2008 and writing
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1) Where did you begin 2008?
At a friend's place.
2) What was your status on Valentine's Day?
Single.
3) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
Uhm not really, only for the exams and to get books,
4) How did you earn your money?
I got social pension for half the year. Nothing else.
5) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Nope. Only getting my mom from it when her shift was over.
6) Did you have any encounters with the police?
No.
7) Where did you go on holiday?
I stayed home.
8) What did you purchase that was over $1000?
Nothing.
9) Did you know anybody who got married?
Yes. I was at the wedding.
10) Did you meet anyone famous?
Uhm.. definition of meet? Does getting touched by Steve Carlson count?
11) Best book you read this year?
I read a few really good ones. I think "Blind Fall" by Christopher Ruce was the one that impressed me the most.
12) Did you move anywhere?
Nope.
13) What concerts did you go to?
Gavin DeGraw, Steve Carlson, Jason Manns
14) Best purchase of the year?
Hmmmm... my MP3 player.
15) Are you registered to vote?
Yes. I automatically was when I truned 18 (and 16 when I got my ID card was allowed to vote in the Berlin Senate elections).
16) Who did you want to win Big Brother?
I don't really know why this should even be a matter? I don't care at all.
17) Where do you live now?
Berlin
18) Describe your birthday.
It was cool. Really cool. Went out with friends to meet up around midnigth to celebrate, later had celebration with my family and in the evening one of my best friends came by to spend the night.
19) What's one thing you thought you'd never do but did in 2008?
Huh, good question. Be as spontaneous as I was, twice.
20) What has been your favorite moment?
I really don't know... Maybe Steve's and Jason's concert or the second I had my last exam behind me and was done with it all.
21) What's something you learned about yourself?
Nothing new, just the same old things that I need to be reminded of. Oh I can be very spontaneous, I didn't know that.
22) Any new additions to your family?
Nope.
23) What was your best month?
Hmmm... March, May, July
24) What music will you remember 2008 by?
Oh... definitely Steve's and there is so much that I don't even know
25) Who has been your best drinking buddy?
Uhm... usually my friends but late my brother kind of takes the spot.
26) Made new friends?
Ah yes... a lot
27) Best new friend?
Uhm.... not fair. I can't chose.
I'd say![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evil_witch666.
I heart all my new friends though, I appreciate everyone of you. Really.
Thank you for being there for me. :)
28) Favorite Night out?
There were a few but London in May beats them all. :D
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I will count the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
spn_j2_xmas story as well since I am almost done with it and I am pretty sure it will be posted this year. :)
Fanfics Posted: 16
Fanfics Written: 18 (to be posted some time)
RPS:
8 J2
2 in F1
1 Steve/Jensen
1 in Swimming
FPF/FPS:
2 Sam/Dean
1 Gossip Girl
1 Dark Angel
Words: estimated 118.130
I still have five prompts open, two of which I am working on. The other two will be written as well since I promised them. Three of them are J2, one of the is Torchwood. I am so not sure about the fifth prompt because that one is really a challenge.
On to the meme, the rest of it is behind the cut because it is rather long.
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Definitely more than I thought I would. I didn't write anything last year, like really nothing. So taking up three challenges was definitely somehting I didn't think I would do or finish. I think it helped with writing as well, since I actually had to write then and had to force myself to actually think about what I am doing.
I didn't predict anything at all. And being in the middle of exams certainly put another kind of pressure on me, I still wrote though.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2oo8?
I think that would be Dark Angel the Alec/Normal story and the Gossip Girl prompt ficlet. I never really thought I would write anything in these fandoms.
But then again I have always wanted to write something with Sam and Dean and never did because I didnt feel comfortable with it and now I have done that this year.
What's your favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
That's a good question. I am usually really insecure when it comes to my writing but I think I really like "Club Tropicana". It was the most fun to write and I still like most parts of it when I read over it now.
I like the "i Robot" story as well but something puts me off so that I cannot really call it my favourite but I still like it.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
I guess I did take a huge risk with even signing up for Big Bang. I was inexperienced when it came to challenges like that with such a word count. During the whole process I was never sure if I was doing the right thing.
