>>There are dozens of prompt lists on the bingo maker. Pick any of them.<<
I did this last year for NaNoWriMo. I didn't finish it, but I did make two cards. I haven't made my own lists yet, since I'm usually lacking on ideas, but there are plenty to choose from as is.
>>It sounds like you already know a good amount of science. So if you choose a reference with decent details and you don't try to make something huge, you may not need more. Conversely if you want to do worldbuilding, that benefits from a lot of research (unless you've memorized the basics).<<
I did a University Bachelor's degree in Biology, so I have a decent base of knowledge but I never went into all the details, and some of it is fuzzy now. Enough to give a solid foundation though. And I always forget about do something smaller than a whole world. I like the idea of just looking at one bit of it, then developing more details later if needed or I feel like it.
>>I do recommend that you write from the core out, rather than the surface in like most people seem to. (The first two steps are interchangeable though.) Scott McCloud gave a great description in Understanding Comics, which is an excellent book about the craft of storytelling whether you use words or art to tell it. A sample is here: http://gangles.ca/2009/01/20/the-six-layers/<<
That makes a lot of sense to me, though I'm quite confused as to how you would go about writing surface in. Don't you *need* to start at the core?
Re: I'm going to try
I did this last year for NaNoWriMo. I didn't finish it, but I did make two cards. I haven't made my own lists yet, since I'm usually lacking on ideas, but there are plenty to choose from as is.
>>It sounds like you already know a good amount of science. So if you choose a reference with decent details and you don't try to make something huge, you may not need more. Conversely if you want to do worldbuilding, that benefits from a lot of research (unless you've memorized the basics).<<
I did a University Bachelor's degree in Biology, so I have a decent base of knowledge but I never went into all the details, and some of it is fuzzy now. Enough to give a solid foundation though. And I always forget about do something smaller than a whole world. I like the idea of just looking at one bit of it, then developing more details later if needed or I feel like it.
>>I do recommend that you write from the core out, rather than the surface in like most people seem to. (The first two steps are interchangeable though.) Scott McCloud gave a great description in Understanding Comics, which is an excellent book about the craft of storytelling whether you use words or art to tell it. A sample is here:
http://gangles.ca/2009/01/20/the-six-layers/<<
That makes a lot of sense to me, though I'm quite confused as to how you would go about writing surface in. Don't you *need* to start at the core?