#wip year in review

[sga-owns-my-soul]

WIP Wednesday

first of all HUGE shout out to @spurious for doing this every week and always tagging me 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 i loved seeing everyone's posts and making my own wip wednesday posts, it was so much fun and so motivating!! thank you!!!!

it's the last wednesday of the year (what the fuck) so this week it's a

✨WIP Year in Review✨

Number of WIPs Begun this Year: oh my god too many 😂 not including ones that i finished/posted, 43, including ones i've finished/posted, 96. which is, quite frankly, ridiculous considering i haven't written anything in like. 8 years

Number of WIPs Finished this Year: 53????? somehow???? that's absolute insanity to me omg

Longest-Running WIP: not surprising, my millers crossing au is currently my long-running fic 😅 and probably will be for a while

Newest WIP: my newest wip is (working title) 'Lesbian McShep ft Sam" and the concept is genderbent mcshep with john and sam being air force buddies, and sam warns john to avoid rodney bc she's a bitch- cut to a year later when they catch up back on earth and johns like yeaaaaah so i might've. accidentally fallen for the bitchy lead scientist?

Most Worked on WIP: probably my millers crossing au lmao, it's one of those fics that i'm probably going to be writing forever because there's just. so much to explore in that fic with the characters and i'm loving it so much and i can't wait to share it but it's also going to be so sad when i finish it i can tell already

Favourite WIP: oh man this is a hard one! i've done a lot of writing that i really love this year so it's hard to pick a favourite but i think if i had to narrow it down i would probably have to say either Safe House (my unhinged insane cia mcshep au where they kill abusers for fun) or Childhood Memories (rodney surprises the team with a ton of classic childhood earth activities bc 'everyone enjoys the wonder and magic of being a kid')

Favorite Completed Work: again very tough choice bc i like a lot of what i've posted this year but i think its a toss up between Bludgeoned, a very angsty rodney whump fic with the team going insane, or Not Dating, but More Than Friends, a very sweet qpr mcshep fic that i honestly think very accurately describes what their relationship to each other in canon is

WIP You're Most Excited to Finish: safe house omg i'm so close to finishing and i can't WAIT to share it idk if it'll be very well received but i'm SO excited to share it (for the very niche specific audience of one i wrote it for 😂)

WIP You're Not Sure You'll Finish: i started working on a concept at the start of the year that was radek visiting rodney every time he's in the infirmary and idk if i'll ever get around to finishing it but maybe i'll post a snippet of what i've worked on so far if people are interested

WIP Resolution for 2024: i want to finish more plot fics!! i'm pretty good at writing short little one shots but i'm shit at writing plot or longer fics and i have a lot of ideas for long fics so i wanna get better at it!

what a great year of fic writing!! thank you to everyone who joined wip wednesday and everyone who read my fics!!! this is such an incredible community and i'm so happy to be a part of it!!

as always, open tags to anyone and everyone who wants to participate!!

#wip wednesday #wip year in review #im actually shocked at how much writing i've done this year #absolutely insane #i love it #writing #kinda stargate

[raedear]

I'm just getting more upset as the day goes on. Like yeah obviously it was always a possibility but it was equally so also a possibility that they would just release it! It was schrodinger's queer figure skating movie!

#Yuri on Ice #ice adolescence #walking to work now trying to keep myself from getting too upset so i don't cry during my annual review #'what do you think you accomplished this year‚ rae?' #'i never finished my yoi wips and they haunt me daily and i was counting on i:a to give me the boost i needed to finish them'

[goldensunset]

everyone told me she was terrifying but they didn’t tell me she was so cool and nice

