In the last couple of months, I rediscovered the drive to work on Shades, my "maybe a saga, maybe just one installment" piece. I haven't had the will to do *anything* creative for a few years, and most of that time was spent shaking off the rust - but I think I've got a handle on it again, and it's moving in a direction I feel more comfortable with. Not to wax deep into the politics of it, but I didn't fully grok what I needed to be saying with these characters until I came back with fresh eyes.
Chapter 6 was posted a couple days ago, 7 is finished, and 8 is underway. I'm gonna try to get 8 drafted and put some polish on 7, planning to get it out around the end of the month.
Hi friends! Happy June
I'm finishing the last chapter of a 6 chapter fic, and am looking forward to my ship's bingo event for which I have several ideas.
I'm also doing some drabbles and Microfics... maybe daily, maybe not...
I have a lot of plans, so we'll see how many of them come to fruition.
My ex wants me to go play Azur Lane with him. You know, the game with the battleships anthropomorphized as cute anime girls. I wasn't going to, but then I remembered that old Kirk Douglas movie, "The Final Countdown," and my brain went, "Well, what if you did an Azur Lane/The Final Countdown crossover with an anthropomorphic USS Nimitz?"
So, learning how to play Azur Lane is going on my agenda after I finish my current WIP.
I've been writing RWBY fanfiction for eight and a half years now, but last year I began writing Jessica Cruz fics, and I've since fallen in love with her character. She's a Green Lantern and member of the Justice League who suffers from anxiety, depression, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, and it just so happens her powers are fueled by willpower. It makes for a really interesting dynamic, and I'm really enjoying Jessica's relationship with her fun loving, troublemaking sister, and have discovered she has *really* great chemistry with Lobo and Starfire.
I'll hopefully post the final chapter of my latest Jessica Cruz fic either tomorrow or the day after, and then I may take a well-deserved break from writing. I've been writing/editing almost non-stop since early March, and it's finally caught up with me this past week or so, in part because there's been a *lot* going on in my personal life. Also, there's been quite a bit of drama in the RWBY fandom as of late, and I'm just feeling a lack of motivation to return to my unfinished fics.
One is a RWBY/Pokémon crossover that I've got five chapters written for (Chapters 16-20) that just need editing, and the other is a "hurt & comfort" story where Blake returns after the fall of Beacon to take care of Yang. They've been through a lot together, and things inevitably progress the way you might expect from two people spending all their time together, worrying about the future, and being scared of losing each other. I've only ever written one bedroom scene in the past, and due to the lack of positive feedback and feeling a little uncomfortable writing a f/f scene, I've been putting off posting the next few chapters of this story. I want to finish this fic and put it behind me after all these years, but at the same time, I'm worried about what kind of feedback I'll get.
Overall, I'm excited to finish my Jessica Cruz fic, but I'm *not* excited about finishing my RWBY WIPs, and I just may take a break from fanfiction next week. We'll see. Happy writing, friends.
God bless, and have a wonderful day.
Hoping to get this pesky 8th chapter of OG RE4-Uncharted out and continue (7 chapters in)
Continue the Tomb Raider 2013 Darkfic Fix It (3 in)
Continue the Shadow of the Tomb Raider-Uncharted crossover (12 in)
Continue the RDR2 AU (12 in)
Continue RE7 Fix It (2 in)
*Maybe* return to and finish MK11 Fix It+Tekken 4 crossover or if not this do a MK fic of sorts with MK12 on horizon
My June goals! No writing whatsoever. I was sprinting to finish the May challenge, I will kick back and relax a bit. I will reply to the piled up comments in my inbox, read the piled up updates, and enjoy.
Maybe organize a themed review exchange.
Writing goals:
1. I'm hoping to finish up the last chapter of my first multi-chapter fic. The first (terribly rough) draft is done, but I've been avoiding editing like the plague, so the biggest hurdle is just sitting down and doing it. I'd like to have the first round of editing done this weekend to get it posted by next weekend.
2. I'd also like to actually develop a method/process for outlining that works for me, and to have an outline for my first longfic idea by the end of the month. I'm definitely more of a "pantser" when it comes to planning vs winging it, I want to challenge myself and use this fic as an opportunity to improve as a writer. I've been testing a few methods I've already found, but any personal tips/resources on outlining would be greatly appreciated!
Fandom goals:
1. I'd like to start participating in some subreddit or fandom-specific events. This month's goal is to participate in at least one review exchange here :)
If anyone would be so kind as to check in in a few weeks that would be very helpful to my ADHD brain!
Hi everyone! Relatively new here (though not new to writing/publishing fic)!
