Round 4: Checkpoint #1

[afrocurl]

This is the first checkpoint for the round. It's not mandatory so feel free to skip it if you want. Also, sign ups are still open! So if you are thinking about signing up and haven't yet please do, we would love to have you

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[mangareaderrad]

Username: Mangareaderrad (Radkoko)
X-Men Fandom: XMFC/DOFP
Characters/Pairings/Type: Cherik as an end relationship, but a semi fake relationship of Charles and Emma
Current Word Count: ~3K
What I Like About the Story: I think it's a really cute idea and something I could see Charles doing.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: I started this fic a few months ago, and am using this as a catalyst to finish it and post it, but that also means I feel I should rewrite those 3k word. I know it means it will get better, but I'm hoping I'll have enough time and motivation for it.
Anything Else: I do too much...but friends are good. It just makes it hard to have enough time to write when I want to.

[mainecoon76]

Username: mainecoon76
X-Men Fandom: XMFC/DoFP
Characters/Pairings/Type: Charles/Erik, Hank/Raven, post-DoFP
Current Word Count: around 1700
What I Like About the Story: The general idea, the mood, and I hope the plot twists will work the way I want them to.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: It's not that obvious how to get from A to B...
Anything Else: Not right now.

[nextraordinaire]

Username: nextraordinaire
X-Men Fandom: XMFC/DoFP
Characters/Pairings/Type: Charles/Erik, Slash
Current Word Count: ~5.5k
What I Like About the Story: Characters, inner monologues, outline.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: It's a mess of half-finished scenes.
Anything Else: School is taking a lot of time, but mostly, I'm just insecure about what to include or not.

[nellywrites]

Username: nellywrites (voices-echo @tumblr)
X-Men Fandom: XMFC/DOFP with backstory and world-building inspired by the comics (616)
Characters/Pairings/Type: It's primarily gen fic, with Erik as the central character, but there are lots of characters making appearances. The two main dynamics explored are Erik and Wanda, and Charles and Erik (still trying to decide whether to make that relationship romantic or platonic)
Current Word Count: ~1000 of sketch. I haven't begun properly writing yet.
What I Like About the Story: All the world-building I get do do.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: Also all the world-building, lol. I have a tendency to overthink this part of the writing process.
Anything Else: The story I actually want to write requires a lot of careful planning and research and needs to be much longer than I actually have time for right now (like novel sized). So I have to scale back for this mini bang and try to write something that's a complete story, but still fits into that larger world I want to write about. It's also my

[b4dluckblueeyes]

Username: BadLuckBlueEyes (bad-luck-blue-eyes)
X-Men Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Characters/Pairings/Type: Charles/Erik
Current Word Count: 2k
What I Like About the Story: Trying out a new writing style and I think it reads well.
What I Don’t Like About the Story: How little of it I've written. I did a decent amount of worldbuilding and I hope the story reflects that but don't know if it will.
Anything Else: I'd like someone to bounce ideas off of and discuss the story, but that's not a necessity. It'll get written either way.

[afrocurl]

There is a support community (which I can link to later - or if not it's in the profile page) and if you post there you can always use the mibbit chat room for bouncing ideas and word wars.