NaFauxWriMo

[michelel72]

I'm not doing NaNoWriMo, not formally or properly. I've got too many WIPs as it is, and I'm too addicted to both editing as I go and jumping between stories to really feel motivated by the standard formula.

But I figure I might as well see if I can use the month many others are using for writing to see how much progress I can make. So I'm noting my current counts here, and I'll try to check back at the end of the month to see where I've gotten.

(I should note that I was inspired by a similar idea from bratfarrar over at writers_lair.)

Counts according to MSWord for entire files. (*) entries include partial headers. (**) entries include summaries and placeholder notes.
SGA Fanfic:
Antigonish: 11,281
Erase and Rewind: 17,108
Headhunters: 10,878
Interface: 5,323
Power: 9,492
Relationship: 5,969 (*)
Resolve/Reprise: 30,382(*)(**)
The Mad Mechanic: 23,477
Untitled SGA/DW Donnaverse sequel: 3570
Original Fiction ("JonChron"): (Which isn't going anywhere)
Untitled prequels, age 16 ("Mall", "Dayroom", "School"): 1232, 941, 2023
Untitled prequel ("Trust"): 11,396
Untitled prequel ("Andy"): 3,317
Near Point: 149,783(**)
Sequel content: Not bothering to count

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Comments

[sentientcitizen]

I've got a folder just for those little bits and bobs that I love, but that lack a home. :) It's a good thing to keep around!

Re: Titles, I'm particularly curious about "Antigonish" and the lengthy "Resolve/Reprise" - care to drop any more tantalising hints about either of those?

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

Oooh, good ones!

"Antigonish" is a post-Trinity fic, because those are like ... ahem, opinions: everybody's got one, right? And the title is from the poem, but I don't want to say more than that. It's turning out a lot drier than I like my post-Trinity fics, and I'd rather be working on the other one you mention, but I feel like I could knock a big chunk out of this so it's my most current one.

"Resolve/Reprise" is one file but will be two stories. I wrote "Remorse" thinking it was a one-shot, but after I published I started having ideas about what comes next. So I've worked out the general idea, and I think it works best in three parts total ("Remorse" being the first). I'm handling parts two ("Resolve") and three ("Reprise") the way "Back to the Future" did, producing them together for separate posting. I'm calling the series the three compose "Broken Mirror", and I'm mostly happy with how the structure is turning out (when I'm not feeling all pretentious).

Feh. Silly clock saying it's bedtime when I'm all motivated to write now!