700 to 7k: Day 4

[xfirefly9x]

Day 4 is here already! That happened fast.

♦ How are you feeling about the challenge and/or your goals so far?

♦ What’s your approach to world building or writing settings?

♦ Share some descriptions of the world your project is set in (whether direct from your story or just describing it to share here)

Comments

[guildrone]

I’m starting to think that it was perhaps poor judgment on my part to commit to a writing sprint on a week where I have less free and quiet(ish) time a day than I’m used to—that is, before I start eating into a good night’s sleep and time to finish uni assignments that I only just now stopped stressing over besides. (At the least, I managed another 50+ 40—and tentatively finished drafting a chapter through such…)

On another note, I personally play pretty fast and loose with my settings—in the sense that I don’t like to compartmentalize the conceit in the first place/consider “worldbuilding” as its own thing separate from “plot” or “characters”. It’s all just narrative, in my eyes, and that manifests in a practical sense as myself never wanting to commit to a creative choice I feel would be more trouble than what it’s worth: If there’s a ‘boring part’ I have to get through in my prose, then as far as I see it, I’m probably doing something wrong.

[spaciireth]

I totally missed day 3! 😭Still on track, though! I worked a 9-hour day today but I'm about to start on today's sprint.

I am abysmal at world building, mostly because I am too impatient to get into the writing. I am getting better at outlining beforehand but I'll always be a pantser at hear.

Here's a bit describing the VR world that a lot of Wonderland takes place in: For context, it's old files on a hard drive from when they first started building this VR platform.

. There was no cross-fade transition between scenes like a finished game would have now. Instead, the shot changed abruptly, and Clara blinked in the brighter light. Everything was silent. There was no ambient noise or an underlying soundtrack to accompany them through the world. Instead, she could hear the real-world sounds of Max's clothes as he shifted position on the couch and the kitchen tap dripping behind them.