Writer Self-Challenge Bingo

[fangirlishness]

hils alerted me to a writing bingo. It's different than other bingos, and while I'm usually not into writing bingos, this one immediately made me want to try it. Usually, bingos are one square per story. But I don't like being prompted, and I don't write that many stories. This bingo, otoh, is about writing-related things to try, and you can check off a square every time you do one of them. It doesn't matter how many stories you're writing.

I don't think I'll be able to finish this in a reasonable amount of time, but I'm sure I'll have fun trying. :D

Here's the card I made for myself: (sadly, it's only visible on dw due to the mess of divs I used to make it checkable - hop on over to dreamwidth if you can't see the card)

25: October 11, 2021 - write 500 words in one sitting. I wrote 620 words in one sitting today! \o/ [for this story posted in July 2022 ao3 link (locked)]
1: November 11, 2021 - write a character you share no characteristics with - I continued one of my Chinese Actor RPF fics. All gay male Chinese actors count in this category, I'm afraid. :) [same story as above]
14: December 12, 2021 - write for a fandom you've never written for before - I suddenly wanted to write a new pairing [ao3 link (locked)]
3: January 02, 2022 - write a vignette - I'm counting a scene that never went anywhere as a vignette [here (locked)]
17: January 03, 2022 - write a "canon" story for a fandom you're familiar with solely through fandom osmosis - I started another Chinese Actor RPF story, based directly on a scene that happened during a movie photoshoot, but the movie is unreleased and all we know about it has been concocted by fans and cobbled together from bts videos. [same story as above]
11: January 09, 2022 - write 1666 words in one day. I wrote 1800+ words today in a little over five hours, with only two short breaks in between. That's a lot of words for me! [second story in the series ao3 link (locked)]
6: January 28, 2022 - write a story in a modern setting - part two of my newest series, posted here [same story as above]
20: February 27, 2022 - write a self-indulgent scene - most of my writing is self-indulgent, but the scene I wrote today - continuing my latest series - serves absolutely no purpose (yet), will likely never be published, doesn't lead anywhere, has no emotional turning points, and has no use except me wanting to spend more time with those characters. [huh, I did publish it: third story in the series ao3 link (locked)]
24: March 6, 2022 - write an unreliable narrator - one of my fave things, and of course the third installment in my latest series also has it. He's not the most unreliable narrator ever, but he underestimates his own abilities and overestimates his partner's. I think it counts. [same story as above]
5: April 15, 2022 - sprint for 30 minutes - for the first time ever, I did a writing sprint. I don't like to be held accountable for my writing, and comparing myself with other writers hinders me more than it motivates me, so I'd never done it before. But I did it for this bingo (and it didn't kill me ;)). [screencap as proof]
8: April 18, 2022 - write a short summary for your current wip - The story is far from finished, and it'll be a while until I can link that... :) but I posted the summary [here (locked)].
19: April 18, 2022 - create a profile for an original character - I'd never actually come up with a completely original character - until I invented Chen Minghao a wife. All that did was complicate my LTR plot bunny and turn it into an OT3 longfic. Oops. :D And now I can use her for this challenge. [ here (locked)]
23: May 26, 2022 - write at least 100 words every day for 30 days in a row - I posted a screenshot of my history [here (locked)].
12: November 20, 2023 - write a story in first person pov - almost all my cdrama fic is in first person, so it was just a matter of time :) [ao3 link (locked)]
18: September 20, 2025 - write a fix-it for some piece of media you hate - I never thought I'd fill this because I don't tend to be inspired for canons I hate, but Love Like The Galaxy surprised me [ao3 link]
13: August 24, 2025 - I'll use the (second-to-)last fic I wrote for the free square, giving me a bingo \o/ [ao3 link (locked)]


I'll check the squares off as soon as I "do the thing", whether I have published the story or not. I assume I will publish them all eventually, and then I'll add the links.

I feel like this is all I can do for now, two/four years later. I'm calling this card done and creating a new one.


Here's a promo tumblr post to read and/or reblog:

https://hils79.tumblr.com/post/664646286490877952

And you can create your own card here:

https://bingobaker.com/#e7f0e229ba002276

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