Sign-Ups and Rules
[1] Length: Each fic should be no less than 100 words. There's no max. Your choice. However, if you start out writing a drabble you must continue using that format for all remaining themes in that set.
Note: Drabbles are 100 words exactly. [Online Word Counter]. Don't worry, you won't get in trouble if your drabble is over or under a few words. Just try to keep that goal in mind.
[2] An announcement will be made each Wednesday at around midnight EST (starting August 19th) signaling the beginning of each new stage/theme. You will have until 11:59 PM EST the following Tuesday to post your reply.
Announcement Schedule: August 19th, August 26th, September 2nd, September 9th, and September 16.
Weekly Deadlines: August 25th, September 1st, September 8th, September 15th, and September 22nd
Schedule:
Week 1 -- August 19th thru August 25th
Week 2 -- August 26 thru September 1st
Week 3 -- September 2nd thru September 8th
Week 4 -- September 9th thru September 15th
Week 5 -- September 16th thru September 22nd
[3] Set themes may be completed in whatever order you choose.
[4] Please feel free to interpret each theme in whatever way you wish. Each drabble, ficlet or art piece can be self-contained, but all combined must create some sort of overall story arc.
[5] Ratings may range from G to NC-17 as long as you label your fics and artwork properly. Artwork or anything over 100 words or that contains sensitive or explicit material or character death, must be placed behind cut tags.
[6] When you post, please use the following format:
Subject line: Fandom: character/pairing/threesome, theme
(i.e. Weiss Kreuz: Nagi/Mamoru, Envy)
Title:
Author/Artist:
Theme:
Rating:
Author's Note (if applicable):
[7] Feel free to post your work to the community or to your personal journal. Should you decide to do the latter, please provide the correct subject and header information as well as a link to it's actual location.
Let the games begin!
Thanks for playing along.
Sign ups will close officially close on the first week's deadline (11:59 PM EST, August 25th)
1) Five breaks: broken bone, broken promise, broken heart, broken vow, broken silence.
2) Time: 1 second, 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week.
3) Five times of day: dawn, noon, afternoon, evening/dusk, and night
4) Five fanfic tropes: amnesia, bodyswap, alternate universe, genderswap, and sex pollen.
5) Five natural disasters: volcano eruption, earthquake, forest fire, flood, tsunami
6) Five desserts: cake, pie, cookies, ice cream, chocolate
7) Exploring a relationship through the five senses: Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell and Taste or
Five senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch)
8) Five stages of Sexual response: desire, excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution
9) Five ways to say "I love you" (writer's choice)
10) Five time periods: one month ago, one week ago, now, one week later, one month later (or as the writer prefers!)
11) Five Things To Get Ready For: a date, a test, an interview, a trip, and bed.
12) Five Stages of a Relationship: Confession, Touch, Kiss/Make Out, Sex/Physical or Emotional Intimacy, Morning After/Outcome/End of the Road
13) Five different reactions to an event (writer's choice)
14) Five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance
15) Five Domestic Behaviors: Cooking, Cleaning, Napping, Watching the clock, Reading The Newspaper.
and
16) Five stages of love: attraction, romance, passion, intimacy, and commitment
To Sign Up: Please leave a comment with your choice of theme set (s), fandom (s), and characters or pairings/threesomes/foursomes etc.
Remember that each drabble, ficlet or art piece can be self-contained, but all combined must create some sort of overall story arc. ALL fandoms & pairings welcome.