#also i have the goal in december of uhh. planning a year long project for 2023

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I changed my commissions page to have a darker font color so hopefully it's more readable? (didnt realize it was so bad until I saw it on mobile, ahah sorry) anyway speaking of my commissions, my goal for december when I finish nano is to update all the examples on my comm page too bc. they're kinda outdated :") maybe make nice art for ekleipsis and gift art for friends?? :-)

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december ‘20 writing progress (and yearly wrap-up)

december progress:

words written: 15.2k

yearly total: 248.8k 

projects worked on:

- sylvix dreamscape fic - edited/posted the sylvix xmas fic, “where the love light gleams” - finished writing the altea rising recap - worked on a couple secret projects

december goals: - reach my yearly goal of writing 250k words....*sweats* (ok i didn’t quite get there but i’ll give myself credit cuz i was only like 200 words off) - finish/submit final draft of piece for long live zine - finish editing and publish the sylvix xmas fic! - finish/publish [redacted] and [redacted] - work some more on the sylvix dreamscape fic  - finish the altea rising recap summary (and....maybe work a little on chapter 19 if i have time)

notes:

well, december was....a very busy month. had kind of a hellish start to the month what with a health-related thing (not covid, don’t worry i’m fine dkfjdl) so that kinda sapped my energy for about a week. then ofc there was the holidays and everything. aaand on top of that i had like four writing deadlines (although like....two of them were postponed so that was good haha). 

but anyway! i did at least manage to finish a couple of things––mainly my sylvix christmas fic (“where the love light gleams”), finishing/submitting my “long live” zine piece, FINALLY finishing the altea rising recap summary ... and also finishing one secret thing that is not published yet, but it’s for a fandom i’ve never written before and i’ll be very excited to publish it once i can!

other than that, i mostly worked on the sylvix dreamscape fic and on a secret santa exchange fic that i still have not finished (we extended the deadline to end of january bc like...no one in the group had finished by end of december lol). 

i didn’t quite reach my goal of 250k words for the year, but i mean my initial goal was 150k and i only ended up being about 200 words shy of 250k SO i still think that’s a big win lol. 

as for what i’ll be working on next: top priority is finishing the secret santa fic. but i also hope to keep working on the sylvix dreamscape fic. aaand hoping to edit/publish the klance hotel au by the end of january maybe, since uh i finished a draft of it in november and STILL have not finished editing that so OOPS. and mayyybe will finally delve into finishing the last few chapters of altea rising, and maybe at least start editing chapter 15 but that’s pretty optimistic of me lmao.

2020 wrap up:

total words written: 248.8k most words written in a month: 50.1k (november) least words written in a month: 14.1k (march)

works completed:

- want your fire on me - i know a place we can run - illumination - cover my skin with your sunkissed light - where the love light gleams - klance hotel au (not published yet) - [secret project] (not published yet) - miles to go (my zine piece for “long live”, not published yet) other wips:  - sylvix dreamscape fic - altea rising - secret santa fic - planning my wlw YA sci-fi novel 

2020 goals:

- write every day - write at least 150k words - focus more on my multichaps  - finish altea rising - finish a couple of my kl standalone fics?? not sure which ones yet, but yeah! - finish galolio fic - write burning hearts piece - work on wangxian fic w jessie! - maybe start writing something original??

notes: 

all in all, a very productive year! there were some yearly goals i did not reach (i.e. finishing my old klance multichaps.....rip) but i mean, i also ended up getting involved in (and writing fic for) several other fandoms, so i couldn’t really have anticipated that at the beginning of the year. i’m really happy with the two sylvix fics i’ve published so far, and i hope to write a lot more for them this year! 

so yeah... i have a few big projects i want to tackle in 2021. firstly the sylvix dreamscape fic is...already over 30k and i’m estimating it’ll probably end up being a total of somewhere around 50k-60k so uh yeah that’s gonna be a big commitment lol. but i think i’m gonna do the same thing i did with “cover my skin...” and make it a chaptered fic. not sure when i will start posting it but i’m hoping ideally sometime in like late february or early march, depending on a few things. 

