#i'll reply to responses later! thank u sm to those who left comments. it means a lot to me!! really!!!

[thomine]

REVIEW; au august (2023 edition)

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Stats

total works written: 17/31 (54.8%!)

total words written: (not including drafts) around 24.6k words! that's about 1.4k words per story.

longest writing streak: 12 days

longest fic: sincere sins & serious schemes (thoma) @ 2.8k

shortest fic: the unseen (heizou) @ 800

fan favourite: the unseen (heizou) with 74 notes

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Personal Favourites

overall: (bias) sincere sins & serious schemes (thoma

worldbuilding: to wish on seafoam (albedo)

plot: in the nick of time (wanderer)

title: the duet of one heart (alhaitham)

writing: foolish logic (tighnari)

potential: cyno & wizards and witches

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Updates

changed the title of baizhu's story from (the tug of nature) to (the tug of nurture). swapped diluc's (roommates) with zhongli's (flowershop). changed cyno's 2nd story (magical girl) to another prompt (wizards and witches).

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Additional Notes

and... we're done! thank you for tagging along this challenge of writing an au every day. at some point i did get caught up in ensuring my fics had "quality" (i.e day 13) so it became hard to write every day. i'm not too sure how i feel about this development. as much as i believe it's good that i'm trying to stretch my brain to think of the best ways to explore the AU in my head, it goes against the core reason why i embarked on AU august. i simply just wanted to build the habit of writing everyday—good or bad execution, it did not matter. it should not matter.

when it came to thoma's story, i could have shortened it (or compromised in quality) as i did with venti's story, but i stubbornly wanted the story to be told in a specific way that made it harder to write. the same is true with lyney's modern AU.

i talked about proofreading my fics, but i think i want them to stay the way they are—flaws and all—as a reminder of my level when i wrote these stories.

going forward, i've decided to write at least 1 AU august idea once a week. i'm giving mysef leeway this time since the period of challenge is over, and i'm giving myself a week so that i can build the habit of "adding quality" while still writing & not just keeping the ideas in my head.

i'll also try to write & queue some notes i have for each AU. it'll cover some interesting tidbits, potential themes, and how i would coontinue the story from there. if i am inspired and my to-do list allows, i might expand (i.e. rewrite) some of these stories into proper, developed stories.

in the mean time, i will try to get the remainder stories out, focus on a few other wips (i.e. 10 confessions & requests), occasionally weave in some autcom for the AUs, then see if i would expand on any of them.

see you guys next time!