2011 Fanworks in Review

2011: The year Remix Redux and Kink Bingo fired up the creative engine again. Thank goodness for that. It would be wonderful if 2012 continued the momentum.

Previous Roundups
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

( Fic/Poetry – SGA, House, House/SGA )

( Meta/Essay – Multi, BtVS, DS9 OCs )

( Mary Sue – DS9, Vampire Chronicles )

( Vids – Jurassic Park, Secret Garden, Peanuts, Robot Chicken, SGA, DS9, Multi, Mystery Festivid )

( Recs – Inception, House, SGA, Top Gear, Multi )

( Graphics – The Vampire Diaries )

Stats

Fics/essays: 9 (+1 amnesty)
Word count: 27,524 (+1,800 amnesty, +9,200 Mary Sue WsIP)
Vids: 7 (not counting the 2 Festivids that were technically finished in 2010)
Minutes vidded: 14.5 (ditto)
Icons: 5
Fandoms: 15 (!)

That's about the same number of fics/essays as in 2010 but 1.5 times as many words; almost twice as many vids but only 1 minute more of footage. Many, many more fandoms than in any other year I've been on LJ, though.

Gen: 8
Slash: 2
Het: 6
Mixed/Other: 6

Overall goal for 2012 beyond what's outlined in the specific categories is… to keep producing stuff. It sounds simple, but sometimes it's really not. The rush of joy and pride from finishing something, and from getting substantive comments on it, is like nothing else. Yet getting there can be torture, gloom, despair, self-loathing, &c &c.

There: 2012: Here's to less self-loathing.