2019 in fic writing
The fic:
January
The Pop-up Shop, Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, U, Mahoney. 150 words. Written for the prompt ‘Any fandom, any, a little shop that wasn’t there yesterday and won’t be there tomorrow’ at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2018. Summary: Sometimes, out of the corner of your eye is the best view. (Mr Magorium)
Still Learning, X-Men: Alternate Timeline Movies, U, Hank McCoy, 113 words. Written for the prompt ‘X-men, any, For decades Xavier’s was the only wheelchair accessible foster care facility in rural New York’ at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2018.
February
#blessed (enough to set the phone aside). Mary Poppins Returns. Teen. Jane Banks/Jack. 456 words. Modern day AU. Summary: Jane Banks contemplates her online trail.
The Art of Getting Along. Sky High. Universal. Warren, Layla, Will, Magenta, Zach and Ethan. 656 words. Summary: From the outside, it looks like Warren has a big, stable group of friends, but don’t ask him about it.
March
we wish for better. Gotham. Teen. Selina/Bruce. Drabble. Spoilers for s4. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, "Sometimes I wish we lived in an alternate universe."’ At comment_fic.
April
All the Colours. The Great British Sewing Bee RPF/Harry Potter. Universal. Joe Lycett, Patrick Grant, Esme Young, Luna Lovegood. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, "Was it really necessary to use every color?"’ at comment_fic. 277 words.
Aftermath of a Spoiler. Marvel Cinematic Universe. PG. Steve Rogers/Darcy Lewis. Written for the prompt ‘MCU, any/any, giving away the plot of a new movie’ at comment_fic. Mild spoilers for ‘The Aftermath (2019)’. 296 words.
3,000 Miles Away. Pitch Perfect (Movies). PG. Jesse Swanson, Jesse/OFC, past Jesse/Beca. 958 words. Spoilers for Pitch Perfect 3. Summary: Jesse would tweet something about being so proud of hearing Beca’s song on the radio for the first time.
May
The Business of Walking. Gotham. Teen. Selina/Bruce, Selina Kyle, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth. 2,217 words. Post 4.22. Summary: They told Selina she’d never walk again.
Neither Here nor There. Gotham. PG. Bruce Wayne/OFC, Bruce Wayne/Selina Kyle. 2,247 words. Future fic. No major spoilers beyond season 1. Summary: Bruce Wayne plans, Selina Kyle smirks.
I Love You in MPH. ER, Universal, Neela/Ray, Drabble. Written for the prompt 'Any, Any/Any, Coming home from the hospital with their baby' at comment_fic. Post-series.
In Her Element, Sky High, Universal, Warren/Layla, Drabble. Written for the prompt ‘Any, Any/Any, Hiking through a rainforest’ at comment_fic.
June
The Most Dangerous Player on The Tour. X-Men - Dark Phoenix, Universal, Ensemble, 756 words, universal. Tennis AU. Spoilers for the movie and previous in the alternate timeline movies. Summary: Speculation about what next for the most dangerous player on the tour.
July
we had seasons in the sun, BTVS, Universal, Dawn & Tara friendship, 124 words. Set a few years post-finale, for the comment_fic prompt: Buffyverse, any, I have been, and always shall be, your friend. (Star Trek: Wrath of Khan)
A Party is Serious Business, The Hobbit (movieverse). PG. Sigrid/Fíli. 1,301 words. Everyone Lives - AU. Summary: There is nothing like a party involving dwarves, Sigrid is starting to learn.
Strange Bedfellows, Gotham, teen, Barbara/Ed/Jim. 328 words. Jumps off one line in ep 5.6 ‘13 Stitches’ but no spoilers. Crackfic. Summary: One of them is amused, one of them is feverish and one of them is confused, among other states.
August
Best Guesses, Gotham, universal, Lee, Barbara, background Lee/Jim, drabble. Spoilers for 5.10 ‘I Am Bane’. Summary: Lee’s thoughts about offering a pregnant Barbara what medical care she can.
