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wander-wren · 1 year

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hi, calling all fanfic writers and readers and also people who have Made Videos for a little help with a potential project.

disclaimer: this is, as i said, very potential and still in the Shiny New Idea stage, i’m trying to determine feasibility at the moment.

so, you know speedpaints, right? as in, timelapsed drawing video with music or narration laid over it. consider the same thing, but with writing.

(the tentative term at the moment is speedfic, which has some precedent being used this way, because speedwriting means something else. but i digress)

the idea is that i would post timelapsed videos of me writing short fics and explain my process, probably focusing on specific elements like worldbuilding, character voice, plot, etc. i could also talk about planning, editing, and maybe some other general fanfiction topics.

this leads me to several questions. the main one, of course, is “would anyone else even be interested in this sort of thing?”

but assuming that answer is yes—there are some logistical issues inherent in doing this with words that aren’t caused by doing this with art, namely the “speed” and “narration” bits, and lots of other fiddly little things.

so i guess i’m just asking what writers/readers would want from a project like this, any preferences as far as video structure/length/content, just anything, really. before i go chasing the Shiny New Thing, i want to know if it’s worth it

#bird noises #fanfiction #ao3 #fanfic #this did not come out as coherent as i wanted #i’m just like #trying to balance words going fast but still readable vs not having a 30 minute video #unless…..#idk idk!#and the issue of reading words vs listening to different words #one of the things i’m considering rn is speeding up some parts and slowing down the relevant ones #or something #i also dont know how to edit things beyond the very very basics but i can learn #and then theres the secondary issue of the fact that i hate listening to my own voice SO much it’s hellish and can i get someone else to do #that part for me lmao #but its probably good for me #since it’s fanfic also i thought about doing a segment in the beginning thats just context for the fic but idk is that?? good??#also ofc we have the imposter syndrome. am i qualified to do this??#well! maybe not! but no one more qualified is doing it and so i might as well #i’m gonna post this before i second guess myself anymore okay? okay. bye. thank you

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