It's NaNoWriMo month...but what am I doing, instead?

[misora]

I could be working on my original fiction (which I've sorely neglected lately), but instead I choose to pick this month to do fanfiction. Because I have a heck of a lot to catch up on, and it's essentially going to be the word count equivalent of a small novel, I imagine.

Here's the list of what I'd like to accomplish by the end of this month (assuming we don't go on babymoon to Hawaii til December or even January, which is the plan for right now):

ATLA:

• The Penance Series - "Contrition" (pt.3) - ~17,000 words


• The Penance Series - "Catharsis" (pt.4) - ~12,000 words


• Lotus Resiliens, chapter 9 "solar sympathy, pt. 2" - ~10,000 words


• Lotus Resiliens, chapter 10 "a scent of flowers prevails" - ~8000 words


• Kingmaker (Z/K oneshot) - ~8000 words


WHR:

• Hieros Gamos, chapter 3 "The Drop" - ~10,000 words


• Il Bordello (oneshot) - ~8000 words


• Hieros Gamos, chapter 4 (Untitled) - ~8000 words

...That's approximately 81,000 words, folks.

Edit: And here's the current status of most of these:










And I guess if I have any time left after that, I'll make an effort to work on my original stuff...but I have the feeling I won't have a minute left to spare! ;____;

It's all good. I'll be happy even if I accomplish half of this work. What matters is that my fanfiction has been neglected for far too long, and it's a shame because I'm a meticulous plotter who's outlined nearly every chapter for every fic. ^^;;; All I gotta do is fill in the pages.



Just as a note, this was originally avocado_love's idea for updating her own fanfiction, and I'm simply borrowing it for my own writing purposes. :D She and I will be posting word counts and writing motivational snippets this entire month - so if you enjoy her work as well (and I know you do), go over to her journal and encourage!

Best of luck to everyone doing NaNo, or otherwise this month. Let's get cracking! ^^

Comments

[misora.livejournal.com]

You mean for the babymoon? I think we're planning on going to one of the smaller islands (Kauai, which I've been to before, but John hasn't) and spend about a week or week and a half or so just relaxing. Swimming, eating, sleeping...all those things we won't get to do that much after the baby arrives. ^^ Nothing too strenuous like scuba or hiking or anything.

[alexb49.livejournal.com]

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[misora.livejournal.com]

Oooo, thank you! I don't think we've tried Travelzoo before. Worth checking out!

[alexb49.livejournal.com]

yah, their top 20 weekly deals every wednesday are often spectacular.