2022 NaNoWriMo (sorta) Projects

[aceaceaceace]

I'm not going for a traditional NaNoWriMo this year. Instead, I'm aiming to write at least 30,000 words across five different projects. The lower word count is because I don't want to push too hard, and the five different projects is because I am committed to too many different fic fests and personal WIPs and want to try making at least a little progress on everything.

Since most of them won't be shared any time soon, I figured I'd give a little sneak peak here to satisfy my urge to talk about them.

1) The trans!Ateez fic (Ateez)

OK, it's mostly a transgender Jongho fic, but that's what I've been calling it in my head for ages. This is the only project that's currently accessible since I posted chapter 1 last month. My goal is to write a realistic-as-I-can-make-it kpop trans man fic because I'm always hunting for trans canonverse kpop fic and disappointed by how little I find. I decided to do Jongho for it because of talks I've had with my friend kmac about how his fashion style is very Straight Trans Man. Since I'm not interested in writing a coming out narrative, the fic mostly concerns Jongho working towards a healthier sense of masculinity instead of staying boxed into the narrow scope of masculinity he thought he had to adhere to in order to "pass" as male. And meanwhile, other plot stuff happens lol. Working out what masculinity means to you as a trans masc person is a topic that's near and dear to my heart, so I'm eager to explore it in this fic.

2) One Fine (Groundhog) Day (SHINee)

Working title. I've been wanting to work on another minkey fic, and I was drawn to setting one during the filming of SHINee's One Fine Day back in 2012 since I never touched on it in my long canonverse minkey fic. But I didn't know WHAT to write... until I recalled how much I enjoy time loop or "Groundhog Day" fics. Thus, One Fine (Groundhog) Day was born. This fic is very much in the rough draft stages, and I'm not entirely sure where it's going yet, but I'm having fun.

3) johnmark fest fic (NCT)

This is something I've claimed a fest prompt for and I THINK I'm supposed to stay anonymous? So I won't say much. But! Johnny is one of my favorite NCT guys, and it's hard to like Johnny without also liking Mark lol. This fic is going to be "canon divergent" and (hopefully) smutty... and that's all I'll say for now. I wasn't even going to claim anything for this fest, but the prompt wouldn't leave my head after I saw it.

4) seongjoong body swap fic (Ateez)

I'm writing this for an Ateez fic bingo thing. I'll need to incorporate everything in the row to get a proper "bingo," but the key element in that row (to me) is body swap. It's still early stages for this fic, but I'm planning something canon divergent in which Seonghwa is an idol and has a little crush on the clerk who works at the convenience store near the dorm aka Hongjoong. And then body swap shenanigans??? We'll see where this goes lol.

5) Secret Yuletide Treat (secret)

I'm not actually signed up for Yuletide because I couldn't fully commit to writing anything. But I did see that a kpop group I'm interested in was among the fandom nominees... and someone posted a public letter requesting that group with a prompt that interested me... so I'm gonna try my best to write a little something in time for Yuletide posting as a "treat" fic. All I'll say is that it is canonverse and sorta about "missed connections" in the sense of how rare it is to like someone who also likes you at the same time, when you really think about it. There's a happy ending though!

Comments

[averytree]

Oh these are all such tempting concepts! good luck with them all! One of my Nano ideas is a t4t trans masc Stray Kids Minsung fic which I really hope I can make some real progress one, because I am also always looking for good transmasc kpop stories.

[aceaceaceace]

T4T fic is ultra rare too, so godspeed to you. I hope your NaNo is off to a good start so far!!!

[asya_ana]

I'm going to do a little low-stakes version of nano and just try to write a little everyday. I definitely don't have the capacity to do 50k. :/ Your minkey sounds exciting! I am looking *eyes emoji*

[aceaceaceace]

Writing a little everyday is also a challenge, so good luck! Aiming for high word counts definitely doesn't work for everybody. Writing is what counts, however much a person ends up doing.

I am also excited for my minkey fic, so I'm hoping to make decent progress on it, and maybe it can be posted this year/early next year??? I have no idea how long it will be or if it will be chaptered or what lol. We'll see.

[andersenmom]

Looking forward to all of these! Have fun and good luck!

[aceaceaceace]

Thanks!!! I am having fun so far, but the answer may be different if you ask me midway through the month lmao.

[popliar]

That's a cool way to tackle Nanowrimo. And omg bodyswap seongjoong that sounds amazing.

[aceaceaceace]

I did the same "challenge" back in July (30K across 5 projects) and it went well for me, so I decided to bring it back again since I don't have any singular idea that I feel capable of pounding out 50K for at the moment. I have no idea how the bodyswap seongjoong is gonna turn out, but hopefully it will be fun! I'm going for a "crack treated seriously" vibe at the moment, but that may not be the vibe that ends up getting posted.