I learned how to organize myself and my notes and my thoughts so that in the end it isn't all a big huge jumble of words but an actually story. I don't know if I like my Big Bang story, I just know that it helped me to realise some things and that I am a little proud of actually finishing it.
There are parts in it which I don't like and where I wish I had taken another path or another way to solve them, but it's too late now and I can only look back on it and tell myself that it was all worth it.
Best story
Hmmmm.... I'd still say "Club Tropicana" but then again I think "Four times Jensen didn't want to kiss Jared and one time he did." is the best.
I like the style and the ideas. I don't even know why but I am sort of proud of this.
There are more stories I like but I wouldn't call them the best story. Just like them the way they turned out.
Story Most Underappreciated by the Universe
Good questions. Maybe the "i Robot" story. I hoped for a little more thoughts on it and maybe a little more feedback.
But then again I think it is okay the way it went because I sometimes think it doesn't deserves that much more attention.
I am not talking about the Big Bang story because I think it's not underappreciated, but sometimes I wonder what one has to write to actually get feedback these days. I am so bad at predicting what is in and what will be read, because I apparently have a totally different taste than the greater part of fandom.
Or people just see my name and run away screaming. :D
Most fun
Club Tropicana.
It just was fun to write, nothing more.
Most disappointing
Definitely "The worst mistake is giving up (You are part of everything)", because I thought it would turn out differently.
I think it is a little screwy when it comes to logic and to chronological development. I don't like some of the things I had my characters do or say or feel. I sometimes think it's too cheesy or too wooden when it comes to the whole plot.
I feel like a lot of it doesn't make much sense and is just there to be there and to be in the word count, which is probably my fault because I didn't take much time to think about those things when I was done with some scenes.
I think it was a mistake wanting to be just done with it in the end. And being in the middle of exams wasn't the best situation to actually write such a thing.
I think the whole story (mess) reflects rather nicely that my thoughts where all over the place.
But, I am still kind of proud for finishing it.
Most sexy
Even though I don't like the pairing much I have to say it's "A moment in Time", because really it's the only NC-17 story so far this year (this time I am not counting thespn_j2_xmas story since I am not done with deciding on the rating).
Story With a Single Sexy Moment
"Four times Jensen didn't want to kiss Jared and one time he did.", I think. I like that scene.
But then again I would vote for Club Tropicana as well, because I like that scene equally as much.
Hardest to Write
Well certain scenes of the Big Bang story gave me issues and I am not sure I did goopd with solving them.
But the hardest to write was definitely Steve/Jensen. I chose the prompt and had no idea what to do with it. I don't really like the pairing but then it went surprisingly well.
I had issues with some of the prompted stories, I remember starting over and over again on the Gossip Girl ficlet because I couldn't get the voices right and it sounded more like a teeny diary than anything close to being in-character. I had the same issue with the F1 prompt. But I am rather happy with how that turned out.
"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
Nope. None. I don't think I am ready to have such a story... not yet.
Most Unintentionally Telling
Hmmm... I don't really know. That is a good question and I should really think about it.
I think the most telling thing in all the stories is that I can't quite manage not to have an happy end. I suck at writing angst I think. I never really try anymore because the last time I did, I kind of depressed myself very deeply.
So think the telling part of the story is maybe that they are kind of schmoopy or at least have some kind of happy ending.
*shrugs*
Maybe someone reading this can tell me what the most telling thing or the most telling story is, because I seriously have no idea and it would be cool to know and to know what others think.
This year's theme and the story that demonstrates it most:
Hmmmm... J2 is the theme and it's mostly AU, which maybe makes it easier for me to write them. I am not sure.
I think it might be the easier way but I don't know. I did write J2 which was not AU and it was fun as well.
I realised that I have problems when I try to write canon (either Sam/Dean or J2) because there are so many things to consider now that I feel like I am missing the iomportant ones.
I am trying though and mostly it's still fun to stay with canon and develop a story out of it.
It's just that sometimes AUs seem to be the more approachable subject for me.
Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
No, I can't say that I have. I'll probably trying to stay in the semi-regular writing pattern, because I actually like having a certain goal and being able to write down my ideas again.
I have no idea how the next year will go but I will try not to have another year of "not writing anything at all".
1) Where did you begin 2008?
At a friend's place.
