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In the interest of getting myself back on track, I've gone and done a review of all the fics I previously considered myself at least somewhat "actively" working on...
Zeitgeist, Volume Two: Rosemary [CastlexHeroes]
Prior Wordcount: 1,046
Wordcount: 1,395 (+349)
Prior Outline: 11,509
Outline: 11,920 (+411)
Details: I've pretty much ironed out a solid enough understanding of the case!fic part of the story, but I'm still of two minds whether to stick with my original plan of a Law & Order: SVU crossover, or to switch to using OC cops for that part of the fic. Also, there's a part of me that keeps claiming that "Five Years Gone" needs to be finished before I post this...but that's not even an excuse not to work on it, because that's going to take some ridiculous time as it is.
Zeitgeist: Five Years Gone [CastlexHeroes]
Prior Wordcount: 7,251
Wordcount: 7,385 (+134)
Prior Outline: 3,277
Outline: 3,700 (+423)
Details: I've got some kind of idea where this fic is headed, roughly, but I don't honestly know how it should end. :(
The Robber Bridegroom [CastlexFables]
Prior Wordcount: ~2k
Wordcount: 4,370 (+2k)
Prior Outline: ~3k
Outline: 3,983
Details: I've made decent progress on this in the past whatever amount of time, I suppose, but I keep getting thrown off track by pointless dialog that has to happen in order to get to the meat of the story.
Grimm Reflections [CastlexGrimm]
Prior Wordcount: 6,668
Wordcount: 7,301 (+633)
Prior Outline: 5,008
Outline: 4,323 (-685)
Details: Chapters 1 - 3 are done (finally). This fic is going to have a total of seven chapters, plus a short epilogue. I want this fic to be over, fast, so that I can post all the shiny graphics I made to go with it when my brain wasn't otherwise being helpful. T_T
I Am Sworn [CastlexSkyrim]
Prior Wordcount: 13,329
Wordcount: 13,389 (+60)
Prior Outline: 8,810
Outline: 9,291 (+481)
Details: This story is basically stuck at the same point it has been. There's a scene I'm far past in the game that I need to look at again to get past the scene I'm caught on, which means doing so with another character...and I just haven't felt like taking the time. :(
Ja'Behat (Young Animals) [CastlexSkyrim]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 286
Prior Outline: 1,055
Outline: 1,506 (+451)
Details: Formerly "Whiterun". This is the sequel to "Vasa Jijri" continue the bizarre story of Kevin's childhood as a Khajiit amongst Nords. I have a plot for it now, I just don't know what I want to do with it.
Zeitgeist: Concept of Mind [Almost HumanxHeroes]
Prior Wordcount: 5,190
Wordcount: 5,459 (+269)
Prior Outline: 4,869
Outline: 4,832 (-32)
Details: Just because I completely failed to finish this for the Big Bang doesn't mean I've abandoned it completely. I think it's a good link in the long chain that is the Zeitgeist 'verse, and would stand well on its own with minimum spoilers for the rest if I can only get it finished.
Kehrseite [Grimm]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 0
Prior Outline: ~4k
Outline: 4,065
Details: Re-watching Grimm hasn't lead to any particular inspiration for this fic. Hopefull the show's return in October will be a different story, because more Hank fic needs to happen.
Castles in the Clouds [CastlexGargoyles]
Prior Wordcount: ~1k
Wordcount: 987
Prior Outline: ~6k
Outline: 8,462 (+2k)
Details: This fic still doesn't seem to know what the hell it wants to be. The episodes of Gargoyles are no longer available on Youtube, apparently, so I don't know if I'm going to see new inspiration on this...ever. I've sort of given up on it for now, but I'll record the wordcount in case it does budge a little.
Ubi Sunt [Castle, Genus AU]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 371
Prior Outline: ?
