[mod post] help me decide what/when our next challenge should be!

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Hey, hey. Once again, I’d love your input on what and when our next challenge should be.

Last time I put on one of these posts, neonchica came up with the idea for the Writing Between the Lines challenge, which was super awesome. I actually have a few more ideas of my own this time around, so let me know what you think of them, what times are best for you to participate, and of course feel free to throw ideas for different types of challenges at me too. I’m really open to anything. ;)

We’re going to be doing another fic challenge (like our first challenge in this comm, from foreverrrrr ago) SOON, but first, as BBs/summergen/etc. are still in full swing, I’d like to do a smaller challenge. See the next point.

For a smaller challenge/one with a lower minimum word-count, I’d like to do a tags challenge, where (author or artists) who wish to participate will be given three (?) h/c prompts from our tags-list, and will then have to write/create for one of them. You’d be able to let me know before I give you your prompts if there are any prompts that are triggery for you/you’d rather not receive. Then, if you finished your first fic/art, and want another set of prompts, I’d give it to you, and on and on until the time period is up.

I’ve been wanting to do a challenge like this for awhile. It would be even more low-key than usual (since you’re not writing for anyone in particular’s prompt, if you had to drop out I wouldn't even ask that you let me know) and fun. The only problems with it I can see is how I’d pick the prompts. Like, is there some sort of online put-names-in-a-hat thing? How do they pick prompts at the Bingo comms, for example? Anyone know?

An art-only challenge. I really have no other details on that worked out yet, but I’ve been talking it over with some artsy people.

ANYWAY. ♥

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Comments

[thruterryseyes.livejournal.com]

The prompt thing sounds like fun, I never tried the bingo on the other comms cause it confused me, being somewhat simple minded.
And off course an art challenge always works.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Awesome. ;)

And I can’t really explain the Bingos because I’ve never participated in one either, but I gobble up the fic they produce. Love them to bits.

[dante-s-hell.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of a three prompts challenge. I know that there's some kind of online generator, but beyond that, I'm clueless. :-)

What about something like the spn springfling? Maybe in the fall?

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've poked around a little for the online generator, but I can't seem to figure out what to type in the search bar. Why does a h/c tag generator not exist already??? ;D

And mmm, I loved springfling! I’ve always been hesitant to do fic exchanges, though, and have stuck to lower key challenges instead. This is because I live in fear of not being able to find enough pinch-hitters and the possibility of having to be more modly than I am kind of freaks me out, honestly. But they’re so much FUN, and I think they'd work well here at the comm, so maaaaaybe.

[salty-catfish.livejournal.com]

Bwah I still need to get back to you! :( I've been pretty thrown by my computer trouble, it's my only excuse.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's okay; I'm not in any hurry or anything. ;)

[sinnerforhire.livejournal.com]

The bingo comms use a spreadsheet to randomize the prompts. I can send you a copy if you want to see how it works. If you know someone with Excel mojo it can probably be adjusted to do what you'd want it to do.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

That would be awesome, thank-youuuu. <3 (It's hoodietime [at] gmail [dot] comm.)

I have no idea what a spreadsheet is, really, which might be an issue, haha, but we'll see!

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Please disregard that last comment; I just found something that works! YAY! Thanks again, though.

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I like the tag prompts idea! No idea how to generate them though!

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Awesome. ;)

[purple-carpets.livejournal.com]

I like the prompts idea. I'm not sure I could handle anything bigger right now.
(even though I still reallyreallyreally want to do batoutofkansas II)

[geckoholic]

OH GOD YES PLEASE. *addicted to any kind of song prompts*

(The fill I still sorta owe you will be tackled after I posted my BB and have my summergen fic done, btw. *coughs*)

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Yay! ;)

Is batoutofkansas putting on another challenge? Also, HMM, I quite like the idea behind that challenge.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Cool! ;) But rarrrr, RL issues. ;(

Yeah, the tag challenge would be a 1000 word or maybe even 500 word min. challenge, so maybe you could swing it.

[geckoholic]

The tags-challenge sounds like fun! And there are randomizers out there, but no idea about the details. We used one for an exchange I modded, but my fellow mod was the one actually using them.

As for pitching challenge ideas, I've been cooking one up for a while now but since it's rather likely I'll never get around to host it myself... *headdesk* Nothing revolutionary, though, it'd be kind of a remix challenge for artists and writers alike. Might be too general for this comm, but if you're interested in details anyway, let me know.

ETA: Sorry for the editing, yours truly is battling a hangover and a little beside herself. AHEM.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Omg, I've poked around a little for the online generator, but could never seem to figure out what to type in the search bar. I just typed in "randomizer," though, and I think it'll work, if I just pick the top three tags from each randomized list. So, THANK-YOU. ;D

And yeah, if you want to share, I'd love to hear about your idea (you can PM or e-mail me if you'd rather.) Is it very different from the remix challenge we did here a few months ago?

