10/01/2014: This Collab's getting out of hoof... · 9:33pm Oct 1st, 2014
There comes a time in every fic when you sit back and think to yourself "Holy shit! This is coming along great! How long is— O.O I don't remember typing that many words!" Turns out, it's even crazier with collabs.
Remember that skype collab I said I was teaming up with Timaeus to write? Yeah, it's about 2/3 of the way done. Here's a pic of the counts:
Now, keep in mind that this is the rough, and it's formatted like this:
[06/09/2014 9:53:27 AM] Cody G (Blunderbolt): *practically falls out of seat as she moves and wraps forelegs around Twilight. Nuzzles head into shoulder.*
[06/09/2014 9:54:10 AM] Sam (Timaeus): *Twilight shrugs Rainbow off and waits for the bartender to return*
[06/09/2014 9:57:22 AM] Cody G (Blunderbolt): *frowns. Sways dangerously.* "Twiiiiiiiiiiiii—" *hiccups.*
With little to no actual narrative done, we're looking at at least 150k words. Maybe even upwards of 200k.
Dear God...
P.S. The two of us are also working on a Horror/Romance collab with Vertorm that's going to definitely be at least twice as long as this one.
P.P.S. ...Halp.
Reminds me of times I started talking on the phone with a girlfriend. Find out at the end that 3-4 hours had passed, just talking.
Dialog be wordy, yo.
Good god guys.
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When will I see this now?
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Seeing as neither Timaeus nor Blundy is on, and I am actively assisting them with this collab AND am controlling the horror collab, I think I can safely answer this for them.
-ahem-
Soonish? Timaeus is writing the collab that he and Blundy are doing. I will be editing it, as well as the fact that I have assisted by playing a few characters here and there... and I can agree with Blundy that it is fairly long. This is good news though, as the collab is essentially the outline. All Timaeus has to do is just... put it into fiction. The dialogue and most actions are already set up.
He recently started writing the first chapter now that they have a good sizeable chunk of the story well outlined.
But *I* am excited for the horror fic!
Not only am I helping collab it, I'm playing a sort of 'game master' role. They each have one character in the story, and I control everything else, including the monsters and the like. It's been such a fun joy for me to pull out all the stops and turn up the fear for Blundy and Timaeus as they nervously navigate my twisting hallways where evil lies in wait at every turn...
I would give you a taste of what the fic will entail, but alas, it is not my place. Blundy himself will be writing that one once the outline is a good portion of the way in.
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Well, for the one Blundy posted a gyazo pic of, I can say... soon-ish? Kinda vague, but I started writing the first chapter yesterday and got a good 3,300 words written. If I can get that kind of energy going for me tomorrow, then I might have the first chapter fully drafted and ready for revision by the end of the day on Friday. If that's the case, then maybe sometime next week? This is all depending on my university commitments though, of which there are many.
As for the more horror fic that we're trying to do with Vert... I dunno. We haven't gotten too far in it because of conflicting schedules and the difficulty of getting the three of us to be able to sit down at a computer at the same time for longer than 30 minutes.
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You know, speaking of which, how exactly do you guys work with outlines and such? I've never really written anything with a set outline before, and the closest thing I've gotten to such was a 1 page file of elements I wanted to use in a story (this was for Journey to the Center of the Rainbow). Otherwise, my writing is basically I write what comes to mind and edit it from there.
I'm really curious how an outline can be 87k words.
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I usually write using train of thought as well, but in collabing, it's a bit different. Basically, we're doing this:
And turning it into this:
The outline provides direction. It's just a Get idea, scope idea, ????, PROFIT way of writing a story. It's not hard, but it can be a bit bothersome.
And yeah, an 87,000 word outline that's only 2/3 of the way done. If it finishes at 100-150k, we'll be looking at a fic that, once written, will probably be over 200-300k.
Ouch. Our fingers!
2501934 Ah, so you flesh out most of the dialog and what is happening around it, and then expand on it later on.
I do like the idea of doing that, maybe I'll try that on the longer story I'm working on, perhaps I'll get more done quicker.