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spnyuri · 6 months
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trying to decide if i'm writing my original work on word, docs, or by hand...
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tss-storytime · 3 months
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2024 TSS Storytime Big Bang FAQ
If you’re already familiar with the Big Bang, jump down to the Word Count and Communication and Check-ins sections for this year’s changes.
The Basics of the Bang
What is a Big Bang?
A Big Bang is a challenge that encourages writers to create long stories (25k minimum) within a certain time frame and artists to create works to pair with those stories. Basically, the fandom gets a lot of long stories and awesome art all at the same time! Every writer gets fanart, every artist gets inspiration, and everyone gets to enjoy the final product. 
Is this Big Bang limited to a certain pairing, genre, or rating?
No. Most ships (except incest) and gen stories are welcome. Likewise, AUs, crossovers and fusions, all genres and all ratings are also welcome, including NSFW fic and art.
Only adults (18 or older) may work on M+ or unrated works. NSFW works must be clearly indicated as such so that no one ends up partnered with someone whose work will make them uncomfortable) So long as the primary focus of your story is Thomas Sanders and/or the Sanders Sides, you are good to go!
How do I sign up? Will there be an email or a message so that I’ll know that I’ve actually gotten through?
You can sign up via the Google Form linked at the bottom of the pinned post! It’s via google forms so you should receive a confirmation message on the site once you hit submit. We’ll also post a list of everyone who has signed up about a week before sign-ups close.
Roles
I am both a writer and an artist, would I be able to sign up for both or should I just sign up for the one I’m more interested in? 
You can absolutely sign up for both if you think you can finish both! You can even sign up for more than one story as a writer if you think you can finish more than one.
Can I sign up as both an artist and a beta? 
Absolutely! You can sign up for all three things if you think you can manage them!
I want to participate but am not a writer or an artist. What can I do?
Please consider signing up as a beta or offering to cheerlead creators you follow. Writers and artists need and appreciate all the support they can get!
Writing Requirements
What’s the minimum word count? (Updated for 2024)
25,000 words.
This is a six-month challenge, from Feb 1st to August 1st, and you should use all the time available to you. So start writing as soon as you sign up, and make the most of all the time you have!
Writers must have a minimum of 1k words by April 1st. We recommend writers have at least 5k by the time artists begin to sign up in May.
Can I write more than one story?
You may, but please note that the deadlines and word counts hold for each story you submit.
Does my story have to be completed by the end of the Big Bang? Is it okay if I get past the 25k mark but by the time August rolls around it’s still going?
The story you upload in August should be complete on its own. You can definitely write a sequel and continue to explore the characters and the setting in future stories, but the one uploaded for the challenge should have a beginning, middle, and end and have its main plot threads resolved.
I’ve started a fic that I’d like to turn into a submission. Can I do that?
All works should be created specifically for this challenge. However, if you are working on a prequel/sequel piece to something you have already written, that is acceptable, as long as you link to the piece it comes before/after in your submission and it can be read and understood on its own. 
That said, so long as you have not posted any of your fic, you may use it for the challenge (this means don’t post chapters or large portions on your tumblr/AO3/etc. until your posting date. You can use your usual feedback methods so long as it’s not open to people you’re not personally conversing with).
Can the work be chaptered, or does it necessarily have to be a very very long oneshot?
We strongly recommend you chapter your work, however you will not be disqualified if you prefer to keep it as a oneshot. Be sure to meet the word minimum and have the fic complete and posted in its entirety by your posting date.
Does the work need to be a 25k words chaptered story or can it be several short stories set in the same universe following a loose timeline? Or just oneshots unrelated to each other but with something in common for each one shot? 
It should, if possible, be one story. Several snapshots from the same universe that have a unifying theme and follow a timeline would qualify under that—it’s all part of the same life story - but unrelated oneshots would not.
Does my story have to be beta read?
It’s highly encouraged, but not a necessity. However, there will be a list of betas you can ask to beta your fic and we will include any beta readers you are working with in your team channel on the event Discord server.
Art Requirements
I’m an artist, not a writer. How do I participate?
In May, artists will get to choose among anonymous summaries the writers submit. They will be posted about halfway through the challenge and artists will be given time to read through these and submit their top three choices. Once they have their assignment, they should work with their writer so that the finished product is something they both love.
Does the art for the project have to be digital or regular? And how massive of a piece is it?
The piece of art does not have to be digital or traditional - so long as you can get traditional art scanned, you can definitely use pencil/pens/markers/paint/etc.
As for how massive, you should expect to do one or more illustrations for the story you end up with. If you’re creating a large full color painting - either digital or traditional - you’d only really be expected to do one. If you’re going to create uncolored lineart, maybe two or three, etc.
The art should be commensurate with the level of effort the writer is putting into the event.
You’ll also be working with your writer directly, so you can coordinate with them once you’ve been assigned to each other to see what will work best for both of you!
What exactly do they make for the story? Can it be anything, like for example a comic of a scene in the story, or like a ‘cover art’ for the fic? 
Basically, yes. You’ll work directly with your writer, as they’ll need to give you access to their rough draft and plans so you can gain inspiration, so the two of you can work together to see what would fit best and is most exciting for both of you. But you can do any of those things. A comic, cover art, a single scene illustration, chapter headings, character portraits, whatever most inspires you and moves you!
The artist sign-ups are for drawings, paintings, and likely more if you can make a convincing argument to us and your writer! Writers are also indicating if there’s any kind of art they don’t want to receive you can be certain the person you’re paired with is more than happy to get your type of art for their story!
Beta
Are beta readers assigned to writers, or would the writer have to reach out to them? 