2) What was your status on Valentine's Day?
Single.
3) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
Uhm not really, only for the exams and to get books,
4) How did you earn your money?
I got social pension for half the year. Nothing else.
5) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Nope. Only getting my mom from it when her shift was over.
6) Did you have any encounters with the police?
No.
7) Where did you go on holiday?
I stayed home.
8) What did you purchase that was over $1000?
Nothing.
9) Did you know anybody who got married?
Yes. I was at the wedding.
10) Did you meet anyone famous?
Uhm.. definition of meet? Does getting touched by Steve Carlson count?
11) Best book you read this year?
I read a few really good ones. I think "Blind Fall" by Christopher Ruce was the one that impressed me the most.
12) Did you move anywhere?
Nope.
13) What concerts did you go to?
Gavin DeGraw, Steve Carlson, Jason Manns
14) Best purchase of the year?
Hmmmm... my MP3 player.
15) Are you registered to vote?
Yes. I automatically was when I truned 18 (and 16 when I got my ID card was allowed to vote in the Berlin Senate elections).
16) Who did you want to win Big Brother?
I don't really know why this should even be a matter? I don't care at all.
17) Where do you live now?
Berlin
18) Describe your birthday.
It was cool. Really cool. Went out with friends to meet up around midnigth to celebrate, later had celebration with my family and in the evening one of my best friends came by to spend the night.
19) What's one thing you thought you'd never do but did in 2008?
Huh, good question. Be as spontaneous as I was, twice.
20) What has been your favorite moment?
I really don't know... Maybe Steve's and Jason's concert or the second I had my last exam behind me and was done with it all.
21) What's something you learned about yourself?
Nothing new, just the same old things that I need to be reminded of. Oh I can be very spontaneous, I didn't know that.
22) Any new additions to your family?
Nope.
23) What was your best month?
Hmmm... March, May, July
24) What music will you remember 2008 by?
Oh... definitely Steve's and there is so much that I don't even know
25) Who has been your best drinking buddy?
Uhm... usually my friends but late my brother kind of takes the spot.
26) Made new friends?
Ah yes... a lot
27) Best new friend?
Uhm.... not fair. I can't chose.
I'd say
evil_witch666.I heart all my new friends though, I appreciate everyone of you. Really.
Thank you for being there for me. :)
28) Favorite Night out?
There were a few but London in May beats them all. :D
****
Snagged from
benitleI will count the
spn_j2_xmas story as well since I am almost done with it and I am pretty sure it will be posted this year. :)Fanfics Posted: 16
Fanfics Written: 18 (to be posted some time)
RPS:
8 J2
2 in F1
1 Steve/Jensen
1 in Swimming
FPF/FPS:
2 Sam/Dean
1 Gossip Girl
1 Dark Angel
Words: estimated 118.130
I still have five prompts open, two of which I am working on. The other two will be written as well since I promised them. Three of them are J2, one of the is Torchwood. I am so not sure about the fifth prompt because that one is really a challenge.
On to the meme, the rest of it is behind the cut because it is rather long.
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Definitely more than I thought I would. I didn't write anything last year, like really nothing. So taking up three challenges was definitely somehting I didn't think I would do or finish. I think it helped with writing as well, since I actually had to write then and had to force myself to actually think about what I am doing.
I didn't predict anything at all. And being in the middle of exams certainly put another kind of pressure on me, I still wrote though.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2oo8?
I think that would be Dark Angel the Alec/Normal story and the Gossip Girl prompt ficlet. I never really thought I would write anything in these fandoms.
But then again I have always wanted to write something with Sam and Dean and never did because I didnt feel comfortable with it and now I have done that this year.
What's your favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
That's a good question. I am usually really insecure when it comes to my writing but I think I really like "Club Tropicana". It was the most fun to write and I still like most parts of it when I read over it now.
I like the "i Robot" story as well but something puts me off so that I cannot really call it my favourite but I still like it.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
I guess I did take a huge risk with even signing up for Big Bang. I was inexperienced when it came to challenges like that with such a word count. During the whole process I was never sure if I was doing the right thing.
I learned how to organize myself and my notes and my thoughts so that in the end it isn't all a big huge jumble of words but an actually story. I don't know if I like my Big Bang story, I just know that it helped me to realise some things and that I am a little proud of actually finishing it.
