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

[soldierwitch]

gif credit: Sparkler by Katia Oloy on Dribbble

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

[frogfarm]

2021 was consumed so much by other stuff that I'm lucky I wrote anything at all. And I've still been so focused on finishing the last installment of the Dexter/Buffy trilogy that not only haven't I written a word of anything else, I've barely even thought about anything else. I did keep writing up until September, and I'm just about to resume with four chapters remaining plus an epilogue. Hopefully finished by spring. Other than the City of Heroes story, I haven't had any desire to work on other WIPs and haven't had any new ideas, so maybe this coming fall I'll get back into femslash_kink fills after missing the last few years.

Favorite character to write about this year: ASTOR THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Despite my initial fears about getting depressed writing this darker AU, it's been just as much fun as the original. Can't wait to see her finally conquer all her demons and triumph over a mountain of adversity.

And the Three Musketeers of Miami Metro (Angel, Doakes and Vince) are always a good time, but here's one of my favorite scenes from the current chapter in progress:

"So your ghost is still leading us." Angel is giving Vince's phone the look he usually gives day-old shrimp.

"You got no clue this thing is even a good ghost," Doakes scoffs, glaring at Masuka. "Could be some evil spirit gonna be laughing its ass off. Watching us go all Thelma and Louise off the side of a goddamn cliff."

"Every time I think I know you." Vince shakes his head. "The layers are astounding."