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Happy 2024 y'all!! After almost an entire year of not writing I am so excited to jump back down the rabbit hole and get back into writing full time again. The last few years I've kind of let writing sit on the back burner as I've focused on other parts of my life but I am feeling that creative bug again and I had so much fun doing NaNoWriMo this last November. I found a whole archive of my old work and I had so much fun reading back on it and found a few project that I had forgotten about that I want to work on again. I am changing up the way I am tracking my word count so hopefully I won't lose track the way I always do. Expect to see lots of updates on this year's thread. 

This year is my 12th WriYe! Hi everyone, my name is Arden. I am a 29 year old non-binary dude that uses he/him and they/them pronouns. I live in sunny Arizona. I write purely for the love of writing and creating stories. I have no intention of publishing any of my works in any serious manner. I love genre smashing and writing sci-fi and fantasy and I might be a little obsessed with post-apocalyptic stories. I love writing queer characters or character that are like me and writing about queer love. I love writing about magic and technology and how they work together in all the fun ways they do. World building is one of my favorite aspects of writing and I probably spend more time world building than actually writing, but I have fun doing it and that's all that matters.

I'm so excited to get started this year and diving back into all the writing things I used to love but have long forgotten about. I finally dug out Scrivener 3 for Windows so I'm going to be learning how to use that this year. I might go back to 4theWords and earn some achievements over there. I found it very helpful during NaNoWriMo this year and they have really gone over the top with their events this last year. The NaNo event was absolutely beautiful! I have so many ideas and I hope I have time for them all this year!

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Year Goal: 0,000 / 200,000 words


Year Long Goals:
Personal RaTs Challenge: 0/12
Luddite Challenge: 0/25 pages
Books Read: 0/24

Monthly Word Count Goals:

Month:	Word Count Goal
January	10,000
February	10,000
March	10,000
April	30,000
May	10,000
June	10,000
July	30,000
August	10,000
September	10,000
October	10,000
November	50,000
December	10,000

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Here is where all of my achievements will be celebrated! Badges for challenges will be posted here along with notes of completed projects, goals and other things. I have my own achievement badges that I have made for myself for my own milestones alongside the ones given for completing WriYe challenges.
 

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This post is where all of my projects will live in 2024. Projects under the "Written in the Stars" title are projects I am guaranteed to work on during the year. They are typically long term projects that I have been working on for a while. Project under the "On the Horizon" title are projects that I will pick up if I feel like working on them. They aren't a priority, but I don't want to forget them. Any ideas I have will end up in this category too. 

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The Wizards of Altea [Fantasy/Sci-Fi] - Cade is a courier just trying to survive in The End of Peace, a nuclear wasteland and the biggest slum in the world. While fighting off and attempted thief, Cade exhibits fiery powers that he can't control. He hides from the world, fearful of these new powers. While in hiding a strange man seeks him out and informs him that he is in fact, a Wizard. He's offered a place at the illustrious Wizarding Academy of Altea and citizenship in the mysterious Wizarding continent of Altea. Upon landfall he discovers that not only is he an Unintentional Hereditary Wizard, but he is a Wizarding Prince set to claim the throne his mother abandoned 28 years before sending the seven Wizarding Kingdoms into chaos. With powerful enemies courtesy of his mother, a fellow prince for a dorm mate, and a new list of duties, will he make it through the year?

RetroFuture Romance [Fantasy/Sci-fi/Romance] - Rhys Ealt is the only son of a low level, or E-Level noble. He grew up sheltered and kept in the family manor. He struggles to find himself under his father's control. On an ordinary afternoon his father comes home way too happy. He announces that he has arranged a marriage for Rhys. The spouse to be turns out to be the second son to a B Level noble, and the family closest to the crown. Rhys finds himself struggling even more in his husband's world. How will their marriage fare?

Starleaf Farm [Fanfiction] - M!Farmer/Shane - Explorations of my Stardew Valley character, Hawthorne Starleaf as he learns how to be who he is, how to be part of a community, of his grandfather and father's legacy, his Elven heritage, and what it means to truly love someone. 

The Knight and the Star Killer [Fanfiction] - Kylo Ren/General Armitage Hux - In an effort to unify the ideas of the Force and the might of the First Order, Supreme Leader Snoke arranges the marriage of Kylo Ren and General Armitage Hux in an effort to secure supplies for the creation of Starkiller. They learn to tolerate each other before ultimately unifying in a love neither of them expected.