P.S. Feel better. Drink some tea; I find it makes everything better. <3

[doylescordy.livejournal.com]

The tag challenge idea sounds great!

I really loved the autumn/fall comment fic meme we did last year! I like the idea of having more comment fic memes revolving around a certain theme like that.

Also, I once thought of the idea of like a song/lyric thing, where you prompt a line/lyric from a song and then people can choose to write a fic that would go along with that.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Me toooo. Idk about doing another autumn/fall one; I might just pimp out the lonely prompts from that one come fall, but I think we'll do a winter/Christmas themed one. I also have an idea to do one on wacky curses at some point - age regression, loss of inhibitions curses, etc. ^_^

Aaaand if you (or anyone reading this!) has any other ideas for themes, I'd love to hear them.

[rainylemons.livejournal.com]

In the "I don't know how feasible it would be, don't know how many people would be interested" category... I really love it on a comment fic meme when multiple people fill the same prompt. I just ADORE seeing how mutliple authors look at the same prompt and take it in so many different directions. It's delicious to me.

The problem, of course, is that everything you read prior to tackling that prompt can influence what you're writing. So, I don't know how it would work at all. Plus there's the huge problem of the prompt not being appealing to a large number of people, thereby diminishing the amount of fic/art generated. Foo. My ideas are problematic. Maybe if there were four or five prompts? Do not know. Nor do I know who would have the task of coming up with said prompts. This idea, she is broken. LOL

I do like the idea of the tags generator challenge a lot. That could be much fun. And after the first week of July, I'll have time to indulge.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Lol, yeah, idk either, but it's delicious to me too, and really interesting to see all the different takes people have on the same thing. <3

I do like the idea of the tags generator challenge a lot. That could be much fun. And after the first week of July, I'll have time to indulge.

Awesome! I'm currently aiming for early July, so hopefully that will work out.

[ramblin_rosie]

I still have three chapters to finish on my last BB and precious little time to write them in, so I'm not likely to be able to play along until August or so. But these all sound like grand ideas, and I look forward to whatever comes of them! (And I've already started a file for lyrics prompts... *rubs hands gleefully*)

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

(And I've already started a file for lyrics prompts... *rubs hands gleefully*)

Hee, I love it! <3

[redrum669.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of tags as prompts, because I like a 'challenge' /pushing my boundaries a little in the way that I might end up writing something I usually wouldn't have and IMO that's always interesting. However I'm not sure if I can make time for this, however short it might be :(

Anyway, I found a list randomizer: http://www.random.org/lists/
You could just list up all tags and then after randomizing just pick the three on top as prompts or something. Maybe this helps?

I'm looking forward to the challenge in any form :)

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Aw, well, here's hoping you'll be able to make time to play.

And thank-youuuuu for the link. Someone pointed it out to me a bit earlier and it's going to be what I end up using, I think. ;)

[roque-clasique.livejournal.com]

I would love to do an art-only challenge!

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

That works out well, then, since I would love to see you do some more h/c-y art. ;D

[sagaluthien.livejournal.com]

Easy to choose - the tag challange as I would absolutly not do a art challenge when I terrible of drawing, making art.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Cool. The tags challenge is going to be next. ;)

[doesthatmakeme.livejournal.com]

I agree that a challenge like the first would be a good idea but how about with specific subjects or something. i personally want more au were Dean was Michaels vessell as well as the redeeming of John.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

I love Michael!Dean AUs too! ;)

I'm not sure I know quite what you mean here? The tags are pretty specific subjects, I think, so the tags challenge would be kind of like that?

[icanhazpie.livejournal.com]

Coming in late to the party but just wanted to throw my hat in the ring for song lyrics or a three-prompt challenge.

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Noted. ;D

Brainstorming again

[neonchica.livejournal.com]

Late to the party as well, but I love the idea of the tags challenge. I think I saw as I skimmed that you've already got it planned for the next challenge (?). Cool. I was also thinking it would be cool to do a more casual challenge for the artists out there. I know it takes a bit more effort to create art than it does to prompt something - but what do you think about a very casual reverse prompt type challenge (similar to last year's reverse bang, but much more laid back) where artists can post pictures as prompts and anyone can grab them and write (and more than one person can write for the same pic). I'm guessing just the images themselves would receive lots of praise, and having a story to go with would be icing on the cake. The only thing I can think that would be an issue is that, as I said, it's more effort to create art than to just prompt so I would hate for artists to be upset if their stuff wasn't used. But I would also guess it would be fewer prompts to sort through so more would be likely to be claimed. Does that even make sense, or did I just ramble on like a lunatic for 5 minutes? Haha

Re: Brainstorming again

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Yep, the tag challenge is going to be the next challenge. I'M EXCITED. ;D

And thanks, again, for the good ideas! The basic idea I now have worked out for the first art challenge is different than this, but I'll keep this comment in mind for the future for sure. I do like the laid back challenges.