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23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
Are we talking about average or the extremes? And how long is a fic?
On average, if we're talking a normal competition fic it would take about 3 weeks - 1 week to sit on the idea and turn it over, 2 weeks for writing, inclusive of trial and error. Beta might vary, but under competition circumstances the turn around is a day.
Shortest I've ever done is 2 hours for a drabble, especially if the prompt fires my imagination. The longest to date is the Avatar fic, which I've mulled on for 5 years before putting pen to paper. It really depends on how tightly the idea grabs me, and how much detail needs planning. Not to mention that I've actually (mentally) torn up the premise of Avatar fic and started on a new track.
This reminds me of how I found it so hard to do first drafts in school (which were mandatory when you are wee) because my first drafts were all in my head. I used to get back comments saying that I didn't revise my first drafts enough. But they didn't see that I couldn't, because I'd honestly dwelt on the idea and phrasing so long that I couldn't figure out any other way.
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23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
Are we talking about average or the extremes? And how long is a fic?
On average, if we're talking a normal competition fic it would take about 3 weeks - 1 week to sit on the idea and turn it over, 2 weeks for writing, inclusive of trial and error. Beta might vary, but under competition circumstances the turn around is a day.
Shortest I've ever done is 2 hours for a drabble, especially if the prompt fires my imagination. The longest to date is the Avatar fic, which I've mulled on for 5 years before putting pen to paper. It really depends on how tightly the idea grabs me, and how much detail needs planning. Not to mention that I've actually (mentally) torn up the premise of Avatar fic and started on a new track.
This reminds me of how I found it so hard to do first drafts in school (which were mandatory when you are wee) because my first drafts were all in my head. I used to get back comments saying that I didn't revise my first drafts enough. But they didn't see that I couldn't, because I'd honestly dwelt on the idea and phrasing so long that I couldn't figure out any other way.
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