Year-end fic meme
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nonelvisI've done this for the past couple years, so why not do it again?
Fic written in 2011
Slip (Kinkmeme fic – Donna/Martha with Ten watching, adult)
An Excellent Plan (Amy/Amy, adult)
Tea and Shortbread (Kinkmeme fic, Nine/Jackie, adult)
The Perils of Picnicking (Eleven/Romana I, practically gen)
No Names, No Regrets (Kinkmeme fic, Nine/River, adult)
Conversations With the Flesh (Cleaves, Eleven, Flesh!Eleven with a bit of Eleven/Flesh!Eleven, PG)
When Dreams Do Show Thee Me (Eleven/Amy, Amy/Rory, adult)
British Summer Time (Eleven/River, adult)
... plus assorted comment fic of dubious quality and behind various friendslocks, and a couple of pieces for The Doctor's Bedroom: a two-line Two/Jamie gag, and a ficlet about the Doctor's nightstand (both PG-rated for sexual references).
Leitmotif of the year
Porn, apparently, which I honestly would not have guessed (I swear!) before putting together this list. I don't write a lot of gen under normal circumstances, but this seems like even less than usual. However, I think there's an explanation, which is ...
Overall thoughts
... damn, I was busy at work this year, which left little time and brain to write. Writing adult fic is easier for me than writing gen, if only because I can get away with virtually no plot whatsoever. In those few moments I had the energy to write anything, I tended to go for short pieces I could complete quickly, and even with that, I have more stuff in my unfinished fics folder than I've ever had before.
2011: a great year for my business; a less great year for my fic.
My best story of this year
Conversations With the Flesh, probably not coincidentally one of the only gen-ish things I wrote this year. I was very attached to Cleaves by the end of it and was a little sorry to wind things up, but I also don't see myself having time to explore an AU in which she continues to travel with Eleven.
My favorite story of this year
A tie between Conversations With the Flesh and An Excellent Plan. I think I knocked the latter out in less than a week, which is pretty fast for me and usually indicates I'm happy with what I've written. Plus Amy/Amy is hot, so there's that.
Story of mine most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion
Probably When Dreams Do Show Thee Me, which is my own damned fault for forgetting about the story and leaving it unfinished for so long that it finally got posted a year and a half after the relevant episode aired. I'm still satisfied with how it turned out, though, which is the important thing.
Most fun story to write
An Excellent Plan, because I like writing lighthearted, sexy stuff. Runner-up: the kitchen conversation in Conversations With the Flesh, in which Cleaves gives Eleven what-for. Companions giving the Doctor a hard time = automatic win, and I love writing dialogue.
Story with the single sexiest moment
When Dreams Do Show Thee Me. I refuse to say which part under the grounds I might incriminate myself.
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story
Nothing I posted publicly, that's for sure ;) The one most people would probably say qualifies as "wrong" is Tea and Shortbread, simply because it's Nine/Jackie, to which I respond: NO, YOU'RE WRONG. Doctor/Jackie's improbability automatically makes it worth reading!
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters
Conversations With the Flesh, if only because I had to get inside Cleaves' head and flesh her out (no pun intended) to write this. What little we see of Cleaves in her two episodes shows her as highly intelligent, rules-driven, and loyal to her employer, right up until she realizes things have gone too far; I tried to keep those same characteristics, but add more cynicism now that she knew she was working for a morally dubious organization. She also struck me as someone who wouldn't want to travel with the Doctor forever – that she wouldn't be able to live with that level of uncertainty in her life about where she was going next and what might happen there. Hopefully that all came across in the story instead of just being in my head.
Hardest story to write
Slip. Memo to self: it doesn't matter how many Steer Roasts you've been to; writing a mud-wrestling scene is always going to be a royal pain in the ass.
Runner-up: British Summer Time, which lost at least a draft and a half before getting to its final form. I may recycle one of the jokes I cut at some future date, because it's still funny even if it didn't make it into the posted version.
Biggest disappointment
Slip, because writing action sucks, and there's only so much sexytime you can write in a mud-wrestling story before things just get unhygienic.
Biggest surprise
Who knew so many people would like a two-line, throwaway Two/Jamie joke? I had no idea.
Most unintentionally telling story
This sounds like a cop-out, but none of them, really. I think I even fell down on the job in putting in my own private jokes. This is what happens when I don't have time to devote to writing.
Story I haven't yet written, but intend to
There's a lot in the unfinished fic folder, but I'm not sure how much of it will actually get finished. There's a Ten/River story in there that still might have some life to it, as might the Nine/Donna, and I'd really like to see if I can rescue the Handy/Rose/River story. Also, I may owe a couple of people Eleven/River/Romana. Here's hoping 2012 brings a better balance of work to free time.