i have a few other sylvix fics i also hope to at least start writing sometime this year. one in particular i have had fully planned out for months but ironically have not started it yet even though it was the first sylvix fic idea i came up with... but yeah i might start that one after the dreamscape fic is done. i also have a couple aus that i might tackle, but they both need a lot more fleshing out before i even begin writing them so hmm we shall see. 

besides that... i do really honestly want to finish my klance multichaps even tho it’s been...over a year since i updated either of them and idk if anyone even gives a shit anymore but i’m a completionist at heart and just wanna see them through sooo yEAH. i have at least finished writing up a (very long) summary of everything i’ve written of altea rising so far, mostly to recap myself to make sure i tie up all the loose ends in the last few chapters. i did work a bit on actually writing it in 2020 although tbh i like kinda fell off the rails once i fell into fe3h/sylvix hell BUT i still intend to get back to it because i do still have a soft spot for it and want to finish it. and long story short, i’ve decided to divide up what i’ve written of the last part into like...5-ish chapters so yeah, hopefully i can start posting those at some point in the near future. ....and uhh i don’t think i worked on red skies at all in 2020 which makes me sad bc i still love that fic dearly and want to complete it as well, it just may take me a few months to get back to it but hey if i’m able to update it at all in 2021 that would be great haha.  another thing i’m hoping is to possibly open commissions in 2021, something i said i would do in 2020 and never did but....kinda wanna give it a try, especially because i am funemployed once again. :’) AND LASTLY...i’ve been planning an original wlw YA sci-fi novel for like two years and i would really love to start at least the first draft of it this year....that would be neat. 

so yeah this post is starting to get insanely long but i’ll just wrap up with my 2021 goals and january goals, and...yeah. 2020 sure was a weird year, here’s hoping 2021 is (at least..slightly...??) better. 

2021 goals: - write every day - write at least 150k words - finish the sylvix dreamscape fic - start on like 1 or 2 other sylvix multichaps...? - finish altea rising - work on red skies again - do some fic commissions - continue planning my novel and maybe start the first draft january goals:  - finish secret santa fic - publish [redacted] - work on sylvix dreamscape fic - edit klance hotel au (hopefully send to betas by end of month at least?) - maybe work on altea rising ch. 19

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tagged by @aizawashoutah, @shitabukenjirou, and @foxyena !! thank u guys so much~

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

hajime = haji, iwaizumi = iwa, haji + iwa = hajiiwa~ i love my mans but not many people understand my username 

(the rest will go under the cut!)

2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/subscriptions/hits/kudos)

huh, well

FMK technically has the most hits and kudos (something i am a little disgruntled about, seeing as it was not a fic i worked very hard on), only fools has the most comments, kaminari is a schemer has the most bookmarks, and of fountains and flowers has the most subscriptions so idk what to tell you. i wish ofaf had more recognition bcos i’ve worked hard on it rip

3. What is your AO3 profile icon, and why did you choose it?

it’s kuroo!! and i just chose it bc i Love him and it was an icon i made that i sorta liked so

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

yes and i love them all!! seeing names that consistently pop up in my kudos/comments section really warms my heart <33 i’ve made good friends that way tbh

5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?

uhh there are many that i like to go back and read, mainly by my fav authors that i’m subscribed to

6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked?

bookmarked: 53 subscribed: honestly, i... don’t really subscribe to works? i’m subscribed to 8 authors tho

7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most?

oooh, probably... medieval aus or domestic magic aus? and slice of life

8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page)

Subscriptions: 80 (rip, i didn’t know if u meant user subs or work subs so i combined and it’s still a tiny number) Bookmarked: 203

9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)

umm... i don’t think so? 

10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.

finishing current projects before taking on new ones, avoiding burnout, the usual

11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often?

well i’ll go based on haikyuu since those works take up the majority-- iwaoi is set firmly in first place based on number of works followed by bokuroo, both of which are fairly popular so i’d say that i lean more toward the bigger ships but i also have works for kurooiwa, iwaaka, tengoshi, etc

12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)?

