29 July 2016 @ 08:00 pm
PROMPTATHON 2016  

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Welcome to one of the most eagerly-anticipated events on the [livejournal.com profile] be_compromised calendar! It’s time for THE EPIC SUMMER PROMPTATHON!!!

Just before we get started we do have some info and rules we’d like you to read…

HOW PROMTATHON 2016 WORKS

Step One: leave prompts

Prompts can be anything – simple or elaborate, words or pictures, songs or poems, lyrics or phrases, anything that inspires a fanwork. Use your imagination. Go wild! All we ask is that you place anything NSFW behind a cut or link, use warnings where appropriate, and spoiler-cut anything spoiler-ish.

The focus of prompts should be Natasha and/or Clint, individually or as friends, lovers, spouses, partners, in gen fic, ANYTHNG. That means we do welcome other characters and pairings (and threesomes or moresomes) as long as Clint and/or Natasha is there somewhere. See here for more info, and always feel free to ask a mod if you have any questions – there’s even a handy questions thread at the top of the promptathon below.

Leave as many prompts as you want. We’re serious. Keep coming back. We want as many prompts as we can possibly get. Just make sure each prompt is in a separate comment.

Step two: squee

Been wanting to jump into the fandom but not sure where to start? Now’s the time. Newbie or a lurker? Here’s the perfect opportunity to say hello! Promptathon is a fun, no-pressure environment. If all you want to do is post prompts and share in the squee, you’re more than welcome! And by squee we mean chatting in the chat thread, replying to prompts to chat about prompts, and just lots of excitement all over the place.

Step three: submit fanworks like there’s no tomorrow

The usual Community Rules apply. There’s no length requirement on fanworks submitted. You can write drabbles or epics, vids, art, fanmixes, anything at all; it’s just all about getting creative! You can fill as many prompts as you want, and prompts can be filled multiple times by whoever wants to fill them.

HOW TO POST

1. Respond in a comment to the prompt you are filling. Try and post the entire work in the comment (if it's short enough), or if not, post a link. Do not post works to the comm. We’re all about one-stop shopping, so try and post in the main promptathon post if the length allows. If it is too long to post in the promptathon post, consider posting the first section as a teaser and then a link (because that's always fun too.)

2. Label your submission in the subject line with FILL, the type of fanwork, your title, and any warnings. Example: FILL fic: 5 Times Clint and Natasha Were Awesome (PG) When filling in the subject line, you may need to view the comm in it's original style (if you don't already). Just make sure you can see a subject line when responding with your submission.

3. Be sure to leave ratings and warnings (if any) in the subject line. (See example above.) Help us out and make sure folks know what they're clicking on. Thoughtfulness = LOVE. If the ratings or the warnings won't fit in the subject line, just leave them at the top of your post. If you don't want to include warnings, please put 'I choose not to warn' in the subject line, or again at the top of the post if it doesn't fit.

4. Please put anything NSFW under a cut or link. Put any spoilers under a cut or link with an appropriate warning.

TIMELINE

TODAY: Prompting starts!
SUNDAY 7th AUGUST: wait for it, wait for it, look out for the announcement and the masterlist/fills post… FILLS ARE OPEN
SUNDAY 14th AUGUST: Prompts close (yes, prompts and fills will overlap for a bit) PROMPTS ARE CLOSED
SUNDAY 4th SEPTEMBER: Promptathon ends - alas, promptathon is now over for another year.

THERE IS NOW A MASTERLIST AVAILABLE. Comment to the Masterlist post to have your works added. That way we can try and keep track of everything :)

If you have any questions about anything feel free to ask! We have a questions thread in the post below and you can always comment to or PM a mod.

OKAY THEN BEST BAR EVER, LET’S GET PROMPTING!


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inkvoices: girl writing b&w[personal profile] inkvoices on August 14th, 2016 05:11 pm (UTC)
RE: CHAT THREAD
How long is it and when would you want it back by? If it's less than 5000 words I could take a look at it and have it back to you probably by the end of next weekend, if that works? You'd have to let me know what kind of beta feedback you'd want though :)
[identity profile] perpetuations.livejournal.com on August 14th, 2016 05:37 pm (UTC)
RE: CHAT THREAD
*squees* I love you!! I'm not finished yet - I'm nearly there and I'm aiming for around 3000-4000ish words. I should be (I hope!) done by tomorrow, and take as long as you want, haha, I don't mind. Um, I guess dialogue is a real killer for me, so how to improve on not writing the most awkward dialogue ever - and I tend to get really, really, really dramatic while using wayyyy too many adjectives, so it'd be great if you could give me some feedback on how I can improve because I really need it! I also tend to forget which tense I'm using xD

Honestly, you're the best <3 <3 Thanks, and I'll contact you tomorrow? XD I've never had a beta reader before so idk how this goes :o
inkvoices: girl writing b&w[personal profile] inkvoices on August 14th, 2016 07:57 pm (UTC)
Re: CHAT THREAD
Okay, do you have my actual email address? If not, I'll PM you with it and you can just send it over whenever you're done :)

Well how I usually work is you let me know length and any deadlines, so I can let you know if I can help. And sometimes I might ask if there's any warnings or what the fandom is, if there's anything specific about it you want fact checking - things I might be no good with. Then if there's anything in particular you'd like me to focus on - so dialogue, okay. Or maybe if there's a certain section you don't like/think works, or grammar, whatever. Sometimes if you want a quick beta you might say 'can you just check the grammar' or something.

My beta approach is to check really for readability - grammar etc, but if it works I don't want to mess with your style; if things make sense; if the reader gets the message you intended them to get. I might ask 'why this?' or 'did you mean to make the reader think this' a lot. And if you want to change anything, go for it, and if you don't, don't. You're the writer! If you want to bounce ideas around or you like things laid out a certain way - like some people like everything in comments, some people like certain changes done in the main text but highlighted, whatever - just let me know.

And I like things sent as Word docs best, if possible, but my 'please don't' is Google docs, because it doesn't like me *grins*.

Hope that helps!
[identity profile] perpetuations.livejournal.com on August 15th, 2016 04:42 am (UTC)
RE: Re: CHAT THREAD
I don't - so that'd be great!

Okay, thank you for clearing things up for me! I'll contact you when I finish and tell you more about what the story is (it's for the promptathon, of course :D) then?

Thanks again <3
inkvoices: girl writing b&w[personal profile] inkvoices on August 15th, 2016 07:39 am (UTC)
Re: Re: CHAT THREAD
PM sent! Give me a shout if you don't get it :)