There will be a list of people who offered to beta with details of their preferences so you can contact them directly or ask for someone in the discord. If you’re having trouble finding someone, you can reach out to us and we’ll do our best to match you. However, we do want to avoid matching up everyone individually.
Do beta readers work exclusively with one writer or are they expected to beta multiple works if multiple writers reach out to them? 
That’s up to the individual beta! If you wish to work with only one person, you can let us know once you have arranged things with them and we’ll take you off the list. If you wish to work with multiple people, you can do that, too. Just remember not to stretch yourself too thin!
Can we have our friends edit and look at our story if they are not a part of the Big Bang? 
Absolutely! You can use any beta/editor/cheerleader you’d like. Just be sure the story itself isn’t up for general viewing until your posting date. But someone doesn’t have to sign up to be an event beta to help you edit. The beta sign-ups are to help writers who don’t already have someone to look over their work. It’s also a great way to make new friends :D
Communication and Check-ins
Communication: Discord and Tumblr
All announcements will be made on Discord first. We will cross post to Tumblr, but Discord is the place to be for the latest information. After you have signed up as a writer, artist, beta readers, or a pinch-hitter, you’ll get the link to the Discord.
We ask that all participants join the event Discord server.
What does check-in mean?
Since the sign-up period is quite long, there will be regular check-ins to be sure anyone who signed up way back on Feb 1st both still remembers signing up and is still interested in participating. This is a long challenge and people do move fandoms/have life things happen.
What if I’m not available/busy during a check-in?
With the exception of the minimum 1k word count in April and the 5k word count by the end of artist sign-ups, you don’t have to have a particular amount done by a check-in. It’s simply to let us know you’re still working on it. We’ll also create a post and send out messages/asks about a week before the check-in date as a reminder—both on tumblr and on discord - so as long as you’ll be able to shoot a quick “yes, still working!”, you’re good! 
You can also check in early, it’ll be done in the same manner as the sign up—via google forms that are posted about a week in advance of when the check-in is due.
Collaboration
What if there was an uneven number of participants like 40 artists signed up but 80 writers. What would happen then? 
Initially there will be more writers signed up than artists but by the second check-in some of those writers will duck out (quack) which usually evens things out a bit.
That said, in some years, several artists have volunteered to create art for more than one story, and we will put out requests for more if it’s incredibly unbalanced. There will also be pinch hitters to jump in in case we need to replace an artist later into the event.
Alternatively, if we have many more artists than writers, multiple artists will be assigned to the same story. No matter what, every writer who finishes will receive art!
What’s a pinch hitter? 
An angel. 😇
Someone who is willing to jump in to create something they otherwise wouldn’t have because someone else backed out. In a Secret Santa, these will usually be people willing to write a story if one of the participants doesn’t, for example. In this case, we will likely ask for people who would be willing to be ready to jump in as artists if a writer’s partner isn’t going to finish, or disappears, or something like that. Hopefully they won’t be needed, but their willingness to step up makes a challenge of any kind run much more smoothly!
How much should you share with your partner?
You’ll share your draft with your artist and your beta reader, but not with anyone else. You should be ready to show them everything you have once they get assigned to you, and to send them updates—that way they’ll be able to gain inspiration from all parts of the story. Many teams use Google Docs and Drive to make it easier to collaborate.
In May, we’ll post the summaries writers supply for the artists to choose among, but those should just be two or three paragraphs at most, basically what you’d read on the back of a book to get you to buy it.
Is a title required for the summaries that will get posted for the artists?
Nope! If you have one, it will be posted with the summary, but no worries if you don’t - and no worries if it changes between then and posting!
Posting
How will the works be posted? 
There will be a schedule for the month of august for when which works will be posted so that all works are spread out and get the attention they deserve without overwhelming people. Works can be posted on AO3, on your own tumblr, or wherever you feel most comfortable. The work should be posted in full somewhere. If it’s on tumblr, just @ this blog on your post(s) so we can reblog it here, if it’s exclusively somewhere else just @ this blog on the post with the link.
Can you post all of your fic on one site, but post it at different dates for another? For example, could I post the whole thing on AO3, but then post daily chapters on Tumblr?
Sure! As long as the full fic is available online on your posting date and not before, you can post it in another place however you like!
As writers, are we allowed to post teasers of our stories on our blogs to let our followers know what we’re working on, or do we have to hold all the content until the very end? 
So long as it’s just a teaser and doesn’t go up until after the summaries have been claimed and artists assigned, yes. Summary claiming is anonymous to be sure everyone’s story gets the same chance among all the artists so please don’t indicate which summaries is yours/what you’re working on in detail before that publicly.
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exilethegame · 1 year
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Writing Update (11/13/22)
Hello everyone! I'm actually quite happy since I reached my writing goal for this month and was able to write 22k words in time for the chaos that is the end of November. I'm happy with everything that's been written, and the more I write, the more Chapter 5 feels like proper ending to the demo of the game (and first act of the plot).
As of now, Pt. 2 of Chapter 5 is 46k words in total!
I likely won't be able to get much writing done looking forward with the amount of school work that will be coming my way, but we'll see! As of now, the Amilia + Vethna scene is done which means the check-in scene is 1/3 done at 25k words. I have Syfyn + Nikke's dialogue to write next, followed by Sabir.
These scenes are always the most grueling to write because I'm basically just rewriting the exact same scene over and over again three-five times over again for all the different affinities MC can have the characters. The good news is that Vethna + Amilia's scene was the most complicated of them all, so everything by comparison should seem pretty easy.
I have one other scene that's also pretty boring (it's the introduction to the hobbies) as it's the same thing of writing the same scene over and over again but slightly different. However, everything else should be pretty easy + fun to write.
