Fandom Snowflake Challenge 2021 - Challenge #4

[deemoyza]

I kind of fell off the Snowflake wagon for a bit, but I'm getting back on!

Challenge #4: In your own space, create some goals.

Let's see...

- I'd really like to read more this year. In the past year and a half or so, I've found it increasingly difficult to just sit down and immerse myself in a story. I'd like to try to do that, and do it with regularity, over the course of 2021.

- I'd also like to get into some more shows/movies/games. Last year was pretty good for me in terms of playing new games, and almost every one I played, I ended up loving. I think it's time for me to do so again, and maybe expand my "adventurousness" to other media.

- Writing-wise, I'd like to get back into writing original fiction. I was producing it fairly regularly during the second half of 2019, and then I just lost all motivation for it throughout 2020. I have some ideas kicking around my brain, and I hope to find the confidence to get back into it.

- In terms of fanfic, I'd love to complete Where I Belong and move onto the next installment in the Esthar Chronicles series. It's not that I don't know what I'm doing with that fic--it's outlined and plotted, already--it's just a matter of motivation. I like the characters, and I'm pretty happy with the plot, but writing for FF8 at the moment feels a whole lot less rewarding than it did just a few years ago. :/

- I'd also like to finish Walk in Shadow. It's coming up on a year since I last updated, though, like "Where I Belong," it's outlined and plotted as well. What the Water Gave Us is in the same boat, at the moment, too.

- Geez, I'd just like to clear out my fanfic WIPs!

- I'd also like to get around to fleshing out and editing some drafts of ideas I fell in love with last year. At the top of my list are stories featuring Edea from FF8 and Farrah from Transistor.

- Last year, I began dabbling in fanart, and I want to continue doing so. I've got a long-term project in the works, and I'd like to crank out a few more doodles in between, as well. While I'm not aiming to become a great artist, it feels good to express my creativity in a different way than usual.

- Overarching goals for this year and any others: keep surviving, and keep creating! :)

Comments

[paulamcg]

I love your overarching goals, also your detailed and comprehensive fannish goals. ♥ Nowadays I write only one-shot fics (and still only in the Harry Potter fandom), and I can just imagine (or remember) how hard it can be when writing a particular fic gets less rewarding. I can also relate when you talk about dabbling in fanart. I started doing that a bit last summer, and I'd like to continue.