WINTER IN HARLAN | A Justified Comment Fic Meme
Winter in Harlan is a Justified comment fic meme that will run from December 6th, 2011 to January 17th, 2012.
Now, for the rules. These, unlike the Marshal code of conduct, are not made to be bent or broken. ;)
‘Scuse Me?
In case you're not familiar with comment fic memes, here's how they work:
- Someone leaves a prompt, one per comment, in the format shown below.
- Someone else fills the prompt with a short, comment-sized ficlet.
- Everyone reads, enjoys, and leaves feedback for the kind writer before beginning the cycle again. \o/
Now, what’s this all about?
1) Prompt! Prompts can be anything from a specific scenario, to one random word, to new and exciting pairings, to song lyrics, to quotes, to anything else you can think of. Be as general or as detailed as you like!
AUs and crossovers are also welcome.
Examples:
Ava/Boyd: A Kodiak.
Art, Raylan: Firearms instruction.
Rachel/Tim: Late night.
Here are some pointers to prevent confusion:
Use a backlsh for pairings (ex: Ava/Boyd) when you want a romantic or sexual pairing. Use a comma or "and" (ex: Boyd, Raylan or Rachel and Tim) when you are requesting a gen or friendship prompt. Please pay attention to these designations and ask for clarification if you feel it is necessary. No one wants a prompt filled in ALMOST the way they asked for it.
2) Write! If you see a prompt that appeals to you, write it! It doesn't matter if you haven't written fic before or are nervous or anything else - this is just about having fun, getting some writing done, and sharing the love. :D
Prompts/fics do not need to be anonymous but anon commenting is enabled for anyone who's feeling especially shy.
More than one person can answer any prompt. When answering a prompt, please label it as FILLED, for ease of finding comment fic (and for compiling to a master list). If you are not the first writer to comment on a prompt, it is HIGHLY suggested that you TITLE YOUR FIC as well as include the FILLED notation or give some indication in the SUBJECT LINE that you are posting. Otherwise, it's a shame, but those fics collapsed down in the comments tend to go overlooked.
Feel free to repost any fics you write in your own journal/AO3/wherever else you like and to post a link in a comment here to a longer fic in your LJ if it won't fit in a comment - just as long as you wrote it for this meme!
3) Leave feedback! If you just read a really funny/hot/well-written/shiny fic, feel free to leave a comment telling the author this. Who knows, it might encourage them to write more of the same!
4) Rinse and repeat.
And what do we not like?
1) Being disrespectful about anyone’s fic or choice of prompts. I, as the owner of this journal, reserve the right to delete comments that are deemed disrespectful.
2) SPOILING PEOPLE. Anything that's aired in the US is fair game, but any prompts, fics or comments with future spoilers (casting, production or otherwise) should contain a clearly marked warning. Spoiler prompts will also be deleted.
Despite the fact that casting spoilers and news of Season Three seems fairly wide-spread. We may have spoiler-phobes among our number. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL ABOUT THIS. SPOILERY COMMENTS WILL BE DELETED WITH NO WARNING. IF YOU SEE A SPOILERY COMMENT PLEASE NOTIFY NORGBELULAH.
What in hell are these fancy banners?
For pimping the meme! To your journal, to your communities. You can use these banners, OR make your own. The more the merrier!
Thanks and credit must be given to sweetjamielee and her Good Wife Summer Hiatus Fixathon and bitesize_bones.