Fic last year meme 11/1/10
Stolen shamelessly from hulamoth. Thank you.
List of fic
Welcome to Scenic Nottingham (2 parts) (Allan/Guy)
Oh Yes They Do (various pantomine from Robin Hood)
For The Money (4 parts) (Allan/Guy)
A Fable (Allan/Guy, Allan/Sheriff)
The Brown Mare (Guy/Robin) (fragment)
Outlaws (Guy/Robin)
Truce (Guy/Robin)
Damaged (Guy/Robin) (fragment)
Moment (Guy/Allan) (snippet)
Bleed for Love (Guy/Marian) (fragment)
Know Your Enemy (Guy/Marian)
Coming Apart (5 parts) Guy/Jack/Ianto
Misplaced Affection (Robin/Will)
Women's Games (Kate/Isabella)
Redemption (Guy/Spike) (short)
Chimera (Allan/llama, Allan/Guy)
01. Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Considerably more.
02. What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
Most of them. I try to keep out of ruts (although I fall back into Guy/Robin very easily). Getting so involved in the Torchwood/RH crossover was a bit of a surprise.
03. What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
Welcome to Scenic Nottingham, I think. Because it is nowhere near as bleak as most of the rest, and even manages a happy ending.
04. Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
Almost all of my fic is taking writing risks of some sort. Some of it (Women's Games, Chimera, Misplaced Affection) is entirely deliberate, trying to write on topics that I instinctively shy away from (and that I suspect no-one wants to read). I've learned a lot from those about writing from craft rather than from pure instinct, and about hunting out the elements in them that do go with my instincts so the stories work. Sort of; some of them better than others.
A lot of the several part stuff (which I haven't done much before) is about deciding whether to build on the expectations that the readers have from the first part (the For the Money series) or shatter them (Coming Apart). There's a huge tension between wanting to challenge readers and wanting them not to go away. Learning to shrug and say "this one is going to get a quarter of the comments of the last" before I post it is a painful but necessary lesson. And knowing how to avoid that sometimes, how to keep the tone and feel the same between linked stories is also useful.
So most of my learning has been about how to upset people, one way or another!
05. Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
To keep writing fairly regularly. Novel no 2 is just about off the starting blocks but I don't want to leave the fic alone completely.
And I'd like to write some Sherlock Holmes...
06. From my past year of writing, what was...
My Best Story:
Either the whole set of Coming Apart or Know Your Enemy.
Story Most Underappreciated by the Universe:
Chimera. For obvious reasons. It is, annoyingly, a story that I am delighted with in many ways but...
Most Fun:
Welcome to Scenic Nottingham. Dark in places but it makes me laugh.
Most Disappointing:
Women's Games. It lacks much chemistry (except when Guy appears!)
Most Sexy:
Outlaws.
Hardest to Write:
The last part of Coming Apart. I found that absolutely draining.
Most Unintentionally Telling:
Probably most of them. But let's go for Misplaced Affection.
List of fic
Welcome to Scenic Nottingham (2 parts) (Allan/Guy)
Oh Yes They Do (various pantomine from Robin Hood)
For The Money (4 parts) (Allan/Guy)
A Fable (Allan/Guy, Allan/Sheriff)
The Brown Mare (Guy/Robin) (fragment)
Outlaws (Guy/Robin)
Truce (Guy/Robin)
Damaged (Guy/Robin) (fragment)
Moment (Guy/Allan) (snippet)
Bleed for Love (Guy/Marian) (fragment)
Know Your Enemy (Guy/Marian)
Coming Apart (5 parts) Guy/Jack/Ianto
Misplaced Affection (Robin/Will)
Women's Games (Kate/Isabella)
Redemption (Guy/Spike) (short)
Chimera (Allan/llama, Allan/Guy)
01. Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Considerably more.
02. What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
Most of them. I try to keep out of ruts (although I fall back into Guy/Robin very easily). Getting so involved in the Torchwood/RH crossover was a bit of a surprise.
03. What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
Welcome to Scenic Nottingham, I think. Because it is nowhere near as bleak as most of the rest, and even manages a happy ending.
04. Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
Almost all of my fic is taking writing risks of some sort. Some of it (Women's Games, Chimera, Misplaced Affection) is entirely deliberate, trying to write on topics that I instinctively shy away from (and that I suspect no-one wants to read). I've learned a lot from those about writing from craft rather than from pure instinct, and about hunting out the elements in them that do go with my instincts so the stories work. Sort of; some of them better than others.
A lot of the several part stuff (which I haven't done much before) is about deciding whether to build on the expectations that the readers have from the first part (the For the Money series) or shatter them (Coming Apart). There's a huge tension between wanting to challenge readers and wanting them not to go away. Learning to shrug and say "this one is going to get a quarter of the comments of the last" before I post it is a painful but necessary lesson. And knowing how to avoid that sometimes, how to keep the tone and feel the same between linked stories is also useful.
So most of my learning has been about how to upset people, one way or another!
05. Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
To keep writing fairly regularly. Novel no 2 is just about off the starting blocks but I don't want to leave the fic alone completely.
And I'd like to write some Sherlock Holmes...
06. From my past year of writing, what was...
My Best Story:
Either the whole set of Coming Apart or Know Your Enemy.
Story Most Underappreciated by the Universe:
Chimera. For obvious reasons. It is, annoyingly, a story that I am delighted with in many ways but...
Most Fun:
Welcome to Scenic Nottingham. Dark in places but it makes me laugh.
Most Disappointing:
Women's Games. It lacks much chemistry (except when Guy appears!)
Most Sexy:
Outlaws.
Hardest to Write:
The last part of Coming Apart. I found that absolutely draining.
Most Unintentionally Telling:
Probably most of them. But let's go for Misplaced Affection.