I Think I'm Insane
Okay, so. I mentioned this in the CoTT 2 forum but I am doing a 365 Day Prompt a Day thing.
How does it work and why do I do this to myself?
I've actually done this before. I did it for fanfiction and did 365 short pieces for various fandoms. This time I'm just doing this with my original writing. I will be posting it. Not right now. Probably starting next month I will post the week worth of works. I'll get into details on it.
As for how it works?
Well, I have lists. And I will discuss what goes down with each list. I have a list of Horror to Romance/Romance to Horror, 2 lists of "3 Nouns", 2 lists of "Dialogue" and a single list of word prompts.
The "3 Nouns" list is just as it says. It has 3 words that you have to work into the story. Dialogue is just prompts of dialogue that you have to work into it. The Horror to Romance/Romance to Horror is me taking one word and using it in two different ways. Same way, different POV's. Those will be fun.
Now, let's see. I have 78 Horror to Romance prompts, 50 dialogues, 99 "3 nouns" and a 139 single word prompts.
Each list has a letter assigned to it (A to F), and each prompt has a number under that letter (A1, B1, C1, ect). I have all of those on little bits of paper and in a bag. I plan on doing this again so I'll be using these scraps of paper again eventually. Every day I will riffle through them and write whatever I pull out. I'm looking forward to this.
If I miss a day, I write it the next day, but it kind of makes my brain work and forces me to write something every day. Even if it's only like a few hundred words in size.
So, break down.
1) Make a list of prompts. 365 worth of them. (I have a couple extra just in case).
2) Have a way to randomly choose the prompt each day.
3) Write something each day. If you miss a day (or just write on the weekends) play catch up along with the day's prompt.
4) Let them sit at least a week before you edit it, sent it to the beta/editor/whatever, do the rest of your editing process, then post.
5) Hopefully get reviews.
Now, I'm going to start it. When I post it, I will probably format it so that before each prompt, it will have the date for the prompt, the prompt itself, and any warnings that I may have. It'll most likely look like this:
8/11/2019
Prompt: Skin
Warnings: Gore, blood
I hope to have a good time with this and not get to behind on the story. Wish me luck? *goes to start*
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