WIP Challenge Check-In: Day 31 - End of the Year Wrap-Up

[soldierwitch]

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Happy New Year's Eve, y'all! We've made it to the end of 2021, and we're about to ring in 2022. Some of you may already be living in the future or close to midnight right now. Time zones are infinitely fascinating. We'll catch up to you soon! I just want to say that everyone here has made amazing strides this year in their writing. It's been a struggle, but we've helped push each other forward. This community is a godsend for fanfic writers and it's been a joy interacting with y'all. Can't wait to see how far we all get with our writing next year. Good luck and best wishes in all that you do, everyone.

For our last check-in of the year, I thought we could do some reflecting. I found an end of the year writing meme (credit to queenangst) and I've selected some prompts I thought would work well for our group. Here's the full meme if you'd like to do it over on tumblr or here on DW.

Our discussion prompts:

• Favorite fic you wrote this year
• Favorite line/scene you wrote this year
• Fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year
• Favorite character to write about this year
• A fic you didn’t expect to write
• Something you learned this year
• Fics you’ll continue next year
• Any new fics to start next year

Answer as many as you like or none at all if you'd rather talk about the progress you're making on your WIP.

Note: You can expect one more check-in from my hosting stint tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 1).

Comments

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you so much to this whole comm for being here! It really has been a continually great thing to feel less alone in both the ups and downs of writing!

For the meme:

Favorite fic you wrote this year: Probably my only completed one: Step Right Up. It's a mermaid AU for my favorite OT3, and it turned out pretty much just like I'd hoped.
(My real favorite is a longer one that I think I have complete, but just haven't started to post yet. Sharing it will be my reward for finishing my other WIPs.)

Fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year: Someday I will find a new fandom, besides "Kingdom Hearts (but ignoring almost everything post-KH:II)", but this was not that year, lol.

A fic you didn’t expect to write: my Unconventional Courtship entry (Connections of the Heart), which is still in-progress. I didn't anticipate it turning into as much of a Thing as it turned into!

Something you learned this year: Reminder to self, that outlining saves my ass, and if I ever want to tell myself that I'll remember where I was going without one, I'm lying.
Also, that I CAN write more words more steadily than I thought I could!

Fics you’ll continue next year: Connections of the Heart and Island Territory. And the unposted reward-for-self fic.

Any new fics to start next year: gonna try to finish my WIPs as my big focus. But I did have a terrible idea for a holiday rom-com fic for my fave OT3, and it's tempting to write that and have it ready for posting next December. :)