This list is exactly identical to last year's list. My motivation to write, which has been fairly low the last couple of years, hit an all-time low last year, which I, again, attribute to my time-consuming college programming classes. Later this year, when summer rolls around and I am (hopefully) done with my AS, I may find my inspiration again.
As always, I encourage—no, beg!—those of you who enjoy my writing to, well, encourage me to write, or send me ideas for my WIPs!
The fics that I have on my to-write list, in the most likely order of my working on them, are below the cut.
"Lock and Key" (Frozen mAU (Domestic Assassin), Snow Sisters, fully outlined, 3 chapters posted)
To get back at Elsa for missing a planned sisterly get-together, Anna hides all of the coffee in the house. Chaos ensues, as Elsa tries everything up to and including foam dart guns to get the key to the coffee from Anna.
The Calm After the Storm, chapter 12 (Frozen canon!verse, Snow Sisters/Kristanna/Frohana/Frangled, partially complete)
The final chapter, still incomplete. In Jan '16, I got some helpful writing advice from @azaholmesly on the story, but I shamefully let it gather dust. As soon as "Lock and Key" is done, I'd really like to finish this and get it off my list.
"To See Her Smile" (Frozen canon!verse, Kristanna, not outlined or started)
Hurt/comfort fic. Anna has a nightmare, and Kristoff reaches her before Elsa does. (May work this idea around one or both of the Anna Weekend prompts.)
"Bus Stop" (Frozen mAU (Heiress), Kristanna, 1 chapter posted)
Like the song by The Hollies, a romance that begins at a bus stop. Semi-wealthy heiress Anna Aren runs out to the bus without her umbrella, and it starts raining. A tall, blond stranger rescues her, and agrees to help her out for the day, leading to a budding relationship. As with "A Warm Place", this will go little further than fluff and cuddles.
"Untitled" ('verse not decided, Frohana, not outlined or started)
Anna is having a bad day, so a very busy Elsa assigns Kristoff to try and lift her spirits. Don't have a clear plot for it just yet. (Suggested by @karis-the-fangirl, who asked for Kristoff solving a problem.)
"If-Then-Elsa" (either DA!verse or Sitcom on the Wire, no ideas yet)
(I'm tempted to go with DA!verse featuring "Ruth" here, because maybe she's also a bit of a hacker, like her namesake...? :P)
"Assassin's Treed" (Frozen mAU (Domestic Assassin), no ideas yet)
(Because Elsa's always winding up sniping from trees, and when my phone suggested "Creed" after typing "assassin", this title idea popped in there.)
"Rock the Frozen Heart" (Frozen mAU, not outlined or started)
Modern AU where Anna and Elsa (and possibly Kristoff) have their own rock group, based at least partially on real-life group Heart. (Headcanon explained in more detail here.)
"Untitled" (Frozen canon!verse, not outlined or started)
Since opening her door for good, Elsa has had trouble finding her way around the castle, to the point of getting lost on the way to meetings. (Headcanon from here and here.)
If anyone wants to shoot me ideas, for those fics that aren't outlined and have only a skeleton plot, or just to jump-start my muses, feel free to reply or PM me! My inbox is ALWAYS OPEN. 😉
Never one to be defeated so easily, Elsa stuck her foot out and swept Anna's legs out from under her. It failed to make her sister drop the dart gun, but she did land in a heap on the floor.
"Owww." Rubbing her bottom, Anna threw her a withering glare. "Where'd you learn to do that?"
Elsa pulled out her backup dart gun and got to her feet. "What, you don't think basic martial arts was part of my Org training?"
"You, a martial artist? Ha!" Anna picked herself up, and did not appear to be the least bit surprised that Elsa had recovered already.
"There you go, accusing me of being clumsy again," she remarked. "I wouldn't be able to do my job half as well if I wasn't able to maintain some grace under pressure."
It’s been 2 years now since I last posted a chapter of my multi-chap fic, The Calm After the Storm. I wish I could motivate myself to finish the last chapter. (I wish I could motivate myself to write anything right now. -_-)
To be honest, I’m not sure how it would look, compared to the other 11, if I finished it now. I’ve written so many things in the last two years that my style has undoubtedly changed. And even though the chapter is more than half written already, and has been betaed, I’m sure finishing it would be awkward at least.
*shrugs* No more difficult than the pile of other fics I have on my writing list. I just need motivation, I think. If I asked you all (especially my mutuals) to bug me to write one of the fics on that list, which would you most like to see me write first? Remember, feedback fuels motivation (most of the time)...