There are two scenes where MC picks a companion to speak to, but it's limited to those MC has high affinity with. So, even though I need to write 4-6 variations of a scene, they'll all be completely different since I don't have to worry about rewriting scenes for mid to low affinities. Instead, I can just focus on MC's personality and dialogue choices, which is way more fun to write (and when things are fun, I'm usually way more productive).
I'm notoriously bad with word estimates but I'll try and make one anyway (if not just for giggles). I think the second part of Chapter 5 will probably be around 150 - 200k words, which will make Chapter 5 as a whole ~400 words in total. It'll be interesting to see if the game hits the 1 million word mark by the time I finish or not, but we'll just have to wait and see... 👀
That's all for now. Thanks for reading! :)
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andypantsx3 · 8 months
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Hello,
I wanted to ask how to keep yourself motivated to write these long series?
Hello my love!!
The answer is that I don't always!! I cannot advocate enough for the importance of taking a break from something you're getting burnt out on. I see a lot of people beating themselves up for not being able to power through things and just finish them up, but in my experience that only hurts your creative process and leads to you disliking the work!! And the most important thing about writing fic is not finishing it, it's enjoying it, because it's a hobby!
For example, I accidentally took nearly a year-long hiatus from incendiary because I find it tough to write and review due to the seriousness of some of the undertones!! And I think doing so was absolutely the right call, because I was able to keep writing by working through and completing other, easier projects like fingerprints and Deceiving the Duke, which let me build my confidence back up to return to incendiary recently!!
I think it can also help to write little drabbles or one-shots in between chapters of a longer fic, to help scratch the itch for diversity! Which leads me to another point:
You want to spend time identifying what is the appropriate length of a fic for you at this point in time. I have aspirations of writing like 160K word fics like @/ofmermaidstories, but I find that I get antsy as I get close to the 25K mark and start wanting to work on something else.
So instead, I've slowly been building up the average length of my fics over time (like, cover shot was 16K, savvy was 17K and conspire was only 13K(!!) compared to my most recently-completed fics Deceiving the Duke at 30K and fingerprints at 38K). But this is only because I started from the bottom and learned to close out fics on a smaller scale first; it makes it easier to gradually work your way up to writing a longer fic if you're doing it by adding maybe only one chapter or 1K extra at a time!!
The last point I will make is making sure you're planning your fic in the way that is most helpful to your process. For me, I can't continue to write if I don't have a full roadmap ahead of me, and don't know which points I should be hitting chapter-to-chapter. So I have to make sure I plan my fics out in advance to the appropriate level of detail in order to ensure I'm equipped to keep going. On the other side of things, some people think that planning a fic out too much is akin to already writing it, and they lose interest in completing it, as they already sort of feel it's concluded!! So I would think about what level of planning will help you stay motivated, and make sure you're sticking with that!!
Anyway I hope this helps!!!! Sending you my absolute best vibes and cheering for your success!!
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skylarkblue · 5 months
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y'all i'm tired. i've gotta write 2600-or-so words today to catch up, hit the necessary 25k for the halfway mark.
i know i can do it. i know i can.
but y'all, i'm like....is this healthy? is this benefitting me? it's not making me a better writer. it's causing me a lot of undue stress. like, i know i can do it because i've done it before. many, many times. who am i proving myself to at this point? it's never going to win my dad's approval because he doesn't understand how writing works.
who am i trying to prove myself to?
fuck. i don't know anymore.
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co-reborn · 2 years
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2 Year Anniversary
2 years ago, while waiting for an activity to begin at around this hour, I opened up Apple Notes and begin writing fanfiction and smut for the first time.
I first started posting on Wattpad before moving my primary posting place to Tumblr in June 2021, having gained a bit more confidence. But it was still obvious that I have much more to learn.
I kept working on myself, trying to learn a bit from several authors and seeking help from them. I’ve improved significantly from when I’ve first started (the bar was just too low anyways) but I do know I need to work on myself more.
In total, I have posted 58 fics although 23 was written when inexperienced and left to rot on Wattpad lol
I’ve also hit 2.5k followers 10 days ago no one understood my weird ass message on discord lol
Thank you for following me, whether it was for all 2 years or just minutes ago. I’ll keep working hard to provide more content that you’ll enjoy 😁
So with all those words aside, here are some key points of these past two years:
feel free to skip these
June 2020: Bored c.o began writing, churning <1k words chapters almost daily on Wattpad.
December 2020: My book on Wattpad hit 25k views, somewhat the first milestone I was excited about
May 2021: I began to post my works on Tumblr under co-writes
June 2021: I began to interact with other members of the community… wait no. I only interacted with @sinswithpleasure in DMs lol. He gave me the whole idea for Bucket List even before part 2 came out and I have became BL’s biggest fan and expert. I also began my Community Idea project which had some semblance of success (to the extent that Ddeun unfollowed me cos I was spamming the feed with asks lol)
July 2021: I began interacting with other members of the community by joining ELP’s discord server and it pretty much changed my life. I talk to these people almost everyday now and my writing life would be much more stale without them. Thank you guys.
October 2021: I posted Conquer, thinking it was going to be a oneshot. But @worldsover loved it so much that it’s now a collaboration (my first! and only) and what seems to be my most successful series rip my other dead ones lol
November 2021: I was unhappy with my seemingly slow growth on co-writes and it was pointed out that it being a secondary blog on the account might have caused the problem. Hence, I locked the account up and moved over to this very blog, resetting all my followers and notes progress.