There are parts in it which I don't like and where I wish I had taken another path or another way to solve them, but it's too late now and I can only look back on it and tell myself that it was all worth it.
Best story
Hmmmm.... I'd still say "Club Tropicana" but then again I think "Four times Jensen didn't want to kiss Jared and one time he did." is the best.
I like the style and the ideas. I don't even know why but I am sort of proud of this.
There are more stories I like but I wouldn't call them the best story. Just like them the way they turned out.
Story Most Underappreciated by the Universe
Good questions. Maybe the "i Robot" story. I hoped for a little more thoughts on it and maybe a little more feedback.
But then again I think it is okay the way it went because I sometimes think it doesn't deserves that much more attention.
I am not talking about the Big Bang story because I think it's not underappreciated, but sometimes I wonder what one has to write to actually get feedback these days. I am so bad at predicting what is in and what will be read, because I apparently have a totally different taste than the greater part of fandom.
Or people just see my name and run away screaming. :D
Most fun
Club Tropicana.
It just was fun to write, nothing more.
Most disappointing
Definitely "The worst mistake is giving up (You are part of everything)", because I thought it would turn out differently.
I think it is a little screwy when it comes to logic and to chronological development. I don't like some of the things I had my characters do or say or feel. I sometimes think it's too cheesy or too wooden when it comes to the whole plot.
I feel like a lot of it doesn't make much sense and is just there to be there and to be in the word count, which is probably my fault because I didn't take much time to think about those things when I was done with some scenes.
I think it was a mistake wanting to be just done with it in the end. And being in the middle of exams wasn't the best situation to actually write such a thing.
I think the whole story (mess) reflects rather nicely that my thoughts where all over the place.
But, I am still kind of proud for finishing it.
Most sexy
Even though I don't like the pairing much I have to say it's "A moment in Time", because really it's the only NC-17 story so far this year (this time I am not counting the
spn_j2_xmas story since I am not done with deciding on the rating).Story With a Single Sexy Moment
"Four times Jensen didn't want to kiss Jared and one time he did.", I think. I like that scene.
" They still don’t move away from each other, still keep pressing closer, still stand propped up against the wall in Mike’s living room with the party crowd around them. Jensen doesn’t really mind anymore, not when he knows that neither he nor Jared are really that drunk and can actually control what they are doing. Not that they are really trying to control anything at the moment.
Jared lets his hands roam up and down Jensen’s back.
“So I guess we aren’t as drunk as we both thought we were, which makes this situation awkward and might actually mean that we are kind of outing us right now. At least a little, since no one is looking right now, but who knows. Stop me from rambling any time you want, Jen. It doesn’t really help with making this less awkward.”
So, Jensen does what he's wanted to do since they arrived and Jared had pulled his lower lip between his when he tried to decide what to drink first. He kisses Jared. Kisses him with all he has and still tries to keep it gentle, loving.
Jensen doesn’t even care who sees anymore, the people around here are friends anyway. Friends in the business who know how hard it is and what it means to both find love and then to try to keep it.
Jensen just keeps on kissing Jared; and Jared kisses right back."
But then again I would vote for Club Tropicana as well, because I like that scene equally as much.
"He doesn’t know what to say or how to explain things to Jensen. He doesn’t know how to tell Jensen that those three summers when they were teenagers shaped him in more ways than he had known. Jared doesn’t know how to say that Jensen kind of spoiled him for any other relationship he ever had. He just really doesn’t know how to say any of it.
So, he decides, he'll just show Jensen. He drags him close and crashes their lips together. He has been craving Jensen since the first time they kissed and now he knows why. It hadn’t been the first time at all. It had been familiar and good and just them.
They kiss for a long time. Kiss to calm down, to come to terms with everything. In their own heads first, so they don’t talk, just sit there curled together, looking out to the ocean and the stars. Jared feels Jensen’s arms come around him and it feels good. Really good.
The sigh directly next to his ear indicates that they are even closer now. He doesn't know what to do, how to react. Suddenly he feels the warm sand again, sees the stars clearer and just knows that is were he wants to be. This is the right place. He closes his eyes and sinks deeper into the embrace. He needs to be really close right now. He needs to feel.
