Updated Fanfiction Goals

I've finally crossed off all of my previous fanfiction goals. And even though I finished them in May instead of the end of March I had hoped for, at least they're done and over with.

I finished my AtO Draft, uploaded DtE completely and also some possible new summaries for AtO that I'm trying to decide between.

This means it's time for new goals. Goals that I'm hoping to finish by end of August but won't be too disappointed if it takes me till December.

1. Rough Edit AtO

This means taking out the things that I already know don't go anywhere in the draft and smooth over the gaps.

Like certain Orochimaru-esque things that don't actually feature Orochimaru? And some world building things that I don't care to have in the story anymore.

2. Add more chapters to Diverging Paths.

I want to reach at least 6 chapters on ffnet with this with something other than Alternate Jobs. Editing chapters for this is a nice and relaxing sort of writing distraction. And more than that, it also gives me a better understanding of different characters.

3. Upload a Fairy tail story

I have had this story draft written and forgotten for about a year. It needs a bit of polishing but I want to upload it and forget about it.

4. Make AtO 15 upload ready

Serious editing on AtO 15 can only happen after the rough edit, because there are future plot things I need to consider. I thought writing out the draft would help me decide on how I wanted to take things, but no, it's just made me more unsure.

So, that's a lot of editing goals for the next 3? months.

Wish me luck,

Polar

AtO Draft 1.0 Complete!

It only took me something like a year of on and off writing (more off than on. to be honest) but I finally have a draft that reaches the epilogue I'd written years ago.

I'm in a bit of a victorious daze, so this post might not be the most coherent, but I need to mark the occasion in some way.

Here's some random info about the draft:

= I've broken up the AtO draft into 5 separate documents which range from 500-1000ish KB in size.

= Characters I've contemplated death scenes for while drinking tea- Kakashi, Sasuke, Danzo, Itachi, the Naras, Naruto... do villages as a whole count for this? I'm not sure. (I won't tell you who I've actually killed off)

= I totally abused the add comments function. So the side of my draft word document are filled with yellow boxes.

= Sometimes I could finish up to 3 chapters in a week and other times it would take more than a month to write out a single chapter.

And here's some Plot things I can tell you:

= Harry travels, drinks and does stupid things. Mostly, he does stupid things.

= There's no animagus Harry- which seems to be a thing that people ask about a lot.

= Also Harry and Itachi do not become a couple- which is another thing that's frequently brought up.

= Harry doesn't learn how to use swords. So he does not become a master swordsman.

= In that vein, Harry does not become a ninja. Or a samurai. Not even a monk. Or a Daimyo. Not a Kage either.

= There's no Kaguya. She's interesting but she just doesn't fit into AtO.

I've already got a few plot paths that I'm cutting out when I start editing because they lead to no where in the story.

What about editing and updates?

I will edit and I will update.

I won't promise a schedule or a fixed date on when I will update. It will happen when I can make it happen. That's just how I am as a writer.

Polar.

P.S. I'm actually going to binge read some old fanfics that have been on my to-read list for ages as a bit of a celebration.

There's Something About Neji

This is my official answer to “If AtO had any romance and Harry ended up with a male, who would it be?”

Neji, I choose you.

So here is a a quick and short stab at how things start for this pairing. Obviously, this won't happen in AtO itself. 

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