Meme: 2014 Fanfic Year-In-Review

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Total Word Count in 2014 = 74,035*

*(not counting all unposted WIPs)

Stories written: 15
Number of fandoms written in: 7
Shortest story: 599 words
Longest story: 27,138 words
Average story length: 4935 words



Crossovers

Just Another Full Moon - Teen Wolf/My Secret Identity – 3935 words - Beacon Hills isn't the kind of town that stays up late, so when the lacrosse team wins its championship, they head to the nearest truck stop, where not everyone is thrilled to join the team in their celebration. intoabar

Locked Out - The Listener/Tomorrow People (2013) – 3623 words – The IIB tries to solve a seemingly simple break-in. yuletide

Twice Across the Same River - Teen Wolf/Tomorrow People (2013) - 6307 words - While on their way to Sacramento, Stephen and Irene make a pit-stop in Beacon Hills where they become involved in an assassination attempt on Scott and Stiles. crossovering

Angel

It's a Special Kind of Thing (A Happiness Is Remix) - 1486 words – The first time Angel remembered being happy is also the first time he truly understood sin. remix_redux

Highlander

An Audience of Everyone - 4607 words - With the proliferation of cameras, recording devices, and near-instant transmission of images, even the most careful Immortal is bound to run into trouble with what people see. Amanda’s never functioned on the same scale as anyone else, so it only figures that her trouble would go viral. hlh_shortcuts

Quid Pro Quo - 2249 words - Joe's had to train Watchers before. Why his new trainee would have to be that Watcher, though, is a question for the ages. genficexchange

The Listener

Security - 599 words – Oz is going to learn how to protect himself, no matter how long it takes. fandom_stocking

Teen Wolf

Burning Up Inside - 1385 words – The closer Jordan gets to finding out what he is, the more he fears what will happen if he does. trickortreatex

If You Knew What I Know - 5959 words - When Isaac loses his memory in the Alpha attack, he loses all knowledge of werewolves, too. Danny happens to be the one with the answers. rarepairfest

Knaves of Coins - 3077 words - What Danny and Boyd both have in common is an outsiders' perspective. Two ficlets about Danny and Boyd and what happens when outsiders stand together.

Learning Curves - 1723 words - For four months, no one bothered to tell Lydia anything about what was going on in Beacon Hills. Now that she knows, she's determined to get some real answers. shipswap

O What a Tangled Web - 275 words – Everyone in the school knew Greenberg's secret, except for when they didn't. Bad Bang


Tomorrow People (1973)

All the Little Background Noises - 6140 words - In a paradox of governments everywhere, Federation Ambassadors are sent off-world to live and work, while still speaking for their people back home. When Ambassador Elizabeth receives some world-changing news, she has to decide where she fits in and whom she speaks for. rarewomen

Face the Music - 1673 words - Andrew's used to making people see what he wants them to see. Being trusted to see through others' illusions is a different matter. fandom_stocking

Tomorrow People (2013)

Angle of Observation - 3859 words - Charlotte may be a kid and she may not have had the most normal upbringing. Maybe that's why she can see what the others can't. genficexchange

ninety-nine decision street - 27,138 words - In the wake of losing her powers, Irene tries to build a new life for herself. Obtuse department chairs, brain-dead students, and a surprise house guest quickly become the least of her concerns when she discovers that her old friends are in trouble, and she may be the only one who can save them. yuletide

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Overall Thoughts:

I am so glad 2014 is over. This was an absolutely hellacious year and that negatively affected my writing is just about every possible way. From forced unemployment to heath scares to computer crashes, I can't believe I still managed to write 15 stories.

My best stories of the year

The story with the highest number of hits and highest kudos count is “Learning Curves”; however, I feel my best stories are “Twice Across the Same River” and “ninety-nine decision street,” both of which were a great deal of fun to write.

My favorite story of the year:

I think “Twice Across the Same River” is my favorite. I just do so adore crossover.

Story of mine most unappreciated by the universe:

I'm a little disappointed with the reception of “ninety-nine decision street.” The person it was written for liked it, which is excellent!, but I honesty expected it to get a little more yuletide attention than it did.

Most fun story to write:

“Just Another Full Moon” was a lot of fun because of trying to reconcile all the pieces of the two fandoms involved while still creating a plausible scenario.

Story with the sexiest moments:

That has to be “Learning Curves,” mostly because it's the only story written with the intention of having any sexy moments.

Most “Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you” story:

“Burning Up Inside”? I don't branch into body horror very often, so the subject matter isn't wrong so much as way outside my wheelhouse.

Story that shifted my perceptions of the characters:

I might have finished “ninety-nine decision street” ready to start shipping Stephen and Irene.

Hardest story to write:

“If You Knew What I Know” was by far the hardest because of the computer crash, deadline issues, Real Life issues, and the challenge of working with tropes I haven't used before.

Biggest disappointment:

For the reasons above, “If You Knew What I Know.” I really need to spend some time with this story and give it a good overhaul.

Biggest surprise:

“ninety-nine decision street.” I seriously was not planning on writing a 27k story for Yuletide, or for any other reason. While the bones of this story were ones I'd been playing with for some time, I still had no notion that the story would end up being as long as it was or would include so many of the elements it did. To add to the surprise, I wrote the first draft as part of NaNoWriMo, so when I went back to edit it, I expected to have a great deal of re-writing to do. Ultimately, most of the NaNo draft needed only some cleaning up. A couple sections did require extensive re-writes, but not anywhere near what I'd anticipated.

Most unintentionally telling story:

I never know what to answer for this one, so if anyone has any suggestions, please speak up.

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?

I wrote a lot less than I thought I did, though there was that huge last minute recovery that skewed all the numbers.

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2014?

No real surprises here, this year.

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?

The biggest risk was diving into doing a remix for the first time, as I've never touched the genre before and it was in a fandom I've never written in before. I think I like this remix thing. I'd like to dabble in it more this year.

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?

Write moar! Try to write things that get feedback.

I'd like to thank the academy...

htbthomas, bethskink, tptigger, and brightknightie who all helped at vital points, and without whom as least one of the above stories wouldn't exist.

Comments

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Very cool!