Thank you @boosbabycakes28 and @stylesthebrave for the tag :) it was fun to read yours and good to think about my writing year. 💙
1. Number of stories posted to AO3: 6
2. Word count posted for the year: 128,833
3. Fandoms I wrote for: One Direction
4. Pairings: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson (some side Ziam here and there)
5. Story with the most Kudos/Bookmarks/Comments: Letters to June
6. Work I’m most proud of (and why): probably Letters to June because I put so much into it and I don't even mean the research but emotions - I wanted readers to feel them and according to the feedback, they are really there to be lived through and that makes me really proud
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7. Work I’m least proud of (and why): hmm, I don't know, probably some of the short ones, because I tend to be less attached to stories which didn't cost me that much time (and soul) to write, maybe Three Hundred Cupcakes later, I had a massive writers block and I tried to break through with this one
8. Share or describe a favourite review you received: honestly, every kind comment is so caressing, my heart skips every time. Just yesterday I received a little nod (laughing emoji) to one silly joke in my Big Bang fic and it made my day. The biggest honour was when someone shared with me that they have re-read my story.
9. A time when writing was really, really hard: I had troubles during the summer, I had less time than I've thought and three promised fics with deadline ahead of me, all very different ones
10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you: hmm, in Passing By there is the scene broken in two chapters because of POV change, where Louis just goes all "fuck it" and then in next chapter Harry has to deal with aftermath of it and is in panic and I think the scene is full of thrill and fear and adrenaline and action and I don't usually write like this but still, I think it works really well
11. A favourite excerpt of your writing: I have many I still come back to. This one is from my Victorian fic I did for Reverse bang, not many read the fic, but I like the story anyway.
“It was someone you know, an artist. He explained to me that when he paints, he often messes up or simply changes his mind about what he wants to see on the canvas, but never throws the painting away. He loves that every previous stroke of the brush stays underneath whatever he paints over it. He didn’t mean to, but he gave me great advice in his little speech. Because in life, it’s never a blank canvas either. All that matters is what you choose to do with what you have been given in life. I realised that I can’t ever wash away what I’ve done in the past, because it’s what has shaped me. It’s important regardless of the fact whether it was good or bad.”
12. How did you grow as a writer this year: I hope I did. I see a difference, improvement. I went out of my comfort zone and wrote stories which aren't set in todays world. With every fic I want to try something a bit different, something new.
13. How do you hope to grow next year: My hopes are big, I would like to keep writing and overcome my insecurities... will see
14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc): I have an amazing experience with artist I worked with @moon-sun-thyme, @hazsocks, @fallinglikethis or @thelouandi. They own creativity fuelled mine and helped me finding worth in what I do as well.
15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year: There is a piece of me in what I write. I feel like it's all me, but I don't want to sound messed up. I think that every story I have written evolved around emotion I wanted to share.
16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers: I write only for a little over year, I am probably not that wise to advise. Maybe only to keep in mind that you can only expect things from yourself, other things aren't under your control. It can spare a lot of disappointment.
17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year: I will beta @larryislove fic for Big Bang and I am so excited for it. And as for my writing I started a Tolkien-inspired story set in Middle Earth. So I would like to transfer the story from my head onto paper.
18. Tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read: @fallinglikethis, @alltheselights, @allwaswell16, @greenblueish, @larryislove, @jacaranda-bloom, @lululawrence, @zanniscaramouche, @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed and literally every writer's because I love to read backstories to the fics I like.
You all probably have this already up so I'm gonna look for your posts. 💕
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(is there an opposite of an exclamation point I can add to the end of that previous statement?)
Time for annual evals is here again. Sometimes being a corporate whore really sucks. At least when this is all over, there’s the “massive” 3% pay raise that will begin hitting my paycheck. Almost makes it all worthwhile (or totally not worthwhile at all).
