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GYWO 2020 Word Count Goal: 2,117/75,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 10 (this is honestly pretty sad)

DECEMBER:

Monthly Word Count: 0/6,352

Nothing really to say, except that I revisited some snippets I’ve written, and I really hope to continue them because I was pleased with a lot of the ideas I had.

Projects Worked On:

None.

End of Year Wrap-Up:

I was not expecting to have written so little this year. I certainly wasn’t thinking about writing very often, which is why my monthly wrap-ups dropped off the face of the Earth. But I still had the same frequency of ideas to jot down, so the total does seem strange.

This year I was very much a consumer. The latter half saw me getting into Twitch and the world of gaming/streaming, which came to monopolize a lot of my time. I engaged with fandom in new and different ways related to that, and I read and wrote less fic towards the end of the year.

Needless to say, the goals I made at the beginning of the year went unfulfilled, though I did seriously attempt the Bingo and end up with a finished video, excellent smut idea, and half-rendered art I feel good about.

More stats: I published a total of 187 words, in May (which feels like a lifetime ago—honestly was surprised to see I published anything).

2021 Year At A Glance:

Sadly, I will not be signing up for GYWO 2021. I think it’s a great community, but writing isn’t going to be one of my top priorities this next year. I really need to work on myself instead. At the same time, I am cautiously hopeful that I will feel inspired to write for fun, maybe some smut (actually finishing one for once) or one of my half-planned longer fics. There are some themes and topics I need to see more in my reading, and why not write them myself?

GYWO 2020 Word Count Goal: 998/75,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 8

JUNE:

Monthly Word Count: 76/6,148

Really did not make writing a priority this month. I worked on some art pieces, and watched tutorials to learn ways to improve my overall process of going through the steps of digital art. I also fell unexpectedly and suddenly into a new fandom at the end of the month, which now has exclusive hold of my attention.

Projects Worked On:

■ DNF Art - Started some fanart based on a Tweet.

■ DNF Comic - Planned a comic (and some other DNF ideas).

■ DNF Snippets - Wrote some dialogue that came to my head.

■ Richie Art - Did a one night sketch/color of him for practice.

■ MdlC/WW College AU - Did a fair amount of planning and setting up background on this story.

■ August Plans - Began brainstorming.

PLANS FOR JULY:

I have a tentative goal to post for two different prompt events in August, so my July priorities are split between those, and working on improving my digital art skills.

Projects to Work On:

□ August Prompt Events (+ BTB/BTHB if relevant) - Brainstorm, then try to write one every two days or so. Length variable.

□ July 2020 Drarry Drabble - Plan and write!

□ SB Art - Finish detailed flat color.

□ HP Drizzle - If time, revisit last year’s project, start sorting out how to fix it up. Literally just write, you can edit later.

GYWO 2020 Word Count Goal: 688/75,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 4

APRIL:

Monthly Word Count: 0/6,148

Same old, same old - no progress. I did reread some old WIPs this month, and surprisingly, there was some quality stuff. I need to just get over my barriers and WRITE.

Projects Worked On:

None.

PLANS FOR MAY:

I’ve really been wanting to spend this summer catching up on writing all the story ideas I’ve had previously, especially my ideas for longer fic in each of my fandoms. Since my finals end this first week of May, I’m hoping I can get a schedule going. And I’d love to get stuff posted (and a bingo, maybe?) for SB Bingo before it ends mid-May. I have three (non-fic) things in the works, but I feel like self-doubt might keep me from getting the finishing touches done and posting them.

Projects to Work On:

□ SB Bingo Fill 1- Goal: last touches on Vid 1, make vid acct, post

□ SB Bingo Fill 2- Goal: get clips in last half of Vid 2, do full edit, post

□ SB Bingo Fill 3- Goal: fin line art, initial color, added detail of art, make art acct, post

□ SB Bingo Fill 4- Goal: Ficlet 1

□ SB Bingo Fill 5- Goal: Ficlet 2

After May 15:

□ Merthur fix-it - Get a doc going with all my ideas for this together. Problem is, I need to have seen the final season to actually write this how I want to, so… maybe finish Merlin finally? I doubt my ability to do this lol but I really want to work on this fic atm.

□ HP Drizzle - Revisit last year’s project, start sorting out how to fix it up. Literally just write, you can edit later.

