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[nugulover69]

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[werewolfashton]

2021 Writing Self-Evaluation

hello, so days late but the wonderful @igarbagecannoteven tagged me for the fic year review thingy! so here i am let's see how this goes

number of stories posted on ao3

7

word count posted for this year

15065 .. honestly that's more than i expected but i don't think ao3 is lying?

fandoms i wrote for

5sos mainly.. and some undisclosed other stuff lmao but most things are unfinished anyway

pairings i wrote

oh god. i'm supposed to remember this? eh. ot4. lashton. muke. malum. okay wait let me check. yeah no i was correct that's it. honestly interesting mix if i would've guessed a year ago i certainly would not have expected muke

stories with the most kudos/bookmarks/comments

make me up in a shade that fits me easily for kudos but it has the same amount of bookmarks and comments as i see the stars in the eyes of a vampire,, interesting to me i can't lie i would've expected won't you comfort me to be up there simply bc it seems like the most easily accessible? kinda universal fic idk

work i'm most proud of (and why)

oh well,, okay so i really don't know about proud. i don't particuarly feel very proud of any of the fics. i think what comes closes is tell tale heart though,, which funnily enough is like the worst when it comes to feedback etc. or maybe i see the stars in the eyes of a vampire simply bc i'm proud i managed to write over 8k

work i'm least proud of (and why)

okay so. funnily enough maybe i see the stars in the eyes of a vampire. i finished that in a rush and i think that shows. but also i don't feel particularly proud of in the forest dark and deep i think that could've been done better

share or describe a favourite review you received

okay see i love all of them, any sort of response has me tearing up. i wanna say every review of stay on the path i'm very fond of though bc of the general question in every review/comment being "is it michael"

also.. @igarbagecannoteven has a way with comments everytime i get one it makes me want to cry,, even with my moodboards

a time when writing was really really hard

so after i went through a writing marathon to finish i see the stars in the eyes of a vampire at the end of october i haven't written anything. or like maybe 1000 words over all. so it's been really really hard these last couple of months but i hope to get back into it now with starting a better routine

a scene or character you wrote that surprised you

i mean tbf all of my writing came to me as a surprise,, however i do think tell tale heart probably qualifies best. despite being a short piece i think the mc in that is very nicely done. in general i hadn't expected to ever write horror so it was all very much surprising.

a favourite excerpt of your writing

i really don't like my writing but this i don't hate (spoiler for stay on the path):

"You should've stayed at home, little red one," the stranger says.

Michael smiles.

(The wolf bares his teeth.)

“You should’ve stayed on the path,” Michael says.

The wolf attacks.

(The forest doesn’t take kindly to strangers who disrespect its rules.)

how did you grow as a writer this year

i mean. i started writing so there was that. it came as a surprise to me and it still is one tbh. since starting i have become i tiny bit more comfortable with dialogue as well

how do you hope to grow as a writer next year?

i hope to write more and longer pieces and care less about responses,, since interaction in this fandom? mh.. less than ideal. though i would also love to branch out and write more for other fandoms

who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc)?

oh helen @calumcest. i have some other incredible influences around me who have been so very supportive and i definitely couldn't have written anything without them. helen did however get me started and supported my first baby steps in writing and she is very much the reason i shared any of my writing with anyone else so it's gotta be her

anything from your real life show up in your writing this year?

lmao yeah the gender issues sorry

any new wisdom you can share with other writers?

okay so i feel very pretentious giving out any advice about writing when i've been doing so for less than a year and also have no idea what i'm doing but my best shot is: write that niche fic. just do it. there is no niche small enough that it only fits you. and even so as long as you enjoy it that's all that matters.

any new projects you're looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year?

i have a couple non sos fics i want to finish specifically a patrochilles fic. there is also a very niche fic for 5sos i started that i'd love to finish just for me

tag some writers whose answers you'd like to read

okay i really do not know who has done this yet but i do feel like most people did it days ago so i'm not gonna tag anyone however if you haven't been tagged and feel like doing this see this as me tagging you