Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other?

Actually not really either? I'm not concise enough for drabbles a lot of the time, and I lack the stamina for novel-length, so I tend to clock in between 3,000-5,000 words--typical short story length, on the whole! I like the structure of a short story, usually. And I tend to be a plotter rather than winging it, usually (though trusting my instincts sometimes is important!) The fic I'm poking tentatively at I'm probably over-plotting right now (I'm doing too much research) and should probably dive right in...

What length is your current WiP looking to end up at?

Comments

[bradygirl_12]

Short stories are my usual thing, too, though sometimes I bestir myself to write longform. My current WIP will end up at least around 30,000 words.

I guess I could say I'm a pantser. I rarely write an outline. Usually I start with the beginning and ending and then try and piece together from Point A to Point B. I might have certain scenes and chapters in mind, but the journey is kind of pantsing. ;)

I do like to write drabbles and double drabbles on occasion. Great writing exercise! How do I take a strength like description and winnow it down to 100 or 200 words while still conveying what I want to say?

[mithen]

We're all short-story writers at heart here! A good long plotty fic can be fun, but on the whole I like something where I can have a conflict that's fairly simple and clear and get it sorted out in 5-6K words!