Intro - kay_brooke

[kay_brooke]

Hi! I'm Kay, I think I've been here maybe a year? Though I haven't participated much because last year was a wash in terms of a lot of things, including writing.

I write original fic 99% of the time, and always have. I've dabbled in fanfic a few times but haven't written any new fanfic since 2010. Preferred genres tend to be in the science fiction/fantasy/spec fic range, though I have been known to dip my toe into other genres.

My weakness is the short story. I can take a simple idea and spin it into a 100,000 word novel, and I love writing slice-of-life vignettes (to the point that at the moment they're kind of interfering with my longer projects), but I have not yet managed to master the art of having a coherent plot and keeping it short. It's something I'm working on.

I've never tried to sell anything or write for profit, as I see this as mostly a fun hobby and I am not willing to give up my day job (which I actually really love) to try and make a living at it. This year, however, I am tentatively trying out some crowdfunding by having themed prompt calls every other month (the next one will be in March). Too early to tell if it's something I'll want to continue in the future.

Introduction - fuchsian

[ravengown]

Hey all, I'm rikym! I was also around for most of last year, although I bought a name change token.

I'm mostly a fanfiction writer— I write a lot for Kuroko no Basuke, but recently I've gotten really into Teen Wolf as well. I always have a lot

In terms of writing, my main goals for this year is to write more essays, poetry, and original fiction, and I want to work more on writing longer things. I also really want to improve my editing— and I really need to make an effort to get better about seeking out beta readers. I also really want to improve my planning because I think I get kind of trapped once I have an initial draft and I don't know always know how to get from the initial draft to something postable.

Also, I think my first order of business is going to be finding a better piece of writing software. I've been thinking about just ponying up for Scrivener, but I'm wondering if any of you guys know of something else that might be helpful? Thanks!

I'm really excited for another year of ODBP!

Intro Post - Alassenya

[alassenya]

Hi I'm Alassenya, member since February 2014. I've written since childhood but only started writing fanfic in 2003. I have several active fandoms at the moment but writing output has been slow. I'm retiring shortly so I hope to get a lot more written this year and in the years to come.

I tend to write long, character-driven, novel-length fics so every single plot bunny that hits me is like a huge landmine rather than a bullet. However, after only one year here I've had the courage to re-classify nearly half my bunnies as "abandoned" -- not deleted (never deleted!), but shifted to another place in the computer where I don't have to see their beady little eyes glaring at me every time I log in.

ODPB has also given me the excuse (not that I really needed one) to develop a whole new spreadsheet system complete with pretty colours. Spreadsheets are my kryptonite -- I will happily spend hours adding bits to the timeline or the character sheets or calculating words per hour rather than actually setting words down in the story -- but a spreadsheet that requires me to record my words written and work status does give me a little more incentive to write.

I'm also posting a meme over thirty weeks this year which requires me to review and discuss my own work -- it has proven to be very helpful in identifying some themes and traits that I had not previously noted, and at least makes me write something every week.

Introduction - kryss_delrhei

[kryss_delrhei]

 Hi, everyone! I'm Kryss and I'm new to this community, which I'm excited to be participating in!  Most of my stuff can be found over at my livejournal.

I've been writing since around 2001 or 2002. I write more fanfiction than anything. I've tried my hand at original once or twice, and my creative writing teacher in college destroyed any want I had for trying to build my own verse, let alone try and sell my work. I bounce between fandoms that I'm interested in at the time, mostly video games and anime/manga types. If i'm writing something in one fandom, I absolutely have to stay away from watching/reading another one cause like most people the shinny new stuff will always draw me.

I have many many (too many!) half finished projects, named and everything, just needs to be edited and revised. And my goal this year is to try and work through them and get them ready for posting. I enjoy my pass time greatly, and at one point I wanted to be an author, but now I just want to let others enjoy what I enjoy doing. The genres that I can be found writing is either romance or friendship type stuff, since I'm a hopeless romantic! A good portion of the items on my list could probably be written in drabbles or even just short fic style, which hopefully, I'll get a chance to tackle them.

Another one of my goals for this year is to broaden my genre spectrum as well as work on some of the chaptered works that I have had in rough drafts for several years, one of my earliest ones being from 2004.

A Hyperfocused intro

[hyperfocused]

A Hyperfocused introduction: I've been here about a year, I think, mostly in observational lurker mode. I've been writing almost as long as I've been reading, it seems. My gateway drug was poetry, and it will probably always be my comfort zone.

While I've always been fannish, I started writing fic in earnest in 2002, when I fell in love with Smallville, or more specifically, I fell in love with Clark and Lex falling for each other. I've since branched out into a bunch of other fandoms. Mostly slash, but not exclusively.

Now I'm slowly coming out of a rough patch that started in mid 2010. I spent three months in the hospital/rehab after surgery for a diabetic foot wound, and had a very difficult time getting back to fic writing mode. My dad died in December 2011, which didn't exactly help matters. I managed about a drabble's worth of Sports Night for the Porn Battle in 2011, a Yuletide treat, and McShepMatch in 2012; 6 Yuletide things (1 fic and 5 tiny treats) in 2013. Things picked up some in the last quarter of 2014, thanks in good part to Fan_Flashworks, which gave me plotbunnies I felt fairly comfortable attempting.

I'm hoping to get things flowing again, and maybe try something new. Except for a few drabbles and poems, I haven't really written a new fandom since my writing crisis started. I've read a lot, but haven't had the confidence to do much with it. I do have some long-standing (long-hopping?) bunnies I'd like to write, and need a kick in the ass encouragement to do, assuming I even can. I'm much better with character studies, and vignettes than long and plotty. Hopefully there'll be a zombie revival for my plotbunnies here.

If you want to read me, I'm Hyperfocused on LJ, too. My AO3 is http://archiveofourown.org/users/HYPERFocused/works

Intro

[leidmotief]

Hello! I joined the community sometime last year, but I have changed accounts ever since. Unlike 2014, I intend to participate more often, even if a part of me has some doubts about what I'll be able to accomplish. I'm a procrastinator by nature, but I love planning. Even more than writing, I dare say. Perhaps that's what keeps me going, since it would feel like a waste to plan so much without having anything to show for it. Sunk cost fallacy, perhaps, but I would like to reach certain goals nonetheless.

Except for a few dips into original fiction, I write fanfiction exclusively since 2004. Most of my fics have been one-shots, too. I also draw from time to time, but I take longer than I do when it comes to writing. That doesn't prevent me from having projects such as illustrating my stories, even if I haven't so far. I find it difficult.

As for fandoms, I enjoy and have enjoyed several series, but to get hooked enough to produce fanworks on a regular basis is rare for me. I used to be big on Saint Seiya, but I only write about Hetalia nowadays, with a heavy focus on my favorite pairing.

I currently have around 40 bunnies, but I look forward to deleting quite a few for good. I also would like to finish a looong fic I have been planning since 2008/2009, which has 20 chapters so far. I stopped at some point, thinking I needed to plan and research things more thoroughly, and since I love this kind of mindless research, let's just say it has been like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole. That's apt, perhaps, considering the topic of plot bunnies. ^^