writing update!

[poppyseedheart]

Hellooo friends I haven't been writing a ton lately but I have been writing some! So here is a little project update because I want to talk about what I'm working on. I'm writing this from a local wine bar by my new apartment, which I walked to, and where I'm now drinking a glass of orange wine and working on my original novel. I stopped at gf's house on the way for a few kisses and a glass of water. Y'all, life is so good.

Quick project rundown of what I'm working on writing-wise right now:

Novel

• I'm keeping my secrets on this one in public, mostly, but if you want to reach out privately I will probably talk your ear off about it.
• I started over and I am feeling so HAPPY with my new direction and change of tenses. It's feeling like my voice. I'm excited and I think this could become a really special story. Stay tuned for a month from now when I start despairing again.
• My goal continues to be finishing a full draft with a The End and all by the end of 2024 <3

what's mine is yours ch4 (epilogue)

• I need to finish! this! story!
• I'm about 1k in and anticipating it'll need 5-7k? But we'll see because I don't actually have a strong idea of the ending scene yet.
• I'm really proud of this story, honestly. It has a couple continuity errors (hazards of posting as a wip and also having my brain) and there are bits of the first and second chapters especially that I'd do differently now bc it's been so LONG since I started this story, but it feels like such a deeply me story.
• I'm hoping if I can chip away at it a few hundred words at a time I'll be able to finish it by next month!

when it's always on your mind — but it's the way it is series pt 5

• This is the Seungcheol-centric prequel to my Soonyoung-centric series about suicidality that I started writing in October of 2022. How wack is that. It's like 12k long and my most recent dw post is an excerpt from it.
• I was telling gf somewhat recently that I think a reason I've been chipping away at this story for soooo dang long is because his story is so much closer to my story than the others in the fic series, even though all of the characters have pieces of me in them.
• But it's not a sense of fear or worry really! It's more that it's been so healing to write. I like spending time with these guys. I don't want to have to make it end.
• Regardless though I'm really happy with how it's gone so far and I feel like being able to write about it so clearly is a sign that that part of my life — that heaviness, that sadness and heartbreak and hopelessness — feels decidedly behind me. And what a gift. And what a relief.
• No clue how long this will be or when I'll finish it, but I'm in no rush!

friendmix fest

• hehehe this is a SECRET!!!!
• Just know I'm incredibly excited about who I got assigned and you'll get new fic from me in June. And I think it's gonna bang.

That's pretty much it! My D/s (yes, as in BDSM) Haobin getting together story is in the works but I started it before Camp ZB1 even came out and my understanding of them as people has changed so much that I don't know that I can finish this the way I intended ;____; if I don't finish it I WILL post what I have so far (over 10k if you can believe it lmao) as wip amnesty... I promise. Actually the thing I'm most passionate about from that verse is Jongwoo and his whole deal. I love that guy. Stream ONEPACT I am not kidding if they disband I'm blaming each of you personally. This is so important to my wellness.

Okay thank you those are the things I'm actively working on! What's on your docket? Anything exciting you're close to finishing or events you have an eye on? <3

Comments

[bookishdagger]

aaaa i really enjoyed getting a peek into what you're working on...and excited for all these fics (including d/s haobin which i will champion forever even if it is just wip amnesty)

i told myself no fests and then backed myself into a corner of a lot of closed exchange events, which are basically fests but with slightly less pressure. oops! right now i'm working on a fic for a prequels/sequels exchange--it's a pairing/pov i've never written before and i like that it's something new even if i'm not quite sure if the vibes are Right. after that i have a fic for a "secret santa exchange" that is now more "whenever you manage to finish it exchange" but i do want to finish that sooner or later lol. after that my docket is 1. a fic for a girl group exchange (i have no ideas but something will come to me eventually) and 2. friendmix (i have no ideas yet but i do have until june so it's fine probably).

this sounds like a lot written out like this but i think/hope i can manage it and more importantly i feel the need to frontload my fic writing because in the fall i will be going back to school and probably won't have time for...anything haha

[poppyseedheart]

hahaha it's so funny you say that exchanges are fests with less pressure because i typically feel the opposite (oh god this person getting a gift relies on me!) but i'm glad it's feeling better for you to focus on those events for the time being! i love an exchange it feels like i'm true to my fandom roots.

honestly writing while you have the time makes sense to me! writing took a backseat for me when i moved and got this new job so i'm slowly trying to regain equilibrium so i can focus on it again. though idk that i will ever really get back to the level of almost frenzy i had from... god, 2014-2021 maybe?? just the intensity of writing 250k+ every single year and feeling so driven and also defined by it. it had its pros and cons but i'm just not sure i'm there anymore and i'm coming to terms with what that means for me as a writer. much to think about!