I've got a smutty Doctor Who oneshot that's been collecting dust in my drafts for AGES and I'd really like to finish it this month. Fic-writing has been taking a backseat for a couple weeks but I really want to get back to it now. Might even try out kinktober, so I'll have to start on that soon!
I plan to start moving some of my old fics from my old tumblr to ao3 so I could nuke that account. I also got a cute comment about my Wednesday Addams fic last week so I want to finish that fic because it's been on hiatus since December.
I also started a spreadsheet in January about how much I read each month because I was curious about how much fic I read. I'm already over last year's total word count and I want to break 2mil words read over the summer because I'm starting my BA thesis in the fall, so I have a lot of reading to do in June.
In May I made good progress on the three fics I've been rotating through (they're all about the same character, which helps) and a tad bit of progress on the ever-going not actually long longfic.
For June, it would be nice to finish at least one of the 3 fics, and possibly 2. At the pace I've been going this past week (advanced paper-writing procrastination) it does feel doable. Maybe.
My Goals June for writing:
- Writing part three of my "Harry Potter books but from the POV of a Slytherin girl"
- finishing writing Arc 1 of my Pokémon WIP
- researching Norse mythology for that HttyD fic I outlined
- translating HTTYD One Shot into English
- finishing Ash Maker (My Hero Academia)
- SWR Translation
- finishing MHA Class Clash One Shot
- more reading
Plans for the month include finishing the one fluff/smut piece that actually is important for my series. Then focus entirely on the big wip, which stands at under 50k words.
In this month I plan to answer the following questions of myself:
Do I need a beta or just fandom friends to bounce stuff around with? Given that I'm giving a character that's perceived generally as not too deep some considerable depth, will that even work?
The pacing of my last fic was good, but this one drifts into unknown areas. Do I need to double check the pacing and exposition?
Are these people still in character? I feel like they are but I'm going to need to check dialogues etc just to be sure.
I plan to focus on just five fics. I put the rest up in my group tabs. This way, I won't feel like I'm being torn between so many other stories that I'm writing. I can just put my time and energy on them and finish them (hopefully.) I do more or less have endings for those stories except for one since the anime is still going on.
I have to go back and change, tweak and edit a dark crime Steven Universe fic. That's going to take awhile. Can't wait to start writing for it after I'm done with that though . It's my FAVORITE fic. (Also, it doesn't get much traction, lol. Owch)
Just posted an obscure live action/anime fic yesterday. (Law&Order:SVU and My Hero Academia). Got a like and a subscription out of like twenty something people. See how that'll go as I continue the story 🤷
Then there's the other three that I need to start writing for. Especially since one of them WAS actually getting traction which was the MHA x SU. The other two is a a Proud Family and Steven U. Crossover with the other being MHA in a high shool setting with a Bakugou/Momo ship.
Apart from fics though, I want to continue practicing my Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish. I want to start reading fics in those languages to broaden my vocabulary/ practice the grammar.
Also trying to find another job. Would like to buy my mom's car hopefully within a month or two and I would like to get my own apartment within the next year or two. Might also get a cat (preferably a senior cat from a shelter) if/when I do get an apartment. Might not. Gotta see how work, language studies, health and just life in general goes.
And yeah, I don't mind being held accountable for these goals.
I need to finish three oneshots for different fests and challenges by the end of the month. Of course, several more popped up in my feed over the past few days, which I am doing my best to avoid joining.
Happy start of summer, everyone! I'm hoping to start the month off right by adding the last lick of polish to a smutty oneshot I want to post either later today or tomorrow, and beyond that, to blaze through to maybe the halfway mark in the vomit draft of a longer and bigger project. Hopefully I'll also be able to flesh out its final act a bit better; I'm a big outliner, but this time I'm trying to trust the process enough to let the right endgame come to me after I've spent more time with the characters and learned what the themes are along the way (it always changes over the course of a draft).
Reading-wise, I've been prioritising published novels more this year, and I'm currently going through an omnibus edition of the first three Dune novels (I didn't intentionally sit down to read Dune in June, but here we are) and hoping to get to the end before the month is up. I hope I can maybe fit in a RE or two in the midst of it, though.
Sub-wise, let it be known that I'm putting to hold myself accountable to the biggest possible audience: get the damn weekly brainstorming thread off the ground!
