[sindohte]

Well it's the 8th day of the new year and I wanted to throw out this question - What are your plans, hopes, goals, etc., for your fanfic writing in 2004?

Here's my list --

1. Stop writing so damn much!!! I have a tendency to go on and on with a scene. My goal is to write in a more concise manner, so my Goddess of the Keyboard will not have to remove as much filler during the editing process.

2. Take some type of writing course. Since I'm busy it will likely be something online.

3. Read a book or two about the art of writing. I'm currently reading Crafting Scenes by Raymond Obstfeld which I have found to be very helpful.

4. Finish writing Daughter of Kings within the next 3 months. Do ya hear that Roisin? What started out as a joke about a Mary Sue of a Ranger has turned into this epic year long project. I want to finish our baby so we can celebrate.

[Roisin]

Woo hoo!

My NY resolution is to sleep with Orlando Bloom. Hey, it has about as much chance of being kept as most NY resolutions....

Roisin

[JennnLee]

As far as fanfic goes, my only New Year's resolution is to write the sequel to "Eternally" with Ellbee. Looks like that one will happen, mostly because we're good at kicking each other in the butt.

My other resolutions (that pertain to writing):

1. Join a writer's group. We just moved to a small town, with a small, locally-owned bookstore. They have a writer's group that meets on the third Tuesday of the month, so I'm going to give it a shot. I'm a little nervous, because I haven't been part of a writing group since my college creative writing class. But I hope it's fun.

2. Finish the second draft of my novel. I'd stalled out on it for a while, letting real life get in the way. But I've gotten back to work on it in the new year, and remember why I liked it so much the first time. It's a ghost story, a mystery, and a romance, and I'm excited to make progress on it!

[sindohte]

[Roisin]

My other resolutions are to lose 30 pounds and drink green tea daily.

Writing wise, just to finish DOK and maybe get started on the Eomer bunny.

Roisin

[Hathor]

1. Finish of The Fic From Hell #2 and get The Fic From Hell #1 tweaked appropriately. 400 page long monstrosity was stupidly written by pen, which I think helped me be creative, but at the same time ruined me completely in that yes I have a working draft, but it's a bitch to type up. When am I supposed to find the time? It's a big, long, LOTR epic thing which I am vaguely proud of, but I started it in October, 2002. It is now 2004. Two years later, I'm not finished. Typical!

2. Work on characterisation. If I don't understand the character (I have terrible problems with Frodo from LOTR, Daniel from Stargate, Rube in Dead Like Me, Draco from Harry Potter... the list goes on) I don't take the time to write them properly. So I plan to do what I do with the liked characters - sit them down and get them to answer Questions from The List, whether they want to or not. You'd be amazed at how much it helps writing.

That's all I have set in stone that are to do with writing. The rest consists of piercings, the growing of my hair for a change, and that old chestnut- lose weight. Yeah, like that's going to happen...

[KhazarKhum]

Eat more chocolate.

Hey, at least I'll keep it!

[queenoftheshire]

[sindohte]

[Moralanqua]

1. Spend more quality time with afrocat (I luv kitty)

2. Clean my flat more often instead of waiting until im in a panic as the folks are coming for a visit... (Do the dishes ya minger!)

3. Work on grammar and characterisation (Haldir is *not* a sex machine...much)

4. Do less beta reading and more writing of my own (Must update!)

5. Buy a new bra (one that makes my jugglies look all huge and fab!)


Why is it we promise ourselves this stuff? I know damn well that i wont buy a new bra until this one has crawled off my back.