22! that number fluctuates a ton because i’m very impulsive and if a fic doesn’t receive the recognition i feel it deserves/i no longer like it/etc i take it down

13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program?

that i have yet to publish? too many.

14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?

i normally keep them in my head, unless i think they’ll turn into something bigger and then i’ll jot them down!

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

not yeeet~ @frenchibi have plans to tho. i have tried to co-author in the past but it mever worked out

16. How did you discover AO3?

when i graduated from using wattpad,, fun fact, there is so much smut on there that i legitimately thought ao3 was just used to write porn. i was both horrified and confused

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3?

lol

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?

no...? this question assumes that i would be Popular (honestly do fanfic writers even have “fandom names” for their readers?? im)

19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write?

not really, no. i stated writing fanfics when i was really young on my own, unprompted, and i’ve met other authors through that medium that have helped me?

20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?

interact with other writers! i know it seems daunting, but leave comments, go to spaces where you will find other writers, participate in events-- there are few feelings more satisfying than seeing familiar names pop up, either in your notifications or in a group you’re in. most of the time, they’re all very kind and you won’t regret letting them into your life!

21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?

i plot out almost always, though this sort of bites me in the ass. it bores me when i’m writing to already “know” what’s going to happen and that’s why i lose steam. it’s weird

22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do?

sort of. i write a lot of angst and i’ve gotten quite a few “fuck you author” comments-- most of the time they’re paired with “for making me feel these feelings” or “for writing something so sad” or some shit but i don’t appreciate that bc, like, fuck you too? i’m sorry that you felt the need to cuss me out?? i tag pretty liberally and if you felt that you couldn’t handle the topic i was writing about then you shouldn’t have clicked

unless it’s, like-- a friend or regular going “fffuCK YOU AHHH” which HAS happened and makes me snicker lmao

23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..)

huh. i’m trying to become more proficient in the Big Three (smut, angst, and fluff) and thus far i’ve got one of three down p good. but specific scenes i have trouble writing would have to be scenes in which i have zero experience and pretty much have to improvise-- it helps me grow as a writer, ig, but it’s just frustrating

24. What story(s) are you working on now?

the rest of the writers’ inktober prompts

a fic wars piece with @frenchibi

a post breakup iwaoi

of fountains and flowers final chapter

a handful of voltron fics, 4 of them sheith

alien!iwaizumi

maaaany half-abandoned drafts

25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

YES AND IT IS TERRIBLE SOMEONE STOP ME

26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?

nah. motivation is fickle and i don’t want to make writing a chore. writer’s inktober was hard enough (it’s december and i am still not done :,)

27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started?

considering i started on wattpad, yes lmao. i’d like to think that i have since i’ve been on ao3 but hahjajhjkh

28. What is your favorite story that you’ve written?

i reeeeally liked writing a bit of magic is key and three’s a crowd because they were both humorous domestic magic aus~ but i’ve liked most things i’ve written tbh. also, obviously, of fountains and flowers.

29. What is your least favorite story that you’ve written?

that i’ve posted? i honestly don’t know. maybe you can be so stupid sometimes because i was just starting to write iwaoi and i now hate the way i portrayed them, not to mention that this dumb little fic has more kudos than my recent stuff and i just *clenches fist* don’t think it deserves that

30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

not sure. maybe i’ll have ofaf finished by then hahah,, but really i don’t know. writing is a tool but fanfic writing is just a hobby

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

i’m pretty good at writing emotionally charged situations. also dialogue, i find banter or long back-and-forth conversations fairly easy

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

transitions, justification of characters’ actions. the hardest thing writing-related would be fighting through envy and feelings of inadequacy but i experience the former plenty anyway rip

