I'm of two minds about the existence of challenge comms.
I find they do provide inspiration, but they're also a distraction. I often find myself setting aside my "projects" to perform in a challenge comm. If I needed the inspiration, it'd be one thing, but I don't. Instead, it riles my competitive side (and I AM one competitive bitch when things
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"The Bet" challenge comm? Sounds interesting... but what's it about?
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The commitment problem is why I quit 30_kisses; it was infinitely more a commitment than it was fun, so off it went.
What I'd like to see is a community where you get a prompt a day, and you don't have to participate. That kind of thing would be more successful in getting my writing juices going.
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I am trying to tone down on my fic challenge thing (I have 100fandomhell to make me miserable, and I am going to finish 30_kisses) so I can... like, write those longer epics.
Doing a xover between Tsubasa and X, and for some reason, it makes me think of you.
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I stopped having ideas for 30_kisses, and thus it became stressful.
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I've always got ideas, but they sound repetitive to me after a while....
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"People start out challenge comms pretty gun-ho, but after the shine wears off, there's a few devote churning things out while the"
I totally agree with this. When I first began the community 31_days i was all wheeee lets go! It diverted my attention to some other projects that I shouldn't neglect. However the particular shine has weared off and I feel infinitely restless.
The whole point of improvement seem to have head down the hole of the paradox of Lewis C.'s Alice in Wonderland. In a way some of the community challenges seem repetitive and even if some of it seems like fun I feel myself drifting away.
Then I start to wonder is this the end of me? I surely hope it's one of those lay down depressive moments that I will rebound with delight and energy once again to write in several conjuncts and insane philosophical approaches to matter of human relations.
Sorry Aishuu-chan I'm babbling again. <-been babbling a lot lately. We'll I'll just post this comment ( ... )
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But it is good at least you get some stuff written. Yeah 31_days has AU's I'm not sure what I should do regarding those themes.
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Just my two cents.
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I think "vogue ficcing" distracts quite a bit from a writer's focus. Our attention spans are so short.
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I'm a bit divided when it comes to challenge communities, I'm in a few, not a huge amount but enough to keep me scrambling at times and wishing I'd had the foresight to not claim two couples at 30_kisses
In a lot of cases, it's a really good thing, especially in small fandoms, or more obscure pairings. For example, having finally started looking for Sukisyo fanwork, for one particular coupling, one person has written half the fics in a claim. If she hadn't made that claim, there'd be aproximately two fics written for this pairing. Does that mean that each ficlet is a epic? No, but all were very enjoyable and well written.
But it also tends to put quantity > quality. When I first joined I had tons of plans, but when it comes to actually doing it, it seems ever so daunting. I had to resort to quick drabbles when it came to the second claim, and I rather regret that-- For I love the pairing and found so few good fiction for it, but because I claimed two, my attention is divided and I can' ( ... )
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