Outline: 2,792
Details: Okay, I'm pretty sure my previous wordcounts for this were totally wrong, so we'll just ignore them. This is what I've had fora while as the most likely next step in the Genus 'verse...my brain can't seem to decide what horrible thing to do to Kevin next. This is the story that is supposed to pull Kate and Castle into the whole weird situation, so it's likely that other things might happen before that, such as...
Incertae Sedis [Castle, Genus AU]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 0
Prior Outline: 0
Outline: 1,404
Details: This one's knit itself together out of bite-sized bits of idea that I'd had set aside. It mostly deals with a subplot I hinted in previous fics in this series, and can fit itself in either before or after "Ubi Sunt".
In Cold Blood [Castle, vampire AU]
Prior Wordcount: ~700
Wordcount: 1,142 (+400)
Prior Outline: ~6.8k
Outline: 7,442 (+600)
Details: I'd love to see this fic progress some, because really, the lack of vampire fic is a glaring absense in my existing porfolio of weird. I keep changing the bag of tricks the vampires use, but the real problem is still a bland antagonist with approximately the same depth as Snidley Whiplash. :(
Bulletproof [Castle, superhero AU]
Prior Wordcount: No prior count.
Wordcount: 1,283
Prior Outline: No prior count.
Outline: 2,934
Details: It's still lacking an ending.
If Shadows Offend [Castle, post-apocalyptic AU]
Prior Wordcount: No prior count.
Wordcount: 132
Prior Outline: No prior count.
Outline: 6,985
Details: My problem on this one is pacing, I think. I don't know how long a period of time I want the story to stretch, and if I want to have a natural-feeling progression for the way characters' relationships change and develop, I'm going to need to put some thought into that. But writing the slow decline of modern society in the face of a bizarre and incomprehensible cosmic disaster is hard, damn it.
Aberration [Castle, A/B/O AU]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 0
Prior Outline: ~6k
Outline: 6,424
Details: This fic is really the last one I want to work on. Period. But in case my brain gets inspired thusly (translation: demands disturbing smut be written) I might as well put the count here.
And there's other stuff within the existing Life and Evidence AUs that could spring on me, but I'll add those if they latch on.
*sigh*
Zeitgeist, Volume Two: Rosemary [CastlexHeroes]
Prior Wordcount: 1,046
Wordcount: 1,395 (+349)
Prior Outline: 11,509
Outline: 11,920 (+411)
Details: I've pretty much ironed out a solid enough understanding of the case!fic part of the story, but I'm still of two minds whether to stick with my original plan of a Law & Order: SVU crossover, or to switch to using OC cops for that part of the fic. Also, there's a part of me that keeps claiming that "Five Years Gone" needs to be finished before I post this...but that's not even an excuse not to work on it, because that's going to take some ridiculous time as it is.
Zeitgeist: Five Years Gone [CastlexHeroes]
Prior Wordcount: 7,251
Wordcount: 7,385 (+134)
Prior Outline: 3,277
Outline: 3,700 (+423)
Details: I've got some kind of idea where this fic is headed, roughly, but I don't honestly know how it should end. :(
The Robber Bridegroom [CastlexFables]
Prior Wordcount: ~2k
Wordcount: 4,370 (+2k)
Prior Outline: ~3k
Outline: 3,983
Details: I've made decent progress on this in the past whatever amount of time, I suppose, but I keep getting thrown off track by pointless dialog that has to happen in order to get to the meat of the story.
Grimm Reflections [CastlexGrimm]
Prior Wordcount: 6,668
Wordcount: 7,301 (+633)
Prior Outline: 5,008
Outline: 4,323 (-685)
Details: Chapters 1 - 3 are done (finally). This fic is going to have a total of seven chapters, plus a short epilogue. I want this fic to be over, fast, so that I can post all the shiny graphics I made to go with it when my brain wasn't otherwise being helpful. T_T
I Am Sworn [CastlexSkyrim]
Prior Wordcount: 13,329
Wordcount: 13,389 (+60)
Prior Outline: 8,810
Outline: 9,291 (+481)
Details: This story is basically stuck at the same point it has been. There's a scene I'm far past in the game that I need to look at again to get past the scene I'm caught on, which means doing so with another character...and I just haven't felt like taking the time. :(
Ja'Behat (Young Animals) [CastlexSkyrim]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 286
Prior Outline: 1,055
Outline: 1,506 (+451)
Details: Formerly "Whiterun". This is the sequel to "Vasa Jijri" continue the bizarre story of Kevin's childhood as a Khajiit amongst Nords. I have a plot for it now, I just don't know what I want to do with it.