Been busy watching Person of Interest again. It’s a very soggy day in So Cal—just since yesterday we’ve gotten over 1.5″, and have a flash flood warning. Had some issues with a momentary power outage that rebooted our router and two of our computers, but the server and MCPC were unaffected; oddly, so was the Blu-ray player we were using. (It was freaky—the TV power was fluctuating, but the Blu-ray kept on playing!)
I got some more written on my Domestic Assassin fic early this morning, about 200 words, in the usual manner (my muses Just Popped In There, and so I wrote down the ideas before going to sleep). It’s up to a whopping... 426 words. 😅
So, how’re you all doing on this Perfectly Ordinary, Nothing-Special-Happening-Why-Do-You-Ask Day?
This list is (to no one's surprise) all but identical to the old list. It will probably stay that way, seeing as my motivation to write has been fairly low over the last year or so, which I attribute mostly to college. 😅 (Feel free to bug me to write any of these, or offer me ideas!)
edit 3/27/18: Added several additional fic ideas to the bottom of the list, and as such need to put this under a read more.
The fics that I have planned to start and/or finish writing this year, in the most likely order of my working on them, are:
"Lock and Key" (Frozen mAU (Domestic Assassin), Snow Sisters, fully outlined, 3 chapters posted)
To get back at Elsa for missing a planned sisterly get-together, Anna hides all of the coffee in the house. Chaos ensues, as Elsa tries everything up to and including foam dart guns to get the key to the coffee from Anna.
The Calm After the Storm, chapter 12 (Frozen canon!verse, Snow Sisters/Kristanna/Frohana/Frangled, partially complete)
The final chapter, still incomplete. In Jan '16, I got some helpful writing advice from @azaholmesly on the story, but I shamefully let it gather dust. As soon as "Lock and Key" is done, I'd really like to finish this and get it off my list.
"The Watch Cat" (Frozen mAU (Domestic Assassin), Snow Sisters/Kristanna, partially outlined, not started)
One of Elsa's cats is very fat, and likes to perch on the roof over the front porch, which weirds Kristoff out. Entering the house, though, he realizes that it's really not unusual, considering what the other cats do. (Suggested by @hathor-frozen. Got some good ideas for this one so far: Elsa playing with a cat's paw, like that cat video that went around a while back (@hathor-frozen); Elsa jokingly telling Anna that she's taught the cats how to snipe; cats sitting in odd locations (e.g., on top of chair-backs, like @frozenartscapes' cat). May be a good fic to write something more about Elsa's coworker Ruth; maybe she likes to cat-sit?)
"To See Her Smile" (Frozen canon!verse, Kristanna, not outlined or started)
Hurt/comfort fic. Anna has a nightmare, and Kristoff reaches her before Elsa does. (May work this idea around one or both of the Anna Weekend prompts.)
"Bus Stop" (Frozen mAU (Heiress), Kristanna, 1 chapter posted)
Like the song by The Hollies, a romance that begins at a bus stop. Semi-wealthy heiress Anna Aren runs out to the bus without her umbrella, and it starts raining. A tall, blond stranger rescues her, and agrees to help her out for the day, leading to a budding relationship. As with "A Warm Place", this will go little further than fluff and cuddles.
"Untitled" ('verse not decided, Frohana, not outlined or started)
Anna is having a bad day, so a very busy Elsa assigns Kristoff to try and lift her spirits. Don't have a clear plot for it just yet. (Suggested by @karis-the-fangirl, who asked for Kristoff solving a problem.)
"If-Then-Elsa" (either DA!verse or Sitcom on the Wire, no ideas yet)
(I'm tempted to go with DA!verse featuring "Ruth" here, because maybe she's also a bit of a hacker, like her namesake...? :P)
"Assassin's Treed" (Frozen mAU (Domestic Assassin), no ideas yet)
(Because Elsa's always winding up sniping from trees, and when my phone suggested "Creed" after typing "assassin", this title idea popped in there.)
"Rock the Frozen Heart" (Frozen mAU, not outlined or started)
Modern AU where Anna and Elsa (and possibly Kristoff) have their own rock group, based at least partially on real-life group Heart. (Headcanon explained in more detail here.)
"Untitled" (Frozen canon!verse, not outlined or started)
Since opening her door for good, Elsa has had trouble finding her way around the castle, to the point of getting lost on the way to meetings. (Headcanon from here and here.)
If anyone wants to shoot me ideas, for those fics that aren't outlined and have only a skeleton plot, or just to jump-start my muses, feel free to reply or PM me! My inbox is ALWAYS OPEN. 😉
