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[labellementeuse]

Soliciting opinions from y'all before I take this over to myriadwords. I think it's basically too late to run a YW fic challenge for the summer this year, and last year I was pretty disappointed by the rate of drop-outs and incompletes - er, including myself, so I'm not trying to be all judgy. But... I really want to get the comm. more active again, since we'

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Kiwi Girl, HAHA

[disturbed_kiwi]

I think it's basically too late to run a YW fic challenge for the summer this year

Re: Kiwi Girl, HAHA

[labellementeuse]

har har har, but seriously, everyone else participating, EVERYONE, is in the nth Hemi. I just adapt.

[disturbed_kiwi]

I know you do doll.

It's still tickles my funnybone though ;)

[chattycheese]

It actually just occurred to me that I won't have a fic challenge for this summer to hand in next fall, as seems to have become my usual mode of operation.

I think since we are a teeny tiny fandom, we all know each other, pretty much. So, basically, guilt goes through the roof if you do a giftfic exchange. I rather like the idea, myself. I'm always much more likely to only get it in a few days late if it's for someone. However, it is a bit of bad timing for giftfic. Perhaps a fall drabble/drawble challenge, then do giftfic right after Christmas, say in feb after everything has calmed down and we can all enjoy a late Christmas prezzie? And I can write it on the plane...Re: the signups, just have people state their preferred type (although I think all the slash we'll be getting will be Tom/Carl) of fic, pairings they like (if they so choose), if they want art or fic, if they'll do art or fic, and the suchlike, and then we just match people up the best we can from there

[avendya]

I would really value advice and opinions from all of you, especially people who have run challenges, people who have participated in challenges, and people in the YW fandom.

I'm the main moderator for dw_cross", the second or third largest ficathon ever in Doctor Who fandom. I'm currently participating in spn_gaiman and dw_cross. hp_summergen finished not terribly long ago. Does that mean I can chime in?

So, my suggestions for a YW ficathon and / or fic writing thingy:

First, a list of prompts without a deadline doesn't work very well, as it just doesn't put enough pressure on you. If you don't do an exchange, you should try to do a hard deadline (e.g. what femgenficathon does

[eavanmoore]

I agree that it's too late to run a challenge for the summer... and frankly I'm afraid of September deadlines because that's right when we in the "nth Hemi" should be committing to the new school year.

Gosh, I don't know how to be positive w/out suggesting something that probably won't work. I've been off-and-on working on a fic, and if guilt at failing myriadwords doesn't get me going, then guilt at failing a poor hopeful fan probably wouldn't either.