Fanfic asks for the new year

[crookedspoon]

From this post on tumblr:

I’ve seen a lot of ask memes focused on the past year, but none for what people are planning or hoping for in their writing in the new year. So here are a few questions that I thought of… feel free to add more!

1. Do you have a word-count goal for 2018?

2. Will you participate in any fandom exchanges or fic challenges, etc?

3. Do you anticipate writing for a new fandom in 2018? Which one?

4. Do you think you’ll stop writing for a fandom in 2018? Which one?

5. Which WIP is first on your list to complete this year? Will you post a snippet?

6. Which yet-to-be-started fic is first on your list?

7. Will you change anything about the way you interact with other writers?

8. Is there a story idea in your mental vault that you’ve never been brave enough to try writing? Is 2018 the year?

9. Short term goals… what do you hope to complete this week or in January?

10. Will you keep a record of all the fics you write and/or post this year?

11. Would you like to try any new fanfic genres or tropes in 2018?

12. Will you change anything about the way you edit or rewrite in 2018?

13. Aside from fanfic, are there any other fan works you’d like to try creating? Fanart, or fanvids, gifsets, or podfic?

14. Have you ever lost large chunks of your work in the past, due to not backing up your work? Will you change your methods in 2018?

15. Do you foresee any personal or professional obstacles in 2018, that would keep you from creating fanworks?

16. Do you have that one fanfic that you wrote a ton for, ages ago, but never posted? Will this be the year, come hell or high water, that it WILL get finished and posted?

17. Do you typically answer all comments/reviews individually? Do you plan to change the way you interact with your readers this year?

18. Do you typically post multi-chapters as you write, or finish it all and then start posting? Would you like to change your posting method?

19. Would you consider non-fandom writing events, like NaNoWriMo or writing contests?

20. Any plans to work on original fiction this year?

Questions 8, 9 and 12 answered here.

Comments

[karanguni]

9, 20!

[crookedspoon]

Thanks for the questions!

9. Short term goals… what do you hope to complete this week or in January?

So, I answered 9 on tumblr already, which also links to my to write in January list, which is rather ambitious given that I don't know how to word right now.

To sum up:
(1) a Harley Quinn/Jason Todd fic set pre-Arkham Knight
(2) work on some WIPs for @wipweek, like that Harley/Joker stripper AU that I started before the Suicide Squad movie came out and which I've been meaning to re-do ever since.

That's plenty.

20. Any plans to work on original fiction this year?

Nah. No matter how much I might stress about fic in general, I still write it to de-stress and original fiction would be the opposite of that to me. I mean, I have a lot to learn about character and world building etc., so even if (and that's a very big if) I ever decided to make that jump, I am nowhere near ready for that yet. Fanfiction feels a lot more forgiving in that regard.