December Writing Goals
Dec. 4th, 2019 08:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
malenkayacherepakha Well November ended up being a crazy month, and it absolutely flew by. I can't believe it's already December and time to start thinking about Christmas - the past few months have gone so quickly it feels like summer was only yesterday.
Progress on November Goals
In some ways, I did really well with my November goals. I got all my Owlpost fics done and submitted on time, and I quite like them which I wasn't expecting as I was struggling to write them.
My other November goal was to not write anything else, and take a break. I failed at this goal, quite spectacularly, as I ended up picking up a pinch hit for Erised. I don't quite know how I feel about that experience and the fic I came up with yet, and I've been trying not to think about it too much as I'm trying to avoid getting sucked into a panic of oh my god my fic isn't good enough for such a famous fest etc etc. I'm loving reading all the entries though, and am determined to try and keep up as best as I can.
December Goals
Now this time I really don't have any goals. I have fics on the back burner, in particular a Harry x Ginny fic that I've been planning in my head for a while, but I'm putting absolutely no pressure on myself to get it done this month or to any particular deadline. I've been working to deadlines for the majority of the year, and it's definitely time for a break from that pressure (however tempted I am by Salt and Pepper fest).
Linking in to my lack of goals for the month and my need for a break from writing, I've been pondering how I feel after nearly a full year of participating properly in fandom. I have a lot of complicated, sometimes conflicting, thoughts, which I might expand on in another post, as I think getting them down in writing might help me make sense of them. I hope that might help me in figuring out my feelings and my place in fandom a little more ready for when I'm ready to share some fics again. But anyway, even though I might not necessarily be writing so much (or at least, not publishing so much), I'll still be around to chat, and read all the amazing fics that keep coming out.
Progress on November Goals
In some ways, I did really well with my November goals. I got all my Owlpost fics done and submitted on time, and I quite like them which I wasn't expecting as I was struggling to write them.
My other November goal was to not write anything else, and take a break. I failed at this goal, quite spectacularly, as I ended up picking up a pinch hit for Erised. I don't quite know how I feel about that experience and the fic I came up with yet, and I've been trying not to think about it too much as I'm trying to avoid getting sucked into a panic of oh my god my fic isn't good enough for such a famous fest etc etc. I'm loving reading all the entries though, and am determined to try and keep up as best as I can.
December Goals
Now this time I really don't have any goals. I have fics on the back burner, in particular a Harry x Ginny fic that I've been planning in my head for a while, but I'm putting absolutely no pressure on myself to get it done this month or to any particular deadline. I've been working to deadlines for the majority of the year, and it's definitely time for a break from that pressure (however tempted I am by Salt and Pepper fest).
Linking in to my lack of goals for the month and my need for a break from writing, I've been pondering how I feel after nearly a full year of participating properly in fandom. I have a lot of complicated, sometimes conflicting, thoughts, which I might expand on in another post, as I think getting them down in writing might help me make sense of them. I hope that might help me in figuring out my feelings and my place in fandom a little more ready for when I'm ready to share some fics again. But anyway, even though I might not necessarily be writing so much (or at least, not publishing so much), I'll still be around to chat, and read all the amazing fics that keep coming out.
