Nobody likes not being able to achieve the goals they set for themselves, but I said clearly at the end of my 2009 aspirations that nothing would really go as planned and that's a fact of life in general, so it really is important to remember that being inspired and being productive in at least some way is how you win, even if you set goals. They're mostly guidelines so you know what needs to be done, should you pick up a project. I don't know anyone else that works on this many things, all so different from each other, so the philosophy is just something I've adapted to get me through it.

But enough of that! You know... I could go over, in checklist fashion, what I did or didn't do that my entry a year ago expected, but I think I'd rather skip right to what I DID do and how great the results were!

1.) I made that CP2 website! This seemed very ambitious before it was made, and it took two months (so it was ambitious), but I actually did it, and I still say that it turned out stellar. It's weird (in all the best ways) to think that I have something that's actually finished, and ALSO it has a great website that will draw people in to it.

2.) I revised CP2 dramatically and sized it down to 128pgs, which is a much more acceptable length for a script. This took a while, I had to buy a book on scriptwriting because I'm pretty clueless, but when it was finished, I knew it was. I'm actually proud of myself.

3.) I wrote about 60 pages of He's There. Granted, I did not really begin working on it until mid-November... A lot of things went on this year and I admit my mind wandered, but I think having more than half of the writing goal done in just a month and a half is pretty great. Besides... I made up for it with this next accomplishment ->

4.) I leveled up it up with CP2 and now He's There has a wonderful, detailed website as well! Complete with illustrations! It so deserved it after all this time... with one after another of mediocre layouts and not much information.

5.) I finished a 50-page Adventures in Wonderland (how do you like the text, guys?) short story with Kate, titled He's Having My Baby. I didn't realize it was so long until after it was finished. I think this is pretty cool considering I've had a few fanfic short stories in the past that were obviously going to be a little long, but I never ended up finishing any of them. I'm just glad I have one now and it turned out to be so funny, and I'm hoping to do more with Kate regarding this show.

6.) I started another Adventures in Wonderland fanfic called Us Against the World (from a roleplay Alice and I first had) and even though it's only about 4 chapters along, I really look forward to it continuing.

7.) Kate and I did about another 30 pages of Crystal Palace 3... I know it's not terribly much, but I guess it's something.

This looks like a pretty good list to me. :) But now I'm ready to look towards the future, so...

2010 ASPIRATIONS


HE'S THERE
I can't make any promises, but at the pace I'm able to go (and I'm still inspired), I should make a big dent in Part 2... I REALLY want it to be finished, but things get in the way and I randomly go on breaks that last months, so I have to make this goal knowing the pitfalls. I'd like to finish it though. Really, I would.




CRYSTAL PALACE 3
I will personally whip myself repeatedly if this lasts any longer than 2010. We only have 5 more parts, the fact that it's not done yet (even though Kate and I wrote that short story) kind of astonishes me because things were going so well. This year it has to be finished though, and hopefully in the first half. When it is, it deserves as many illustrations as it can get. (which should be fun because the style is pretty amusing)

 

CRYSTAL PALACE 4
We've planned even more for this, so all I have to say, really, is that it should be started. I don't have any expectations on how much should be finished.





US AGAINST THE WORLD
What I have written for this so far has really pleased me and really been fun. I'd like this to be another AIW fanfiction I work on throughout the year and finish. I have no idea how long it's going to be or what all will happen... I might want to get a loose plot together before I continue. This is going to be my side project when I'm just too tempted to write about the characters that I love so much~



HE LOVES YOU NOT
Kate said that after we finished He's Having My Baby, we could side-write another story together and this was the one. I don't have any goals for this, either. It's hard enough finding a time when we're both free and inspired, so after CP3, I'm just going to be happy with whatever I get. But yeah, I'm mainly itching to start this because I'd like to put my concept of Older!Alice into motion and re-introduce her to everyone in my own way - the one that makes sense to me.


TILLY & JO
If I need to take a break from He's There, I think my heart is leaning towards this rather than my other projects. I know I designed the plot last year, but I don't think it had everything I wanted in it so I'll be going back to fix it yet again. I need more inspiration, in general. If the plot were strong enough, I may actually want to get going with this... Maybe that's why all this time I haven't. ONE DAY...even if it's a decade from now.... this story will BE! Never have I thought "T&J's not that great...why do I spend time on it at all"... 

As you may be able to see, my goals this year aren't as crazy-ambitious as last year. I wanted to be a bit more realistic, and I think this'll keep me busy. The stories that don't have goals... It's not that there aren't things I'd like to get done with them, but I don't want to expect myself to, when there are already these things that are a little more important to me right now. So~ here's to starting another year of writing! I can't wait~. (And I don't have to! It's already January 3rd. :P)