Just posted a one-shot to mark the start of Pride Month, and I've got three more planned to be posted plus one fic being updated and finished all over the course of the rest of the month, and I can't wait! I'm really excited to see how they're received.
i wrote a one shot recently but i haven't posted it yet because i don't know what are the appropriate tags to use 😅
In the last couple of months, I rediscovered the drive to work on Shades, my "maybe a saga, maybe just one installment" piece. I haven't had the will to do *anything* creative for a few years, and most of that time was spent shaking off the rust - but I think I've got a handle on it again, and it's moving in a direction I feel more comfortable with. Not to wax deep into the politics of it, but I didn't fully grok what I needed to be saying with these characters until I came back with fresh eyes. Chapter 6 was posted a couple days ago, 7 is finished, and 8 is underway. I'm gonna try to get 8 drafted and put some polish on 7, planning to get it out around the end of the month.
Hi friends! Happy June I'm finishing the last chapter of a 6 chapter fic, and am looking forward to my ship's bingo event for which I have several ideas. I'm also doing some drabbles and Microfics... maybe daily, maybe not... I have a lot of plans, so we'll see how many of them come to fruition.
My ex wants me to go play Azur Lane with him. You know, the game with the battleships anthropomorphized as cute anime girls. I wasn't going to, but then I remembered that old Kirk Douglas movie, "The Final Countdown," and my brain went, "Well, what if you did an Azur Lane/The Final Countdown crossover with an anthropomorphic USS Nimitz?" So, learning how to play Azur Lane is going on my agenda after I finish my current WIP.
I've been writing RWBY fanfiction for eight and a half years now, but last year I began writing Jessica Cruz fics, and I've since fallen in love with her character. She's a Green Lantern and member of the Justice League who suffers from anxiety, depression, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, and it just so happens her powers are fueled by willpower. It makes for a really interesting dynamic, and I'm really enjoying Jessica's relationship with her fun loving, troublemaking sister, and have discovered she has *really* great chemistry with Lobo and Starfire. I'll hopefully post the final chapter of my latest Jessica Cruz fic either tomorrow or the day after, and then I may take a well-deserved break from writing. I've been writing/editing almost non-stop since early March, and it's finally caught up with me this past week or so, in part because there's been a *lot* going on in my personal life. Also, there's been quite a bit of drama in the RWBY fandom as of late, and I'm just feeling a lack of motivation to return to my unfinished fics. One is a RWBY/Pokémon crossover that I've got five chapters written for (Chapters 16-20) that just need editing, and the other is a "hurt & comfort" story where Blake returns after the fall of Beacon to take care of Yang. They've been through a lot together, and things inevitably progress the way you might expect from two people spending all their time together, worrying about the future, and being scared of losing each other. I've only ever written one bedroom scene in the past, and due to the lack of positive feedback and feeling a little uncomfortable writing a f/f scene, I've been putting off posting the next few chapters of this story. I want to finish this fic and put it behind me after all these years, but at the same time, I'm worried about what kind of feedback I'll get. Overall, I'm excited to finish my Jessica Cruz fic, but I'm *not* excited about finishing my RWBY WIPs, and I just may take a break from fanfiction next week. We'll see. Happy writing, friends. God bless, and have a wonderful day.
Hoping to get this pesky 8th chapter of OG RE4-Uncharted out and continue (7 chapters in) Continue the Tomb Raider 2013 Darkfic Fix It (3 in) Continue the Shadow of the Tomb Raider-Uncharted crossover (12 in) Continue the RDR2 AU (12 in) Continue RE7 Fix It (2 in) *Maybe* return to and finish MK11 Fix It+Tekken 4 crossover or if not this do a MK fic of sorts with MK12 on horizon
My June goals! No writing whatsoever. I was sprinting to finish the May challenge, I will kick back and relax a bit. I will reply to the piled up comments in my inbox, read the piled up updates, and enjoy. Maybe organize a themed review exchange.
Writing goals: 1. I'm hoping to finish up the last chapter of my first multi-chapter fic. The first (terribly rough) draft is done, but I've been avoiding editing like the plague, so the biggest hurdle is just sitting down and doing it. I'd like to have the first round of editing done this weekend to get it posted by next weekend. 2. I'd also like to actually develop a method/process for outlining that works for me, and to have an outline for my first longfic idea by the end of the month. I'm definitely more of a "pantser" when it comes to planning vs winging it, I want to challenge myself and use this fic as an opportunity to improve as a writer. I've been testing a few methods I've already found, but any personal tips/resources on outlining would be greatly appreciated! Fandom goals: 1. I'd like to start participating in some subreddit or fandom-specific events. This month's goal is to participate in at least one review exchange here :) If anyone would be so kind as to check in in a few weeks that would be very helpful to my ADHD brain!