Rynnvarr SnowBorn Journal [Fanfiction] - A story as written as the journal of Rynnvarr SnowBorn and his travels through Skyrim as he learns about the world he awoke in and of his destiny as the DragonBorn.

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Space Mermaids (working title) [Sci-Fi/Romance] - A story following the last ship of Humanity at the light death of the universe. They go from system to system to get energy before the stars die. On their excursion they find an injured creature that looks like a mermaid floating in space. The creature is saved and put into the lab aboard the ship. The creature develops a telepathic relationship with the scientist assigned to the lab and offers humanity a way to save themselves. Will the humans accept?

Unnamed Gatsby Fic [Fanfic] - Jay Gatsby/Nick Carroway - In a whirlwind of a Summer Jay Gatsby comes to terms with the fact that Daisy is no longer the woman he fell in love with. She had built a life for herself without him and it was time he moved on himself. Once he accepts his feelings about Daisy, new feelings make themselves known, no longer overshadowed by fantasy love for a woman from his past. His new infatuation with the man who became his best friend confuses him so he continues the charade just to keep Nick close, afraid he will leave once their reason for dealing with each other has ended.

Unnamed Fallout New Vegas Fic [Fanfic] - M!Courier/Benny - The tale of a Courier named Ethan Higgs. Follows him as he starts a journey for revenge only to find love and family in unexpected places. He teams up with the very man that tried to take his life in order to take New Vegas for the Tribes.

Unnamed Read Dead 2 Fic [Fanfiction] - John Martson/Arthur Morgan - John’s been in love with Arthur since he was 16 years old. After finally getting in a fight big enough with Abigail that she leaves, Hosea confronts him about his relationships. Their conversation is interrupted by a very upset and injured Arthur Morgan riding into the middle of camp. In a state of panic, Arthur kicks everyone away from him save John, who he entrusts with the child he saved from certain death.

Unnamed Star Trek TNG Fic [Fanfiction] - Picard/Q - After coming back to himself after being Locutus of Borg, Picard is broken. Troi told him it would take him longer than the others to heal from the incident, but he never anticipated how long it would take and how many pieces he would be in. He struggles with his command and feeling like himself again. After a particularly hard shift that just showed Picard how much he was struggling, he breaks down in his quarters and begins considering resigning his post. Q, feeling his distress makes a surprise appearance much to Picard’s chagrin. Over a surprisingly civil and deep conversation, the otherworldly being begins helping Picard pick up and put together the pieces of himself.

Harry Not Harry Fic [Fanfiction] - A Harry Potter fic I’ve been working on for a while but now struggling to finish because of my feelings regarding JK Rowling. This story features Harry not actually being the child of the Potters, but a stolen wizarding child that was put in his place. Features a manipulative Dumbledore and good Slytherins.

Unnamed Hobbit Fic [Fanfiction] - Thorin Oakenshield/Bilbo Baggins - Mostly unplotted, just a plot bunny I am going to freeform write high school style in a notebook for my Luddite Challenge. Details will be posted in the future.

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Alright let's go! First month of 2024 here I come! I am reconnecting with my RetroFuture Romance this month. I was going to save it for KWIF but I don't want to lose this creative energy and I will probably be working on it into February. I found a couple old drafts while sifting through my old files on 4theWords when I was cleaning it out in November and it rekindled my love and inspiration for this story. I started out already by doing a character sheet for Aryyn and using him for the character based planning party. He was a character I haven't really explored so it was really fun to get to know him a little bit and I can definitely use a lot of the information I got from the party in the story and now I have a bit more fuel for my plot too!

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Monthly Word Count Goal: 0,000 / 12,500
31 Day OC Challenge: 0 / 10
Start the Year Write: 0,000 / 1,000
WriDay: 0,000 / 2,500
New Moon Madness: 0,000 / 900
5k Weekend: 0,000 / 5,000
Full Moon Madness: 0,000 / 1,000
RaTs: 0 / 1
Reading Challenge Books Read: 0/2

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I do love your graphics, gorgeous! Good luck with everything this year *waves pom-poms*

Your projects sound so fun! Good luck this year!

Wow. I could wish I was so organized... all I plan to do is write and work on living. Oh, and maybe get a new computer, if the money presents itself in a timely fashion.