Welcome to 2018!

[kalloway]

Hi! Welcome to onedeadplotbunny 2018! There's a basic FAQ on the profile page, but if you have more specific questions, feel free to ask them here.

If you're joining at a time that's not early February, that's okay! You can join at any time, post at any time, etc. Go through the archives at your own pace and don't feel stressed. There is no 'catching up' to do.

This is a motivation/support community first and foremost. I don't want anyone to ever feel bad about their backlog/signups/whatnot. I don't want anyone to feel that they have to clear out their backlog instantly, or anything like that. I don't want anyone feeling too stressed, even though there might be a few tasks in the beginning that can be stressful. (And if you do get stressed, slow down, take your time, or modify the task to what works for you.)

Whatever you're working on, or whatever you want to get back to...

You can do it! You really can.

Feel free to make an introduction post. Feel free not to. Feel free to ask for help unsticking a plot. Feel free to post resources. Feel free to post success! Feel free to commiserate (because sometimes you just need to wonder out loud why you sighed up for the XYZ Bingo again even though you've never written for a single square)... This is everyone's space.

Weekly check-ins, once we get on schedule for the year, will be ~Wednesdays. For the first couple weeks of the community, things tend to be pretty busy. Besides this post and our first activity, a lot of people choose to introduce themselves. You don't have to make an intro post, of course, just like you don't have to participate in activities, discussion, or check-ins. Or you can introduce yourself in June, if you'd like. It is all good.

This is the sixth year of onedeadplotbunny on Dreamwidth, after a brief hiatus and a move from LJ (which I believe ran 2007-2009 or so). There was also a brief stint on Imzy while it existed.

While the community is generally geared towards written fiction, non-fiction, art, multimedia, etc. are all welcome.

I'm kalloway, and I'll fill in this space with the rest of the mod-team for 2018 as soon as I have confirmation~

Comments

[taichara]

This year I do the things, damn it.

[kalloway]

I know these feels~

[samuraiter]

*thumbs up*

This year, you will do the things.

[ayebydan]

I'm so glad I found this community last week. I think it is going to be such a big help to me.

[kalloway]

Welcome! I hope we'll be a good source of inspiration and motivation~!

[annathecrow]

Hi,

would it be alright for me to participate if my plot bunny list is more of a nebulous "DO THINGS DAMMIT" area, and my bunnies don't exactly have a plot? And often aren't much fannish?

I'm trying to get more serious about illustration, and in desperate need of an accountability system. :/ I used to do mutual accountability pacts with friends, but I'm sorely lacking co-sufferers right now.

I've been following the comm since June, and even reading the check-in post was pretty motivating. But I don't want to be too ~tangential~ to everyone else, if you know what I mean. "She doesn't even go there", etc. :D

[kalloway]

Absolutely! There are definitely other artists and people who make a variety of things on here. You are very, very welcome here. ^_^

[killertofuuu]

I've got two original novels in the works on Google Docs: Black Coffee for the Damned, and Ronan.

One is a tongue-in-cheek parody of Chicken Soup for the Soul, and the other one is something of a stream-of-consciousness M/M packed with dark humor, angst, and various interactions with other humans.

I'm kicking my butt into finishing them BOTH because I am completely sick to death of not having even one finished original novel to my name. This ends now! RAH!!! I don't tend to succeed when I force myself into a schedule, or I force myself to adhere to a long plot line. If I feel like I'm in chains doing anything, especially something I love, I nope like crazy and walk away.

I'm finding a lot of success in writing chapters that are each individual and loosely interconnected short stories, though. I've got the attention span for that, which is exciting! I've been practicing writing like that in the South Park fandom since September, as almost all of my Creek fics reference other ones I've written, despite most of them being stand alone stories. They're stand alone plotwise, yet are interconnected in my mind's sandbox, if that makes sense? I guess another way of putting it is that I'll be writing chapters of an episodic nature. Keeps it fresh to do it that way, I've noticed. I can't concentrate well enough to write everyday (yet) so I find doing something like this helps a lot. I'm not entirely sure if that little blurb there made much sense, but that's the lion's share of what to expect from me in terms of writing these days.

[dolewhip]

Heh, I was scrolling through the comments and caught the title "Black Coffee for the Damned", and had to comment on how delightful I found it...

...And then I realized, hey, I know you. XD

Anyway, a tongue-in-cheek parody of Chicken Soup of the Soul is pretty much brilliant. Best of luck getting those original novels done!

[marginaliana]

I'm thinking it would be helpful for me to post my list for this year, so here goes:

--current WIP, posting as I go: hipster AU
--time travel Victorian Farm
--'Jeremy needs a hug'
--the one about the poetry where I am definitely not writing any of the poetry
--a fic for every GT episode series (which I probably won't finish, but at least I can do some of them)

The first four of these are stupid long, which is going to be... fun... :D

[kalloway]

Even if they're long, they have ends and you can get there~

[samuraiter]

All right. 2018. *slaps both sides of own face* Let's do this.

[ldybastet]

You can do it! :D

[gehayi]

I would like to get through 2018 without burning out around July or August and not writing anything else for the rest of the year. (This seems to be a pattern; it gets cold, and I get physically sick and frightened about taxes, and then I feel like there's no point in living. I am so sick of feeling like that. It sucks.)

[dolewhip]

That's definitely a vicious cycle. I really hope this year breaks the pattern!

[ldybastet]

Oh! It's time again? :D Cool! This year, I'll try to be better about actually getting things (and with that, I mean writing) done!

