hold on, I have a screenshot for that (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
twist_shimmy) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
peopleofthedas2010-10-14 01:34 am
twist_shimmy) wrote in peopleofthedas2010-10-14 01:34 am
Entry tags:
The prompt FAQ
I've been talking with you guys and Lenna and reading comments and pondering whether or not this needed to be done at all. But, now that we have extra benefits as a paid community and we're getting ready to launch a kmeme of our very own (maybe this weekend; debating kmeme to comm pimping timing), I think I can give some more structured guidelines for prompts so that everyone knows what to do when one is posted.
I want to post a prompt. What do I do?
Supply as much or as little information as you want! Characters, settings, phrases that must be used, phrases meant to inspire, a specific mood or tone you'd like to see. You may also consider imposing a word count limit (decantate will love you for this. twist_shimmy will not.)
What kind of prompts can I post?
This FAQ is meant for drabble/flashfic style prompts, which are generally meant to be postable without serious beta work/graphic cleanup/kiln firing time. Keep it fast, keep it fun. Supply a picture or a song if you're not in the mood for a word prompt. Us visual people will love you for it.
How should I answer a prompt?
This is where the uncertainty has hit, and I'm not surprised, since we gave absolutely no rules for this when we posted our first few prompts. Because we don't want new responses to old prompts to go unnoticed, go ahead and give the prompt response its own post. Link to the prompt in the header info, and if you want, comment on the original post with a link to yours.
(Note: This is not how the kmeme will work. This is for general prompts like this, this, and this. Rules for the meme will be simple, brief, and posted in the opening section.)
I found this awesome prompt that's a month old. Can I still use it?
Please do. Unless something is marked as a contest, there's not a time limit on when it can be used. This is the main reason we've decided to encourage prompt responses as their own posts rather than comments on a single thread.
Can I respond in any medium?
Yes. It can be a drabble, a sketch, a quick manip, modified song lyrics, poetry, screenplay, crocheted figures, whatever. If the prompt makes your muse sing, go with it and show us what you have if you dare. We have an excellent balance of visual/word artists in the comm and I want to make sure it stays that way.
Also I suck at visual art and want to live vicariously through you all.
As always, let me know if you have any questions, comments, or would like clarification on a point. :D
I want to post a prompt. What do I do?
Supply as much or as little information as you want! Characters, settings, phrases that must be used, phrases meant to inspire, a specific mood or tone you'd like to see. You may also consider imposing a word count limit (
decantate will love you for this. twist_shimmy will not.)What kind of prompts can I post?
This FAQ is meant for drabble/flashfic style prompts, which are generally meant to be postable without serious beta work/graphic cleanup/kiln firing time. Keep it fast, keep it fun. Supply a picture or a song if you're not in the mood for a word prompt. Us visual people will love you for it.
How should I answer a prompt?
This is where the uncertainty has hit, and I'm not surprised, since we gave absolutely no rules for this when we posted our first few prompts. Because we don't want new responses to old prompts to go unnoticed, go ahead and give the prompt response its own post. Link to the prompt in the header info, and if you want, comment on the original post with a link to yours.
- We've made a community: prompt and community: prompt response tag to help keep stuff clear. I've gone back and retagged our current prompts and responses to make things nice and tidy. (Shimmy loves tags.)
- That being said.... Look. If it's a really short response that you think doesn't warrant its own post, by all means, put it in the comments. Like all our other guidelines, I want to make it clear that these are YOUR works and YOU know them best and you will not suffer the Wrath of Andraste for doing something different with your drabble.
(Note: This is not how the kmeme will work. This is for general prompts like this, this, and this. Rules for the meme will be simple, brief, and posted in the opening section.)
I found this awesome prompt that's a month old. Can I still use it?
Please do. Unless something is marked as a contest, there's not a time limit on when it can be used. This is the main reason we've decided to encourage prompt responses as their own posts rather than comments on a single thread.
Can I respond in any medium?
Yes. It can be a drabble, a sketch, a quick manip, modified song lyrics, poetry, screenplay, crocheted figures, whatever. If the prompt makes your muse sing, go with it and show us what you have if you dare. We have an excellent balance of visual/word artists in the comm and I want to make sure it stays that way.
As always, let me know if you have any questions, comments, or would like clarification on a point. :D
no subject
Even if it means we have to cross link, so we put a comment in the original one linking to the new post also, it's still better than putting our work in comments, which sucks, frankly.
no subject
no subject
Regardless of what we decide, sharing kmeme stuff with the main community will be highly encouraged. Telling you that you can't post a link from the request would be highly hypocritical coming from someone who constantly anon!failed on the kmeme by linking to her personal journal because she couldn't be assed to put that many words in a comment format. XD
no subject
(I doubt Shimmy will make us do that, though. She hates posting in comments.)
no subject
Seriously, what a nightmare for someone who has to get seven pages into a story to start some smut.
no subject
Then I laugh, hard.
400+ page fill, bay-bee. I would have DIED.
1,205,348 characters, posted in ~4,000 character chunks.
That would have been at least 300 comments, and that doesn't include the fact that there would have been short posts for chapter ends and whatnot, nor the discussion generated.
To my knowledge, the longest kmeme fill has been Oswyn-Anons "Heartfelt Gratitude" which was... ~70 comments?
no subject
Just to show how daft they were being.
no subject
no subject
no subject
There's a reason I'm an anglophile. Their use of the language is just so much more colorful.
no subject
It makes it really difficult to keep track of a discussion.
no subject
If you want to track a specific comment thread under Shimmy's initial post, I think you need to have paid membership.
no subject
I was TRYING to be reasonable. Actually, I'm a bit of a hothead, so I'm rather pleased that I didn't lose my cool until the very last time I replied to the thread. "Cool kids at the good table." Seriously? WTF? "Obnoxious" and "elitist" and "cliquish" I could handle, but when people who are--purportedly--adults start invoking their 7th grade experiences as a reason for censorship? Fuck that shit, man.
no subject
But the point they missed was that, if it really was "cool kids at the good table" then the table was infinitely expandable. Patience was only my second prompt, but it was the supposed "cool kids" who gave me the biggest support. It was you and Aro who took the time to respond every single day and spur me on.
There's nothing elitist or cliquey about that.
no subject
Ah well. No sense rehashing it all here. We have this shiny new community to play in and soon we'll have a kink-meme to go with it!
help
Re: help
Re: help
Re: help
You can also just check the main page after you've posted an entry. It's what I made myself get into a habit of doing.
Re: help
Awesome job you're doing, BTW.
Re: help