What do you mean “If you want this specific AU with your specific characterizations and tropes and settings you have to write it yourself”? That seems a little unfair.
Tag: writing and whatnot
What do I wanna write tonight?
Matt Maeson’s Cringe is my new “on repeat until you hate it” song. The unfortunate side effect is that it makes me want to write aus I shouldn’t be thinking about.
This meme is funny so I decided to try it…
This is so accurate it hurts.
I sure do write about the ocean a lot for someone who lives in a godforsaken hell pit desert.
Ao3 Stats Game
I was tagged by @jemariel. Thanks!
What is your total word count on AO3?
304,210 words. Nearly 200k of that was last year alone.
How often do you write?
I try to get something written every day but that doesn’t always happen. When in doubt I daydream which I totally count as part of the writing process.
Do you have a routine for writing?
1) Think of an idea.
2) Daydream about said idea for a while.
3) Sit down and write it.
I could make a joke about crying and being self-deprecating but that doesn’t really help, does it? It may sound boring but I really don’t have any routines or rituals for writing I just do it. Sometimes I’ll have specific mood playlists but most of the time I just throw something on and get to it. There is no secret to it.
What’s your favourite kinks/tropes/pairing?
Depends on my mood, honestly. I will always be here for Mutual Unrequited Pining though (as much of an oxymoron as that is) and Creature Fics.
Do you have a favourite fic of yours?
Some Things Last. Always and forever.
Your fic with the most kudos?
*sigh* This is All Your Fault. It’s an A/B/O pwp and while it’s not bad or anything I still wish a fic I put more work into got more attention.
Anything you don’t like about your writing?
I’m not good at settings. I cheat and take short cuts. I would be a better writer if I took the time to really edit my fics. My sentences are too long sometimes. Everyone always has one eyebrow up and a smirk on their face.
Now something you do like!
*shrugs* I dunno man, I don’t usually have nice things to say about my writing. It exists whether or not it should. I dunno if that’s something I like about it or not, but it’s not something negative.
Tagging: @dragonpressgraphics @omgbubblesomg @samanddeaninpanties @maliciouslycreative and whoever else wants to play.
To the friends who have tagged me in writing games that involve posting part of current projects – sorry, most of what I’m doing rn isn’t shareable. BUT! Like the moron I am I’m starting a new thing so maybe I’ll actually be able to share some of that. 🙂
2017 Writing Round Up
I was tagged by @skepticalghouligan which is awesome b/c I was trying to find the one I did last year to do it again! Woo! Thank you!
Also! Sorry this took so fucking long. I honestly forgot about it and when I remembered I didn’t have the spoons to dig through my ao3. BUT I did it now so whatever.
Total 2017 Word Count on AO3: 194,929
Total written: 247,035 (includes things that have been written but not posted)
Total 2017 Hits:
23,037
Other 2017 Stats
Kudos: 1,734
Comment threads: 304
Bookmarks: 293
Total 2016 Word Count: 88,580
Total 2016 Hits:
35,004
Other 2016 Stats:
Kudos: 2,653
Comment threads: 121
Bookmarks: 337
Links and Titles to 2017 Works
Some things were probably posted at other times, too, but ao3 only tells me when the final chapters of WIPs were posted so that’s why Under the Surface only shows up once.
January
no works posted
February
no works posted
Four Can Play At That Game (Winjimstiel)
April
You Can’t Say That (Michean)
Some Things Last (Deanjimstiel)
Lipstick and Love Notes (Abaddon/Meg)
Nightmares and Teddy Bears (Anna/Ruby)
Odes to College Love (Sam/Brady)
June
Bliss (Wincest)
Passive-Aggressive Undertaking (Dean/Ketch, Dean/Meg, Dean/Ketch/Meg)
The Bed Solution (Winjimstiel)
Maybe Florida Isn’t So Bad (Donna/Jody)
Stuck in a Snowglobe (Dean/Ketch)
July
The Dragon’s Keep (Wincest) WIP
Maybe It’s Fairies (Eileen/Jess/Sam)
Jimmy, Jemma, and Cas (Deanjimstiel)
Shut Your Mouth (I’ll Shut it For You) (Destiel)
Crash and Burn (Cas/Dean/Inias/Sam)
August
The First Loves of Dean Winchester (Dean/OMCs, Dean/OFCs)
September
Lazy Sunday (Dean/Victor)
October
Angel Lust (Sam/Jimmy)
November
A Little More Than Super Friends (Deanjimstiel)
Night at the Fish Zoo (Deanjimstiel)
December
These Roads We Take (Wincest)
Best Writing Month: Apparently, it was May which doesn’t really surprise me. I had a pretty good run there in the spring and early summer and I was much more productive than I had been in the past.
Worst Writing Month: August, for sure. I hit a bit of a slump with my writing and it all pretty much slowed to a halt after August. It’s started to pick up again towards the end of the year, but August was a rough month on me. Even though I didn’t post anything in January and February, I was working on bang projects, so I wasn’t doing nothing. August was a painful month for writing and mental health, though, so I don’t feel bad about only publishing one thing.
Favorite Fic: Some Things Last. It was my longest fic and my most love to date. I put a lot into it and I’m very happy with it now.
Hardest Fic: Crash and Burn. I was really disappointed in that fic tbh. It’s short and didn’t hit the tone I wanted but in the end I figured I might as well post it because I’d written it anyway. It’s not my favorite, it was a pain to write, and I’ll probably forget about it.
Do you plan to take prompts in 2018? I keep saying no but I wind up doing it anyways so probably.
What was the best thing about 2017? That word count! Just look at that thing! That’s the most I’ve written in a single year, probably. I’m proud of it 🙂
What was the worst thing about 2017? Depression. I mean, depression in general sucks but it kicked my ass this last year. I’m hoping to kick it’s ass this year.
Any last thoughts for 2017? Good riddance you garbage year!
No, but seriously, it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I did manage a lot of writing for the year and I’m proud of that. It kinda sucked in other areas, but I did my best and I can feel good about that.
Goals for 2018: My goal isn’t to write more. My goal is to write what I want to and allow myself more freedom. I tend to push too hard and then I wind up writing things I dislike and then writing becomes a chore. I don’t want to do that anymore. My goal is to finish what I started and bring joy back into my writing.
Also, I’d like to switch it up a bit. I’m not leaving my current fandom, but I do want to play around with some different stuff. That excites me.
I wish I could just magically will writing into existence. I don’t wanna actually do the “make words” part, I just want it to exist so I can enjoy it.
*kicks desk* Words. Go. Become something beautiful.
Ben Edlund on Writing
“I DON’T write, for the first two-thirds of the time allotted for completion of the script. This is a period of much contemplation, self-deconstruction, fever dreams, all while seated in front of the computer, NOT writing. Then, as the pressure of an imminent dead-line finally builds to the truly absurd, necessity alone drags the newborn of invention from my calloused womb. This last phase requires one to three ‘all-nighters’ with sporadic two hour naps, you know, the ones you use your cell phone alarm to terminate, which is not unlike getting a call from the belly of unpleasantness itself. There is the pit of four a.m. loneliness, that low hour when the coyotes are either asleep or trying to figure out what went wrong with their lives, the place where your only hope is to dive into the fictional, to order a story universe the way you cannot order your own.
I do not recommend this process.”
– Ben Edlund
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