#blacked out and woke up with this in front of me hi. may my ten thousand unfinished older wips forgive me #champion cynthia #cynthia #pokemon cynthia #pokémon cynthia #pokémon #pokemon #dppt #diamond and pearl #oh i am absolutely not tagging all those. God bless 🙏 #platinum gang here. i am 14 years late to this party hello #i meant to begin the sv dlc tonight but i got sidetracked again lol #gotta tie up loose ends on one game playthrough before doing another #have i really completed a game if i haven’t made any celebratory artwork? i think not. #anyway this game was very cool and charming and i adore how they pushed the limits of the DS with regards to art and animation #and i’m glad bc now i get to appreciate my beloved pla in a different way :-D #my art #i’m in my no backgrounds no peer review no bothering to color lines era again i guess. lol whatevs i’m happy something is finally dooonnnee #nomura has until the tokyo game show to prove himself and give us kh crumbs or else i might make this my new icon #i. just last-minute flipped this bc i realized the bang was on the wrong side dsgxjxjzk #i flip back and forth a lot while drawing to keep my perspective fresh and sometimes i forget to flip back to the right side #bc usually it does not matter

[kindlingkeen]

WAIT jason's murder world tour?! FROM THE EYES OF THE BATS?!??? hell YES

i feel like a lot of people just forget about his travel training, like just go Pit → Gotham so i'm always excited to see stuff about what he got up to!! and from the bats' perspective is such mwah DELICIOUS

(in response to this and this, and maybe this, from the wip title ask game)

Wow, this is getting a lot more interest than I anticipated. And here I was worried that Incident Review was going to come across as boring.

One of the things I love about the world murder tour is that it’s canon (or it used to be - for the love of god dc, get your shit together) but it’s so vague and open-ended. So you can do anything with it. Makes my little fanfic writer brain squeal with joy.

Thanks for the ask, anon!!! 🩵

#keen converses #wip title ask game #my fic #wip #asymmetrical warfare #incident review #jason’s murder world tour #objectively the best gap year ever #jason todd #red hood #utrh au #writing rambles

[hbyrde36]

✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨

not tagged by anyone but i'm gonna take a page out of @rocknrollsalad 's book and go for it anyway! 💜 I think it'll be nice to have a record to look back on and see exactly where I was at the end of this year. Happy almost 2024!

Words and Fics

313,118 words published on ao3 😱

23 total works published

3 multi-chapter fics -completed

3 multi-chapter fics - wip's

2 one-shots (technically two-shots)

1 seven part series of Steddie week ficlets

8 drabbles and microfics

Top 5 Fics by Kudos

Shelter in Place

Times Like These

Life is a Game (and True Love is a Trophy)

Caught in the Undertow

Steve Harrington: Vampire Hunter

My fandom fic events in 2023

@steddiemicrofic

@thefreakandthehair's Spicy Six Summer & Winter Challenges

Upcoming Events and Projects for 2024

@strangerthingsreversebigbang

STWG Hozier Discography Project

Unnamed/unpublished summer camp fic

Finishing up all existing wips and probably starting a few more if i'm honest!

Rules & Tags below the cut!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Tags: (i'm late to this party so you may have all been tagged already but i'll tag some friends i don't remember seeing a year in review from💜) @penny00dreadful @pearynice @sourw0lfs @hairstevington @soaringornithopter @hitlikehammers @dreamwatch and anyone else who wants to do it and hasn't yet!

#writing year in review #Steddie fanfic #stranger things #st fanfic #fanfic writing #stwg #steddie #steve harrington/eddie munson #buckingham #steve harrington #eddie munson #robin buckley #chrissy cunningham #the party #ao3 #fanfic #steve x eddie #steddie fic #my wips #my fics #tag games

[penny00dreadful]

✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨

Big, big thanks, hugs and kisses to @thefreakandthehair, @just-my-latest-hyperfixation and @hbyrde36 for tagging me in this! 😘

Words and Fics

296,897 words published on my AO3, plus about 47k of unpublished WIPs 👀

15 total works published

1 WIP currently publishing

4 unpublished WIPs 👀

7 multi-chapter fics complete

7 one-shots

3 tumblr only oneshots

10 drabbles and ficlets

Top 5 Fics by Kudos

Safety

Somebody To Love

Return of The King

Before He Cheats

37 Years To The Day

My fandom fic events in 2023

@steddievember

Is that it?

