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/
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. :)
14: December 12, 2021 - write for a fandom you've never written for before - I suddenly wanted to write a new pairing [ao3 link]
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.
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!
6: January 28, 2022 - write a story in a modern setting - part two of my newest series, posted here [ao3 link]
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.
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. [ao3 link]
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)].
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)].


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.


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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