Most of the bunnies I had on my list last year are still there, still waiting, watching me with sad eyes and making me feel awful every time I look at the list. *sigh* Thing is, I still want to write them, so I keep them. I like them a lot, it's just that I have a hard time writing with family issues and stress and job problems and financial disasters...

I have a fic going that I have to finish Feb 14th at the latest. I can do it! If I just write what I managed today - 150-some words - every day until then, it will be done!

[kalloway]

I know~! Where does the time go?

I hope things calm down for you.

(I'm probably not going to get anything done for Season-of-Kink again, alas, unless a miracle happens this weekend.)

[sassbandit]

Hi! I'm excited that I found this via my network page. I'm doing getyourwordsout this year but the more motivation the better :)

I've got some partially complete stuff hanging around from uhhhh over a decade ago, but I also have rapidly breeding bunnies in my current fandom, so I'm hoping this will help me keep them in check.

[kalloway]

Welcome to the community!

(I've got some uhhhh-over-a-decade's, too, don't worry.)

[osidiano]

Last year was not as productive as I had hoped (some updates to WiPs, but very few got marked complete), so I’m hoping to get closer to my 2016 fic rate. I doubt that I’ll match it with all the IRL stuff planned for 2018, but. Y’know, goals. :)

[kalloway]

Here's to marking more things complete! \o/

[fangirlkitten]

Just saw this on fandom calender and the whole promotion rang painfully true. So hello! I'm Kitten and I'm going to finish a multi chapter fic this year!

[kalloway]

Yeah, I resemble my promo way too much. ^^;; Welcome to the community!

[st_aurafina]

Oh, man. My list:
60K of post Winter Soldier road trip fic
46K of post S5 Person of Interest fixit fic
30K of Person of Interest AU fic where Jessica lives

THIS SHIT IS GETTING DONE.

[kalloway]

\o/ LET'S GET THIS SHIT DONE!

[doranwen]

Last year was rather productive - my longest fic ever (written in about three weeks), a whole new series for a new-to-me show, and 10 exchanges signed up for and written (not counting pinch hitting and treats and non-exchange challenges). On the other hand, the new series is not complete and I don't know when it ever will be, I ended up starting another WIP (and this one I don't know if I'll ever get it properly written because it involves traveling back in time from a part of canon I've never seen and don't plan on watching), and I got burned out on an old standby fandom from over-offering it in exchanges. So I *definitely* need to scale back.

My list for this year:

- write more parts to my Alphas series
- get further on my Smallville AU WIP (which, should I finish it, would be longer than my already-posted fic)
- sign up only for these five exchanges: Chocolate Box (already written), Everywoman, Genex, AUex, and Yuletide (though I reserve the right to make an exception should there actually be something I could write for NoFM)
- finish my Flood AU WIP
- maybe write another fic for my Push series
- maybe write more on my X-Men movieverse AU fic

Argh, decisions. I have too many I want to get further on, and I don't think I'll manage all of them. It would be nice to finish one, but finding time to work on it and betas who are on when I am for brainstorming/chatting purposes… We shall see.

[kalloway]

I'm looking at Space Swap even though I told myself no exchanges, and maybe Parallels if it comes back, same with All in the Family. (I'm watching pinch hits for quite a few others, though, just in case.)

Here's to finding time~!

[evandar]

So many fics to write, never enough time - plus a nebulous idea for a multi chapter fic that’s begging to be written even though I pretty much exclusively write oneshots.

Let’s do it!

[kalloway]

Let's do it! \o/

[dolewhip]

Alright, I think between this and GYWO, I can really make some progress this year! I'm excited to kick some old ideas back into gear, reboot some really old ideas, work on things that have been munching on the back of my mind, and write those things I've never quite had the discipline/dedication to write. *cough* Pokemon Nuzlocke fic! *cough*

[kalloway]

I have so many old things still chewing away~ We'll tackle them together!

[hoarmurath]

I have hundreds of ideas. I have written very few of them. I want 2018 to be the year when I finally actually upload stuff to the internets.

[kalloway]

This will be the year and welcome to the comm.!

[colls]

:D :D :D Hello!
I'm here for getting my vids done!
Vid bunnies. They've taken over my hard drive with all their clips.
And also for a multimedia bingo card I signed up for in 2017 in a moment of weakness.

[kalloway]

Awesome! Welcome to the community!

[skinwalker]

Hello! :) I'm new here (I saw this place advertised on my DW reading list) and I instantly had to join because I find this kind of struggle incredibly, incredibly relatable.

I've hit walls on a large novel project, a longfic that's been untouched since July, as well as multiple ideas floating around in the headspace that I can't seem to pin down. Here's hoping to getting past these roadblocks!

Oh, and my name's Jamie; it's nice to meet y'all, and may you have good luck too.

[kalloway]

Hi~! Welcome to the community. We will steamroll over whatever gets in our way! (Hopefully.)

[shuufleur93]

I think I might stick around, I've got things to create (mostly write, but photoshop is also my friend) because I have no self-control and joined challenges. o/

[kalloway]

Welcome to the community! I hope you find it helpful.

[plaid_slytherin]

I'm here from fandomcalendar! Way too many WIPs in way too many fandoms. I love the idea of this community.

[kalloway]

Welcome to the community! I hope it'll be helpful to you.

[falkner]

I ended up pretty much skipping last year entirely, but maybe 2018 will be the year I finally kill some plot bunnies :D

[kalloway]

Me too and I hope so! May this be the year of many defeated plot bunnies!

[thethirdseventh]

Okay, so I've literally spent more than a decade writing (and subsequently abandoning) fanfics to myself without publishing anything. That ends this year!

[kalloway]

Absolutely! You can do it!