“You okay?” Jensen sounds concerned and Jared knows he has been quiet for too long.
He nods, eyes still closed, on the edge of falling asleep. The slow music drifting over isn’t helping him stay awake. The heat and warmth of the body behind him lulls him into a daze. The steady rise and fall of the chest he is propped up against, the hand moving in slow circles on his belly, all that seems so normal, so right.
Everything else that happened slips back, fades into the background and Jared feels like he might be able to deal now. It doesn’t seem to be such a huge thing anymore and he's glad that Jensen followed him. But that’s just too much to think about, so he pushes it all back, way back into a corner of his mind. Later, there'd be time to think and talk. Not right now.
And then he destroys it all by saying: “I've been in love with you since that last summer.”
A hitched breath and he knows Jensen is thinking the same. Jared doesn’t even know why he says it. Doesn’t really think he would ever find the courage to actually do it. And really, his timing sucks.
“Yeah, I know… Me, too.”
Jared knows Jensen understands and again he can only nod. Because this whole situation is so damn surreal that it's actually starting to make sense. They sit on the sand, watch the ocean, the stars and nothing more. "
Hardest to Write
Well certain scenes of the Big Bang story gave me issues and I am not sure I did goopd with solving them.
But the hardest to write was definitely Steve/Jensen. I chose the prompt and had no idea what to do with it. I don't really like the pairing but then it went surprisingly well.
I had issues with some of the prompted stories, I remember starting over and over again on the Gossip Girl ficlet because I couldn't get the voices right and it sounded more like a teeny diary than anything close to being in-character. I had the same issue with the F1 prompt. But I am rather happy with how that turned out.
"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
Nope. None. I don't think I am ready to have such a story... not yet.
Most Unintentionally Telling
Hmmm... I don't really know. That is a good question and I should really think about it.
I think the most telling thing in all the stories is that I can't quite manage not to have an happy end. I suck at writing angst I think. I never really try anymore because the last time I did, I kind of depressed myself very deeply.
So think the telling part of the story is maybe that they are kind of schmoopy or at least have some kind of happy ending.
*shrugs*
Maybe someone reading this can tell me what the most telling thing or the most telling story is, because I seriously have no idea and it would be cool to know and to know what others think.
This year's theme and the story that demonstrates it most:
Hmmmm... J2 is the theme and it's mostly AU, which maybe makes it easier for me to write them. I am not sure.
I think it might be the easier way but I don't know. I did write J2 which was not AU and it was fun as well.
I realised that I have problems when I try to write canon (either Sam/Dean or J2) because there are so many things to consider now that I feel like I am missing the iomportant ones.
I am trying though and mostly it's still fun to stay with canon and develop a story out of it.
It's just that sometimes AUs seem to be the more approachable subject for me.
Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
No, I can't say that I have. I'll probably trying to stay in the semi-regular writing pattern, because I actually like having a certain goal and being able to write down my ideas again.
I have no idea how the next year will go but I will try not to have another year of "not writing anything at all".
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Date: 2008-12-28 07:27 pm (UTC)Love ya, babe!!!! &hearts&hearts&hearts&hearts&hearts&hearts
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Date: 2008-12-28 07:42 pm (UTC)Well, if I had to chose.... and we kind of did a lot together.. LOL
*hugs back*
I know it is kinda mean considering I found some cool people this year... and I have known you the longest...
♥
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Date: 2008-12-28 07:47 pm (UTC)Well, you're right. We did some stuff together this year. And I do understand the part about I found some cool people this year because it was the same for me and I honestly don't know if I could choose just one of them *hugs*
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Date: 2008-12-28 07:50 pm (UTC)I thought a lot about it and if I should actually choose but then I thought I could.. :D
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Date: 2008-12-29 07:43 pm (UTC)I love the second meme because I get to read your fics!
Me has links!!
I will try to read them soon althought my days off work are gone now! lol
*hugs you*
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Date: 2008-12-29 09:07 pm (UTC)No idea if you will even like them at all.. :)
Oh and I just created a master list in my writing LJ, so here are all my stories linked.
*hugs*
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Date: 2008-12-29 09:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-29 09:51 pm (UTC)