January 2022: Before irl shit came into my life, I wrote what is my most successful fic ever: Bust or Bust. I have no idea why it’s so well received but I’ll take it. Also, it marked my first fic featuring an idol outside of Twice (Fun fact: the first non-twice idol appearing on my blog was supposed to be Jiheon in Conquered Odds but the power of the horni)
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Well, those are the key points of my writing career that I can remember/find. Once again, thank you for sticking by my blog and reading my fics. It really makes my day whenever I see people enjoying what I put out.
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delucadarling · 1 year
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I’m officially at the 25k mark for Broken Contract. My goal for it has been 50k words, to get my feet wet re:novel writing. Even if it’s taken me a while to get here, it feels good to hit the halfway mark :>>
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atinystraykid · 2 years
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@rose-talks-alot tagged me - thankyou, Rose! :)
favorite time of year: Summer! Sunny days make me feel happy.
comfort food: Spaghetti! I guess this makes me a walking stereotype but I am the "Could happily eat the same food every single day" kind of autistic and my same-food is spaghetti with tomato sauce.
do you collect something? I am trying to collect photocards. Ordered my first set almost 6 months ago and it still hasn't arrived yet, so for now it's just a... collection in theory?
favorite drink: I mostly drink water for health reasons these days but I love sweet sugary stuff like Sprite.
current favorite song: Maniac by Stray Kids!
favorite colors: Purple and Black and Grey. Basically the asexual flag and that's a pure coincidence.
last song: Nighttime by Bright Vachirawit
last series: I am currently watching Old Fashion Cupcake. Still haven't finished it yet, I am incredibly slow with watching new series or movies as I mostly re-watch my favorites over and over again.
last movie: Color Rush 2! It was really good
sweet, savory, spicy: Sweet
craving: Right now? I talked about spaghetti, so now I crave them. I am a really boring person
currently working on: My third novel! I hit the 25k words mark yesterday, woo!
I am not sure who has already done this, I have seen it a lot on my dash - @atinykitty @loverlix @the-dreaming-me if you haven't done this yet, feel free to do it!
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airbluest · 5 months
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I hit 25k on my first draft today! I'm about 5k words away from hitting the halfway mark (or if the fic is shorter than I initially estimated, then I'm already there!).
I also mostly worked on the chapter where Xiangling makes her first appearance, which is funny because apparently it's also her birthday today! I'm not very good at keeping track of birthdays for fictional characters (except Bennett I will never forget his birthday) so this was a happy little accident!
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ysabelmystic · 6 months
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Finally hit 50 page mark on my novel.
I took the original feedback of spending more time with the characters instead of jumping straight into the action but also this is 50 pages (about 14k words) of only a few hints of Something’s Wrong and not any actual action. And it could easily be another 10k+ words before the crazy shit happens and idk like…I’m trying to do fantasy horror and a character driven plot so like…is that a lot of words? Is potentially 25k too long to spend in the first 2-3 steps of the hero’s journey?
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unrequitedloveletter · 9 months
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I hit 25k words in my current novel wip
this project is the one I would’ve hated and given up on at the 10k word mark so I’m proud that I’ve actually managed to make it to 1/4 of my wc goal for this project
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coghive · 9 months
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Sarah Reeves Packs One-Two Punch With Viral Hit “Get Back Your Fight”
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At the request of fans, Curb | Word Entertainment singer, songwriter and pop artist Sarah Reeves debuts viral hit “Get Back Your Fight,” available today (6/23) — listen HERE. The blazing track marks the first song written and produced solely by Reeves. The music video premiered on Wonderland, a global magazine highlighting the best new and established talent across pop culture and can be found below. After posting a reel of her demoing the first verse and chorus of the honest, theatrical selection that gives listeners a glimpse into Reeves’ mental health journey, the songstress garnered 25K new followers on social media in a month’s time. As fans gave the clip legs, the in-demand lyricist was challenged to complete the song that reveals her slapping on a fake smile, stuffing down her issues, and letting depression wreak havoc on her psyche. “Get Back Your Fight” finds the multifaceted artist in the ring, throwing a calculated one-two punch at fear and reassuring listeners they’re not alone in the struggle.
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“I’ve done a lot of digging deep and healing this year, but sometimes I surprise myself when something comes up that triggers me or takes me back a few steps. It’s discouraging, but at the same time, I never want to be afraid to confront those issues that are deeply rooted in my heart. Let’s keep growing, keep healing; and don’t be too hard on yourself when you mess up. No hurt is ever wasted. We’re all in this together. Be kind to one another,” Reeves encourages fans, who continue to share her reels of “Get Back Your Fight.” “I’m so glad this song is helping and connecting with so many of you.” “Get Back Your Fight” is the third in a series of new releases from Reeves this year, following nostalgia-laced offering “Jealousy” and romantic, first dance-worthy “Wanna Be Here,” which was featured in Hallmark Channel’s original movie, A Winning Team, this spring. Reeves will continue sharing new music in the months to come, leading up to a new full-length LP expected this fall. Sarah Reeves - Get Back Your Fight https://youtu.be/Yu9CzsBhk5o Read the full article
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duhragonball · 1 year
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Nanwum VI Update: 24,172
I’ve got some more writing to do before I call it a night, but I think I need to pause here to reflect on the tactical position I’m in.  I’ve been doing these silly little writing update posts for years now, and I always felt a little awkward about it, but now I’ve got enough of these writing goals under my belt that I can go back and look at past entries and I think it’s been very helpful.  So I’m going to capture some things here in the hopes that it’ll be valuable in the future. 
Okay, so basically I’m finding myself in a similar word count rut to what I went through in 2019, and I’m trying to fight my way out of it, but also understand why this is happening.  I’m just shy of the halfway mark, and that’s good, but it’s also taken me a while to clear that hurdle, just like it did in ‘19.  I feel like I run into this issue a lot, where it takes me a long time to get from 20k to 25k. 
