Total number of stories worked on: no clue... i have so many wips that are only like 300 words...

Total number of completed stories: 6 (+ infictions that's chaptered and incomplete)

Fandoms written in: got7, nct, seventeen, winner, ikon, bts

Total word count: 53 170 (39 835 if you're not including infictions most of which so far is reem's writing)

Number of exchange/challenge fics: 4 (+ infictions)

January

February
The Fastest Man in the World
bts, j-hope/suga, 5000 words

March

April
if i were you i'd never let me go
ikon, junhwe/jinhwan, 9728 words

May

June

July

August
so kiss me (and i'll kiss you too)
seventeen, hoshi/dk, 5043 words

somebody to love
winner, seungyoon/mino, 7415 words
*x-posted on ao3 in september but it was originally posted in august

September
alone, you smile at your secret greatness
got7, jb/jinyoung/youngjae, 7546 words

ain't no party like a Type A party
nct, doyoung/jaehyun, 5103 words

October
the seventh year itch
seventeen, dk/wonwoo, 13 335 words (so far)

November

December

Overall

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d predicted? The honest answer is less, but for some reason it doesn't completely feel like it? I think it's because when I was writing fic this year for the most part either it took up a lot of my time or it felt extremely difficult. But definitely less, in fact most of my fic output was condensed from Auguest to October—which would make one think I had a lot of free time then, lol. But the reality is I just had all my exchange fic due then, and so I wrote those as well as fic I was working on to procrastinate on exchange fic, ALL DURING THE SCHOOL SEMESTER (I fucked up).

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January? If you look at my fandoms this year I look like such a mediocre boy group stan. Back in February I thought the answer would be BTS, but that wasn't really unexpected because I was pinch-hitting and it was just a one-off thing. Then around July I thought the answer would be Seventeen, because I definitely never foresaw myself as being a SVT fan when January began.

So, as you can see there were many worthy contenders this year, but by far the award goes to fucking Neo Culture Technology. I tweeted this back in September and it's painfully accurate: "this nct fic i started writing on a whim yesterday night cos i was sadcrastinating was meant to be 2k of faux-crack. but now it's hitting almost 5k and has somehow developed feelings and if that isn't the perfect anology for me and nct in general"

What’s your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest? "so kiss me (and i'll kiss you too)". I might be biased because it was well received, but looking back I feel like this was the only fic this year I was truly satisfied with? It was my first Seventeen fic which was a little nerve wracking, but in terms of structure and writing, I think it's by far the best executed so I'm sort of proud of it u___u

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? Writing a team fic for infictions, "the seventh year itch"!! We didn't end up finishing it so now it's a multichapter fic, which is also a new writing risk. But in general, the plot for our infictions is very involved and long, which I think was a writing risk for all of us. The other one is "alone, you smile at your secret greatness", where I kind of tried very hard not to write like myself, and as a result I let myself get a little experimental (pretentious) with the style of the fic. What I've learned from this is 1) writing a long fic involves a lot of planning and also consistency in when you write 2) never experiment (just kidding).

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year? This year has left me drained man and I've got nothing... Get better at writing? Don't stan Pentagon? Write a girl group fic since I failed last year. But I think the most practical goal I should make is not join any exchanges that fall in the middle of the school semester, because I can't multitask and doing so last year really ruined me ;(

My goals from last year were: "i guess take more risks with my writing? also, i feel like this will still be a work in progress, but i want to get over the self-consciousness i have in regards to writing and just write whatever i want again. oh and also to become more concise as writer, and to have more descriptions and less internal monologue."

You know I was sure looking back I'd have failed all of these but I guess I did end up taking more risks with my writing? Also, I definitely do think my writing style has changed to become a bit less reliant on internal monologue, but as a result it feels a lot less... effortless now to me? Clunkier? I need to write more to get better. I'm still as self-conscious as ever, and going back to my writing becoming less reliant on internal monologue, I think this is partly because I'm a lot more aware of my prose. When I write more freely I tend to go back to internal monologue again, and now I'm beginning to think that might read, not stronger, but more assured? I am honestly not that fond of my current writing and I feel like I'm in some weird limbo with it, and I want to be able to polish it.

From my past year of writing, what was…

My best story of this year: "so kiss me"! For all the reasons mentioned above.

My most popular story of this year: According to ao3, also "so kiss me".

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Hmm... None really? I guess "the seventh year itch" because it's for a rare pair, but our team went into the fic knowing it wouldn't get as much reception because of the pairing.

