the year in fic meme
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poisonivory.
In the order they were written:
Fics:
Housework (DC, JLA)
there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered (SGA, tag to episode "Miller's Crossing")
Seen Across A Busy Street (X-Men & Mutant X comics)
The Condom Fairy Attacks (X-Factor v3)
Overwhelmed (Mutant X comics)
At The Bottom Of It (X-Men: Evolution, Sam/Bobby)
Building a Better World: Jeanne-Marie's story (Part 1) (Marvel AU)
"Don't Tell Me That It's Morning" and "What If I Return Half-Broken?" (SG-1 AU from the episode "The Road Not Taken", matched ficlets, Rodney/Sam)
It Came On Fast (SG-1 AU, Ronnie 'verse)
Sunny Day In Metropolis... (SG-1/SGA AU, Mary/Sam)
hidden qualities brought to light (First Monday)
Old Friends (Exalted, OCs)
Arthur of Atlantis (SGA)
Wild Horses (BGC, Leon & Daley)
When He Smiles (NCIS)
Secret Recipe (X-Men, Bobby/JP)
Not Coming for the Kill (X-Men AU)
Negotiation (Marvel, X-Force)
Applied Knowledge (Marvel, Rictor)
Weary But Unwavering (DC, Superboy @ LSH, Kon/Lar)
The Terrible Truth Revealed! (DC, Superboy @ LSH, Kon/Lar)
A Mystery To Be Solved (DC, Superboy @ LSH, Kon/Lar)
Fashionable Space-Age Medical Professionals (Spider-Friends no powers AU with bonus TOS geekery)
RSVP (NCIS)
With This Ring (BGC, Leon & Daley)
First Night on Ship (Marvel, New Mutants & X-Factor v1)
Five Things Kirk Said In Communications to Spock Prime (ST09 & TOS)
Canker (Star Trek 2009 movie AU)
Do Unto Others (DC, Superboy @ LSH)
Turbulence (TOS, tag to Home Is The Hunter novel)
A Taste of Home (TOS)
Family History at the Dinner Table (DC, Superboy @ Kent farm)
In Demand (DC, JLI & BoP, Ted/Babs)
Secret - Release (Marvel, Iceman)
a greener interlude with M'gann and Gar (DC, Titans)
Combat Medic (Andorians 'verse)
Frisky (Andorians 'verse)
Bio-Feedback (Andorians 'verse)
Cause For Celebration (post-TMP TOS Kirk/Spock)
Not With Envy (Andorians 'verse)
William Shatner (X-Men)
Tough Love (X-Men)
Nothing Owing (X-Men)
15 things Shallan has said to patients (Andorians 'verse)
A Moment's Indulgence (Kingdom Hearts rp-developed 'verse)
Nine-tenths (Andorians 'verse)
Zonked (YST)
Why Mary Is Not Allowed To Talk To Goa'uld (Stargate AU, Mary 'verse)
Overall Thoughts:
I tried to expand my fic-writing to more of the things I'm a fan of this year, which meant less focus on the things I wrote a lot for last year, but overall I think I'm pretty happy with it. Except for not getting my winter boostlethon done and slacking off re: prompt tables.
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
More than I thought, YES. Although I think I began the year with a goal to write more, so good job there. About what I predicted, only for a few months. Chekov seems to have derailed me about halfway through the year, and of course my fannish tastes are all over the place and that's reflected in what I wrote.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
The Andorians thing was a total surprise. I literally had fic started within an hour of coming up with the idea, but it was like my brain ambushed itself. I also wouldn't have predicted I'd write Kon/Lar, but I really enjoyed it and should eventually post the stuff in my notebooks. ^^;
What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
Oh, God, I can't decide. I like a bunch of 'em. I wrote a lot of friendship fic this year, which makes me happy.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
I wrote het! :O More than once! It had been a long time since I'd done that, and I didn't so much learn as remember that writing a scene is WAY easier when the people in it have different gendered pronouns. Also I did those "lost" or "five things" formats, which turned out to be easier than I expected, and I wrote matching stories from different perspectives which I was very satisfied with, although I got no feedback whatsoever on them so they might not be all that good.
From my past year of writing, what was...
My best story of this year:
ARRRRRGH posssibly ATBOI or Nine-tenths, sheerly for composition and clear narrative of action, I think? Or Turbulence? I DO NOT KNOW. FEEL FREE TO TELL ME.
My most popular story of this year:
Probably In Demand, iirc it had the most commentors (if that's how such things are judged).
Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
I refuse to answer this on the grounds that it would sound whiny.
Most fun story to write:
Either William Shatner, or Zonked. :3 They were just superfast, I didn't have to do hardly anything! X3
Story with the single sexiest moment:
Secret Recipe. *snicker*
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
I don't believe I had one this year. ;3
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
Canker. Even though it's an AU, it started as something about the character that I took to extremes, but by the time I was finished with it, I didn't really see it as possible. Oh well; at least I got to work that out.
Hardest story to write:
Of the ones I actually managed to post? In Demand. There's large sections scribbled out in my first draft; part of the middle was difficult to pin down, but thank God when I got past it, everything went much more smoothly.
Biggest Disappointment:
RSVP and When He Smiles. I haven't found my NCIS voice, and it shows.
Biggest Surprise:
It Came On Fast -- look, I can write from Sam Carter's pov after all! :O
Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
Overwhelmed.