I think this may be a side-effect of my traditional Nano strategy, which is to take several days off work at the start of November, and then use that time to build up a healthy lead.  And it’s been effective, sure, but then I go back to work, and it collapses my momentum.   My sleep schedule’s kind of borked up, the job takes a toll on my motivation, and that has a demoralizing effect that can lead to a vicious cycle.  Before I know it, four or five days have gone by and I’ve lost a lot of the lead I’d built up in the early going. 
The big issue here is that I sort of know it’s going to be this way, but I fail to properly take it into account.  I was doing so well that I decided I would aim for 3k on Day 9, but guess what?  I didn’t sleep so good on the night of Day 8, so I was too tired on Day 9 and wound up writing 0 words.  This got me thinking of how I could play catch up on Day 10, except that’s just a recipe for failure.   If I was having a hard time doing 3k, it’s pointless to think I can somehow hit 6k the next day.  I’d just fail to hit that goal too, and feel crummy even when I get respectable word counts below that. 
So I’d like to get back on track, but it’s clear to me that this isn’t something I can hotshot in one day, even a day off.  So I’m shooting for a 3-day plan where I get to 37k.  It’ll require me to write over 4000 words for each day, but I think that’s a realistic challenge for a weekend, if I play it right.   If not, I’ll probably end up somewhere more like 33k, which isn’t so bad.  
But I’m starting to realize that I need to plan for this sort of thing ahead of time.   There’s going to be a crash after I come out of a long vacation/writing spree.   I’ve always assumed that I would crash during Week Three of a 30-day writing project, but maybe the reality is independent of time.  If you do exactly 1/30 of the goal each day, you hit the halfway mark of Nano on Day 15, which is the beginning of Week Three.  I always thought I was being clever trying to get to 25k really early, but all I’m really doing is just hitting the wall ahead of schedule.  And then getting past the wall and finishing the goal ahead of schedule, but the wall never actually gets eliminated. 
I’m not sure how to adjust for that.  Maybe it’s not worth trying, since I know I can deal with it.  And maybe the mere awareness of the issue is good enough.  I just need to stop beating myself up about it.  On the other hand, I think there’s a fix for this.   It probably involves a reduced word count goal in the middle, followed by a sprint at the end, but I’ll have to think about it.
In the here and now, I’m going to try to tackle about 13,000 words over the next three days, and I’m finding myself faced with a major hurdle.  At this point in my fic, I’m basically writing a long, drawn out battle with Demigra, the final boss of Xenoverse 1.  I knew this was coming, but now that I’m here, I find myself struggling to make the battle work, because I have no idea how strong Demigra is or how his powers work.   The basic outline looks like this:
1. Demigra enters Tokitoki City and defeats Trunks.
2. Luffa returns from mission and confronts Demigra, who sics mind-controlled Trunks on her.
3. Luffa neutralizes Trunks and takes on Demigra one-on-one. 
4. Goku shows up and he and Luffa fight Demigra together? Well, that’s how it happens in the game, anyway. 
5. Demigra destroys the Time Vault, which leads to Luffa following him into the Crack of Time to fight him in his final form(tm).
I never had to think about it before now, but it’s basically this long gauntlet match for Demigra.  He beats Trunks, which is a pretty tall order in itself, and then he holds off two more Super Saiyans, and he still has enough left in the tank to put up a good fight at the end. 
I think I pretty much have to give this guy some sort of self-healing ability.  I can’t just make him super-duper strong, because his strongest form is the big blue demon look he uses at the end, and it only takes one Super Saiyan to beat him.  So there has to be some sort of tactical component to it, where Demigra has a way to stay in the fight, and the good guys have to dismantle that ability before they can beat him.
Demigra does have a sort of power echelon thing in this conflict.  Between (1) and (2), he eats Tokitoki, which presumably gives him extra power, so that explains why he can take on Goku and Luffa at the same time in (4), even though I want Trunks to put up a decent showing in (1).   But I need him to take a lot of punishment here, sort of like how Cell would get wrecked all through DBZ, but keep coming back.  Maybe he can undo injuries with time power or something.   That’d be kind of neat.
Yeah, I’ve lost an hour of writing time workshopping all this, but I think it did me some good.   Writing fight scenes is actually pretty good for racking up word count totals, but it only works when you have the battle conditions laid out well.  Otherwise it just turns into this GT-style combat where characters just hit each other in this endless back and forth until it’s time for the fight to end.   I can’t let that happen.
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Hey! I just wanted to give an update on the current progress on Body Count.
Current wordcount: 25,323 Average playthrough: 10,376
We have a completed prologue and approximately half of chapter 1 complete! I’m still debating where I want to cut off the first demo (whether to cut it off half way through chapter 1 and release around 30k words, or wait until I have a full chapter), but I’m really pleased with what I have so far.
The prologue takes us through the process of MC being cast in the show, which I think is a nice opportunity to establish some details of their personality and motivations. Then, chapter 1 takes you through entering the villa for the first time and meeting a bunch of the other cast members. 