□ SB 5+1 - Edit my draft so far, finish part 1, and plot out the rest of the fic

□ Reddie Discord ideas - Whatever I feel inspiration to write from my ideas

GYWO 2020 Word Count Goal: 627/75,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 3

FEBRUARY:

Monthly Word Count: 277/5,943

Still working on getting through the IT canon, but I read an incredible fic that did it for me with Reddie, and reaffirmed my belief that fics focused on healing, even if not explicitly marked as such, are my personal favorites.

Projects Worked On:

■ SamBucky Bingo - Wrote for a prompt, worked quite a bit on some art for a prompt, worked on a couple of vids for prompts

■ Reddie ficlet - Continued a little bit on the same one from last month. I have a bit of a block as to the context for the fic, which is holding me up on writing it.

PLANS FOR MARCH:

I have Spring Break this month, so I’m hoping to get some stuff done over that week. Unfortunately I know I won’t have time for the Ides of March Drarry fest, even though I’d love to participate

Projects to Work On:

□ SB Bingo - Goal: finalize one vid, write one ficlet, and get through initial color (if not all) of art I’m working on. Plan for more prompts.

□ anything Reddie I feel inspired to do; continue ficlet, maybe, or write that Eddie-centric fic I have the concept for

□ Work on BB vid, since I’m feeling inspired to finish that up finally

GYWO 2019 Word Count Goal: 5,499/150,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 32

DECEMBER:

Monthly Word Count: 0/12,500

Was not in the writing mood this month, even though there are multiple projects I’d like to work on. I did art some and vid some, and make actual progress on those, so fandom-wise this month was not a total loss.

Projects Worked On:

None.

End of Year Wrap-Up:

This was an interesting year. I’ve never tracked my writing before, and it really changed how I approached writing. Seeing a bunch of 0s for each day was simultaneously motivating and demotivating, and despite feeling like I spent quite a bit of time writing or thinking about writing, I somehow only managed to write 32 days last year. 32 days. That’s barely over a month. But then seeing my total word count, 5,499, that looks like a lot to me (even though it was spread out over a million different projects shh).

More stats: I published a total of 819 words over two fics, both published in March.

2020 Year At A Glance:

I’ve signed up for GYWO again, because I enjoyed tracking my word count, as depressing as my monthly totals often were. I’ve decided that I really need a lower goal, so 75k is what I’m going for this year.

Other writing goals I’ve made include:
- Be one of the first to write and post a fic in a new fandom (challenge to myself to actually get something done in a quick manner, and also to actually consume new media)
- Fill a kink meme prompt
- Write for 2+ days in a ___-tober month (bonus points if I do 5+)
- Get a bingo in SamBucky Bingo (can be a mix of mediums, not just fic)
- Set up my side account for a specific type of writing

There are definitely some fandom things I’m looking forward to in 2020. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier... I am more than ready for that, but I’m also anticipating the new Hunger Games prequel, as well as Venom 2. Those latter two are fandoms I’ve dabbled in but not fully taken the plunge, so I’m eagerly waiting to see if anything will change there. If all goes well, I’ll have finally read (and watched) It, and then I can jump on the Reddie train too!

PLANS FOR JANUARY:

As I am writing this on the first day of the month, I honestly have no clue what fandom I’m feeling right now. I’m going to try to jump back into Merlin and finish that up, and hopefully write a fic I’ve been feeling out for that, but I don’t know if I’ll succeed. This is gonna be a fairly chaotic month as well, so I think my goal is just to get as close to the January word count goal as possible, and leave it open as to what I’ll specifically work on.

Projects to Work On:

□ We shall see!

GYWO 2019 Word Count Goal: 4,695/150,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 30

OCTOBER:

Monthly Word Count: 0/12,500

I honestly didn’t even think about writing this month. This whole ‘keeping track of monthly writing’ thing is getting a bit pathetic lol. But I did have some good progress in digital art-ing, so that’s something at least!

Projects Worked On:

None.

PLANS FOR NOVEMBER:

Probably will be way too busy for anything significant, but a fest IS starting this month, and usually I do have a burst of motivation every time this fest rolls around. I might have to wait on it though (as in, wait a few weeks to open my prompt), because I’ll have quite a few projects due around the time it starts -_- Also, just remembered NaNo is this month… oh well \_(ツ)_/¯

Projects to Work On:

□ Drarropoly - Goal: 1 ficlet

□ (What was my) HP Drizzle - Goal: Keep on keeping on

□ SB Bingo - Goal: Fill 1 square (doesn’t have to be fic)

GYWO 2019 Word Count Goal: 4,695/150,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 30

AUGUST:

Monthly Word Count: 730/12,500

Didn’t finish Drizzle like I’d hoped, but this has still been one of my better months. Which is crazy, since major life changes were going on.

