2020 Fanfic Year Wrap Up Meme
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alley_skywalkerNumber of Fics: 17
Number of Unique Fandoms: 6 (Emma (2020), Harry Potter, NP&GC1812, Romeo and Juliet/Romeo et Juliette*, Star Wars, War & Peace)
Number of Unique Pairings: 13 (repeat ships: Romercutio [5], Tycutio [2], Romeo/Juliet [2], Bencutio [2])**
Total Number of Words: 103,258
*I’m counting Shakespeare canon and RetJ musical canon as one fandom here because I often don’t make too much of a distinction between them/borrowed aspects from both.
**Only counting pairings which were primarily featured as a focus of the story. Often times parings would hover in the background but weren't counted.
# Gen: 8
# Het: 2
# Slash: 13 (1 is pre-slash)
# Fem: 3
*Some stories fall into more than one category.
# PG: 9
# PG-13: 8
Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than you thought, or about what you predicted?
More, especially re: wordcount. I expected my job to be pretty intense, which it has been and more so in the last few months than I could have ever expected, but I also wasn’t expecting COVID, which I think allowed in large part for me to write the longfic that is responsible for a good chunk of the wordcount.
Where did you publish/archive your stories?
AO3 with some cross-posting to Tumblr. (I’m usually too lazy to cross-post to FFN these days, though I probably should.)
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
Emma (2020) for fandom. Bencutio for ship (what you won’t do for friends…).
Did you take any writing risks this year?
Eh, IDK if I’d say “risks” but wow I never would have thought I’d have a 36k fic in me, especially for ships I don’t actually ship myself lol.
Do you have any writing goals for the new year?
Hopefully get to at least one or two of those plot bunnies…
What’s your favorite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest.
Now Art Thou What Thou Art. But I’m also really proud of A Tender Thing, all things considered.
Okay, NOW your most popular story?
Going by kudos, Love Cometh Softly.
Story of yours most underappreciated by the universe, in your opinion?
Any Romercutio fic, tbh, lol. But ok, In Event of Existential Dread. (The Montacrew as an OT3 is also way underappreciated.)
Story that could have been better?
Revelations, unfortunately.
Most fun story to write?
A few! In Event of Existential Dread and To Never Part were those types of fics that kinda wrote themselves, for example.
Story with single sweetest moment?
God idk lol. A Tender Thing has some very sweet hurt/comfort.
The story that made you cry?
Mmm. And Then There Were Two probably came the closest.
Most "holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story?
Not this year lol.
Sexiest story?
Not this year either.
Hardest story to write
I struggled with several in different ways.
Easiest story to write?
See above under “most fun to write.”
Most unintentionally telling story
*shrug*
Story you haven't yet written, but intend to
I have a list. A very long one.
Number of Unique Fandoms: 6 (Emma (2020), Harry Potter, NP&GC1812, Romeo and Juliet/Romeo et Juliette*, Star Wars, War & Peace)
Number of Unique Pairings: 13 (repeat ships: Romercutio [5], Tycutio [2], Romeo/Juliet [2], Bencutio [2])**
Total Number of Words: 103,258
*I’m counting Shakespeare canon and RetJ musical canon as one fandom here because I often don’t make too much of a distinction between them/borrowed aspects from both.
**Only counting pairings which were primarily featured as a focus of the story. Often times parings would hover in the background but weren't counted.
# Gen: 8
# Het: 2
# Slash: 13 (1 is pre-slash)
# Fem: 3
*Some stories fall into more than one category.
# PG: 9
# PG-13: 8
Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than you thought, or about what you predicted?
More, especially re: wordcount. I expected my job to be pretty intense, which it has been and more so in the last few months than I could have ever expected, but I also wasn’t expecting COVID, which I think allowed in large part for me to write the longfic that is responsible for a good chunk of the wordcount.
Where did you publish/archive your stories?
AO3 with some cross-posting to Tumblr. (I’m usually too lazy to cross-post to FFN these days, though I probably should.)
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
Emma (2020) for fandom. Bencutio for ship (what you won’t do for friends…).
Did you take any writing risks this year?
Eh, IDK if I’d say “risks” but wow I never would have thought I’d have a 36k fic in me, especially for ships I don’t actually ship myself lol.
Do you have any writing goals for the new year?
Hopefully get to at least one or two of those plot bunnies…
What’s your favorite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest.
Now Art Thou What Thou Art. But I’m also really proud of A Tender Thing, all things considered.
Okay, NOW your most popular story?
Going by kudos, Love Cometh Softly.
Story of yours most underappreciated by the universe, in your opinion?
Any Romercutio fic, tbh, lol. But ok, In Event of Existential Dread. (The Montacrew as an OT3 is also way underappreciated.)
Story that could have been better?
Revelations, unfortunately.
Most fun story to write?
A few! In Event of Existential Dread and To Never Part were those types of fics that kinda wrote themselves, for example.
Story with single sweetest moment?
God idk lol. A Tender Thing has some very sweet hurt/comfort.
The story that made you cry?
Mmm. And Then There Were Two probably came the closest.
Most "holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story?
Not this year lol.
Sexiest story?
Not this year either.
Hardest story to write
I struggled with several in different ways.
Easiest story to write?
See above under “most fun to write.”
Most unintentionally telling story
*shrug*
Story you haven't yet written, but intend to
I have a list. A very long one.
