[Bunny #1] Make a List

[kalloway]

Make a list.

Of every fic/art/icon/whatever bunny you have that you would like to write/create sometime in the foreseeable future. This includes bingo cards, big bangs, comment fics, exchanges, random plotbunnies, sequels, etc.

Detail it if you want to. You can be as vague as you like. No one ever has to see your list but you.

Do it either in your own journal or in a notebook or in the comments or whatever. I usually find one of those blank notebooks I bought with high hopes and then never quite found the words to put in it. They're really good at holding lists.

You can organize however you'd like - ficlets together, epics together, or by fandom, or by what they're for... But one list, in one place.

Take your time. Look through old notebooks, textfiles, e-mail, journal entries... Round up everything.

And hang onto that list. You'll need it.

(I am a 'sense of accomplishment' person, so I'll list even individual chapters on separate lines. Putting a check-mark beside 'Exciting Space Adventures Chapter 7' feels good, even if I'm immediately adding 'Exciting Space Adventures Chapter 8' to the list.)

Comments

[meridian_rose]

I keep thinking about doing this, all my fanfic plans and vids (which I rarely vid, it's hella hard work for me compared to other medium), and graphics, and original fic and you know, ALL the bingo and other prompts/challenges. I do it in my head and I get to maybe 10 or 20 items and freeze up in panic. It seems so overwhelming!

Maybe I should write a shortlist of 5 things I really want to do at some point, and 5 things I want to do soon (and am easily capable of doing so). The way I tackle other huge projects, like just filing ten items from my downloads folder or reading and reviewing just three fanfics from my To Read list :)

[kalloway]

The smaller-lists version is how I do housework, actually. A big list can definitely be overwhelming, though remember it's not things you have to do, it's things you want to do at some point. Less like a chore list and more like a list of places you want to visit someday. ^_^

Definitely go with the list option that works for you.