Projects Worked On:

■ HP Drizzle - Although I had to drop, I made good progress in my fic, and I still plan to finish it.

PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER:

Busy month ahead, so I’m keeping my goals reasonable.

Projects to Work On:

□ (What was my) HP Drizzle - Goal: Finish at least the first two scenes.

GYWO 2019 Word Count Goal: 3,592/150,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 24

JUNE:

Monthly Word Count: 0/12,500

No writing, but got some outlining done!

Projects Worked On:

■ HP Drizzle - Huh, I actually do have a working outline for the fic… this might be the first time I kept to a writing goal the whole year. Yeah, I had a sudden burst of inspiration and planned out each of the scenes in my fic.

PLANS FOR JULY:

Every time I write out how I'm going to get writing done, it doesn’t happen. So this month… it’s a secret!

Projects to Work On:

□ HP Drizzle - Goal: Write the whole fic! That’ll give me time to get it beta read by the deadline

□ Advent Fic - Goal: Start plotting and outlining. Consider 25 Days of Drarry

□ Maybe try doing something for HP Rare Pair Shorts or HP DaddyFest or Sign up for Sam Wilson Birthday Bang!

GYWO 2019 Word Count Goal: 3,592/150,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 24

APRIL:

Monthly Word Count: 346/12,500

Went on a couple trips this month, so I was feeling very disjointed and my writing “schedule” (ha) suffered for it. Only wrote some on April 30, at like 10 pm because I suddenly felt inspired to. I did, however, come up with a whole bunch of ideas for fics this month (mainly because of Endgame and all my feels about that). I also learned this month in which ways sprinting works for me, and in which ways it doesn’t. I definitely get a lot more on the page, but at the same time I feel more pressured to do that than make sure every word I put down is purposeful and important to the story. Hopefully I can change my mindset about that, so I can actually get my words out, but meaningfully.

Projects Worked On:

■ The Couch Fic - Vaguely planned and started writing (all 346 words went here)

■ WF 5+1 - Looked over my initial plan and started researching and reworking it

PLANS FOR MAY:

We’ll see how this goes. Knowing me, my current taste for HP and Marvel will veer into me wanting to write Sherlock and Merlin instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Projects to Work On:

□ Drarryland 2019 Ficlets - Goal: Finish one or two more prompts (although it’s not the end of the world if I don’t), and comment on others’

□ HP Drizzle - Goal: Get a working outline for the whole fic, start writing scene I know I’ll have in there

□ The Couch Fic - Goal: Reconfigure beginning, and try to finish ASAP

□ WF 5+1 - Goal: Get fic fully mapped out, arced, everything. Then reconfigure beginning and start writing wherever else I want to

□ Advent Fic - Goal: Decide my goals for the fic, and some of the basic concepts of it

GYWO 2019 Word Count Goal: 2,666/150,000

# of Days I’ve Written Something: 18

FEBRUARY:

Monthly Word Count: 281/11,508

I totally flopped on my word count goal, but that’s okay! AS of the end of the month and Drarryland starting, I have a whole new wind. The majority of February’s wc was written on the 28th, so I am hopeful.

Projects Worked On:

■ Drarryland 2019 Ficlets - Wrote the majority of my first prompt

■ Klance “Stars Align” Zine Fic - outlined even more

■ Merthur Febuwhump Prompt - edited a bit

PLANS FOR MARCH:

*crosses fingers*

Projects to Work On:

□ Klance “Stars Align” Zine Fic - Goal: Complete it

□ Drarryland 2019 Ficlets - Goal: Finish as many prompts as possible

□ Draco Tops Harry Fest 2019 - Goal: Sign up and complete one or two prompts

□ Destiel Harlequin Challenge - Goal: Sign up and hopefully claim prompt

□ SPN Trope Celebration - Goal: Sign up and decide my concept

□ Non-Fest Drarry Fic (formerly a glompfest prompt) - Goal: Decide if writing, outline

□ Advent Fic - Goal: Decide my goals for the fic, and some of the basic concepts of it