REPROMPTING + DELICIOUS + FILLS POST

[themodawakens]

I wanted to discuss a couple things before post 5 goes up tomorrow Monday.

1) We briefly discussed but didn't exactly settle on what to do re: reposting prompts for previous rounds. I feel the topic should be revisited now that we're almost on round 5.

What I'm considering is having a 2 week-long prompt freeze after post 5/right before post 6 and a separate reprompting post where you guys can link to prompts from the first 3/4 rounds. There'd be a reprompting format you guys would have to follow and some basic rules (no more than 2 prompts a day, etc)

I'm open to ideas and suggestions, but keep in mind that the main reason for this is to avoid new rounds being clogged with reposts while still bringing those "old" prompts to attention.

2) We're looking for delicious volunteers to bookmark prompts from round 4. Someone volunteered to take care of round 2 prompts, so we only need someone for round 4. Delicious is relatively easy to use and bookmarking is really simple using the bookmarklet tool. If you're interested email me at tfakink AT gmail DOT com.

3) Please remember to link your fills in the fills post. The actual prompt post can be at times fast-paced and fills tend to get lost, so linking them there will help people to find them.

Anything else you guys wish me to address, comment and I'll edit this post. Comments are screened.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

For re-prompts: maybe stick to prompts that weren't originally yours (ie. something that you seconded or want to see but someone else thought of it first). Obviously no way to enforce that, but lets some of the heroic prompts of old that are sadly unfilled shine.

Thought B: if you're re-prompting, write the opening line. Filler can use or not, but maybe that one little sentence will get the ball rolling for some (nothing is more intimidating than a blank page).

[themodawakens]

I like these ideas! We could try that.

[(Anonymous)]

I like the first idea, but the second not so much. In part, that's because writing the first line requires really involved thought about a prompt; a decision about pairings sometimes, decisions about when it takes place, the way characterization is being approached, the tone of the story... actually, for me, writing the first line of a fill is the sign I can/should write that fill (I'm working on too many already!). But also, part of the reason I second a prompt is because I want to read somebody else's take on it - most likely because I can't come up with anything myself or don't actually like what I did come up with. So writing the beginning of it in that case is like... here, write something I don't want to read?

Ah, idk. Just my thoughts.