C.R.E.A.M

[coalcube]

Coal ruins exchanges around me - spitey spitey fic y'all. 

Sign-ups: Fri 15 Oct to Sat 23 Oct (Countdown)
Assignments out by: Mon 25 Oct
Default deadline: Sat 11 Dec
Assignment deadline: Sat 18 Dec
Reveals: Sat 25 Dec

Mini-Challenges:
Yuleporn | Make the Yuletide Gay | Jewltide | Three Turtle Doves 
YuleBuilding | Two for One | Crueltide | Yuletunes | Yule Be First
YuleSwaps | IF | Wrapping Paper | Yumadrin | MultiLingYule
....and a Partridge in a Pear Tree!

Yuletide Discord for Hippos & Exchanges After Dark Discords for Namespace drama 18+ discussion. Google Group for PHs.

yuletide | yuletide_admin | Writing Post
2021 Collection | 2021 App (bonus) | Letter Post

Flat / Recent | Top-Level (Last) | FAQ | Search

Comments

Re: Discord

[(Anonymous)]

It tends to go kind of quiet in the early-to-mid creation period. It'll pick up again whenever pinch hits go out or the deadline starts looming.

[(Anonymous)]

Drabble is 100 words, ficlets tend to be vignettes rather than a whole story, a fic tries to give at least a whole scene, if not a plot

Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

Do you like getting long fic or is it too overwhelming?

Re: Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, nah. I like 'em on the shorter side. Anything over 3 or 4k starts to feel like a slog to me.

Re: Preference rating game!

[(Anonymous)]

Canon-blind sign-up reviewer, are you by any chance Capslock Title Coalie? I feel like I recognize your swagger. (if so, welcome back! I will probably call on you for help when I'm at titling stage.)

Re: Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

Both.

Re: Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

Explain? Please?

Re: Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

The longer the better, I say. I've never been overwhelmed and can comment quickly.

ODAO longfic would suck there's more of a chance I can just skim and pick a line and have it seem like I read it. ODAO shortfic is worse only because it doesn't seem they even put in effort/were passionate. If you were gonna do ODAO that was short you may as well have just written what I asked for. (I don't believe in the idea of "I'd rather a passionate ODAO than a soulless exactly what I asked for". Give me exactly what I asked for every time, even if you don't have the skills or passion.)

Newbie advice

[(Anonymous)]

If you could give one piece of advice to a Yuletide newbie, what would it be?

Re: Newbie advice

[(Anonymous)]

Don't fuck up.

Re: Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

It's both exciting and overwhelming. I like to read and comment early, so it's a lot more to read and comment on in a short period of time.

Re: Newbie advice

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks

Re: Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

re: and if you don’t like longfic as a gift, what would you say is “too long”?/whats your ideal gift fic length (assuming everything else is covered: it addresses one of your prompts, good writing, no DNWs, etc.)

Re: Newbie advice

[(Anonymous)]

Don't overthink it! Just respect the DNWs, and fuck the coal mine quibblin'.

Re: Yuletide TYWAU

[(Anonymous)]

butt monkey? nope

[(Anonymous)]

OH BLEAAAARGH. I just had this dream I'd finished and posted my Yuletide fic... and woke up to find I haven't even started it yet. :/

Re: Newbie advice

[(Anonymous)]

Trust your own judgement. I mean, yes, if you're unsure of something, ask and try to get a consensus. But, sometimes your gut is right and coal is wrong.

Signed, coalie who asked about including a stealth crossover and was told "No, for the love of god, don't do it!" did it anyway and it was probably my biggest YT hit.

Re: Yuletide TYWAU

[(Anonymous)]

I used to have a cat named Butt Monkey.

Re: Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

Usually 5-8k is the sweet spot on "long" fic. You get multiple scenes and an arc for the characters that way but most people can read a fic of that length in an hour or so so it can be consumed in one sitting.

Re: Newbie advice

[(Anonymous)]

If your recip says, "I'll love anything for these characters" they mean something somewhat canon compliant, not scatplay toddlercon.

Re: Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with this. When you start getting into the 5 figure word counts, I just can't.

Re: Opposite question: fic length

[(Anonymous)]

Long fic is the dream for me. I will be happy to get any length story but the longer it is, the more I get to sink into and really feel like a story is being told. For shorter stories, I often (although not always) feel like the story is rushed.

[(Anonymous)]

head in a hole

Re: Discord

[(Anonymous)]

good

Re: Newbie advice

[(Anonymous)]

don't go to coal. or do.