Most fun story to write: "ain't no party like a Type A party"! Going back to how I revert back to internal monologue when I write more freely, this is a perfect example of it. I wrote it in like 1.5 days, and I didn't really think and just let myself write for the heck of it. And the final result isn't great but I had a lot of fun with the process?

Story with the single sexiest moment: I HAVE NO CLUE. "you smile at your secret greatness" has the highest rating, but I don't think it's particularly sexy.

Most “Holy crap, that’s wrong, even for you” story: Nothing. I mean, I think "you smile at your secret greatness" threw some people off considering it's me, but idk...

Hardest story to write: Writing my ikonx this year literally felt like pulling teeth. I'm just going to quote the a/n on that: "thanks to an inconvenient bout of writers block, this fic was probably the hardest i've ever had to write T___T i restarted it twice, and at one point my deleted scenes doc was twice as long as the actual fic. lots of self-loathing, lots of tears."

Biggest disappointment: There's a lot of candidates for this in terms of fic, but I think ultimately it was my winnerx. I mean, I think the actual writing itself wasn't extraordinary difficult but I just felt nothing for it as I was writing. As a result the entire story just feels really... bad and flat to me. (Sidenote: I definitely overestimated how much I ship minyoon when I signed up lol). I'm also disappointed that I didn't write any girl group fic this year ): Also I guess the year in general was disappointing.

Biggest surprise: Uhh... Nothing much really? I'm sure if January!Reet saw these list of fandoms she'd make fun of me.

Highlights + Wrap-up:

Favourite Opening Lines (3):

1. In Seokmin’s head there are two versions of Soonyoung.

The first version of Soonyoung needs no elaboration. It’s the one that pulls you up from the ground and dusts off your jeans, and then runs half a mile ahead of you while you struggle to keep up. The second version of Soonyoung is a little trickier to grasp—so much so that Seokmin isn’t entirely sure it’s not an optical illusion. Tilt your head to the side, stare at Soonyoung without blinking, and eventually you’ll see the faint ridges of an exoskeleton that keeps Soonyoung 1.0 together.

2. Literally nothing else is even good.

3. Sorry

Favourite Closing Lines (3):

1. This book wouldn’t be made possible without spoilt, rich boy Park Jinyoung and the fallacy of happiness.

(This is really pretentious, I know. But I thought of this line really early on in writing this fic but wasn't sure where to put it, but then I realised it worked pretty well as the ending once I restructured things.)

2. He cups Junhwe’s cheek with a small hand, tilts Junhwe’s head up so he can see the warm smile spreading across Jinhwan’s face. “I wouldn’t say that during an interview,” Jinhwan says, thumb coming down to brush against Junhwe’s lips. “But that’s a good answer.”

(OKAY I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY CHEESY!! I cringed pasting it. But all my fics end the same way, but I liked how this last line called back their careers/conflict throughout the fic.)

3. “Where you are,” Yoongi says, soaking in Hoseok’s face like it’s his first time seeing it. “Some guy realises he made a big mistake—”

”—Pulls up next to you—”

“—And asks you to forgive him.”

Hoseok smiles at him. The one Yoongi returns is watery.

“Who’s the hero?”

(This is also really cringey, but I literally only wrote six fics this year my pickings are slim... But Rei told me she liked this ending, so unless she's lying I'll put this at number three.)

Favorite 3 Line(s) from Anywhere:

1. And the answer is no. There are no songs or melodies going through Seokmin’s head when he looks at Soonyoung. There’s a basketball rolling on an empty court, there’s a fork in the road, there’s seventeen year old Lee Seokmin meeting Kwon Soonyoung for the first time and thinking that he’s the most unattainable boy he’ll ever know—all things Seokmin’s never been able to put into words.

2. Hoseok is, by all technicalities, the fastest man in the world. Yoongi’s never felt it more than he does now. Hoseok walks away from him at a measured pace, and the space between their desks and the front door is so small it can barely be called a distance. But Yoongi knows that even if he ran, he’d have no hope of catching up.

3. “It’s nothing major,” Jaebum insists, with the ego of someone who believes that there exists no automobile that can’t be repaired with the right masculine touch.

In Conclusion: My conclusion for last year was so long but I don't really know what to say here... I really want to be able to finish a fic I actually want to write this year? All the ideas I'm enthusiastic about I never end up being able to write. I thought I joined less exchanges this year but 5/7 fics were for exchanges/challenges so lol... They really are the only way I can write.

On a more positive note, I MET A LOT OF GREAT FRIENDS THIS YEAR!! Also, I joke about how I turned into a basic stan who picks up a bunch of rookie boy groups, but in doing so I got closer to a lot of great people this year and I'm really grateful for that u___u