Bingo cards

[hhimring]

Are you making any?
Have you submitted prompts for any?
Are you thinking about which cards you will claim when the time comes?

Comments

[independence1776]

How I'd do it:*

Figure out an idea. What is its tone-- fluff, dark, middle, romantic, etc– and pick cards that go with that and you're interested in writing more than half the prompts on. From there, I'd then see what cards that aren't tone-related strike your fancy (your Must Haves). It doesn't matter how well they'll fit into the story you might write. I'd then narrow both sets down to something that'll give you a limited range of prompts: wide enough you have options and narrow enough you're not suffering from too wide of a field. On the other hand, an odd card or two puts even more randomness and potential fun into the challenge because you don't have to stick with just that idea. 2012 was mostly a game of "what do I want to write this time?" for me.

Unlike Dawn, I wouldn't pay much attention to the numbers ahead of time. Part of the fun for me was seeing what prompts came up each day and if they did or didn't fit together. (Because card claims were unlimited that year, I had 24 cards. It made for some weird combinations. I had a pocket notebook I kep track of everything in. Said notebook also has potential lists of cards to choose for future rounds that I am now completely ignoring.)

*Can't say am doing it this way because I'm not sure I want to write my current idea. Also, I can't play because I'm a mod, though I can participate, so the numbers aren't important to me because I'll know them ahead of time. I'm actively trying to avoid a bingo this year because of that.

[narya_flame]

Oh, I like the idea of having a core theme and then a few wildcards in the mix to stir things up. Honestly though, my ideas are all over the place at the moment - I don't even know whether I want to write one story or multiple short pieces. (I spend all day being decisive at work, and then I get home and my capacity to make decisions deflates like a cheap party balloon.)

[independence1776]

In 2012, I went in without a specific idea and had a blast. (I picked one card on the strength of two prompts and both were called.) This year I'm thinking about posting frequently with minimal editing for the month and it seems easiest to do that with one fic.

[narya_flame]

I am nosing at bingo cards now because writing is a struggle tonight for some reason. I've managed to narrow it down a little bit...