The Fanfiction Goals for 2016

First of all, I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year. Two weeks into the new year and I'm already swamped with life stuff to do. But I still made some fanfiction goals for this year.

How many years have I started off with a giant list of things that I planned to do? And then a year passes without me having done much of anything?

This year will be different! Hopefully. 

So here's my fanfiction goals for 3 months ( till end of March)

Complete DtE

Finally getting around to looking at DtE again, as you might have noticed with the new update today. It's really close to getting completed so I'm going to put in more effort for the final push.And when it's done I won't have to deal with the guilt of keeping it incomplete.

Work on/Complete the AtO Draft

I had to stop working on it over the holiday season. I'm sort of working on it intermittently at the moment when I can but I'm not making as much progress with as I would like.

Also, a part of me is just like- how many hours have I already put into this draft? And I have the editing to do before any of it can be uploaded! Which ties in to my next bit goal.

Edited Summary for AtO

Working on the draft has really made me think about the summary and I've been tossing some ideas on how I can re-do it. I'm thinking when I finish the draft, I'll have a better idea of what to put in the summary.

So basically, what this means is: When you see a new summary, you can be sure that I've finished my draft and started editing Chapter 15.

Does that mean chapter 15 will be up before/by March? Honestly, me not making it a goal should be enough of an answer. Miracles could happen, but let's be realistic here.

Moving AtO Extras to FFnet

Just the omakes at the moment. Not the deleted scenes.

Since the omakes are not actually tied in with the story, I think they'd be much easier to edit without having to worry about timeline and things. I will expand most of them so that they make nice sized individual chapters on ffnet.

The deleted scenes, on the other hand, will be uploaded much later on. I have some plans to rewrite and add certain things before I move them. Plus a part of me really wants to upload more to AtO itself before I work on this. So for now it's a future project (well after March, at least).

Let's get some stuff done, eh?

Polar

AC_D8: Change in Age (Interlude)

This is the last post for today and for the Advent Calendar.

Jen asked for the deaged story to be finished. And I have to be honest, I don't remember a good chunk of what I had planned for this story. I mean I do have bit and pieces plus my haphazard notes, so I might eventually cobble up something coherent.

But for today, you'll have to settle for a super short filler chapter of this series.

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Pushed into wakefulness by the sound of delighted laughter, Harry sat up in confusion. The bed beside him was empty and cold to the touch. 

After another bout of laughter reached his ears, Harry got off the bed and followed the sounds until he reached Sai's half opened room door. 

Peeking in from the side, Harry couldn't help but smile at the sight inside the room. 

Seated in a veritable forest of ink drawings brought to life, Naruto was holding an ink bird close to his chest as he drew something on Sai's open scroll. His tongue poked out as he moved the brush with serious concentration. 

AC_D7: Ask Box Prompts (Part 2)

Movie marathon is still going strong but they're all sort of blurring into each other at this point.

The last prompts from the ask box that I'm working on today.

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“This is probably more of a question than a prompt... how would Harry act if he met Hidan in Atoverse?”  

(I had a crazy idea for this so I'm going to cheat and connect this to one of the earlier prompts I did today- “the Harry defeats Shikaku in shogi one” here. Hope you don't mind. ~Polar)

“Why do I have to know all this?” Harry asked for what felt like the millionth time that day. 

“Because...”

“If you say that I am the clan head one more time, I will kick you,” Harry said with an annoyed hiss.

Shikaku blinked at him. “Not saying it out loud doesn't change that fact that you are indeed...”

“Don't,” Harry said and rubbed his forehead. “The paperwork hasn't come through. And hopefully won't. So I'm not really supposed to be knowing the clan's deepest and darkest secrets.”

“It's only a matter of time,” Shikaku said. “Our people in the tower will ensure that the paperwork reaches the correct desks.”

Harry groaned. 

Shikaku seemed to feel some sympathy for him and said, “I suppose we could leave all the official items for another time.”

“Yes,” Harry perked up. “Instead let's play another game of shogi and fix this giant mistake.”

Shikaku shook his head, just as he had done the previous times that Harry had suggested it. “Once lost, the position cannot be won back.”

Harry sighed in annoyance. “Why are we in the forest?”

“There is a matter of some urgency to deal with,” Shikaku said as they stopped in front of a mound. “It seems that the fiend that Shikamaru trapped in here has been moving up slowly.”