33. Why do you write?

i write because i enjoy it-- i love creating my own worlds, interacting with other writers, living vicariously through my characters

well, that was fun! i’ll tag @frenchibi, @astersandstuffs, @minyardxva, @josai

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november ‘20 writing progress

total words written: 50.1k

most words written in a day: 3,024

least words written in a day: 268

current yearly total: 233,516

projects worked on:

- sylvix dreamscape fic - finished a draft of the sylvix christmas fic for the sylvix advent calendar event! - finished a draft of the klance hotel au! - worked on altea rising recap summary, and worked a tiny bit on chapter 19

november goals: - win nanowrimo?? lol - finish/submit final draft of my piece for long live zine (note: ok i only didn’t accomplish this bc it’s not due til mid-december, the deadline changed so lol) - finish a draft of the sylvix xmas fic - work on the sylvix dreamscape fic - finish (or at least work on) the kl hotel au?? - uhh at least finish the recap summary thing that i’m writing for altea rising? maybe if i feel extra spicy i’ll actually work on the actual fic lmfao (note: well, i didn’t FINISH the recap summary but i did want to note i worked on it a lot and only have like a chapter and a half left to summarize so YAY!) - perhaps do some more planning on my original story idk

december goals: - reach my yearly goal of writing 250k words....*sweats* - finish/submit final draft of piece for long live zine - finish editing and publish the sylvix xmas fic! - finish/publish [redacted] and [redacted] (two short secret things i’m working on, lol) - work some more on the sylvix dreamscape fic - finish the altea rising recap summary (and....maybe work a little on chapter 19 if i have time)

notes:

WELL UH.....that was certainly....a Month. there was a lot going on in the world, plus doing my part-time editing job, etc. etc. but i somehow managed to win nanowrimo?? which still doesn’t feel real to me, since i haven’t won in like....5 years. so i’m not really sure what possessed me to write so much but I DID IT and that was such a good feeling!

i finished two fics during november which i feel like is an all-time record lmao. but anyway, first of all i finished a draft of the klance hotel au that i started like...last summer, so i’m excited about that!! honestly not sure when i’m gonna publish it because i have three fics i need to publish this month already so uhhh might put that up in january, but we shall see!

i also finished a draft of the sylvix christmas fic, which i will be publishing on december 16th, so look out for that one!! it’s being beta’d right now and i will probs have to do a bit more editing but over all i’m quite excited about it and can’t wait to post it :’’)  other than that, i’d say most of my efforts went into the sylvix dreamscape fic. right now i think i’m like five(??) chapters into it, and saving up chapters so i can post them one by one on a somewhat regular schedule, but that might still not be for a month or two because i have several other things i need to post in the next few weeks anyway, lol. 

i also worked a ton on the altea rising recap summary which i’m almoooost done with, i just have like a chapter and a half left to summarize so *wheezes* i’m almost there... i also got a teensy bit of progress done on chapter 19 which is the first time i’ve worked on the actual fic in ages dkfdj. not rlly sure when i am going to start updating it again but....i do have a few more chapters of it done, they just need to be edited and whatnot. but idk it may still be a while (oh god it’s been like two years since i updated it huh....sobs violently). 

in addition to that.... i have two other fics i plan on publishing this month, both of which are Secret. one of them is for a fandom/pairing i’ve never written before but i’ve had a lot of fun writing it and i really look forward to publishing it when the time comes! the other is for a lil secret santa exchange and i only have a vague idea of what i’m writing for it but....AAAAH i think it will be fun to write!! 

so uh yeah december is gonna be a bit of a crunch for me bc i have three fics i need to publish, plus a piece i need to submit for a zine...*falls on the floor* but hey it will be cool to actually publish some things this month, so y’all can look forward to that! ;) 

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october ‘20 writing progress

total words written: 14.9k

most words written in a day: 1,371

least words written in a day: 78

current yearly total: 183,411

projects worked on:

- sylvix dreamscape fic - finished first draft of long live zine piece - started sylvix christmas fic for the sylvix advent calendar event! - worked on kl hotel au - did some original story planning - worked on altea rising recap summary

october goals: - continue working on sylvix dreamscape fic - *sweats* edit/post chapter 15 of altea rising?? and if time maybe start editing the remaining chapters and/or work on writing the last few scenes…? - open fic commissions before the end of the month… - finish first draft of piece for long live zine - perhaps plan the sylvix pacific rim au some more november goals: - win nanowrimo?? lol - finish/submit final draft of my piece for long live zine - finish a draft of the sylvix xmas fic  - work on the sylvix dreamscape fic - finish (or at least work on) the kl hotel au??  - uhh at least finish the recap summary thing that i’m writing for altea rising? maybe if i feel extra spicy i’ll actually work on the actual fic lmfao - perhaps do some more planning on my original story idk

notes:

*steeples my hands together* well...i didn’t do super hot during october in terms of meeting my goals although at least i did some of it, i.e. i got a lot of work done on the sylvix dreamscape fic and submitted the first draft of my long live zine piece so that’s something.

also!! i was invited to write a fic for the sylvix advent calendar event (linked above) so i ended up putting a lot of time/effort into that as well! it’s gonna be a really fun event where there will be one art piece & one sylvix fic posted a day for every day in december leading up to christmas, and everything will be winter/holiday themed (and have happy endings) so yAAY it’s gonna be really cool and i recommend following the event twitter account if you like sylvix and want to see a lot of quality content next month! 

so yeah on that note, i’ll probably be putting a lot of effort into my fic for that event for most of november since obviously i have a deadline haha. i’m hyped for the whole event and for the fic i’m writing so i’ll be really excited to post that in december! 

my other big priority will be submitting my final piece for long live zine, although at this point it’s very close to being done––it’s just waiting on feedback from the mods and doing a bit of editing based on that. but yeah that’s also a project i’m very excited about! and i will definitely post updates about when the zine itself will be released!!  

other than that, a lot of my energy this month will go towards the sylvix dreamscape au. i’m almost done writing the third chapter and i’m hoping to write like five chapters or so before i start posting it....so i’m estimating i’ll post the first chapter in maybe december or january but we shall see.

my klance wips....as always are kind of a toss-up where i’m working on them when i feel like it dkfldsj BUT i’m really almost done with the hotel au and i’m hoping i can maybe get a draft of it done by the end of this month since i really only have a few scenes of it left i’ve just been too lazy to finish it. i also have been working on writing up this recap summary of altea rising so i can post that before i start putting the new chapters out. however it’s....really time consuming so i have no idea when that will be happening and then idk if people will even care enough to read it but lol i would ideally like to (finally) get another chapter of it posted before the end of this year....that’d be great.

i’m also trying to do nanowrimo this month aka “working on a million fic wips plus brainstorming an original story and hoping the numbers miraculously add up” so we’ll see how that goes!! 

oh yeah i know last month i was like “i’m gonna open up commissions” but that was...a lie..... i started a new job and what with that plus all the other wips i have, i think i have way too much on my plate rn. but i think i will shoot for opening up commissions in january maybe unless some other big project comes out of left field. 

....and oh yeah the sylvix pacific rim au i like totally forgot about during october, and again since i have so many other things to work on i’m not sure if/when that will be happening, but if so it probably won’t be for a few months buuut i might continue brainstorming some stuff for it at least. 

anyway holy fuck apparently i cannot shut up so i will stop rambling now and yeah peace out 

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december ‘19 writing progress & yearly wrap-up 📝

december:

total words written: 11,292 most words written in a day: 1,064 least words written in a day: 39

projects worked on:

- galolio fic - chapter 15 of altea rising - worked a little bit on chapter 8 of red skies - worked a tiny bit on the roman holiday au i think? - started planning my piece for @burningheartszine! - also started planning a wangxian fic with @parchmints owo

notes: welp, in terms of word count i didn’t do as well as i wanted to in december, but uh as you can see i was spread a little thin among a bunch of projects haha. most of my focus went towards my galolio fic (it’s at like 20k right now and i’m almoooost near the end...i think....).

