2019 Writing Goals

[thisisthemorning]

I’ve decided that 2019 will be the year I write some of the plot bunnies that have been hopping around my head for a while, and also the year that I use this journal for more than just exchange letters. More people seem to be coming over to DW since tumblr imploded, so it seems like a good time to start posting more!

In the interest of accountability, there are three fics in particular that I want to work on this year, which will all probably end up being longer, chaptered works.

• Emelan - Briar, Rosethorn and Evvy during the war
• Emelan/Tortall - Dove/Aly/Daja spy fic
• Tortall - Dove/Aly + Daine court politics in the Copper Isles. 

I’ll be posting outlines, ideas and snippets here as I go, but the chapters will go on AO3.

My other fannish project for 2019 is to look more seriously into setting up a Tamora Pierce exchange. I think there are enough people who regularly request/offer TP works in other exchanges for it to maybe work, but I need to work out more details and drum up some interest...

Comments

[shadaras]

Hey! I love the idea of a TP fic exchange, and I look forward to hearing about it as you think about how to set it up.

I also think those fic ideas are fun -- especially the Emelan one! The war period fascinates me, and more stories exploring that would be great. :)

[thisisthemorning]

There will definitely be brainstorming posts to come about the exchange!

I’m glad you’re into the Emelan idea! I get the impression a lot of people in the fandom are not as interested in that book as the others, but I really liked it. I really want to explore the emotional impact of it on all of them more, since Will of the Empress deals with that a lot but I feel like Battle Magic doesn’t, so much.

[shadaras]

I don't think Battle Magic has space to deal with the implications; it's too busy giving the facts.

But yeah, I agree that a lot of people don't like that book as much, and I get it -- it's a hard topic to deal with, and less light-hearted than the other books (even the ones about murderers). I love Battle Magic, personally, but I also love thinking about trauma and PTSD and how it effects characters. Battle Magic doesn't deal with it much, true, but it lays the groundwork for so much? I really want to see stories about mindhealers/therapists in Emelan, tbh.

[thisisthemorning]

I’m totally with you on that one - although I think getting Briar to agree to see a mind healer would have to be a good half of the story!

[shadaras]

Oh, definitely -- but that's also one of the things I'd find interesting about such a story. :)