Since most of the prologue is spent with Charlie, who conducts MC’s casting interviews, I thought it’d be nice to share a sneaky peak at your first meeting with him: 
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pls share some of your spn fic recs 🥺🥺
ok, a few things first:
followers and mutuals who do not have supernatural brainworms, kindly avert your eyes
i don’t normally rec or even read much fanfic any more but this is a CRISIS ok (cont.)
there is so. much. content for deancas out there and i have incredibly high standards, several ancient ao3 bookmarks, can speedread, and want to spare you guys the experience of wading through it all.
i also have a section for spn femslash since I was pretty into that back in the day (sadly a lot less fan content for this :/)
I don’t really like au’s or pure smut (I honestly usually just skim or skip those scenes) so if you’re mainly looking for that kind of thing this probably won’t be very helpful to you. jsyk.
i’m not great at describing stuff but i’ll do my best, i’ll also try and add tw’s when neccesary.
i wil try and keep updating this with any other decent fics i find, feel free to rec stuff too since i’m like 7 years behind.(edit 1/25/21) this is getting looooong so i’m going to start making another list on my spn blog rather than update this one
(edit 1/3/21) since this has gotten pretty long i’ve added rating/approximate word counts and marked my particular favorites with an asterisk.
Dean/Cas fic:
So Says The Sword*** - explicit/85k. FUCK its good...au/time travel where dean is not pulled out of hell by cas and says yes to becoming the michael sword. honestly could serve as an alternative to actually watching the show, if you want to get into dean/cas without actually doing that to yourself.
Fata morgana.*  - teen/6k, pst s9 finale. very bela centric and i love it, she finds cas looking for dean in hell.
Redemption Road -misc/600+k. an incredibly long fic from a collaborative writing group back in the day. canon divergent from the end of s6 on, has a cool take on godstiel and the leviathans, as well as the lovecratian mythos connection. ngl when i reread it i only made it about 28% in but imo the casual reader can actually stop around there, the rest concerns a lovecraftian apocalypse that is still good (i think i don’t remember it very well) but not required to enjoy the first half. if you prefer i have an ebook version i can send you on gdrive.
Someone Who's Feeling For Me* - mature/45k, s12. they run into lisa braeden and dean thinks cas is into her while cas thinks dean still likes her. treats lisa way better than the show ever did and the miscommunication is pretty funny rather than annoying.
a turn of the earth - mature/95k. time travel fic where cas from s10 keeps showing up in deans life from a few years before s1 to right before the hellhounds take his soul.  slow burn, good character study, and at one point cas punches the dad in the face and it rules.
On the Wings of War - teen/85k, canon divergent s5. dean accidentally becomes the Horseman of War. plays fun, fast and loose with biblical lore, michael has some rights.
Named - mature/95k, alternate s5. EXTREMELY blasphemous in a fun sexy way. manages to predict metatron almost to a T. there’s one major character death and its literally jesus christ, everyone is very sad about it and it sets the rest of the story rolling. an alternate interpretation of cas’ mission to raise dean from hell which had me on the floor. ngl its kind of misogynistic at points, but its from 2010 and tracks with late oughts-2010 spn (sorry anna the author did you dirty here:/).
The Girlfriend Experience - explicit/15k. uhhh i don’t normally rec or even read smutty stuff unless someone i know is specifically asking for it but this has stuff like sam trying to be a good ally and dean thinking holding hands with cas is ‘kinda gay :/’ minutes after having gay sex with him.
i crippled your heart a hundred times - explicit/19k, s8. cas confesses his feelings and dean spends a long time getting his head out of his ass about it. truly hits different after the actual confession, despite being written six years early it feels like its actually what could have gone down more or less if the writers weren’t talentless demons who hate us.
My Roots Take Flight** - mature/125k. reverse au where cas is a hunter and dean’s an angel...OR IS IT???? an alternate retelling of s4. tw for briefly being set in a psychiatric hospital/the hospital being mentioned somewhat frequently throughout the fic, plus more references to torture in hell and heaven than usual.
The One Thing You Can't Lose* - teen/4k.you know those posts about how cas is a super-strong super-tough ancient warrior but he just lets dean tug him around because he likes it? thats it thats the fic.
Hands, From Which All Things Are Built - teen/14k, post s8′s ‘goodbye stranger.’ cas is on the run with the angel tablet but keeps in touch with sam and dean by text, he and dean still manage to be terrible at Actual communication.
Autrement, Danger - or, The Account of an Exceedingly Long Day - mature/30k, post s11. a monster that takes the appearance of your soulmate leads to some wild miscommunications and dealing with years of repression, also dean gets to see cas’ true form which is always cool. tw for non-graphic mentions of underage sexual assault/sex work.
Down to Agincourt - mature/explicit/900++++k, endverse continuation. endverse!cas survives his encounter with lucifer and discovers another time-displaced dean from s7. i’ve only read the two of four parts but its really good, veeeeery slow burn, has a lot of fun oc’s and takes a rather surprising but (imo) entertaining and intriguing turn into Hellenic history and mythology. usual tw’s for endverse/endverse!cas but nothing graphic, it’s actually pretty light-hearted (relatively speaking of course).
Nothing Equals the Splendor** - explicit/8k, THEE finale fix it fic you’ve been waiting for! posits that the entire final episode was just a (very bad and lame) djinn’s vision.
like moses and batman and james dean - explicit/31k, post s8. explores dean’s trauma and internalized homophoba from his technically canon experience with sex work and its impact on his relationship with cas. the sex work itself isn’t really shown in any detail but it’s still a relatively heavy fic.
Crazy Diamonds - explicit/25k, s4/alternate s14. fresh-out-of-hell dean and dean from 10 years in the future are displaced from time and sent to each other’s present.
where the weeds take root - explicit/30k. au where the men of letters kick them out of the bunker and they accidentally move out into the country, get over their codependence and semi retire. featuring chicken coop building, sam volunteering at a dog shelter, gardening, and blissfully mundane domesticity.
