cimorene

I actually never make resolutions, but in 2010, just to see if it would work, I made one to start getting rid of my WIPs. Included in my resolution was an idea of the order in which to do them. I was going to finish one, then write a NYR fic I had my eye on, then finish a second one.

Instead, I finished one, started the NYR fic and got stuck a couple of thousand words in, unable to finish and unable to move on because I can't actively work on more than 1 fic at a time. It's a weird OCD thing, okay. Yuletide is an exception because it's an important deadline.

Anyway, I didn't finish anything last year between March (<1000 words) and Yuletide. So... that resolution really didn't work then.

Weirdly, though, I've now dusted off a Batman piece I started for the Batman Kink Meme right after TDK came out. It was originally meant to be longer, but I got stuck on the plot, and just a few months ago I looked it over and realized it was actually two stories with two completely different plots, and one was quite short while one was probably a novel. I've cut them apart and am now looking at the shorter one, and I think I can finish it almost right away. It would be nice to get it out of my hair and throw out the other part for good. Also, it would bring my uploaded fics on AO3 to 100; having 99 there has been driving me crazy since I uploaded my Yuletide fic.

Therefore, this year's resolution for writing will be to work on more than one thing at once, starting with finishing this before I finish my novel, and continuing after I finish the novel too. Maybe I'll even do it!