Did I really do only one?

Damn

I gotta do more fandom fic events

Upcoming Events and Projects for 2024

Completing Cat and Mouse! I am a few chapters ahead and I just finished my big climactic chapter and I am SO FUCKING EXCITED

STWG Hozier Discography Project 🤫

Finishing out my 1 year anniversary fic event thingy, including:

Post-Apocalypse AU

Enemies to Lovers Roommates

Dungeons and Dragons AU

I can't WAIT to see what lies ahead in 2024! Bring it on, bitch!

Rules & Tags below the cut!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Taggy tags! Sorry if you've been tagged already! @klausinamarink, @shares-a-vest, @pearynice, @starryeyedjanai, @cranberrymoons, @thisapplepielife, @xenon-demon, @mentallyundone, @imfinereallyy, @estrellami-1, @artaxlivs and anyone else who wants to do it and hasn't yet!

#writing year in review #Steddie fanfic #stranger things #st fanfic #fanfic writing #stwg #steddie #steve harrington/eddie munson #buckingham #steve harrington #eddie munson #robin buckley #chrissy cunningham #the party #ao3 #fanfic #steve x eddie #steddie fic #my wips #my fics #tag games

[anincompletelist]

2023 year in review :D

THANK YOU @kiwiana-writes for always including me <3 I adore you and it was so much fun to see all that you've accomplished this year!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. There are no rules!

233, 369 words published to ao3 (+ like another 80k depending on when bridesmaids is posted hehe)

2 published fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (book), One Direction (soldouthaz)

most recent work: this guy, the prequel to this dude <3

longest published fic: (for rwrb) praying our bridges don't make waves (82k)

longest published oneshot: Sure As the Stars in the Sky (20k)

bridesmaids is currently at 75k

hitman au is currently at 15k

speak easy / poet henry is currently at 20k

diabetic alex au is currently at 7k

part two of this fic (dom!alex) is currently at 5k

+ about another 60k of random drabbles and unfinished snippets

but if you could see us from a distance, you'd know I've always been so close to you (E, 10k, 743 kudos)

Objectively, standing half-soaked from rainwater with a stitch in his side and an uncomfortable, raging hard-on outside his worst enemy’s door is not Henry’s finest moment. It’s not even on the list. [or, henry is afflicted with a curse-gone-wrong that stipulates that only his sworn enemy, alex claremont-diaz, can touch him.]

praying our bridges don't make waves (E, 82k, 642 kudos)

When June gets sick, Alex knows he'll do whatever it takes to make sure she gets the care that she needs. Even if that means convincing his nemesis/sexuality-crisis-inducing/clandestine hook-up partner/somewhat of an actual friend to pretend to be his soulmate in order to pull it off. It's both more and less complicated than it sounds.

I'll bet it all on me and you, I'll bet it all you're bulletproof (M, 11k, 527 kudos)

“Let’s do this,” he says. “Let’s,” Alex agrees, pushing down on the handle until the door swings open. “After you, boyfriend.” This is most definitely not his finest idea. Henry usually practices much better self preservation skills. Much better common senseskills. He steps over the threshold of Alex’s room and it feels like sealing his fate. They’re doing this for Alex to win over their bosses in a lighthearted game with a harmless lie, but Henry can’t fight off the bitter knowledge that, regardless of how tonight goes, Alex will be fine, but Henry has so much to lose.

total kudos: 4,495

total comment threads: 449

total bookmarks: 1,922

total subscriptions: 292

total word count: 223, 369.

