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[paranoidangel]

I saw the suggestion for this in altariel1's journal and thought 5000 words, how hard can it be? Except that I have a ficathon deadline at the start of December and there's another one looking like it might be starting sign-ups soon (although no idea of timings). But who needs a social life in November?

Nano might be all about writing a novel but sod it, I have a radio script I've written about two pages of and 5000 words may (or may not) be a good sort of length for it. I have a working title that I refer to it by but since it gives away the ending I'm not telling anyone what that title is yet.

So my plan is to finish it, as well as writing my ficathon pieces, and not getting distracted by any other writing :)

Comments

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

I've never written for radio -- do you aim for a certain length in minutes, or pages? Sounds fascinating.

[paranoidangel]

I haven't either and I've forgotten roughly how many minutes (well, parts of minutes really) it is per page. I'm just aiming to get through the plot, at least for a first draft and see how many pages it comes out at.

[tianaluthien.livejournal.com]

Good luck with that -- and with your ficathon pieces!

But who needs a social life in November?

People have a social life in November? What a concept.... (Yes, I'm a student.)

[paranoidangel]

Thanks - and good luck with breaking your writers block. It's a bit of a bugger, that.

People have a social life in November? What a concept.... (Yes, I'm a student.)

When I was at uni the only times I didn't have a social life was in the holidays - because everyone was so busy catching up on all the sleep they didn't have during term time :)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Oh, go for it! Have you see the radio writing tips (http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/insight/radiowriter_tips.shtml) on the BBC website? There are some radio drama guidelines (http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writing/radiodrama.shtml) too, as well as radio script formats (http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/formats.shtml). Good set of resources.

[paranoidangel]

I seen those, thanks. It is a great website.

I love your icon!