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Organising Myself 2 So, I was asked about this after my last post, so let's go! I am slightly OCR, and so I make lots of lists of things. Lots of lists. Some great, some completely irrelevant. But one I would not survive without is my finished works spreadsheet. This is the spreadsheet where I place all my completed works. Once a work is finished and had its initial edit, I enter the details on my spreadsheet. Simple, really. So, here at the details: ID: this is the ID number I give each item. It is unique and so can be the key when I transfer it to an Access database. The ID is the year followed by a 3-digit number of the order it was completed. If I ever write more than 999 things in a year, I am well up the creek. Title: the name of the piece. Yeah, it ain't rocket science. Style1: the sort of written work it is. Here's my list of ones I use: ? - indescribable article - odd piece that would most likely find a spot in a magazine like MAD or Reader's Digest book - normally non-fiction or a collection of similar things, a longer work with a slight connecting narrative cartoon - illustration designed to be funny and not realistic at all create-your-own... - like the old choose your own adventure books D&D - for use with Dungeons & Dragons game essay - looking at an aspect of the world, no story-based narrative flow, information-based, even if non-fiction or humourous game - a playable game graphic story - a story based around illustrations illustration - picture, often serious, sometimes done in an experimental style memoir - anecdote or story from my own life musical - song series that tells a definite story novel - work of 40,000+ words novella - work of 12,500 to 39,999 words play - work designed to be performed on stage poem - normally rhyming (though not always) emotional writing (includes parodies of famous poems) poster - cartoon with a sort of a saying attached recipe - normally a parody of an actual cooking recipe script - work designed to be performed on film (or radio) short story - narrative piece up to 12,499 words sketch - short performance piece, normally humourous (film, stage or radio) song - piece designed to be sung, some with music written song satire - comedy (a parody of a real song) Style2: deeper sub-styles of those in Style 1 dialogue - dialogue only narrative drabble - work of exactly 100 words (including title) [also drabble complex, 1000 words, 10 chapters of 100 words, and drabble trilogy, 3 independent drabbles forming one tale] epic poem - very long poem Every Song Tells A Story - narrative story based on a song's lyrics, but not the original meaning of the song Fur Animorum tale - story featuring the character Fur Animorum memoir - anecdote or story from my own life parody - using an existing poem and making fun of it, or using it to make fun of something else Secludos ethos - set in my fantasy world Tales Of The Squared Circle- set in the world of professional wrestling Uncle Joe's Tales - stories about Australia as if told by Uncle Joe Dates: Dates a story was written, beginning to end Notes: Any relevant notes, including if written for WdC or university Synopsis: 1-3 sentence summary of the story, including spoilers. Published: If published, and where Informal Pub.: Sort of published online or elsewhere without being official, or a cobbling together of online writings, and if read on the radio. Also, if I can't verify the publication (from early on in my writing life). These are not included in my publications list. Pending: Works that have been accepted but not yet published; SUB means submitted for publication, but no acceptance yet (keeps track of simultaneous submissions) Word Count: how many words in a piece (title included) Rating (/10): How I rate the pieces < 3.5 - virtually unreadable 3.5-4 - very bad 4-4.5- bad 5 - mediocre 5.5-6 - readable at best 6.5-7 - okay 7.5-8 - not too bad 8.5-9 - good 9.5+ - really good [Out of interest, here's the stats: Average rating: 5.21; Low rating: 2; High rating: 8.5; Median rating: 5; Rating mode: 5] Genre 1 & 2: The actual writing style of a piece children's - written for pre-teen audiences description - narratrive is more about describing than telling a story detective - standard crime piece erotica - sexual content fantasy - lots of elements of unreality, usually set in the Secludos ethos or our world twisted game - for use in a game of some sort horror - designed to set a fear emotion in the reader humour - designed to be intentionally funny mainstream - just a piece that is general, without a really specific genre non-fiction - true, or purporting to be true, but noit a memoir religious - with a distinct religious (usually Christian) bent, not always positive romance - where love is the over-arching theme science-fiction - where the future or present is set as technologically plausible sociological - looking at an aspect of society, seriously or humourously surrealist - where it might not make a whole lot of sense thriller - a narrative where there is action and designed to keep the reader enthralled western - set in the mythical American old west young adult - written for a teenaged to early twenties market (includes 'new adult') Link: The link to the actual piece on my computer hard drive. And there we are - how I organise my works! Oh, and at the moment, total works in the list: 2040. |