Lifted from
poisonivory.In the order they were written:
Fics:
Housework (DC, JLA)
there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered (SGA, tag to episode "Miller's Crossing")
Seen Across A Busy Street (X-Men & Mutant X comics)
The Condom Fairy Attacks (X-Factor v3)
Overwhelmed (Mutant X comics)
At The Bottom Of It (X-Men: Evolution, Sam/Bobby)
Building a Better World: Jeanne-Marie's story (Part 1) (Marvel AU)
"Don't Tell Me That It's Morning" and "What If I Return Half-Broken?" (SG-1 AU from the episode "The Road Not Taken", matched ficlets, Rodney/Sam)
It Came On Fast (SG-1 AU, Ronnie 'verse)
Sunny Day In Metropolis... (SG-1/SGA AU, Mary/Sam)
hidden qualities brought to light (First Monday)
Old Friends (Exalted, OCs)
Arthur of Atlantis (SGA)
Wild Horses (BGC, Leon & Daley)
When He Smiles (NCIS)
Secret Recipe (X-Men, Bobby/JP)
Not Coming for the Kill (X-Men AU)
Negotiation (Marvel, X-Force)
Applied Knowledge (Marvel, Rictor)
Weary But Unwavering (DC, Superboy @ LSH, Kon/Lar)
The Terrible Truth Revealed! (DC, Superboy @ LSH, Kon/Lar)
A Mystery To Be Solved (DC, Superboy @ LSH, Kon/Lar)
Fashionable Space-Age Medical Professionals (Spider-Friends no powers AU with bonus TOS geekery)
RSVP (NCIS)
With This Ring (BGC, Leon & Daley)
First Night on Ship (Marvel, New Mutants & X-Factor v1)
Five Things Kirk Said In Communications to Spock Prime (ST09 & TOS)
Canker (Star Trek 2009 movie AU)
Do Unto Others (DC, Superboy @ LSH)
Turbulence (TOS, tag to Home Is The Hunter novel)
A Taste of Home (TOS)
Family History at the Dinner Table (DC, Superboy @ Kent farm)
In Demand (DC, JLI & BoP, Ted/Babs)
Secret - Release (Marvel, Iceman)
a greener interlude with M'gann and Gar (DC, Titans)
Combat Medic (Andorians 'verse)
Frisky (Andorians 'verse)
Bio-Feedback (Andorians 'verse)
Cause For Celebration (post-TMP TOS Kirk/Spock)
Not With Envy (Andorians 'verse)
William Shatner (X-Men)
Tough Love (X-Men)
Nothing Owing (X-Men)
15 things Shallan has said to patients (Andorians 'verse)
A Moment's Indulgence (Kingdom Hearts rp-developed 'verse)
Nine-tenths (Andorians 'verse)
Zonked (YST)
Why Mary Is Not Allowed To Talk To Goa'uld (Stargate AU, Mary 'verse)
Overall Thoughts:
I tried to expand my fic-writing to more of the things I'm a fan of this year, which meant less focus on the things I wrote a lot for last year, but overall I think I'm pretty happy with it. Except for not getting my winter boostlethon done and slacking off re: prompt tables.
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
More than I thought, YES. Although I think I began the year with a goal to write more, so good job there. About what I predicted, only for a few months. Chekov seems to have derailed me about halfway through the year, and of course my fannish tastes are all over the place and that's reflected in what I wrote.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
The Andorians thing was a total surprise. I literally had fic started within an hour of coming up with the idea, but it was like my brain ambushed itself. I also wouldn't have predicted I'd write Kon/Lar, but I really enjoyed it and should eventually post the stuff in my notebooks. ^^;
What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
Oh, God, I can't decide. I like a bunch of 'em. I wrote a lot of friendship fic this year, which makes me happy.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
I wrote het! :O More than once! It had been a long time since I'd done that, and I didn't so much learn as remember that writing a scene is WAY easier when the people in it have different gendered pronouns. Also I did those "lost" or "five things" formats, which turned out to be easier than I expected, and I wrote matching stories from different perspectives which I was very satisfied with, although I got no feedback whatsoever on them so they might not be all that good.
From my past year of writing, what was...
My best story of this year:
ARRRRRGH posssibly ATBOI or Nine-tenths, sheerly for composition and clear narrative of action, I think? Or Turbulence? I DO NOT KNOW. FEEL FREE TO TELL ME.
My most popular story of this year:
Probably In Demand, iirc it had the most commentors (if that's how such things are judged).
Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
I refuse to answer this on the grounds that it would sound whiny.
Most fun story to write:
Either William Shatner, or Zonked. :3 They were just superfast, I didn't have to do hardly anything! X3
Story with the single sexiest moment:
Secret Recipe. *snicker*
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
I don't believe I had one this year. ;3
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
Canker. Even though it's an AU, it started as something about the character that I took to extremes, but by the time I was finished with it, I didn't really see it as possible. Oh well; at least I got to work that out.
Hardest story to write:
Of the ones I actually managed to post? In Demand. There's large sections scribbled out in my first draft; part of the middle was difficult to pin down, but thank God when I got past it, everything went much more smoothly.
Biggest Disappointment:
RSVP and When He Smiles. I haven't found my NCIS voice, and it shows.
Biggest Surprise:
It Came On Fast -- look, I can write from Sam Carter's pov after all! :O
Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
Overwhelmed.