Comments | roga: Re: Kings prompts

roga

Re: Kings prompts

Apr 17, 2009 03:55

...let me just say that basically the whole purpose of me asking for prompts is so I can write short ficlets and post them in the same entry and mostly NOT HAVE TO GIVE THEM TITLES. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate giving titles? I loathe it with every fiber of my being. A single tiny prompt is supposed to turn into 500 words, not 3000. And ( Read more... )

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dafnagreer April 17 2009, 03:32:28 UTC

I'm pretty good at titles, for the record. (All those years of headline writing.)

roga April 17 2009, 08:27:45 UTC

If you feel like reading the fic -- or even hearing me explain it to you over email -- and suggesting a title, THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN GREAT. The best I could think of for now is something like "Bikurim", which, while it might work for any other fandom, is too explicitly Jewish for Kings IMO (considering I made a point to hint but not specify too much in the fic...)

Lemme know if you feel like it and I'll email you.

dafnagreer April 17 2009, 11:08:46 UTC

sure!

roga April 17 2009, 15:43:41 UTC

Sent to your gmail which is hopefully still active! Thank you :-)

thefourthvine April 17 2009, 03:42:36 UTC

I hear you on the title-hate. I am TERRIBLE at titles, and have several finished stories hiding on my hard drive awaiting titles that will likely never come.

But! I have a suggestion. Next time, you should ask for fandom (and pairing or whatever) and a title as the prompt. Then you don't have to worry about it. (This is how I would do prompt ficlets. If I ever did them. Which I don't. But I still have a plan, just in case.)

roga April 17 2009, 08:29:21 UTC

This is an excellent, excellent suggestion.

Sigh. If only we could just call every fic "The One Where..." Come to think of it, you're pretty great with TOWs.