No Resting Place - teen/6k. djinn dream fic, switches back and forth between cas’ dream of being married to dean and retired from hunting to the aftermath when he wakes up. tw for brief mention of suicide since, y’know, djinn dream.
any port in a storm - mature/52k. post s8 finale. cas and dean have to pose as a couple going through a rough patch for a case and actually deal with their emotional baggage, cas struggles with being human and metatron is up to stuff.
all this and heaven too* - explicit/7k. in the author’s own words ‘...a love letter to every trans person who ever projected onto Dean Winchester.’ absolutely unzipped me emotionally and theologically, its just. so good. tw for very brief mentions of internalized transphobia/dysphoria.
Because it is* - mature/6k, finale fix it. killing chuck does not bring back anyone back and the winchesters spend a very long time dealing with what they’ve lost, cas and dean SOMEHOW still manage to have signifigant communication issues even after the confession. tw for suicidal thoughts/brief attempt.
Vena Amoris and Other Old-Fashioned Bullshit* - teen/4k, s6. when cas fell for dean it automatically soulbonded/angel married them, shenanigans ensue when dean finds out during the angel’s civil war. funny and actually written back when s6 was airing so cas is still (or at least pretending to be) kind of an OP asshole which is fun.
Rinse, Repeat - teen/3k, s8. angsty character study of cas as he’s reprogrammed and trained to kill dean. not really dean/cas since its just cas’ pov of canon events but its beautifully written and ends with him snapping out of it through the power of love (also now a canon event!).
Emergence - explicit/59k, canon divergent after s11. dean meets a hunter he only recognizes as their friend claire novak’s missing father, but soon realizes he might be the answer behind the mysterious void in his memories and feelings (aka everyone’s memories of cas are completely wiped away for three years).
Cuckoo And Nest - explicit/10k, early established relationship/character study, cas tries to figure out how he fits into dean’s life and space in the bunker.
Build a Home* - teen/20k, canon divergent s12. sam and eileen are cute and turn the bunker into men of letters/hunters hq and everyone but cas moves in, mutual miscommunication issues and pining ensues.
Down in the River - teen/5k, early s8, cas prays to dean in purgatory while sam and dean try to figure out a way to get him out.
Teaching Poetry to Fish* - mature/52k, ?? BC through the entire series/canon divergent s14 and 15. retelling of crucial scenes throughout the shows timeline from cas’ pov, feat. actual fish and poetry.
the minor fall, the major lift - gen/4k, post confession/finale fixit. dean goes into the empty to save cas and runs into several old friends (and enemies).
With the Kisses of His Mouth* - teen/3k, gen later seasons. dean and cas keep kissing by accident.
Remaining Grace - explicit/109k, alternate s6. au where cas asks dean for help with raphael and dean, of course, does. tw for temporary major character death/semi-graphic depictions of alcohol withdrawal.
The face of heaven.* - teen/10k, au, dean is a regular guy and cas is a fallen star (think ‘stardust’, kinda).
Stories Are Made of Mistakes*  - teen/5k. newly human cas has trouble getting used to a human body and humanity in general, but still figures out that he and dean are A Thing before dean does.
Hurry Up And Wait - mature/21k, canon divergent s12. a fairyland and quite possibly LOTR related case comes up and dean goes full fanboy, mary is introduced to the wonders of the peter jackson adaptions, many references and comparisons (including between cas and dean’s ‘friendship’ and arwen/aragon). also charle is still alive and has just been doing fairy stuff this whole time.
There Are Many Things - explicit/28k, s9. cas is extremely lonely/touch-starved and trying to figure out this whole human thing, as well as where he and dean stand after being kicked out of the bunker.
It's A Long Life to Always Be Longing - teen/40k, post s11 finale. amara helps dean by putting him in a magical coma so he can finally get some much needed rest and show him possible futures for him, sam and cas. meanwhile sam and cas go on a roadtrip (or several) to find componets for a spell to wake dean up. really good sam and cas friendship, they actually talk about their shared lucifer trauma and stuff.
Non-Photo Blue - gen/2k, s4/5/alternate s5. fifty moments from cas’ memories of dean.
Tall Grass - explicit/57k, canon divergent post series. cas becomes the ultimate plant dad. feat the wayward sisters gang, cathartic character growth, fun oc’s, domesticity, and lots of actual botanical info-dumping.
on vessels - no rating/gen/2k. established dean/cas, cas tells dean about how he used to imagine what it would be like to have him as his vessel.
search for tomorrow on every shore* - teen/11k, post-finale (extremely derogatory). some angels in jack’s new heaven act out and dean gets temporarily resurrected in 2003 and runs into his younger self.
Architecture of the Minotaur’s Heart - explicit/45k, very canon divergent post s1. dean’s new house seems to have a life and mind of its own, while in his dreams he sees glimpses of a world and apocalypse that never came to be and an angel that looks strangely like his mysterious neighbor, cas. loosely inspired by the book house of leaves (which i highly recommend for fans of weird horror).
The Distance Of The Setting Sun - explicit/17k, post s5. established dean/cas relationship, team free will finally takes advantage of cas’ abilities to go on vacation around the world.
diamond star halo - teen/5k, s11. dean lets cas use him as a temporary vessel while he recovers from rowena’s spell, sam is a long-suffering third-wheel.
Make Known** - teen/16k, s6/7. dean struggles to understand how cas could have become his enemy and whether he ever truly knew him in the first place.
blunt little instrument* - mature/1.4k, post finale. dean finally confronts his father in heaven, very cathartic.
my heart a compass*** - teen/10k, post confession. the empty forces cas to re-experience his most regretted moments while dean tries to snap him out of it and bring him home.