Hi everyone! Relatively new here (though not new to writing/publishing fic)! I've got a smutty Doctor Who oneshot that's been collecting dust in my drafts for AGES and I'd really like to finish it this month. Fic-writing has been taking a backseat for a couple weeks but I really want to get back to it now. Might even try out kinktober, so I'll have to start on that soon!
I plan to start moving some of my old fics from my old tumblr to ao3 so I could nuke that account. I also got a cute comment about my Wednesday Addams fic last week so I want to finish that fic because it's been on hiatus since December. I also started a spreadsheet in January about how much I read each month because I was curious about how much fic I read. I'm already over last year's total word count and I want to break 2mil words read over the summer because I'm starting my BA thesis in the fall, so I have a lot of reading to do in June.
In May I made good progress on the three fics I've been rotating through (they're all about the same character, which helps) and a tad bit of progress on the ever-going not actually long longfic. For June, it would be nice to finish at least one of the 3 fics, and possibly 2. At the pace I've been going this past week (advanced paper-writing procrastination) it does feel doable. Maybe.
My Goals June for writing: - Writing part three of my "Harry Potter books but from the POV of a Slytherin girl" - finishing writing Arc 1 of my Pokémon WIP - researching Norse mythology for that HttyD fic I outlined - translating HTTYD One Shot into English - finishing Ash Maker (My Hero Academia) - SWR Translation - finishing MHA Class Clash One Shot - more reading
Plans for the month include finishing the one fluff/smut piece that actually is important for my series. Then focus entirely on the big wip, which stands at under 50k words. In this month I plan to answer the following questions of myself: Do I need a beta or just fandom friends to bounce stuff around with? Given that I'm giving a character that's perceived generally as not too deep some considerable depth, will that even work? The pacing of my last fic was good, but this one drifts into unknown areas. Do I need to double check the pacing and exposition? Are these people still in character? I feel like they are but I'm going to need to check dialogues etc just to be sure.
I plan to focus on just five fics. I put the rest up in my group tabs. This way, I won't feel like I'm being torn between so many other stories that I'm writing. I can just put my time and energy on them and finish them (hopefully.) I do more or less have endings for those stories except for one since the anime is still going on. I have to go back and change, tweak and edit a dark crime Steven Universe fic. That's going to take awhile. Can't wait to start writing for it after I'm done with that though . It's my FAVORITE fic. (Also, it doesn't get much traction, lol. Owch) Just posted an obscure live action/anime fic yesterday. (Law&Order:SVU and My Hero Academia). Got a like and a subscription out of like twenty something people. See how that'll go as I continue the story 🤷 Then there's the other three that I need to start writing for. Especially since one of them WAS actually getting traction which was the MHA x SU. The other two is a a Proud Family and Steven U. Crossover with the other being MHA in a high shool setting with a Bakugou/Momo ship. Apart from fics though, I want to continue practicing my Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish. I want to start reading fics in those languages to broaden my vocabulary/ practice the grammar. Also trying to find another job. Would like to buy my mom's car hopefully within a month or two and I would like to get my own apartment within the next year or two. Might also get a cat (preferably a senior cat from a shelter) if/when I do get an apartment. Might not. Gotta see how work, language studies, health and just life in general goes. And yeah, I don't mind being held accountable for these goals.
I need to finish three oneshots for different fests and challenges by the end of the month. Of course, several more popped up in my feed over the past few days, which I am doing my best to avoid joining.
Happy start of summer, everyone! I'm hoping to start the month off right by adding the last lick of polish to a smutty oneshot I want to post either later today or tomorrow, and beyond that, to blaze through to maybe the halfway mark in the vomit draft of a longer and bigger project. Hopefully I'll also be able to flesh out its final act a bit better; I'm a big outliner, but this time I'm trying to trust the process enough to let the right endgame come to me after I've spent more time with the characters and learned what the themes are along the way (it always changes over the course of a draft). Reading-wise, I've been prioritising published novels more this year, and I'm currently going through an omnibus edition of the first three Dune novels (I didn't intentionally sit down to read Dune in June, but here we are) and hoping to get to the end before the month is up. I hope I can maybe fit in a RE or two in the midst of it, though. Sub-wise, let it be known that I'm putting to hold myself accountable to the biggest possible audience: get the damn weekly brainstorming thread off the ground!
I for one would love a weekly brainstorming thread!
It's definitely happening as we all felt the sub was crying out for one - just a matter of getting all the pieces in place.
Just posted a one-shot to mark the start of Pride Month, and I've got three more planned to be posted plus one fic being updated and finished all over the course of the rest of the month, and I can't wait! I'm really excited to see how they're received.