Hello! I hope you don’t mind me dropping by into your inbox with my overly specific writing question. I decided to enter a writing contest as a way of giving myself a deadline and motivate myself to work on a story idea that I’ve had brewing for years. Th

I love specific questions, so don’t worry about that~ 😉

Now, let’s begin by recapping your situation…

You have a tight deadlineYou have a vague start & end point for your storyYou feel like you’re already lagging behind

Having done a lot of writing competitions and game jams, I’m super familiar with what you’re going through. So, let me tell you what I have done in the past.

1) Work Backwards From the Target

Take the word-count target, whether it is 100 or 10,000 words, and break it up into smaller p...