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New Year, same old fanfic meme
Here we go again...
List of completed fics
Clubland Lecture (Cabin Pressure/ John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme/Various other things)
Pigs in Space: Generations (The Muppet Show/Muppets Tonight)
And as the Rose Appears (Doctor Who)
And Certainly Unworthy Words to Hear (John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme)
And the Woman Died and the Child Grew (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)
Loving Offenders, Thus I Will Excuse You (Zootropolis)
Bill and Heather AU ficlets (Doctor Who, includes Hyperspace crossover)
Seventh and Ace AU ficlets (Doctor Who, includes Hitchhiker's crossover)
Kochanski and Lister AU ficlets (Red Dwarf, includes Star Wars crossover)
Total number:
Counting the ficlet collections once: 9
Counting the ficlets seperately: 36
Character breakdown:
Counting the ficlet collections once: Finnemore/the Storyteller appears in two fics. No-one else gets more than one.
Counting the ficlets seperately: Hooboy... Like last year, this is more complicated than it needs to be because not all the ficlets actually have both characters appear. It's something like:
9 fics: Lister, Kochanski, Bill, Ace, Seventh,
8 fics: Heather
4 fics: Twelfth
2 fics: The Storyteller, Nardole, Rimmer, Kryten, Holly, Cat,
1 fic: Sherlock, Diana Trent, Fred Thursday, the MJN Air staff, Miss Piggy, Link Hogthrob, Dr Strangepork, Captain Pighead, Snorky, Craniak, Rose Tyler, Hawkgirl, Aldus Boardman, Captain Hollister, Sorin, Morgaine, the Timewyrm, Helen A and Ford Prefect
Best/worst title?
"Clubland Lecture" is the only title I feel I actually came up with, and I think it works quite well. Everything else ... well the ficlet collections don't have titles, I'm still titling the poetry memes with the inspirational line, even though it doesn't always work, and "Pigs in Space: Generations"... well, what else was I going to call it? (I'm quite pleased with coming up with the dreadful pun of "Unif-oink-ation" for the second chapter, though.)
Best/worst summary?
I really enjoyed ending the "Generations" summaries with PIIIGS IIIIIN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
The "Clubland Lecture" one is a slight variant on the first line of the story. Which I probably wouldn't have done if I'd remembered that AO3 shows the summary immediately above the story, but I couldn't be bothered changing it.
Best/worst first line?
I dunno. I think I recreated the start of a Storyteller sketch quite well in "Clubland Lecture". I also quite like "They called it the Great War or the War to End Wars. Possibly by ending everything else." in "Bill and Heather: Steampunk".
The opening line of "Lister and Kochanski: Cyberpunk" is doing far too much work, very little of which even matters to the story.
Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than you thought, or about what you predicted?
Less, especially compared to 2016. I suppose actually having a job might have something to do with it.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted last year?
Nothing, really. I mean, I've never done a Zootropolis fic before, but I had it in the Housework meme the previous year, it was just nobody picked that number. And the John Finnemore stuff is new, but it's not like Radio 4 comedy fic is exactly outside my comfort zone...
What's your favourite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest.
"Pigs in Space: Generations". I came up with the idea ages ago, and then put it off obviously someone must have already thought of it Then I checked and it turned out nope! (In fact, as far as I can tell, nobody has written Pigs in Space: Deep Dish Nine: The Next Generation fic at all, possibly because nobody remembers or cares about it, which might be why it isn't...)
Okay, NOW your most popular story
"Clubland Lecture". 29 kudos on AO3. That's the most any non-Discworld story of mine has had.
Story most underappreciated by the universe?
Probably "Pigs in Space: Generations". But that's mostly a displaced feeling that people should be more interested in Muppets Tonight in general. It's not just where the annoying prawn character came from! (Although, sadly, it is where the annoying prawn character came from.)
Story that could have been better?
The Rose poem is trying too hard, but I think sticks the landing. The Zootropolis one is trying too hard and doesn't.
Sexiest story?
As ever, this is me. The Rose and Heather fics have some moderately inept attempts to indicate they aren't just good friends.
Saddest story?
The Legends poem, probably.
Story with single sweetest moment?
Probably one of the Bill and Heather ones. Their reunion in "Steampunk", maybe.
Hardest story to write?
If I do the poetry meme again, I am not making them poems. Although I think with the Zootropolis one it was less the structure and more trying to tie the line into literally anything that happens in the film.
Easiest story to write?
Probably "Clubland Lecture". It's something of a relief to be writing in a format where random tangential gibberish is the point, and not something I need to edit.
Did any stories shift your perceptions of the characters?
Nope.
Most overdue story?
As it has been every year since I started this, "TTR Storytime!: Wind in the Willows". It's going to happen one day!
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
I didn't, no.
What are your fic writing goals for next year?
Last year I said to have another look at the 1000 prompts and look into Yuletide. I then proceeded to do neither of those things. Maybe this year.
