I haven't had time for.
Wait, wait. No counting chickens yet.
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And there are scenes like islands in the middle of it all. Skipping ahead. Making the whole thing seem easier and lighter. I don't have 30 scenes to write. I have three. And then I hit a scene I've already written. And then I have six scenes, before I hit another I've already written. And then....
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I do look forward to starting on it at some point, and possibly even before you get to the last posting! :-D
(And no, I still haven't read your mcshep_match fic or the Big Bangs yet from this year. Yes, I am very very very far behind!).
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Would you ever consider doing a post on your outlining methods? I've yet to find something that really works for me (though the Snowflake method comes close) and so I figure the next best thing to obsessively read about what everybody else does.
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I'd call it a "re-outlining" method, because you outline and then re-outline and then re-outline....
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