total hits: 53, 676

firstprince first kisses (6 works, 57k, incomplete/ongoing)

the place lightning hits ground (1 work, 12k, incomplete)

everybody needs someone (2 works, 24k, completed)

current wips that have word counts:

bridesmaids au

hitman alex

poet henry

diabetic alex au

truman show au

boxer alex au

soft dom henry for this series

part 2 of soft dom alex for this series too

current wips that are on the to-do list:

happiest season au

rival wineries au

alex is medusa, henry is midas

museum guide henry / substitute teacher alex

+ sooooo many little unrelated one shot and drabble ideas and more for this series

I just posted this fic earlier today:

take my hand if you can take me as i am (E, 14k)

It would hurt less, Alex guesses, if he wasn’t head over heels for the guy he’s supposed to be fucking through an ancient one-sided sex curse with that was partially — a lot, actually — his own fault. But. It’s not like there’s a fucking handbook. Alex has looked.

and bridesmaids is in the final stretch and will most likely begin posting early january, if not the end of this month!

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oh boy okay first off PLEASE DO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO DO THIS but also I would LOVE to give all of ya'll a chance to brag on yourselves if you're up for it!

so consider this an OPEN TAG but also @affectionatelyrs @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @inexplicablymine @daisymae-12 @read-and-write- @happiness-of-the-pursuit @raysletters @heybuddy-drabbles @rockyroadkylers @sparklepocalypse @zwiazdziarka @littlemisskittentoes @getmehighonmagic @magicandarchery and anyone else who would like to do this! pls tag me so I can come scream at you (affectionately!)

I'm so ridiculously grateful for you guys and for this space to create and connect in, and I can't wait to take all of this lovely energy into next year as well. I'm so excited for everything we all have coming! :D

I hope you guys are all doing well!

-sarah / anincompletelist

xx

#about me #my fic #fic recs #year in review #wips #rwrb #red white and royal blue #firstprince

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

in a sherlock holmes mood and man..... everyone pour one out for my losleep sherlock holmes fic idea that never properly saw the light of day . you wouldve been great

#the cryptid speaks #me? talking about my ts wips in this the year of our lord 2024? wild i know #but listen man my ts fics that didnt get finished still Slapped ok . still do Slap . in my docs folder where i review them when im bored #and losleep sh au was one of them!! #bein in a creative writing class is wild bc it'll've you going like id love to write but im too busy writing #but i feel that with this #id love to write it but im busy writing (hw) and im busy writing (lj + bf) and i cant be trusted to finish anything ever . hope this helps #(sighs) anyways. anyone know a consulting detective position that's open anywhere im considering a career change

[theartistaslisalee]

My 2023 year in Review for my Instagram page.

As mentioned in previous posts I will be cutting back on fanarts starting in 2024, but I will officially be making Tumblr my fanart dump, so lots and lots of doodles of your favorite MK characters here no holds barred, hope you will look forward to it!

#artistatwork #fanart #mortalkombat #drawing #wip #art #2023 Year in Review #Lots of MK art to expect next year on Tumblr #Tumblr is now officially MK art dump

[sunnyrosewritesstuff]

Alright, LAST ONE! It's always so much fun to share what I've been able to accomplish but that wouldn't happen without the amazing support of all of you!

My Goals for 2024

Word Count- I've been sitting at only 180K for the past two years, but I've got a new system, I'm feeling better mentally, I think this is the year I hit 200K. Also I would love to have a month where I pump out 30K happen this year.

Existing WIPs- Everything is going to get an update this year. However, (as stated in the polls I put out earlier this month) Ambassador to Madness, Just to See You Happy, and The Twelve Transformations of Bilbo Baggins are going to be my primary fics this year.

New WIPs- I have so many fics I would love to unveil! But I have to finish some of my existing ones up first. So there's only 2 that are definitely being released this year: "From the Pieces of Your Shattered Memories" in May and "Beneath the Oak Tree" in July. I have teased both of these fics before so they should sound familiar.

Events- Three events I was in this year that I definitely am going to do next year are: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Collaboration, Fandom Trumps Hate, and Year of Bagginshield. If another catches my interest and it's at the right time, I may take it on, but honestly these have been more than enough for me.

