I bet that was horrible, I'm glad you managed to catch a bunny after all. But you don't do fests anymore? Ever?
I just finished my first ever fest fic for the Snarry Holidays and my sheer terror was more along the lines of not finishing before the deadline. I had the plot and knew exactly what I wanted to happen...but I was still staring at a blank screen with 10k words left to write in just over a week.
It was scary, for sure, but I'll probably do more fests. I'm either brave or stupid or a glutton for punishment... or all three.