A Little Learning, Enchanted, universal, Robert/Giselle, Morgan, drabble. Written for the prompt: Enchanted, Robert/Giselle, he learns to sing along with the musical numbers. [
September
Not Always Alike. Tangled, universal, Rapunzel, OFC, drabble. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, brushing their hair 100 strokes’.
Like You Did Last Summer (When I Was on Vacation). Sky High, universal, ensemble, double drabble. Summary: What’s made Warren look like that?
Never Say There Weren’t Leftovers. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Teen (for ‘gore’). Drusilla, Darla, 267 words. Pre-series. Summary: Darla asks Drusilla if she had a good time. This is about her answer.
At this time. Star Trek: Enterprise, PG, Charles ‘Trip’ Tucker III/T’Pol. 283 words. Summary: In dire circumstances, Trip engages in a breach of protocol.
The Most Luminous Star. Poldark, Caroline/Dwight, Horace, Ross. 526 words. Universal. A space AU retelling of a scene from episode 5.5 with more kissing.
For the giver is given too. Poldark, Demelza, Morwenna/Drake. Drabble. PG. Spoilers for 5.6. Summary: A puzzled Demelza gains enlightenment.
Listen, Don’t Look, MCU (spoilers for Civil War), 247 words, Teen. Written for the prompt 'Marvel Cinematic Universe, Peter Parker+Natasha Romanoff, "Stop ogling me." "But you're Black Widow!"'
October
A Dish Fit for A Queen. Fairy Tales (Snow White), Drabble, universal. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, warm apple pie’.
November
The Timepiece, Sanditon (TV) Sidney Parker/Eliza Campion, Sidney Parker/Charlotte Heywood. 320 words. Universal. Spoilers for 1.08. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any/any, my only love’.
December
A Practical Solution. Sky High, Warren/Layla, universal, future fic. 276 words. Summary: The problem is Layla’s, the solution comes from Warren.
The numbers:
This year I wrote and posted: 3 fics and 25 ficlets in 18 fandoms, one of which was a crossover. (I class anything as 1,000 words or more as a fic.) by fandom. compared to last year?.
I also wrote some original micro fiction: Just A Very High Number an OFC/OMC sci fi teen comedy ficlet and All is brightness an OC/OC fantasy? teen drabble and sub-100-word ficlets: one/three/five-sentence fic and other comment fic. AO3 gives my wordcount as 12,796, but it’s a little higher if you count the above. I think that's less than I thought it would be around summer. It’s less than last year, when I wrote more fics but in fewer fandoms.
The (selected) questions:
Least favourite fic of the year: ‘Strange Bedfellows’ it seems like a joke that didn’t come off now.
Most popular fic of 2019: By kudos and comments: Aftermath of a spoiler, but that’s because it’s MCU (Steve/Darcy) and was about Endgame spoiler anxiety, ‘The Timepiece’ (Sanditon, Sidney angst) for hits though.
Least popular fic of 2019: ‘Strange Bedfellows’. Fair enough.
Easiest story to write: Most of the ficlets (excepting drabbles etc where there’s counting anxiety!)
Hardest story to write: The four longest ones were all started in 2018, so ‘Neither Here Nor There’, ‘The Business of Walking’ ‘A Party is Serious Business’ and ‘3,000 Miles Away.’
The longest completed fic you wrote in 2019: Neither Here Nor There
The shortest completed fic you wrote in 2019: There were some one sentence snippets I posted to comment-fic.
Fandom you enjoyed writing for the most in 2019: I wrote more Gotham fics than any other fandom, and I enjoyed the interaction with new canon, and, as I’ve said before, the cracky gusto of said canon is freeing. Sky High returned as my comfort fandom (I can’t quit it!) with slightly more gen fics than Warren/Layla fics.
Favourite character to write about in 2019: Selina Kyle. I want her to be happy, but when she is not, that gives me material too.
A fic you didn't expect to write: The Great British Sewing Bee RPF/Harry Potter crossover or a modern day AU for Mary Poppins Returns, which is a film I held out from seeing for a while.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January? The interaction between Natasha and Peter P in ‘Listen, Don’t Look.’ It totally came from the prompt, so it was surprising (although it shouldn’t have been) to get a response from shippers.
