>>34581604>TotT>How do you feel about your progress over the last year?2017 could have been better, in all honesty. I joined the writethread in late 2016, so 2017 was the first full year I spent here, and I initially hoped it would be pretty productive. Unfortunately, that didn't really pan out. I didn't do anywhere near as much as I wanted, and although I planned and wrote quite a bit of stuff in my spare time, almost all of it remains unfinished and unpublished.
That said, this year wasn't a total bust. I finally got around to finishing my Combee/Vespiquen story "Outcast of Comb Island", which I started last year, and I even managed to put out a new short story in the last thread. In addition, I became a beta reader for the first time. However, while I'm glad that I accomplished those things, I still feel disappointed that I didn't do more. I just hope I can turn that feeling into motivation in 2018.
>What are your writing goals for next year?Do better than I did this year. I want to write and publish more, read and review other people's stuff more, and generally get more involved around here. I should also figure out how to get over my chronic anxiety about showing my work to other people. Besides a general lack of motivation, I think that's the biggest obstacle for me in terms of writing.
I also hope to move beyond pastebin and start using a site more conducive to the whole fanfic thing, like FFN or AO3 (though I remember hearing that AO3 doesn't let just anyone make an account, and you need to jump through some hoops to do it, so maybe I'll just stick to FFN).
Lastly, I still want to pursue my initial goal, the reason I came here to begin with: become a better writer. Sort of a vague goal, but at least I have something to aim for.
