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Fanfic Year In Review Meme
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john_amend_all, out of several available options, because he linked to a handy template)
Stats:
List of Completed Fics:
"Unreasonable" (Doctor Who; 120 words; LJ, AO3)
"Testify" (Atomic Robo; 50 words; LJ)
"A Solemn Warning" (Batman; 50 words; LJ, AO3)
"No Longer" (Doctor Who; 50 words; LJ, AO3)
"Trails" (Marvel Cinematic Universe; 50 words; LJ, AO3)
"Quiet" (The Muppet Show; 50 words; LJ, AO3)
Total number:
6, all minifics written for prompt memes
Total word count:
370
Ship/character breakdown:
Different characters in every story. Only "Trails" has any shippiness whatever (and you'd need to be familiar with canon to notice, because it assumes the canonical relationship as background but doesn't explicitly refer to it).
Specifics:
Best/worst title?
For the 50-word prompt fics, I gave myself the additional restriction that the title had to be a subset of the prompt. I think "No Longer" was most successful product of that approach, and "Testify" the least successful.
Best/worst summary?
All the summaries are terrible, because they're all so short you can't summarize them and still have something left to read. I ended up just quoting the first line, which wasn't very successful. "Quiet" is perhaps the one with the least bad outcome.
Best/worst first line?
I'm tempted to say "Unreasonable", which would be cheating, because that was the line I was given as a prompt. Perhaps "Quiet", if first two sentences is allowed.
Worst is maybe "Trails". It's not terrible, but it doesn't really stand by itself.
Best/worst last line?
Best: "Unreasonable".
Least-best (you pretty much have to have a good closing line when you only have 50 words): "Quiet".
General questions:
Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than you thought, or about what you predicted?
Less than I expected, because I assumed I'd be doing Yuletide. (It didn't work out, what with running a play for most of the open period and out of the country for the rest.) And less than I'd hoped, because I intended to do a ficathon or a bingo card or something and I never did.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted last year?
I definitely would never have predicted writing Batman to the tune of James Whitcomb Riley.
What's your favorite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest.
"A Solemn Warning". I liked the challenge of keeping to both the metrical scheme and the word limit. (I should go back some time and finish that off properly, without the word limit.)
Okay, NOW your most popular story.
"Unreasonable", with a massive 50 hits and an overwhelming 3 kudos.
Story most underappreciated by the universe?
I'm grateful that any of them got appreciation, really.
Story that could have been better?
I just noticed this template doesn't have the question about "Where do you publish/archive your stories?" that there's been in some previous years. All these stories were on LJ first, because that's where the prompt memes were, and then archived at AO3 - except "Testify", which I decided didn't deserve archiving; it's not awful, but it's just kinda there. (See, I was answering the question.)
Sexiest story?
Not applicable.
Saddest story?
Either "Trails" or "No Longer", depending on what you find sad and how effectively you read in the relevant details from canon. (Neither is long enough to properly evoke sadness on its own, at least with me writing.)
Most fun?
"A Solemn Warning".
Story with single sweetest moment?
I don't think any of them were really going for sweet.
Hardest story to write?
I just couldn't get "Testify" to work the way I wanted.
Easiest/most fun story to write?
You'd think the filk with the 50-word limit would be hardest, and it probably did take the most work, but it was so much fun that it felt easy.
Did any stories shift your perceptions of the characters?
No. At this length, you're pretty much relying on evoking an existing conception.
Most overdue story?
All of these were done in one sitting. I still have plenty of old stories sitting on the backburner, getting more singed as the years pass, though.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
No, not really.
What are your fic writing goals for next year?
We'll have another shot at "Sign up for at least one prompt meme or ficathon or bingo card or like that", and see if it works this time. (But, Bullwinkle...!)
john_amend_all, out of several available options, because he linked to a handy template)Stats:
List of Completed Fics:
"Unreasonable" (Doctor Who; 120 words; LJ, AO3)
"Testify" (Atomic Robo; 50 words; LJ)
"A Solemn Warning" (Batman; 50 words; LJ, AO3)
"No Longer" (Doctor Who; 50 words; LJ, AO3)
"Trails" (Marvel Cinematic Universe; 50 words; LJ, AO3)
"Quiet" (The Muppet Show; 50 words; LJ, AO3)
Total number:
6, all minifics written for prompt memes
Total word count:
370
Ship/character breakdown:
Different characters in every story. Only "Trails" has any shippiness whatever (and you'd need to be familiar with canon to notice, because it assumes the canonical relationship as background but doesn't explicitly refer to it).
Specifics:
Best/worst title?
For the 50-word prompt fics, I gave myself the additional restriction that the title had to be a subset of the prompt. I think "No Longer" was most successful product of that approach, and "Testify" the least successful.
Best/worst summary?
All the summaries are terrible, because they're all so short you can't summarize them and still have something left to read. I ended up just quoting the first line, which wasn't very successful. "Quiet" is perhaps the one with the least bad outcome.
Best/worst first line?
I'm tempted to say "Unreasonable", which would be cheating, because that was the line I was given as a prompt. Perhaps "Quiet", if first two sentences is allowed.
Worst is maybe "Trails". It's not terrible, but it doesn't really stand by itself.
Best/worst last line?
Best: "Unreasonable".
Least-best (you pretty much have to have a good closing line when you only have 50 words): "Quiet".
General questions:
Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than you thought, or about what you predicted?
Less than I expected, because I assumed I'd be doing Yuletide. (It didn't work out, what with running a play for most of the open period and out of the country for the rest.) And less than I'd hoped, because I intended to do a ficathon or a bingo card or something and I never did.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted last year?
I definitely would never have predicted writing Batman to the tune of James Whitcomb Riley.
What's your favorite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest.
"A Solemn Warning". I liked the challenge of keeping to both the metrical scheme and the word limit. (I should go back some time and finish that off properly, without the word limit.)
Okay, NOW your most popular story.
"Unreasonable", with a massive 50 hits and an overwhelming 3 kudos.
Story most underappreciated by the universe?
I'm grateful that any of them got appreciation, really.
Story that could have been better?
I just noticed this template doesn't have the question about "Where do you publish/archive your stories?" that there's been in some previous years. All these stories were on LJ first, because that's where the prompt memes were, and then archived at AO3 - except "Testify", which I decided didn't deserve archiving; it's not awful, but it's just kinda there. (See, I was answering the question.)
Sexiest story?
Not applicable.
Saddest story?
Either "Trails" or "No Longer", depending on what you find sad and how effectively you read in the relevant details from canon. (Neither is long enough to properly evoke sadness on its own, at least with me writing.)
Most fun?
"A Solemn Warning".
Story with single sweetest moment?
I don't think any of them were really going for sweet.
Hardest story to write?
I just couldn't get "Testify" to work the way I wanted.
Easiest/most fun story to write?
You'd think the filk with the 50-word limit would be hardest, and it probably did take the most work, but it was so much fun that it felt easy.
Did any stories shift your perceptions of the characters?
No. At this length, you're pretty much relying on evoking an existing conception.
Most overdue story?
All of these were done in one sitting. I still have plenty of old stories sitting on the backburner, getting more singed as the years pass, though.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
No, not really.
What are your fic writing goals for next year?
We'll have another shot at "Sign up for at least one prompt meme or ficathon or bingo card or like that", and see if it works this time. (But, Bullwinkle...!)