Zeitgeist: Concept of Mind [Almost HumanxHeroes]
Prior Wordcount: 5,190
Wordcount: 5,459 (+269)
Prior Outline: 4,869
Outline: 4,832 (-32)
Details: Just because I completely failed to finish this for the Big Bang doesn't mean I've abandoned it completely. I think it's a good link in the long chain that is the Zeitgeist 'verse, and would stand well on its own with minimum spoilers for the rest if I can only get it finished.
Kehrseite [Grimm]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 0
Prior Outline: ~4k
Outline: 4,065
Details: Re-watching Grimm hasn't lead to any particular inspiration for this fic. Hopefull the show's return in October will be a different story, because more Hank fic needs to happen.
Castles in the Clouds [CastlexGargoyles]
Prior Wordcount: ~1k
Wordcount: 987
Prior Outline: ~6k
Outline: 8,462 (+2k)
Details: This fic still doesn't seem to know what the hell it wants to be. The episodes of Gargoyles are no longer available on Youtube, apparently, so I don't know if I'm going to see new inspiration on this...ever. I've sort of given up on it for now, but I'll record the wordcount in case it does budge a little.
Ubi Sunt [Castle, Genus AU]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 371
Prior Outline: ?
Outline: 2,792
Details: Okay, I'm pretty sure my previous wordcounts for this were totally wrong, so we'll just ignore them. This is what I've had fora while as the most likely next step in the Genus 'verse...my brain can't seem to decide what horrible thing to do to Kevin next. This is the story that is supposed to pull Kate and Castle into the whole weird situation, so it's likely that other things might happen before that, such as...
Incertae Sedis [Castle, Genus AU]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 0
Prior Outline: 0
Outline: 1,404
Details: This one's knit itself together out of bite-sized bits of idea that I'd had set aside. It mostly deals with a subplot I hinted in previous fics in this series, and can fit itself in either before or after "Ubi Sunt".
In Cold Blood [Castle, vampire AU]
Prior Wordcount: ~700
Wordcount: 1,142 (+400)
Prior Outline: ~6.8k
Outline: 7,442 (+600)
Details: I'd love to see this fic progress some, because really, the lack of vampire fic is a glaring absense in my existing porfolio of weird. I keep changing the bag of tricks the vampires use, but the real problem is still a bland antagonist with approximately the same depth as Snidley Whiplash. :(
Bulletproof [Castle, superhero AU]
Prior Wordcount: No prior count.
Wordcount: 1,283
Prior Outline: No prior count.
Outline: 2,934
Details: It's still lacking an ending.
If Shadows Offend [Castle, post-apocalyptic AU]
Prior Wordcount: No prior count.
Wordcount: 132
Prior Outline: No prior count.
Outline: 6,985
Details: My problem on this one is pacing, I think. I don't know how long a period of time I want the story to stretch, and if I want to have a natural-feeling progression for the way characters' relationships change and develop, I'm going to need to put some thought into that. But writing the slow decline of modern society in the face of a bizarre and incomprehensible cosmic disaster is hard, damn it.
Aberration [Castle, A/B/O AU]
Prior Wordcount: 0
Wordcount: 0
Prior Outline: ~6k
Outline: 6,424
Details: This fic is really the last one I want to work on. Period. But in case my brain gets inspired thusly (translation: demands disturbing smut be written) I might as well put the count here.
And there's other stuff within the existing Life and Evidence AUs that could spring on me, but I'll add those if they latch on.
*sigh*