i’ve also been trying to work on chapter 15 of altea rising when i can, and i feel terrible because it’s now been over a year since i updated it. but iT’S HAPPENING, I PROMISE. i still have kind of a significant chunk of it left and it’s gonna be really really long (like....basically it’s gonna practically be an entire fic in and of itself hahaha) but. i swear i have not given up on it! 

i got a tiny bit done on chapter 8 of red skies and the roman holiday au, but those have kind of been on the backburner since i’m prioritizing the above fics right now. but hey those are coming along, too. 

annnndd *drumroll* as mentioned above i am super excited to announce i will be a writer for the burning hearts zine (which is a promare/galolio zine)! can’t say much about what i’m writing yet, but i will say i’m super excited to write my piece and i’m collaborating with a very talented artist so i’m really really thrilled. :’’) so yeah keep an eye out for that!

and lastly, jessie and i started planning a wangxian fic we’re going to write together so AAHHH i’m incredibly hyped!! we’re still outlining and throwing ideas around n stuff but....stay tuned cuz i think it’s gonna be DOOOPE!! ;))

2019 wrap-up:

total words written: 173,329 most words written in a month: 20.2k (july) least words written in a month: 7.7k (october)

works completed:

- ‘til we meet the dawn - so maybe we can learn to love the rain - heaven is a place on earth with you - countdown (my piece for @kl-beginning-zine - not published yet) - chapter 7 of red skies

other wips:

- chapter 15 of altea rising - chapter 8 of red skies - kl roman holiday au - kl horse riding au - kl love bug au - kl hotel au - galolio fic - burning hearts piece (planning) - wangxian fic (planning) notes: so in 2018 i was really focused on my multichaps and didn’t really work on any standalone fics and in 2019 i basically had...the exact opposite problem hahaha. i finished four standalone fics and only one chapter of one of my multichaps but hey that’s not bad lol. 

“‘til we meet the dawn” (my klance fantasy au) took up....a very very large portion of my writing time/energy in 2019 since it uhh totaled around 75k words and was an extremely challenging fic to write. but in the end it was very much worth it! i’m still so blown away by the way people hyped it up and supported it so much. ;; i really was not anticipating all the love it received and i couldn’t be more grateful for that; i’ve gotten many comments on it that literally had me tearing up because they were so sweet. so yeah, thank you so so much to all of you who have supported it since i first started writing it - it really means the world to me!! 

i’m also quite happy with the shorter standalone fics i published this year and was thrilled to get into two zines!! 

in 2020 i hope to shift my focus back towards my multichap fics since i neglected them quite a lot in 2019 and i miss them a lot. i’m literally on the very last chapter of altea rising and i’m hoping i can get it done soon-ish and i apologize for the extremely long wait....those of you who have been reading it since 2016, you really are the true mvps haha. but i promise i’m working away at it! and once the last chapter is done, i hope to also really dive back into red skies again, since i have so much more planned for it that i’m super excited about!!

i also really hope to get working on the roman holiday au since i’m really fond of that one and have quite a lot of it written. i just...gotta finish it. as for my other kl wips, they’re slightly lower priority but i still do really want to finish them all! 

and of course i hope to also finish my first galolio fic really soon, plus start writing the wangxian fic with jessie! it’s really exciting to be writing for new fandoms and i hope to explore that more in 2020....and who knows, maybe work on some original fiction too! 

2020 goals:

- write every day - write at least 150k words - focus more on my multichaps - finish altea rising - finish a couple of my kl standalone fics?? not sure which ones yet, but yeah! - finish galolio fic  - write burning hearts piece - work on wangxian fic w jessie! - maybe start writing something original?? 

january goals:

- write every day - finish the galolio fic - work on chapter 15 of altea rising (i feel like if i finish it that would be a miracle but uh we’ll see lol)  - write draft of piece for burning hearts zine - maybe work on roman holiday au and/or chapter 8 of red skies? haha we shall see.....