Checkpoint #2

[chosenfire28]

Time for the 2nd checkpoint!

Here is how the checkpoint works. We are keeping a spreadsheet for the authors including the current word count. Comment to the post with the below filled out. Please don’t skip any portions. Some explanation. This is not mandatory so if you want to skip it go ahead :D

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[goth_clark]

Username: goth_clark
Characters/Pairings/Type: Damon/Alaric
Current Word Count:v10,300
What I Like About the Story: I made the word count and Damon and Alaric behaved almost the whole time.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: A few scenes may need to be reworked and the ending is abrupt. I will have to probably write something more.
Anything Else: This has been so much fun and I've really enjoyed and am enjoying writing Damon/Alaric.

[enochiansigils]

Username: enochiansigils
Characters/Pairings/Type: John/Isobel, Alaric/Isobel
Current Word Count: 445
What I Like About the Story: It's a story I've wanted to tell for over a year now.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: It's going so SLOWLY.
Anything Else: I was insane enough to sign up on the last day of signups, which means I have like a month to write the rough draft and I'm terrified I won't have enough of it done in time.

[confessorlove]

Username: confessorlove
Characters/Pairings/Type: Jenna/Alaric
Current Word Count: 7089
What I Like About the Story: Exploring Jenna's emotional struggle dealing with the knowledge of the supernatural is really fascinating. It just makes her that much more of a worrier because now she knows there are things out there that it is impossible for her to protect Jeremy and Elena from even though she sees it as her job to keep them safe.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: I've been weighing back and forth for awhile on different potential plots but I think I finally decided on one that works. It's just taking time to get it to where I want it.
Anything Else: I've got a lot on my plate lately so finding the time and the muse to write has been a challenge. Not to mention I just got a working computer back a few weeks ago. However it's slowly coming along.

[hisui_ryoshi]

Username: hisui_ryoshi
Characters/Pairings/Type: Was supposed to be Damon/Elena is probably ensemble with Damon/Elena if you squint
Current Word Count: 7,000 or so typed many thousands more to type
What I Like About the Story: Writing it has been a good exercise in consistent long term characterization. I think I have some of the characters in character most of the time, and others that need work.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: Unless a miracle happens in the next two parts necessary before the end of the story I have utterly failed at writing a romance of any kind.
Anything Else: (personal issues that are making it hard to write, need someone to read through what you have and give feedback, need to rant a little?) The good news is that I found a wonderful beta reader who's going to keep me on the straight and narrow writing wise. I'm having problems thinking about how I'm going to end this story without making it feel rushed. It would also be helpful if every time I put Damon and Elena in the same room together in the story I didn't write

[buries]

Username: buries
Characters/Pairings/Type: caroline; stefan/caroline, klaus/caroline.
Current Word Count: 3209
What I Like About the Story: i like that i actually have a plot figured out from beginning, middle, and end. i never know how things end, so having an idea of the direction i'd like this to go in is exciting. i'm enjoying it, so i can only hope i can finish this beast and still like it.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: the fact that i can see scenes in my head, but i can't write them on paper. i'm not quite sure how to link things together, and i'm still partially flying by the seat of my pants since i need to figure out how to get from point a to point b.
Anything Else: if only words typed themselves.