List of completed fics
Clubland Lecture (Cabin Pressure/ John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme/Various other things)
Pigs in Space: Generations (The Muppet Show/Muppets Tonight)
And as the Rose Appears (Doctor Who)
And Certainly Unworthy Words to Hear (John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme)
And the Woman Died and the Child Grew (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)
Loving Offenders, Thus I Will Excuse You (Zootropolis)
Bill and Heather AU ficlets (Doctor Who, includes Hyperspace crossover)
Seventh and Ace AU ficlets (Doctor Who, includes Hitchhiker's crossover)
Kochanski and Lister AU ficlets (Red Dwarf, includes Star Wars crossover)
Total number:
Counting the ficlet collections once: 9
Counting the ficlets seperately: 36
Character breakdown:
Counting the ficlet collections once: Finnemore/the Storyteller appears in two fics. No-one else gets more than one.
Counting the ficlets seperately: Hooboy... Like last year, this is more complicated than it needs to be because not all the ficlets actually have both characters appear. It's something like:
9 fics: Lister, Kochanski, Bill, Ace, Seventh,
8 fics: Heather
4 fics: Twelfth
2 fics: The Storyteller, Nardole, Rimmer, Kryten, Holly, Cat,
1 fic: Sherlock, Diana Trent, Fred Thursday, the MJN Air staff, Miss Piggy, Link Hogthrob, Dr Strangepork, Captain Pighead, Snorky, Craniak, Rose Tyler, Hawkgirl, Aldus Boardman, Captain Hollister, Sorin, Morgaine, the Timewyrm, Helen A and Ford Prefect
Best/worst title?
"Clubland Lecture" is the only title I feel I actually came up with, and I think it works quite well. Everything else ... well the ficlet collections don't have titles, I'm still titling the poetry memes with the inspirational line, even though it doesn't always work, and "Pigs in Space: Generations"... well, what else was I going to call it? (I'm quite pleased with coming up with the dreadful pun of "Unif-oink-ation" for the second chapter, though.)
Best/worst summary?
I really enjoyed ending the "Generations" summaries with PIIIGS IIIIIN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
The "Clubland Lecture" one is a slight variant on the first line of the story. Which I probably wouldn't have done if I'd remembered that AO3 shows the summary immediately above the story, but I couldn't be bothered changing it.
Best/worst first line?
I dunno. I think I recreated the start of a Storyteller sketch quite well in "Clubland Lecture". I also quite like "They called it the Great War or the War to End Wars. Possibly by ending everything else." in "Bill and Heather: Steampunk".
The opening line of "Lister and Kochanski: Cyberpunk" is doing far too much work, very little of which even matters to the story.
Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than you thought, or about what you predicted?
Less, especially compared to 2016. I suppose actually having a job might have something to do with it.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted last year?
Nothing, really. I mean, I've never done a Zootropolis fic before, but I had it in the Housework meme the previous year, it was just nobody picked that number. And the John Finnemore stuff is new, but it's not like Radio 4 comedy fic is exactly outside my comfort zone...
What's your favourite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest.
"Pigs in Space: Generations". I came up with the idea ages ago, and then put it off obviously someone must have already thought of it Then I checked and it turned out nope! (In fact, as far as I can tell, nobody has written Pigs in Space: Deep Dish Nine: The Next Generation fic at all, possibly because nobody remembers or cares about it, which might be why it isn't...)
Okay, NOW your most popular story
"Clubland Lecture". 29 kudos on AO3. That's the most any non-Discworld story of mine has had.
Story most underappreciated by the universe?
Probably "Pigs in Space: Generations". But that's mostly a displaced feeling that people should be more interested in Muppets Tonight in general. It's not just where the annoying prawn character came from! (Although, sadly, it is where the annoying prawn character came from.)
Story that could have been better?
The Rose poem is trying too hard, but I think sticks the landing. The Zootropolis one is trying too hard and doesn't.
Sexiest story?
As ever, this is me. The Rose and Heather fics have some moderately inept attempts to indicate they aren't just good friends.
Saddest story?
The Legends poem, probably.
Story with single sweetest moment?
Probably one of the Bill and Heather ones. Their reunion in "Steampunk", maybe.
Hardest story to write?
If I do the poetry meme again, I am not making them poems. Although I think with the Zootropolis one it was less the structure and more trying to tie the line into literally anything that happens in the film.
Easiest story to write?
Probably "Clubland Lecture". It's something of a relief to be writing in a format where random tangential gibberish is the point, and not something I need to edit.
Did any stories shift your perceptions of the characters?
Nope.
Most overdue story?
As it has been every year since I started this, "TTR Storytime!: Wind in the Willows". It's going to happen one day!
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
I didn't, no.
What are your fic writing goals for next year?
Last year I said to have another look at the 1000 prompts and look into Yuletide. I then proceeded to do neither of those things. Maybe this year.
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And I am in awe of anyone who tries to write poetry, really!
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