02 December 2020 @ 09:03 am
November Writing Wrap-Up + December Goals  

GOALS

November Word Count Goal: 5,185 / 5,000

2020 Total Word Count Goal: 143,723 / 150,000

2020 Total Writing Days Goal: 212 / 240

Not thrilled by the word count, but not mad at it either, as I did hit my goal and I really didn't think I'd be going much over it. So words were about what I anticipated even if I would have loved more.

NOVEMBER ROUND-UP

  • [community profile] hd_fan_fair: no words, but reveals went up so I can finally claim my fic! You can read it here.

  • [community profile] hp_nextgen_fest: no words, but reveals went up so I can finally claim my fic! You can read it here!

  • [community profile] daily_deviant January: with through initial edits, sent to beta, and went through beta edits.

  • [community profile] hp_nextgen_festBonus!Fic: no words, but reveals went up so I can finally claim this bonus fic that I unexpectedly co-write with the lovely [personal profile] shiftylinguini! You can read it here

  • Drarry PWP: outlined and started drafting!

  • Random Drarry!Fic: jotted down a couple of scene ideas. This will probably never be a thing, but I figured I'd write down the few ideas I had before they went up in a puff of smoke.

  • [community profile] hp_goldenage: outlined! Still haven't officially signed up as I want to actually attempt to write and confirm I can get something done because my muse is very spotty atm.

DECEMBER GOALS

December Word Count Goal: 7,000
This is how many words I need to reach my goal for the year and IDK if I have enough juice or projects to hit it. I should be able to since it's never too early to start on an idea for [tumblr.com profile] harrydracobang but nothing is coming together and I'm just generally not super inspired so that might not even happen at all for me.... we'll see!

December Fics to Focus On
  • [community profile] daily_deviant January: go through finaledits and prep for posting.

  • [tumblr.com profile] harrydracobang: figure out what I'm doing for this fest and outline!

  • Drarry PWP: finish draft!

  • Random Drarry!Fic: maybe keep prodding at this and see if anything comes of it.

  • [community profile] hp_goldenage: start draft and sign up for fest if that looks feasible.

Upcoming Fics / Stuff on the back-burner
  • Infidelity!fic: this is a very random plunny that I'm not totally wed to. I might add to/refine the outline, but tbd.

  • Drarry Coda: still kind of on the fence about this one. It's an expansion of an existing fic, I've got it outlined but I've been struggling to really find the will to write it. Which  I'm thinking is maybe a sign that I said everything I wanted to say in the original fic...

  • Taking Chances Sequel: This is waaay on the back-burner. Like, have-not-committed-to-making-this-a-reality back-burner. BUT, I do have a document where I've been tossing in ideas of potential plot points/scenes for a sequel, and I have a kind of vague idea of where the fic would go.I've got quite a lot of content here and should probably sit down soon and try and wrangle it into some semblance of an actual plot. I'm pretty excited about some of the ideas I have, but working on the first fic was so draining, that I'm not quite up for tackling another long Drarry fic at the moment. I'd lowkey love to at least outline this in 2020, but I've also got some big life stuff happening next year that will likely limit writing time, so IDK if that's even remotely feasible.

  • Pile O' Plot Bunnies: I currently have a list of over 20 concrete plot bunny ideas. Some of things I'll try and incorporate into fests or daily deviant themes. Some are sequels or codas to existing fics of mine. There are a couple of ideas here that I REALLY want to write at some point, so I'm always keeping an eye out for a good opportunity to prioritize one of my ideas.
 
 
 
 
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cunning as a weevil[personal profile] firethesound on December 3rd, 2020 01:09 am (UTC)
The "Pile O' Plot Bunnies" description always makes me laugh.

If you need someone to talk fic ideas with to get something sorted out for HarryDracoBang I am absolutely here for you. I would love more long grace!fic and am happy to assist in anything you need to help make that happen!! <3 <3 <3
gracerene[personal profile] gracerene on December 3rd, 2020 05:37 pm (UTC)
Thanks so much! I might take you up on that as ideas start to solidify! <3
glittering_git[personal profile] glittering_git on December 3rd, 2020 03:51 am (UTC)
Ooh good luck reaching your December goal! You're so close! I've also been ruminating on my big bang fic, but I'm not sure yet if I have an idea I want to go with.
gracerene[personal profile] gracerene on December 3rd, 2020 05:29 pm (UTC)
Thank you!! I have about a dozen ideas for HDBB but none that have really come together yet, and I'm not sure any of them are 50k ideas... Most of mine tend to fall in the 30k range!
glittering_git[personal profile] glittering_git on December 4th, 2020 06:56 am (UTC)
Yeah, that's about where I'm at, too. Although I'm not great at figuring out how long a fic will be (maybe it's because I haven't had much practice writing longer fics). Do you, as such a fabulous and experienced writer, have any tips or tricks that you use to estimate fic length?
fwooshy[personal profile] fwooshy on December 3rd, 2020 08:44 am (UTC)
ahh good luck with big bang!! seems like a huge undertaking

(no pressure obviously but) for selfish reasons I hope you don't drop the infidelity wip!! I dunno why but I love infidelity in fics
gracerene[personal profile] gracerene on December 3rd, 2020 05:30 pm (UTC)
Thanks so much! I'm still debating on if the style I want to attempt with the infidelity fic might be better suited to a different plot, but if so, I'd probably recycle the infidelity idea into something else, so I'm sure it won't be gone forever!
Walgesang[personal profile] walgesang on December 3rd, 2020 09:27 pm (UTC)
You're much better at keeping track of plot bunnies than I am! I swear sometimes I get an idea and think I ought to write it down and just.. ugh. Maybe a goal for me for 2021!
gracerene[personal profile] gracerene on December 8th, 2020 03:11 pm (UTC)
Haha, yes! I do find it helpful even just jotting the general idea now when they come to me!