Number of fic(s) you completed in 2018: Most of the ficlets, so 24 (maybe).
Current number of WIPs: I'm not going to put a number on it, but there are some Gotham drafts from the summer I've returned to and a few other fics that I haven't abandoned.
Most memorable comment/review: The one that’s stuck in the memory is the reasonable critique of ‘This is not for you’, but I took this meme as an excuse to look over all the feedback I had this year, which was nice. I was reminded of being told that people had left ‘sad kudos’ for ‘The Timepiece’
Most fun story to write: Neither Here Nor There (the ‘Bruce, you really don’t want to get engaged to someone who isn’t Selina’ fic) or Never Say There Weren’t Leftovers (Dru and Darla hang out, and what that says about me, I don’t know).
Story with the sweetest moment: Probably I Love You in MPH, which is Neela’s POV of how carefully Ray is driving their new baby home from hospital.
Story with the single sexiest moment: The original fic ‘All is brightness’.
Saddest story: ‘The Timepiece’ is the angstiest, but ‘The Business of Walking’, which is more vicious, and ‘we had seasons in the sun’ (Dawn meets another universe’s Tara) aren’t far behind.
Most eye roll-worthy title: I refuse to roll my eyes at this year’s titles, although I admit I’m going to need more than the title to remember what some of them are about.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: I don’t think any did.
Story that is most at odds with my perceptions of the characters: ‘The Timepiece’ is more sympathetic to Sidney than I am overall. Also, ‘Strange Bedfellows’ to some extent.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story: Possibly ‘Never Say There Weren’t Leftovers’.
In conclusion: I met my goal of posting something each month, in the main because of ‘comment-fic’ where prompts give me ideas or hooks for ideas that I have anyway and the near-expectation that they’ll be ficlets lends confidence. No goals for 2020. There are WIPs I’d like to progress on and it would be lovely to complete and post a longer fic/fics, but I’m putting no pressure on myself.
This entry was originally posted at https://shallowness.dreamwidth.org/413054.html.
January
The Pop-up Shop, Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, U, Mahoney. 150 words. Written for the prompt ‘Any fandom, any, a little shop that wasn’t there yesterday and won’t be there tomorrow’ at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2018. Summary: Sometimes, out of the corner of your eye is the best view. (Mr Magorium)
Still Learning, X-Men: Alternate Timeline Movies, U, Hank McCoy, 113 words. Written for the prompt ‘X-men, any, For decades Xavier’s was the only wheelchair accessible foster care facility in rural New York’ at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2018.
February
#blessed (enough to set the phone aside). Mary Poppins Returns. Teen. Jane Banks/Jack. 456 words. Modern day AU. Summary: Jane Banks contemplates her online trail.
The Art of Getting Along. Sky High. Universal. Warren, Layla, Will, Magenta, Zach and Ethan. 656 words. Summary: From the outside, it looks like Warren has a big, stable group of friends, but don’t ask him about it.
March
we wish for better. Gotham. Teen. Selina/Bruce. Drabble. Spoilers for s4. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, "Sometimes I wish we lived in an alternate universe."’ At comment_fic.
April
All the Colours. The Great British Sewing Bee RPF/Harry Potter. Universal. Joe Lycett, Patrick Grant, Esme Young, Luna Lovegood. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, "Was it really necessary to use every color?"’ at comment_fic. 277 words.
Aftermath of a Spoiler. Marvel Cinematic Universe. PG. Steve Rogers/Darcy Lewis. Written for the prompt ‘MCU, any/any, giving away the plot of a new movie’ at comment_fic. Mild spoilers for ‘The Aftermath (2019)’. 296 words.
3,000 Miles Away. Pitch Perfect (Movies). PG. Jesse Swanson, Jesse/OFC, past Jesse/Beca. 958 words. Spoilers for Pitch Perfect 3. Summary: Jesse would tweet something about being so proud of hearing Beca’s song on the radio for the first time.
May
The Business of Walking. Gotham. Teen. Selina/Bruce, Selina Kyle, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth. 2,217 words. Post 4.22. Summary: They told Selina she’d never walk again.
