Writing Post 2021

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Assignments out by: Mon 25 Oct
Default deadline: Sat 11 Dec
Assignment deadline: Sat 18 Dec
Reveals: Sat 25 Dec

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Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

How's everyone faring so far?

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

I initially thought I might have a hard time with this assignment but I woke up with a fully-formed idea of how to go about it and have already written 800 words. (This makes me feel justified in gaming so hard for a fandom I feel this level of comfort writing, another fandom with the prompts I got would have been much harder for me)

I'm someone who can't do treats without at least a finished draft of the assignment, so I'm really happy how fast and smoothly it's going thus far, because I have really ambitious treating goals and the sooner my assignment is finished the sooner I can start making progress on those as well.

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

Had a really good brainstorming session, and I've got two fic ideas for my recip. I'd really like to write both of them, but who knows?

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

I was really worried about mine since it's one of those short canons that requires a lot of background knowledge (which I don't have). But now I've written a first draft of a fic for them so now I feel a lot better about everything. It also means that when the rest of the prompts become available, I can happily treat away without worrying about how I'm going to write my assignment.

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, so many people getting going with drafts already. Impressed and self conscious!

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I think being so worried about all that info I didn't have and research I have to do helped because I kept thinking if I didn't get something down last night I would overthink it all.

Having a spare few hours when everyone in the house was asleep helped too

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

I have a million thoughts, a bunch of research to do, a canon review (the easiest part), and I need to hold off on all of it because until I get clarification on something from my recipient via the mods I won't know if I'm writing them something wonderful or something they are actually going to loathe.

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

I had a great idea and I went to check a canon detail to make sure it fits and discovered that I remembered the timeline wrong and there's no way to fit my idea into canon at all. ;_;

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

i wish i had any thoughts, but my recipient left me a placeholder letter and no further information aside from their fandoms (and we only matched on one). i don't mind waiting, but i wanted to start writing! trying to signal them to update their letter through the telepathic bond we clearly share does not seem to be helping so far

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

I appreciate that my recipient was very open about what they want, and I should be able to write something they like, but if it were assigned to someone else it could have gone wrong pretty easily. 90 percent of the thing is smut prompts and the letter has a giant DNW that does not show up in the signup. If they got a writer who wasn't comfortable writing smut there's barely anything to work with, and if someone wanted to write a scene that violated their DNW it would be unenforceable.

Not a problem for me‐ I'll enjoy writing smut that coincides with my recip's not technically enforceable tastes- but I felt the ghost of wank walk over my grave.

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

An IRL friend is enthusiastic about the fandom I was assigned, and has been brainstorming about possible fic ideas without me prompting. It is greatly motivating me to write and I actually wrote 500 words this morning!

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

Assignment has 3 requests; fandoms 1 & 2 both have prompts. Fandom 3 (what I matched on) has nothing, just two characters, no prompts, no DNWs. I go to recips twitter to see "omg I signed up for yuletide just for fandom 1!" Feeling pretty shit to be matched on something they obviously don't really care to receive. I feel like no matter what I write they'll be disappointed because it's not fandom 1 or even fandom 2.

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

I was assigned the person whose letter made me go :D and who I'd decided to treat if I didn't get them. I've written about 500 words this morning. It is so refreshing to feel joy at getting my assignment and not a mix of excitement/dread.

Re: Thoughts on Assignments

[(Anonymous)]

I've got one short, easy idea that would perfectly fit a prompt and one dark and difficult plot bunny they didn't specifically request but, judging by the letter, I think they would love. I'm doing a deep dive into canon to decide if I can pull off the more ambitious one.