So, as 2008 comes to an end, I've decided to just... study my accomplishments in the fanfic realm.
This is really, the first year that I've posted fanfiction. Not technically, because I had my spats of Mary-Sue OC's and whatnot when I was twelve, but this is my first year. Let's just say that.
20 Seperate DBSK One-shotsOut of all of these, I'm actually fairly proud of all of them. Which is a bit of a surprise, because I would expect to be upset about them. But I'm pretty content with most of them. If I had to pick a fic that I hated, out of these, it would probably be my three Haruhi song-fics. They weren't bad, but they were well, stupid. I'm well, just generally proud of the risks I've taken in posting my fic and in writing multiple genres. Picking a favorite one-shot... I think I would pick
Perfect Everything and
Marie.
Perfect Everything because well, it was what I wanted to write. It was a good fic. I'm proud of it.
Marie, on the other hand, was the first fic I wrote that gathered a response, and I'll be a fond memory because of that. I think there were parts that I could have done better, and maybe, one day, I will re-write it. For now though, I'm still in awe over the response that that... well, piece of crap, I called it right after I wrote it, got.
12 seperate DBSK drabbles/super-shorts, 1 Super Junior drabbleI actually dislike most of my drabbles. Which just goes to show that I should never write, well, crack, since most of my drabbles are crack. I actually well, like the
untitled drabble I wrote for the kiss meme. Though, I like the randomness of my
SuJu-M drabble, despite the fact that I don't well, follow SuJu.
2 Completed DBSK 'versesPsychologist 'verse was never supposed to be a 'verse. It was a crack super-short (
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muu_chan inspired, of course), that spawned into something else. Like most of my crack, I don't like it. But I'm moderately proud of it.
When the Enemy is the Self 'verse, on the other hand, I'm much more proud of. I realize I got lazy near the end, because I should have gone and written an unseen narrator. I like Yunho and Junsu's fics, but I feel like I could have done better. I'm really happy I wrote it, but I think I should have done much better.
4 Completed chapter DBSK ficsWonderworld of Mine Own Making (Anyband crossover) was... interesting. I wrote it for a friend, and to do some random physics geeking (and I highly dislike physics, so it's a wonder I wrote it at all). I actually don't like it much, but it was my first multi-part fanfic that I actually managed to write, and so I'm fond of it.
Red is well, disturbing imagery practice. That is exactly what it was, and I think I did it fairly well. I did what I wanted, and I learned what worked and what didn't work for me. So I like it, moderately.
The Spaces Between (Tales of Phantasia crossover) is, in my opinion, one of the best fics I've written. It was my first time experimenting with Shakespearean Tragedy format, and I'm just very very proud of it, not only for the fact that I managed to write it, but because I think my world building in this fic was really well done (a little arrogant, but I don't think I've managed to do so well in world building ever). It was subtle and I feel like my bit of world building in the Phantasia world (I refered back to the game as often as I could) just fleshed it out. I'm really really proud of this fic.
Hand in Hand is a fic that I actually wish I did better. I wrote and posted it at the same time (and never went back and edited it, the way I did with
The Spaces Between, and it feels horribly sloppy. It also was not supposed to be a dystopia, but rather simply an epidemic fic, and the government was not supposed to be so evil. What happened? No idea, but this is a 'verse that I'll probably play a little in later (I have another one-shot in this 'verse that I just need to polish up and post, if I ever feel the need.)
Uncompleted ficsSeventeen Days More,
The Quest for the Key to the Tower of Inspiration and Creativity,
Perfect Pitch 'verse, and countless one-shots that are languishing on my external.
I really want to finish Seventeen Days More, because well, I wrote that ages ago, and I still haven't finished it. I'm a horrible procrastinator. And I should probably finish Perfect Pitch 'verse.
Original ficsOverall, I'm moderately happy with these, but they're original. I haven't done nearly as much this year as I usually do, seeing as I've been writing fanfiction as opposed to original fic. That's something I'll want to fix next year. I still did good amount of original though, including NaNo, which I plan on finishing, soon.
ConclusionsI did a lot this year. I learned a lot, i wrote a lot, and overall, I think I improved a lot. I took a lot of risks, and I'm proud with what I've learned. I think I spent too much time in fandom, and should probably go back to original fic, taking what I learned with me. But overall, I'm just very happy with what I learned. It's been a good year. It's time to work harder next year.
Happy New Year, tiny flist of mine. ♥