#sunny says stuff #year in review #goals for 2024 #guys i'm feeling so good about this year #i'm committed to some of these wips getting done!

[currently-haunted]

2022 Tumblr Top 10

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#lmao it almost all danny phantom who would have guessed #well honestly *looks at wips* not a lot will change next year #year in review #long post

[newvegascowboy]

poaster studyy

#fallout #kal talks #kal does an art #remember this wip? that i havent finished in like 2 years? #no wips of mine are ever abandoned theyre all in limbo and they haunt me forever #i cant wait to go to my professor with this dicksuckingimage.jpeg and be like hey #professor flack. how can i make dicksuckingimage.jpeg better. for my bfa portfolio #that i am going to submit for the entire department to review

[reliand]

Here’s my year in review, which I did not do by month because January through July would have been left blank. I still had two empty slots at the end so decided to share a tiny portion of some WIPs.

This is the year I got back into drarry, thanks to reading astolat’s Heal Thyself on a whim, after over a decade away from the fandom. it’s been a fun ride so far. This fandom is ripe with so much talent, and trying to catch up on years and years worth of fic is challenging. My MarkToRead tab on ao3 went from 3 fics to 7 whole pages. Thank you to all the writers and artists in this fandom that inspire me every day.

#drarry #my art #hp fanart #harry potter #draco malfoy #draco x harry #year in review #the mirror of ecidyrue #im tagging TMoE bc 9 of these are pieces are inspired directly from starbrigid's fic #WIP #harry james potter #my artwork #sora #kingdom hearts

[ilovedthestars]

Ask game! 3, 26, 30

(2023 year in review fic writer asks)

Thanks Hummus!!

3. What’s something you learned about yourself as a writer?

Hmm...I've learned a lot about how the writing process works for me, how my inspiration ebbs and flows, how to push myself and get words out even when I'm not feeling inspired. And also when it's okay, and sometimes better for me, to take a break and not put pressure on myself to write more words.

26. If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

Oh, wow, thinking back, it might have to go to posting chapter one of Old Unit, Young Unit allllll the way back in January. I'd been working on the fic for months already for that point and it was so satisfying to get to the point where I could finally share it.

No, wait, I have a better answer--the two weeks after I read System Collapse, in which I posted not one, not two, not three, but four new works/updates to Ao3. I was just full of so much creative energy that I churned out an OU,YU chapter that I'd been stuck on for weeks, a meta about SC, a fic with a missing scene from SC, and a follow-up to An Unexpected Quarter, a year-old oneshot that I was inspired/encouraged to revisit by a really lovely comment from @whirlpoolleaf. That last one was particularly satisfying. It was so fun to feel so inspired and write so much in such a short period of time!

30. What’s something that you want to write in 2024?

There is SO much more in the Polaris universe I want to explore!! I'm dying to finish Old Unit, Young Unit, because once that fic is done I have many many more stories about these units. Aybee, Hope and Enigma haven't even appeared on Ao3 yet!!! And I'm fleshing out more side characters and spinoffs every day. Yuma and Crowbar have also been super exciting to me lately and they've got several spinoff stories that I'm working on (here's a sneak peak of one that I posted to Tumblr a little while back). It's OCs all the way down and I'm having a blast!

#ask game answers #year in review #stars fic #stars wips #stars ocs #an unexpected quarter fic #polaris fic series #yuma and crowbar my belovedsssss

[aurevell]

2022 Fic Year in Review

For the first time ever, I tracked my word count in a spreadsheet, which means I get to see the overall patterns in my writing now that the year is over. This includes fun with charts and graphs, as you can see below:

Total words written: 182,526

Worst writing month(s): February-April

I wrote literally 0 words from February 6 to June 1. Ongoing knee pain made 2022 a rough year. The chart above shows my fun little "wow fuck my knees actually" break for physical therapy woes.