Neither Here nor There. Gotham. PG. Bruce Wayne/OFC, Bruce Wayne/Selina Kyle. 2,247 words. Future fic. No major spoilers beyond season 1. Summary: Bruce Wayne plans, Selina Kyle smirks.
I Love You in MPH. ER, Universal, Neela/Ray, Drabble. Written for the prompt 'Any, Any/Any, Coming home from the hospital with their baby' at comment_fic. Post-series.
In Her Element, Sky High, Universal, Warren/Layla, Drabble. Written for the prompt ‘Any, Any/Any, Hiking through a rainforest’ at comment_fic.
June
The Most Dangerous Player on The Tour. X-Men - Dark Phoenix, Universal, Ensemble, 756 words, universal. Tennis AU. Spoilers for the movie and previous in the alternate timeline movies. Summary: Speculation about what next for the most dangerous player on the tour.
July
we had seasons in the sun, BTVS, Universal, Dawn & Tara friendship, 124 words. Set a few years post-finale, for the comment_fic prompt: Buffyverse, any, I have been, and always shall be, your friend. (Star Trek: Wrath of Khan)
A Party is Serious Business, The Hobbit (movieverse). PG. Sigrid/Fíli. 1,301 words. Everyone Lives - AU. Summary: There is nothing like a party involving dwarves, Sigrid is starting to learn.
Strange Bedfellows, Gotham, teen, Barbara/Ed/Jim. 328 words. Jumps off one line in ep 5.6 ‘13 Stitches’ but no spoilers. Crackfic. Summary: One of them is amused, one of them is feverish and one of them is confused, among other states.
August
Best Guesses, Gotham, universal, Lee, Barbara, background Lee/Jim, drabble. Spoilers for 5.10 ‘I Am Bane’. Summary: Lee’s thoughts about offering a pregnant Barbara what medical care she can.
A Little Learning, Enchanted, universal, Robert/Giselle, Morgan, drabble. Written for the prompt: Enchanted, Robert/Giselle, he learns to sing along with the musical numbers. [
September
Not Always Alike. Tangled, universal, Rapunzel, OFC, drabble. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, brushing their hair 100 strokes’.
Like You Did Last Summer (When I Was on Vacation). Sky High, universal, ensemble, double drabble. Summary: What’s made Warren look like that?
Never Say There Weren’t Leftovers. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Teen (for ‘gore’). Drusilla, Darla, 267 words. Pre-series. Summary: Darla asks Drusilla if she had a good time. This is about her answer.
At this time. Star Trek: Enterprise, PG, Charles ‘Trip’ Tucker III/T’Pol. 283 words. Summary: In dire circumstances, Trip engages in a breach of protocol.
The Most Luminous Star. Poldark, Caroline/Dwight, Horace, Ross. 526 words. Universal. A space AU retelling of a scene from episode 5.5 with more kissing.
For the giver is given too. Poldark, Demelza, Morwenna/Drake. Drabble. PG. Spoilers for 5.6. Summary: A puzzled Demelza gains enlightenment.
Listen, Don’t Look, MCU (spoilers for Civil War), 247 words, Teen. Written for the prompt 'Marvel Cinematic Universe, Peter Parker+Natasha Romanoff, "Stop ogling me." "But you're Black Widow!"'
October
A Dish Fit for A Queen. Fairy Tales (Snow White), Drabble, universal. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, warm apple pie’.
November
The Timepiece, Sanditon (TV) Sidney Parker/Eliza Campion, Sidney Parker/Charlotte Heywood. 320 words. Universal. Spoilers for 1.08. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any/any, my only love’.
December
A Practical Solution. Sky High, Warren/Layla, universal, future fic. 276 words. Summary: The problem is Layla’s, the solution comes from Warren.
The numbers:
This year I wrote and posted: 3 fics and 25 ficlets in 18 fandoms, one of which was a crossover. (I class anything as 1,000 words or more as a fic.) by fandom. compared to last year?.
