I have no internal motivation whatsoever at the moment, so I am requesting help with
external motivation in hopes that it will prove somewhat more effective. Normally this would take the form of a mini-ficlet prompt meme, but I'm going to try something slightly different this time.
Namely, I will list several WIPs that have been languishing for a good long while, all of which should take less than 5000 words to complete. (Or complete the current chapter, at any rate.) I would like you to tell me which one I should try to finish by next Friday.
Here they are:
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What story/chapter should Liz try to finish by Friday the 26th?
View Answers"The Guardian in Spite of Herself" ch. 17 (an AU pre-manga Naruto fic dealing with the aftermath of the Uchiha massacre; this chapter brings dramatic change to Yukiko and Sasuke's plot thread)
7 (36.8%)
"Intervention" (a Star Trek: AOS fic starring several original characters, about a colony plague and an invasion by Orion space pirates; stalled in the middle of the space battle scene)
0 (0.0%)
"The Dragon Debacle" (a HP sidestory for "Secrets," which details what Apple and Daphne Rumluck got up to the summer before they went to Hogwarts and met Ginny; guest-starring Charlie Weasley)
0 (0.0%)
"Trollstuck: Make Her Pay" ch. 10 (Homestuck fic with the beta kids as part of the troll friend-group on Alternia; stalled while Aradia, Dave, Equius, and John confront Vriska about her attempt to kill Aradia)
3 (15.8%)
"The Courting Dance" ch. 9 (Narnia fanfic about Cor and Aravis getting married despite various obstacles; in this chapter they arrive at Cair Paravel and cause Peridan political headaches)
4 (21.1%)
"A Question of Familiarity" (Enchanted Forest Chronicles fic, explaining how Morwen got her nine cats and lost touch with Telemain for a decade or two; stalled because of magical technobabble)
5 (26.3%)
"The Transient and the Eternal: Clouds" (Angel Sanctuary fic in which Raphael, Michael, and Barbiel visit Sara and Setsuna about a decade after the end of the manga)
0 (0.0%)
If you can't vote in the poll on Dreamwidth, please leave a comment (signed or anonymous) with your preferred story. Voting will close sometime Friday evening when I am home and ready to write.
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Thank you to everyone who voted! I will buckle down and get to work on "Guardian" ch. 17 starting on Saturday the 20th. :)
(The next week is reserved for my Palestuck assignment, but after that I will tackle "A Question of Familiarity". And after
that, I may make another poll...)