End Of Year Writing Blanket Box
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lea_hazelCrossposted from pi-lo: anxiousgeek's End Of Year Writing Blanket Box:
Total number of completed stories: hard to say, but around 35 I would guess, maybe more if I count the ones I wrote but didn't post, or the ones that are still in progress.
Total word count: AO3 says more than 80K, and even accounting for some weirdness that sounds about right.
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? More than I would have guessed for some months (notably, February and June). Less than I'd've liked for others.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January? Fallen London. Yuletide will always do that.
What's your own favourite story of the year? Not necessarily the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest? "Masters of the Hunt", without a doubt. Not a happy tale, but it's full of hints and subtext. Really gets into the guts of what I'm trying to do with Verity.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? I took risks with my original fiction, for sure. And everything Verity-related is a risk. I learned that the way to improve at writing plotfully is to keep practicing. Which in retrospect sounds like it should be obvious.
From my past year of writing, what was....
My best story of this year: Gisette and Marguerite's story for 7KPP Week. I feel really good about both their character voices.
My most popular story of this year: For 2018 PurimGifts, a Wonder Woman movie-verse fic, "The Princess Returns".
Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: "Masters of the Hunt" didn't get quite as much attention as I'd hoped, especially in relation to how hard I worked on it, and I feel "Party Favors" was also under-appreciated. I felt similarly about my Yuletide treat at first, but after reveals it got a flurry of kudos.
Most fun story to write: The entire body of D&F, if I'm honest. Including bits too spoilery to share. Not just the smutty parts, either.
Most difficult story to write: "The Wicked and the Wise" practically gave me hives, I was so anxious about it.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story: An original piece, actually. But I don't remember if I properly wrote it in 2018 or 2017, so maybe it doesn't count. For fic, I feel like this a bit whenever I'm writing about Verity shoving down her anger to keep a good face on things. Which is often.
Do you have any writing goals for the new year? I want to progress Allegra's backstory. I also want to diverge what pairings I write, and to write more gen and more NPC POVs. And original fiction goals, of course.
Total number of completed stories: hard to say, but around 35 I would guess, maybe more if I count the ones I wrote but didn't post, or the ones that are still in progress.
Total word count: AO3 says more than 80K, and even accounting for some weirdness that sounds about right.
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? More than I would have guessed for some months (notably, February and June). Less than I'd've liked for others.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January? Fallen London. Yuletide will always do that.
What's your own favourite story of the year? Not necessarily the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest? "Masters of the Hunt", without a doubt. Not a happy tale, but it's full of hints and subtext. Really gets into the guts of what I'm trying to do with Verity.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? I took risks with my original fiction, for sure. And everything Verity-related is a risk. I learned that the way to improve at writing plotfully is to keep practicing. Which in retrospect sounds like it should be obvious.
From my past year of writing, what was....
My best story of this year: Gisette and Marguerite's story for 7KPP Week. I feel really good about both their character voices.
My most popular story of this year: For 2018 PurimGifts, a Wonder Woman movie-verse fic, "The Princess Returns".
Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: "Masters of the Hunt" didn't get quite as much attention as I'd hoped, especially in relation to how hard I worked on it, and I feel "Party Favors" was also under-appreciated. I felt similarly about my Yuletide treat at first, but after reveals it got a flurry of kudos.
Most fun story to write: The entire body of D&F, if I'm honest. Including bits too spoilery to share. Not just the smutty parts, either.
Most difficult story to write: "The Wicked and the Wise" practically gave me hives, I was so anxious about it.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story: An original piece, actually. But I don't remember if I properly wrote it in 2018 or 2017, so maybe it doesn't count. For fic, I feel like this a bit whenever I'm writing about Verity shoving down her anger to keep a good face on things. Which is often.
Do you have any writing goals for the new year? I want to progress Allegra's backstory. I also want to diverge what pairings I write, and to write more gen and more NPC POVs. And original fiction goals, of course.