I also wrote some original micro fiction: Just A Very High Number an OFC/OMC sci fi teen comedy ficlet and All is brightness an OC/OC fantasy? teen drabble and sub-100-word ficlets: one/three/five-sentence fic and other comment fic. AO3 gives my wordcount as 12,796, but it’s a little higher if you count the above. I think that's less than I thought it would be around summer. It’s less than last year, when I wrote more fics but in fewer fandoms.
The (selected) questions:
Least favourite fic of the year: ‘Strange Bedfellows’ it seems like a joke that didn’t come off now.
Most popular fic of 2019: By kudos and comments: Aftermath of a spoiler, but that’s because it’s MCU (Steve/Darcy) and was about Endgame spoiler anxiety, ‘The Timepiece’ (Sanditon, Sidney angst) for hits though.
Least popular fic of 2019: ‘Strange Bedfellows’. Fair enough.
Easiest story to write: Most of the ficlets (excepting drabbles etc where there’s counting anxiety!)
Hardest story to write: The four longest ones were all started in 2018, so ‘Neither Here Nor There’, ‘The Business of Walking’ ‘A Party is Serious Business’ and ‘3,000 Miles Away.’
The longest completed fic you wrote in 2019: Neither Here Nor There
The shortest completed fic you wrote in 2019: There were some one sentence snippets I posted to comment-fic.
Fandom you enjoyed writing for the most in 2019: I wrote more Gotham fics than any other fandom, and I enjoyed the interaction with new canon, and, as I’ve said before, the cracky gusto of said canon is freeing. Sky High returned as my comfort fandom (I can’t quit it!) with slightly more gen fics than Warren/Layla fics.
Favourite character to write about in 2019: Selina Kyle. I want her to be happy, but when she is not, that gives me material too.
A fic you didn't expect to write: The Great British Sewing Bee RPF/Harry Potter crossover or a modern day AU for Mary Poppins Returns, which is a film I held out from seeing for a while.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January? The interaction between Natasha and Peter P in ‘Listen, Don’t Look.’ It totally came from the prompt, so it was surprising (although it shouldn’t have been) to get a response from shippers.
Number of fic(s) you completed in 2018: Most of the ficlets, so 24 (maybe).
Current number of WIPs: I'm not going to put a number on it, but there are some Gotham drafts from the summer I've returned to and a few other fics that I haven't abandoned.
Most memorable comment/review: The one that’s stuck in the memory is the reasonable critique of ‘This is not for you’, but I took this meme as an excuse to look over all the feedback I had this year, which was nice. I was reminded of being told that people had left ‘sad kudos’ for ‘The Timepiece’
Most fun story to write: Neither Here Nor There (the ‘Bruce, you really don’t want to get engaged to someone who isn’t Selina’ fic) or Never Say There Weren’t Leftovers (Dru and Darla hang out, and what that says about me, I don’t know).
Story with the sweetest moment: Probably I Love You in MPH, which is Neela’s POV of how carefully Ray is driving their new baby home from hospital.
Story with the single sexiest moment: The original fic ‘All is brightness’.
Saddest story: ‘The Timepiece’ is the angstiest, but ‘The Business of Walking’, which is more vicious, and ‘we had seasons in the sun’ (Dawn meets another universe’s Tara) aren’t far behind.
Most eye roll-worthy title: I refuse to roll my eyes at this year’s titles, although I admit I’m going to need more than the title to remember what some of them are about.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: I don’t think any did.
Story that is most at odds with my perceptions of the characters: ‘The Timepiece’ is more sympathetic to Sidney than I am overall. Also, ‘Strange Bedfellows’ to some extent.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story: Possibly ‘Never Say There Weren’t Leftovers’.
In conclusion: I met my goal of posting something each month, in the main because of ‘comment-fic’ where prompts give me ideas or hooks for ideas that I have anyway and the near-expectation that they’ll be ficlets lends confidence. No goals for 2020. There are WIPs I’d like to progress on and it would be lovely to complete and post a longer fic/fics, but I’m putting no pressure on myself.
This entry was originally posted at https://shallowness.dreamwidth.org/413054.html.