Fanfiction Prompt Challenge Discussion

StardustSoldier · **Reply #380 on:** November 10, 2019, 09:36:41 PM

I'll be participating for the first time this year. These prompts all look good to me as well. No suggestions for improvement. Mar/Apr is an especially creative idea, both the regular option and the alternative option. The summer prompt exchange will be a lot of fun as well, methinks.

rhombus · **Reply #381 on:** November 10, 2019, 09:46:23 PM

Quote from: UnionRags123 on November 10, 2019, 09:19:09 PM

Can prompts be started before the listed start date?

I got ideas for some of the prompts

Most certainly!

OwlsCantRead · **Reply #382 on:** November 10, 2019, 09:59:27 PM

Quote from: UnionRags123 on November 10, 2019, 09:19:09 PM

Can prompts be started before the listed start date?

I got ideas for some of the prompts

If work on prompts couldn't be started before the start date ala Nano or something I think I'll be in trouble, haha.

Sleeping-force's-inside · **Reply #383 on:** November 11, 2019, 01:07:15 AM

I certainly won't have time to do them all (again, curse Reallife) but I'll certainly try to participate 8D

Anagnos · **Reply #384 on:** November 11, 2019, 10:11:34 AM

I will try to participate in every one of them. I am just bursting with ideas for the December prompt and next year is most certainly going to be interesting.

StardustSoldier · **Reply #385 on:** November 11, 2019, 11:02:19 AM

I would like to participate in all of them as well, but we'll see how that goes. I still have to do a lot of brainstorming for ideas first.

OwlsCantRead · **Reply #386 on:** November 11, 2019, 11:05:33 AM

Quote from: Anagnos on November 11, 2019, 10:11:34 AM

I will try to participate in every one of them. I am just bursting with ideas for the December prompt and next year is most certainly going to be interesting.

Quote from: StardustSoldier on November 11, 2019, 11:02:19 AM

I would like to participate in all of them as well, but we'll see how that goes. I still have to do a lot of brainstorming for ideas first.

Gee, you're both nuts!

Not even I'm gonna go for everything. Most, but not all, and subject to good ol' time constraint...

Guess 2020 will be the year Sovereign finally gets really tight competition, though.

Anagnos · **Reply #387 on:** November 11, 2019, 11:08:04 AM

^The thing about ideas is that they can come when you least expect them. I got a ton of ideas last night when I was about to head to sleep. They can come pretty much unexpectedly to you.

StardustSoldier · **Reply #388 on:** November 11, 2019, 11:16:35 AM

That is very true, Anagnos. In fact, that's why I keep pens and a pad of sticky notes on the end table next to my bed so I can jot down any midnight ideas.

And yeah, we might be nuts. But most writers are, don't you think?

OwlsCantRead · **Reply #389 on:** November 11, 2019, 11:22:37 AM

Yeah, we're all nuts for committing to this challenge. We could have simply submitted a 1K post and called it day for submissions, but we just have to give it our all, didn't we? Overachievers syndrome...

Anagnos · **Reply #390 on:** November 11, 2019, 11:26:20 AM

^1k submission sounds like something that wouldn't exactly be easy to accomplish. The smallest amount of words I have managed to put down is about 6k words or so and even if my limit to the December prompt is 6-8k, there is a chance that it will go over that. After all, my August prompt was supposed to be 15k max. It ended up being 25k.

StardustSoldier · **Reply #391 on:** November 11, 2019, 11:32:51 AM

Quote from: OwlsCantRead on November 11, 2019, 11:22:37 AM

Yeah, we're all nuts for committing to this challenge. We could have simply submitted a 1K post and called it day for submissions, but we just have to give it our all, didn't we? Overachievers syndrome...

Well as a wise man once said, if something's worth doing, then it's worth doing well.

Quote from: Anagnos on November 11, 2019, 11:26:20 AM

^1k submission sounds like something that wouldn't exactly be easy to accomplish. The smallest amount of words I have managed to put down is about 6k words or so and even if my limit to the December prompt is 6-8k, there is a chance that it will go over that. After all, my August prompt was supposed to be 15k max. It ended up being 25k.

Maybe that should be a prompt in itself, to write a coherent story no longer than 1.5k.

Anagnos · **Reply #392 on:** November 11, 2019, 11:33:58 AM

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Maybe that should be a prompt in itself, to write a coherent story no longer than 1.5k.

Oh no...

StardustSoldier · **Reply #393 on:** November 12, 2019, 02:42:03 AM

How many of the prompts did y'all do last year?

OwlsCantRead · **Reply #394 on:** November 12, 2019, 06:26:41 AM

Quote from: StardustSoldier on November 12, 2019, 02:42:03 AM

How many of the prompts did y'all do last year?

Three, but two are incomplete... so, almost the same as the prior year. RIP productivity.

StardustSoldier · **Reply #395 on:** November 12, 2019, 09:03:53 AM

Oh, it's fine. No need to feel bad. I was just curious.

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #396 on:** November 13, 2019, 12:33:27 AM

I never really had any incentive to review fanfictions, except for special or specific circumstances, but perhaps 2020 will be a different year for me. I can’t wait to see all the submissions, this will definitely be interesting to observe.

Also, why do I feel the urge to join in on at least one? The excitement of everyone here is rubbing off of me I guess.

^Don’t take that as any confirmation, otherwise be disappointed if a submission from me never shows up.

StardustSoldier · **Reply #397 on:** November 13, 2019, 03:59:16 AM

Well I won't hold my breath then, but if you do come up with a story, I'd love to see it. And keep in mind it doesn't need to be that long. 1,000 words is the minimum length to qualify as a prompt submission. Or else the story can be its own thing, unconnected to the prompts.

StardustSoldier · **Reply #398 on:** November 29, 2019, 07:21:31 PM

Quote from: rhombus on November 10, 2019, 05:35:49 PM

December 2019..............................Dec 1 – Jan 31

One word prompt : Exploration

Dialogue prompt : “Sometimes you have to find a new place in order to find what was always there all along.”

Major prompt: The gang is notorious for exploring new places and finding new difficulties along the way. Write a story where one or more of the gang explore(s) someplace new and, along the way, discover(s) something about themselves as well.

@rhombus: So we pick one of these three prompts, correct? The major prompt mentions that it has to involve the Gang. However, if I went for the one-word prompt, would it be okay if the Gang wasn't involved, so long as it still fit in with the theme of exploration?

rhombus · **Reply #399 on:** November 29, 2019, 07:50:39 PM

Quote from: StardustSoldier on November 29, 2019, 07:21:31 PM

Quote from: rhombus on November 10, 2019, 05:35:49 PM
December 2019..............................Dec 1 – Jan 31

One word prompt : Exploration

Dialogue prompt : “Sometimes you have to find a new place in order to find what was always there all along.”

Major prompt: The gang is notorious for exploring new places and finding new difficulties along the way. Write a story where one or more of the gang explore(s) someplace new and, along the way, discover(s) something about themselves as well.

@rhombus: So we pick one of these three prompts, correct? The major prompt mentions that it has to involve the Gang. However, if I went for the one-word prompt, would it be okay if the Gang wasn't involved, so long as it still fit in with the theme of exploration?

That is correct.

Any of the three prompts would be acceptable and only the major prompt option mentions the gang.