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 the upcoming year?
2. Will you participate in any fandom exchanges or fic challenges, etc?
3. Do you anticipate writing for a new fandom this year? Which one?
4. Do you think you’ll stop writing for a fandom this year? 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 this the year? Can you tell us about it?
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 this year?
12. Will you change anything about the way you edit or rewrite this year?
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 this year?
15. Do you foresee any personal or professional obstacles this year, 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?
21. Will you try writing software, like Scrivener or those programs that won’t let you stop writing?
22. Do you plan to take writing classes this year?
23. Would you like to go on a writing retreat?
24. By the end of this year, you want your fandom to think of you as “that author who _______.”
25. If you answered questions from this list last year, find your answers and compare your goals to your results. How’d you do?
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