A Crash Course in Someone Else's History - teen/11k, s6. cas from the very start of s4 is brought forward in time by s6!cas to distract the brothers from his and crowley’s plans.
The Cuckoo Father - mature/8k, s7 au. the woman who found cas in the river post-leviathans does not marry him bc he was sent to her by god or whatever, but actually identifies him as jimmy novak and sends him back to claire and amelia.
The Dead Dean Clause* - teen/5k, post alt s5 ending. team free will celebrates surviving taking down lucifer by getting blitzed, cas lies to a cop and gets an impromptu driving lesson. title/description sound dark i know but it’s actually very funny and light.
Suck It, Judy Garland - mature/20k, s12 (after the ‘i love you...i love all of you’ episode). cas and sam have to pretend to be a couple for a case and dean is NOT happy about it.
By Daylight and In Dream - teen/16k, s5. pre-dean/cas, dean invites cas to use his dreams to hide from the other angels. tw for very brief mention of a memory/dream of alastair sexually assaulting dean.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - mature/22k, post-canon. an actually happy (if sometimes bittersweet) heaven endgame written several years ago, though some details are rather eerily similar to the show’s ending.
heaven is a place on earth* - teen/2k. dean’s pov of some of the times cas left him behind throughout the show, and one alternate ending where he finally gets to stay.
I Cleanse The Mirror - teen/20k, alternate s6. dean’s body is stolen by an ancient elemental and his soul has to hitch a ride in cas’ vessel.
an exploration of gender; angelic*** - mature/4k. *oscar isaac voice* lets get into angel gender politics!! aka cas is trans.
Zenith - explicit/33k, s9. after 9x06 an angry witch curses cas with the ability to see supernatural beings and human souls.
La cucina. - gen/3k, alt s9. dean goes wild helping a newly-human cas find out what kinds of food he likes, or the early s9 domesticity we deserved!
Dean Winchester, Cocksucker at Rest***** - teen/7k, post-finale. john and mary finally come over for dinner and john reacts to dean/cas in a rather predictable fashion. SOOOOOOOOO good omg, its so funny and a little sad and very very cathartic. part of a series that has a few other really good short fics.
The Way You Didn't Go - teen/5k, s15. coda to 15.09, dean has nightmares about the moc!cas timeline.
On Drowning - teen/28k. dean saves cas after he nearly drowns, they both try and deal with the physical/mental fallout (aka the fic where thee iconic “you only touch me when you think I’m dead or dying” originates). tw for realistic depictions of drowning/triage/misc medical information.
The Thirty-Six Questions That Lead to Love* - mature/13k. claire has dean and cas pretend to be her gay dads for a case and they play the titular 36 question game, get mistaken for swingers, and birdwatch, among other things.
Assorted F/F stuff:
Deep Breaths* - mary/ellen, au where mary said no to azazel’s deal and let john stay dead, still becomes a milf.
Like Rebel Diamonds - krissy/claire, they become hunter gf’s on the hunt for cas to kick his ass for taking jimmy. not-so-stealth dean/cas as well.
To Ash and Bone - anna/ruby, same author as the previous fic (p much all of her stuff is good from what i recall). au where ruby is a witch and helps anna when she’s cursed.
Holy Clockwork Angels - jo/ruby, STEAMPUNK au with very cool worldbuiilding.
At Day's End - jo/anna (my fucking KINGDOM for more jo/anna content, the dean/cas parallels are allllll there), au where they are both at the camp in the endverse and gfs.
these posts - ok so not actually a fic but i’m now obsessed with this hannah/meg dynamic.
Tagelied - mary/ellen, the true story of how ellen got into hunting before angels interfered.
Hell's Bells** - meg/abaddon, alternate s8/9 where meg survives crowley’s attack with sam’s help and teams up with abaddon (who she has a sk year old crush on) to take back hell.
The Ecstasy of the Rose - anna/ruby, anna travels back in time to escape heaven and becomes a signifigant part of ruby’s old human life.
Angel Underground - anna/jo, kind of an urban fantasy au with a very intriguing premise (sadly its very short, i’d love to see more if this ‘verse).
Clover, Flame - billie/mary, billie was always the reaper that showed up to take mary after her death(s) over the years.
Drag Me To Heaven - anna/ruby, a variant on the ‘last night on earth’ thing with dean.
Come Home* - jo/anna, canon-divergent au where anna is the new waitress at the roadhouse and helps jo set up a (probably not really) haunted house for halloween.
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probably mostly vic stuff. work is crossposted to balsamfir on ao3
!M = mature; series and relevant chapters will be marked. C = completed; IP = in progress
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hope series (canon-adjacent)
a hope never forgotten (M, C) : childhood friends to lovers, 17y of pining, explicit smut, lots of angst. 25k words.
part 1| part 2 | part 3 [M] | part 4
also available as a oneshot on ao3
a hope at risk (M,C): freshly established relationship, process of becoming machine herald, explicit smut, lots of angst. sequel to a hope never forgotten. 26.7k words.
prelude | part 1 | part 2 [M] | part 3 | part 4
also available as a one-point-fiveshot on ao3
a hope redefined (M, IP): established long-term relationship, living as machine herald, explicit smut, angst, dadvik/familyvik. a sequel to a hope at risk and threequel to a hope never forgotten.
prelude coming soon!
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drabble series: on the life and love of a remarkable man
on companions(hip): fluff, viktor becomes a cat dad. 1k words.
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on retreats: fluff, viktor goes on vacation. 2k words.
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on inebriation: fluff, viktor drinks and gets hit on by someone else, confident vik. 2k words.
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oneshots
man, machine, and misadventures [M]: fluff, crack, science comedy, romance. 8.5k words, implied smut.
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