Fic written in 2011
Slip (Kinkmeme fic – Donna/Martha with Ten watching, adult)
An Excellent Plan (Amy/Amy, adult)
Tea and Shortbread (Kinkmeme fic, Nine/Jackie, adult)
The Perils of Picnicking (Eleven/Romana I, practically gen)
No Names, No Regrets (Kinkmeme fic, Nine/River, adult)
Conversations With the Flesh (Cleaves, Eleven, Flesh!Eleven with a bit of Eleven/Flesh!Eleven, PG)
When Dreams Do Show Thee Me (Eleven/Amy, Amy/Rory, adult)
British Summer Time (Eleven/River, adult)
... plus assorted comment fic of dubious quality and behind various friendslocks, and a couple of pieces for The Doctor's Bedroom: a two-line Two/Jamie gag, and a ficlet about the Doctor's nightstand (both PG-rated for sexual references).
Leitmotif of the year
Porn, apparently, which I honestly would not have guessed (I swear!) before putting together this list. I don't write a lot of gen under normal circumstances, but this seems like even less than usual. However, I think there's an explanation, which is ...
Overall thoughts
... damn, I was busy at work this year, which left little time and brain to write. Writing adult fic is easier for me than writing gen, if only because I can get away with virtually no plot whatsoever. In those few moments I had the energy to write anything, I tended to go for short pieces I could complete quickly, and even with that, I have more stuff in my unfinished fics folder than I've ever had before.
2011: a great year for my business; a less great year for my fic.
My best story of this year
Conversations With the Flesh, probably not coincidentally one of the only gen-ish things I wrote this year. I was very attached to Cleaves by the end of it and was a little sorry to wind things up, but I also don't see myself having time to explore an AU in which she continues to travel with Eleven.
My favorite story of this year
A tie between Conversations With the Flesh and An Excellent Plan. I think I knocked the latter out in less than a week, which is pretty fast for me and usually indicates I'm happy with what I've written. Plus Amy/Amy is hot, so there's that.
Story of mine most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion
Probably When Dreams Do Show Thee Me, which is my own damned fault for forgetting about the story and leaving it unfinished for so long that it finally got posted a year and a half after the relevant episode aired. I'm still satisfied with how it turned out, though, which is the important thing.
Most fun story to write
An Excellent Plan, because I like writing lighthearted, sexy stuff. Runner-up: the kitchen conversation in Conversations With the Flesh, in which Cleaves gives Eleven what-for. Companions giving the Doctor a hard time = automatic win, and I love writing dialogue.
Story with the single sexiest moment
When Dreams Do Show Thee Me. I refuse to say which part under the grounds I might incriminate myself.
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story
Nothing I posted publicly, that's for sure ;) The one most people would probably say qualifies as "wrong" is Tea and Shortbread, simply because it's Nine/Jackie, to which I respond: NO, YOU'RE WRONG. Doctor/Jackie's improbability automatically makes it worth reading!
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters
Conversations With the Flesh, if only because I had to get inside Cleaves' head and flesh her out (no pun intended) to write this. What little we see of Cleaves in her two episodes shows her as highly intelligent, rules-driven, and loyal to her employer, right up until she realizes things have gone too far; I tried to keep those same characteristics, but add more cynicism now that she knew she was working for a morally dubious organization. She also struck me as someone who wouldn't want to travel with the Doctor forever – that she wouldn't be able to live with that level of uncertainty in her life about where she was going next and what might happen there. Hopefully that all came across in the story instead of just being in my head.
Hardest story to write
Slip. Memo to self: it doesn't matter how many Steer Roasts you've been to; writing a mud-wrestling scene is always going to be a royal pain in the ass.
Runner-up: British Summer Time, which lost at least a draft and a half before getting to its final form. I may recycle one of the jokes I cut at some future date, because it's still funny even if it didn't make it into the posted version.
Biggest disappointment
Slip, because writing action sucks, and there's only so much sexytime you can write in a mud-wrestling story before things just get unhygienic.
Biggest surprise
Who knew so many people would like a two-line, throwaway Two/Jamie joke? I had no idea.
Most unintentionally telling story
This sounds like a cop-out, but none of them, really. I think I even fell down on the job in putting in my own private jokes. This is what happens when I don't have time to devote to writing.
Story I haven't yet written, but intend to
There's a lot in the unfinished fic folder, but I'm not sure how much of it will actually get finished. There's a Ten/River story in there that still might have some life to it, as might the Nine/Donna, and I'd really like to see if I can rescue the Handy/Rose/River story. Also, I may owe a couple of people Eleven/River/Romana. Here's hoping 2012 brings a better balance of work to free time.