Best writing month(s): June-July

Once I committed to AU-gust, I outlined in May and started churning out words in June and July. My June wordcount alone was 53,804, and I at some point wrote 7,522 words in a single day, a harrowing feat I have since blocked from memory.

Total fics published: 37

This includes The Striking Complication, a longfic I finished in early 2022. It also includes 30 fics (~2k-5k each) for AU-gust and several continuations for them, plus two fics for my long-haired Steter collection. In October, I wrote a Stetopher Week sickfic, a werecat Stiles AU and a Sterek horror fic I’ve been wanting to finish forever.

My longest work was The Third Sacrifice at just over 21,000 words. 

My shortest work was We’ll Have Words Tomorrow at 1,145 words.

My most popular work by kudos and hits was When It Counts, because I’m apparently not the only one who’s a sucker for tongue-tied!Peter Hale.

My favorite fics were:

When It Counts (Steter) - Surprise, surprise. Can’t overstate how hard I cackled while writing this.

It May Simply Lie in Wait (Sterek) - Haunted houses are my favorite, and I basically wrote this just for me.

a small span of quiet (Steter) - A super fun miscommunication fic, and I adore established Steter.

The Endgame (Steter) - My favorite of the AU-gust sci-fi fics. I wish I had sequel ideas, because I want to know what comes next.

The Third Sacrifice (Sterek) - Horror, my beloved. This was a very self-indulgent romp through some monster-infested woods.

Stuff I Want to Work on in 2023

My dreaded nogitsune fic. I posted it as a ficlet for AU-gust, but I want to do a full version even though it's fighting tooth and nail. Waiting to see if it'll cooperate or get buried in my fic graveyard.

A mob AU sequel, which I told myself at the start of 2022 I would definitely work on, and yet here we are.

A second (smaller) AU-gust??? I am really considering it. They say the mind forgets trauma, and I’ve already mostly forgotten the seven layers of hell this year’s event put me through. If I did the 2023 challenge, I'd probably tweak the rules for myself.

In Conclusion

Tried some new fandom events. Met some AMAZING tumblr mutuals, followers, and commenters who made me feel much more connected to the fandom. Wrote some fun stuff I never would have imagined without help and inspiration. 2022 was a fun year for writing, and I can't wait for what 2023 brings 🥳

#2022 #fic year in review #ao3 wrapped #late as usual #hilarious that i'm posting this now #when i plan to write absolutely 0 words till like feb #my sister's visiting and i'm still in Holiday Mode Lite (tm) #my only wip right now is the sweater i'm crocheting

[spikybanana]

23 for 2023

is this inspired by that wip game? ye. unexpectedly finding myself sympathising with the end-of-year spirits, I thought it's a fun idea to list all the wips I've got now— active wips, dormant wips, everything that has a slither of hope of becoming something, and see what becomes of them by this time next year (if I'm still around ha— hopefully though!)

Once Upon a Green Haze (my baby, my love, she's killing me every day and I love her for it)

the jegulus + marylily to jily canon-compliant angst saga

mary & remus hook up during lost years.

Nightmare or R's descent to madness

hope lupin biography

soulmates tropes but it's the black brothers

boho days

everyone's got a story (like this)

fuck that movie honestly

godelian riddle

happy birthday Remus (this has been sitting there since 2020 :))

jegulily summer + accidental moonseeker lol

the sad ace/qpr one

twoset ripoff

we're clueless but so fine

What You Will

Waltz No.19

Olivia

fever dream. tom x cleaning lady

ice hockey player marlene x figure skater dorcas

the cursed cursed smut ai

epistolary big sister tonks

somewhere @ west side story @ dorlene

okay wow,, average two a month right? let's fucking go.

I'm not gonna tag anyone but if mutuals or anyone who sees this wanna do something similar I'd love to see yall's stuff!!!

#my wips #wips #wip #find this next year #I'm so open to being bullied for any of this #on my own i'm a just wimpy lonely puddle #so pls come at me #pinned #banana's year in review