SPN Summer Gen Sign-ups
This is the sign-up post for the 2008 SPN Summer Gen Fic Exchange. Please read the rules carefully before you sign up; if you sign-up without knowing what you're getting into and that becomes a problem later, we'll point and laugh behind your back while being secretly annoyed.
To participate: Leave a comment to this post using the guidelines and format below. You must include a working email address so we can send your assignment and get in touch with you.
About the prompts: You must provide at least three (3) story prompts, and you can provide as many as six (6) if you like. This should go without saying, but all of your prompts should be shipless; do not request a pairing story for a gen fic exchange. You may request crossovers, but please limit yourself to only one (1) crossover prompt, as those are much harder to match with willing authors.
The prompts can be as general or specific as you like, but remember that the purpose is to give your author an idea of what you enjoy while still leaving her some leeway to write a good story. Authors are not required to follow the prompts to the last detail; there is always room for flexibility and interpretation.
About the preferences: When specifying what you prefer to write and what you prefer not to receive, make sure those preferences are informative for this exchange. In other words, don't specify that you prefer not to receive "het, rimming, incest, mpreg, babyfic, BDSM and bestiality," because this is a gen fic exchange and nobody is going to write those things anyway. Your preferences should give both the mods making the assignments and the author writing for you something to work with within the context of this exchange so everybody is happy in the end.
Also, don't say "I'm willing to write anything!" unless you actually mean it. If you say you're willing to write anything, we're going to assume that you can work with any kind of prompts, no matter how bizarre, and we won't be happy if you email us back with, "But I can't write any of these!"
Here's how you sign up: Please leave a comment below using this format.
Name: ignipes
Email: ignipes @ livejournal.com
Three to six story prompts:
1. Dean hunting and adjusting to life without Sam while Sam is at college.
2. Anything to do with man-eating plants.
3. SGA crossover in which the boys are mysteriously transported to a Pegasus galaxy planet inhabited entirely by zombies.
4. Bodyswap!
5. Any demon's POV of the so-called "demon war" that's perpetually brewing.
6. Pre-series Winchester family bonding.
Scenarios and stories you'd rather not receive: Very dark stories with sad endings. Plotless character studies, deathfic, extreme violence, any kind of character bashing.
Scenarios and stories you'd prefer to write: Humor, case-stories, plot-oriented stories, brotherly banter and bonding, happy endings, crack.
Any crossovers you're willing to write? SGA, HP, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Again, if you have any questions, drop us a line here or email us at spnsummergen @ gmail.com.
If you don't want to commit to anything now but you might be willing to serve as a pinch-hitter or beta-reader later on, let us know.
Have fun!
To participate: Leave a comment to this post using the guidelines and format below. You must include a working email address so we can send your assignment and get in touch with you.
About the prompts: You must provide at least three (3) story prompts, and you can provide as many as six (6) if you like. This should go without saying, but all of your prompts should be shipless; do not request a pairing story for a gen fic exchange. You may request crossovers, but please limit yourself to only one (1) crossover prompt, as those are much harder to match with willing authors.
The prompts can be as general or specific as you like, but remember that the purpose is to give your author an idea of what you enjoy while still leaving her some leeway to write a good story. Authors are not required to follow the prompts to the last detail; there is always room for flexibility and interpretation.
About the preferences: When specifying what you prefer to write and what you prefer not to receive, make sure those preferences are informative for this exchange. In other words, don't specify that you prefer not to receive "het, rimming, incest, mpreg, babyfic, BDSM and bestiality," because this is a gen fic exchange and nobody is going to write those things anyway. Your preferences should give both the mods making the assignments and the author writing for you something to work with within the context of this exchange so everybody is happy in the end.
Also, don't say "I'm willing to write anything!" unless you actually mean it. If you say you're willing to write anything, we're going to assume that you can work with any kind of prompts, no matter how bizarre, and we won't be happy if you email us back with, "But I can't write any of these!"
Here's how you sign up: Please leave a comment below using this format.
Name: ignipes
Email: ignipes @ livejournal.com
Three to six story prompts:
1. Dean hunting and adjusting to life without Sam while Sam is at college.
2. Anything to do with man-eating plants.
3. SGA crossover in which the boys are mysteriously transported to a Pegasus galaxy planet inhabited entirely by zombies.
4. Bodyswap!
5. Any demon's POV of the so-called "demon war" that's perpetually brewing.
6. Pre-series Winchester family bonding.
Scenarios and stories you'd rather not receive: Very dark stories with sad endings. Plotless character studies, deathfic, extreme violence, any kind of character bashing.
Scenarios and stories you'd prefer to write: Humor, case-stories, plot-oriented stories, brotherly banter and bonding, happy endings, crack.
Any crossovers you're willing to write? SGA, HP, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Again, if you have any questions, drop us a line here or email us at spnsummergen @ gmail.com.
If you don't want to commit to anything now but you might be willing to serve as a pinch-hitter or beta-reader later on, let us know.
Have fun!