November Vacation! (from writing fics)
Nov. 2nd, 2020 06:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zaniidaAccording to AO3, I've posted just shy of 50 items in the past four months. Twenty in October alone. Bringing me up to 148 works, mostly within two main fandoms: Person of Interest and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Next highest is Welcome to Night Vale with three items, though I expect Slayers, ElfQuest, and Octodad to get up there as well, maybe within the next year.
Anyway, it's time for a break. So I'm planning to cut down on social media and to do a reverse NaNoWriMo, using November as my "do nothing with fanfics that requires effort or stress."
Doesn't mean I won't post anything, let alone that I won't write anything. I very much hope to get the next chapter of Unseen Things uploaded, if nothing else, and my brain is very excited about my Thorwhump Alchemical Journey piece, so I don't doubt I'll be adding to that as well during this month.
Plus, maybe doing some bookkeeping to try and get my notes in order so that when I do get back to my writing, I won't be floundering around trying to remember what I was trying to do and where all the pieces are. Series Bibles are a thing! I just never expected to find them useful for my own one-person-project fanfics.
But mostly, I'm trying to turn my brain in other directions. Video games, for one. My nephew and I will be participating in the Extra Life Charity Fundraiser on Saturday, raising money for Seattle Children's Hospital; we plan to spend the better part of 16 hours trying to make some sort of game, see what all we can do. The whole month is marked for game design, just seeing what all we can manage with Core Aesthetics and Minimum Viable Product. Whatever's in our short-term reach; we're hoping to explore a new game style each week.
On top of that, I might start modding Skyrim. Just got done figuring out how to mod Stardew Valley, which made a fun game even more enjoyable and less annoying. Plus, now I've got almost everything I need to reboot my A Fugitive in Stardew Valley series. A few amenities have made up for some aspects I'd thought to be lacking (sitting, swimming, and changing clothes, for example), and I've also got some story expansions for several characters, which is pretty cool.
The main thing, though, is to cut down on the stress and the deadlines (real or self-imposed) and the anxieties, and just take a breather.
See y'all on the other side!
Anyway, it's time for a break. So I'm planning to cut down on social media and to do a reverse NaNoWriMo, using November as my "do nothing with fanfics that requires effort or stress."
Doesn't mean I won't post anything, let alone that I won't write anything. I very much hope to get the next chapter of Unseen Things uploaded, if nothing else, and my brain is very excited about my Thorwhump Alchemical Journey piece, so I don't doubt I'll be adding to that as well during this month.
Plus, maybe doing some bookkeeping to try and get my notes in order so that when I do get back to my writing, I won't be floundering around trying to remember what I was trying to do and where all the pieces are. Series Bibles are a thing! I just never expected to find them useful for my own one-person-project fanfics.
But mostly, I'm trying to turn my brain in other directions. Video games, for one. My nephew and I will be participating in the Extra Life Charity Fundraiser on Saturday, raising money for Seattle Children's Hospital; we plan to spend the better part of 16 hours trying to make some sort of game, see what all we can do. The whole month is marked for game design, just seeing what all we can manage with Core Aesthetics and Minimum Viable Product. Whatever's in our short-term reach; we're hoping to explore a new game style each week.
On top of that, I might start modding Skyrim. Just got done figuring out how to mod Stardew Valley, which made a fun game even more enjoyable and less annoying. Plus, now I've got almost everything I need to reboot my A Fugitive in Stardew Valley series. A few amenities have made up for some aspects I'd thought to be lacking (sitting, swimming, and changing clothes, for example), and I've also got some story expansions for several characters, which is pretty cool.
The main thing, though, is to cut down on the stress and the deadlines (real or self-imposed) and the anxieties, and just take a breather.
See y'all on the other side!
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2020-11-28 12:18 pm (UTC)Maybe?
>> Have you heard of Tailsteak? He's a webcomic artist and one of the most intriguing writers I'm familiar with, but he also depicts board and card games of quasi-random, not-entirely-finished-but-interesting designs.)<<
Haven't heard of it, but Dice Farmer seems like an excellent math game.
>>Shipping items around sounds like the kind of game I'd enjoy.<<
Here is the initial description of the Dhoni Game.
This one is based on life balance.
>>Our personal "let's make games this month" thing didn't last that long<<
Well, there's always 1000 Blank White Cards. It has a wiki.
>>Thanks for the list of self-care options! <<
I'm happy I could help.
>>1. I ended up deciding to create a Fic Rec list for the Person of Interest Advent event.<<
Good idea.
>> 2. I got quoted in an article by a fan/friend who wrote about the weirder side of fanfiction... in Polish. She actually translated my words into Polish to quote them in her article!<<
How exciting!
>> It's my perspective on how certain fanfic worldbuilds (such as Omegaverse and Dom/sub verse) provide a way to explore real-world gender bias by putting male characters through the same social expectations/restrictions, just turned up to eleven and dealing with just the specific aspects that the author wishes to focus on.<<
Agreed. And don't forget the Hawkeye Initiative.
>>3. Someone asked for permission to translate one of my fics into Chinese!<<
Awesome.