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by BurpeeBandit Editing
From raw footage to a watchable rough cut in about 2½ hours. Story first. No colour, music or effects until the cut works.
Before revising a whole draft, read it like an editor and write yourself a letter. About 1¼ hours. Leave the draft alone for at least a few days beforehand.
by TurboMarmot Creative Exploration
Quantity over quality: ten ideas in each 10-minute round, for 3 rounds. Write the problem or prompt at the top of the page first. The first ten are always obvious. The good ones are in the last ten.
Repeats for 3 rounds
by CosmicPickle Editing
Edit a raw recording into a tight, clean episode in about 1¾ hours.
by CosmicPickle Creative Exploration
Interview a character and let them answer in their own voice. About 40 minutes.
by PixelBadger Creative Exploration
Mine your own annoyances for side project ideas, and leave with one small enough to build. About 45 minutes.
by RunRaeRun Deep Drafting
Turn a race into a story people actually want to read, within a few days of finishing. About 1¼ hours.
by KettlebellKat Editing
Cut a pile of your best work down to a tight, well-ordered set of twelve. About 1 hour. A portfolio is judged by its weakest image.
by FlexFox Creative Exploration
Paint the same small scene in greyscale and in two palettes to train your eye for colour. About 50 minutes.
by VelvetThunder Editing
Your ear catches what your eye skims over. A line edit done entirely out loud, about 1 hour.
by VelvetThunder Deep Drafting
One unbroken 90-minute block for a hard piece of thinking, then a walk to let it settle. Protect the block completely. No internet, and no checking anything.
by TurboMarmot Deep Drafting
Hit the daily 1,667 words of National Novel Writing Month in three sprints, about 1½ hours. Aim for around 550 words per sprint.
by TurboMarmot Deep Drafting
Four 15-minute sprints, each trying to beat the last, for 4 rounds. Open your draft and turn off spellcheck before the first sprint. Typos are tomorrow's problem.
Repeats for 4 rounds
by NeonWalrus Creative Exploration
An hour of pure play to build a library of sounds that are yours. No songs allowed.
by NeonWalrus Editing
A structured mixing session that goes from balance to polish, about 1¾ hours. Mix at a low to moderate volume. Loud mixes sound better than they are.