Christmas, Halloween, New Year's, other festivals and holidays. We all try our hand at them at some point, I think.
How far ahead do you start your seasonal stories?
I just started a Christmas story in hopes that I'll actually get it finished by Christmas this year (and as a way of relighting my nearly extinguished creative fires). My last one was written over the holidays but was, IIRC, not finished and posted until January because I started too close to the season.
That said, I worry that by starting too early I might miss out on a seasonal comp or something.
How early is too early? Do you start seasonal stories well ahead in hopes of getting them up in time or do you need to be close to the holiday in question to have enough inspiration (and pressure) to write it?
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