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Default deadline: December 11 (9am UTC)
Madness Opens: December 26 (9am UTC)
Author reveals: January 1 (9am UTC)
Yuletide Discord for Hippos & Exchanges After Dark Discords for Namespace
Yuletide Discord for Hippos & Exchanges After Dark Discords for Namespace
I start by thinking about the themes, and how each character can be tied to the theme, and then I try to give each of them a question to answer, so the character arc of the story can be them answering or not answering it, and then I try to tie all this into a wider story, where their question drives them to drive the plot and vice versa, and then, with that outline complete, I try to divide it into acts and acts into scenes and scenes into moments that we get in to as late as possible and out of as fast as possible, to keep the pacing up, and then, about two days before the deadline, I panic like fuck, throw this all away, and hack out 3K words by the seat of my pants, which I then edit over and over between the deadline and the collection going live.
I’ve got a slice of life canon that’s a comedy and I love the original but I want a plot of some sort for this Yuletide fic and I’m coming up with nothing at the moment.
Anyone have some suggestions? At this point my brain is just like do a cosmic horror or something and while that would be hilarious it might be a bit much.
Anyone have some suggestions? At this point my brain is just like do a cosmic horror or something and while that would be hilarious it might be a bit much.
for those opting into it, how often have you got smut written for you in yuletide? if you give both smutty and non-smutty prompts, how often does your writer opt for the non-smut?
i'm always happy to receive smut and include smutty likes. but most exchange authors tend to err on the side of caution with g or t rated fic. i think unless it's a smut-focused exchange, there's always a risk in writing something smutty that might not land or even offend the recip.
There's no way Morbane & co. aren't aware of FakeCirilla9's deal, right? Like, they're definitely knowingly allowing someone like that to participate, huh?
Like what?
The Chechnya nomination was in bad taste. There's no reason to suppose anything else is wrong. What kind of rule about participants do you think yuletide should have?
The Chechnya nomination was in bad taste. There's no reason to suppose anything else is wrong. What kind of rule about participants do you think yuletide should have?
First time for me as an (initial) pinch hit. Surprised me a bit, because 2/3 of my requested fandoms had multiple offers. Now I'm just glad I'm not one of the lingering ones. Do you guys feel like you get a better or worse gift (on average) if you're a pinch hit? Or is there no real difference?
depends on the exchange and the fandom. usually in yuletide, pinch hits are in high demand and i've often got a better gift and occasionally treats.
smaller exchanges, where there's a higher chance of lingering (most of my fandoms are yuletide eligible) i've often gotten kittyfic or worse.
smaller exchanges, where there's a higher chance of lingering (most of my fandoms are yuletide eligible) i've often gotten kittyfic or worse.
I got an assignment that only included character name(s) with no prompts or dnws. Which would be fine, some ppl are not picky. But there's also a link to a placeholder letter that says it will be finished by the assignment date but clearly hasn't been.
I know optional details are optional and only dnws in the assignment itself MUST be honored but I don't start planning something that turns out to hit a dnw. If you're gonna sign up and complete the letter later, at least say 'any of these characters are ok, no dnws' (or list dnws) in the signup so I can know if I'm supposed to interpret this as 'anything goes' or if you actually plan to fill specifications in.
Obviously too late for this person but...for future reference!
I know optional details are optional and only dnws in the assignment itself MUST be honored but I don't start planning something that turns out to hit a dnw. If you're gonna sign up and complete the letter later, at least say 'any of these characters are ok, no dnws' (or list dnws) in the signup so I can know if I'm supposed to interpret this as 'anything goes' or if you actually plan to fill specifications in.
Obviously too late for this person but...for future reference!
I'm sorry, coalie, but there will always be procrastinators in this world.
Have you tried looking up their username here:
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/everything
for past prompts? That may give you an idea of their recurring DNWs.
Have you tried looking up their username here:
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/everything
for past prompts? That may give you an idea of their recurring DNWs.
https://yuletide-pinch-hits.dreamwidth.org/1450.html
Gheyn, ars_belli, Untherius, etc. Tell me more about them?
Of the three, Untherius is the least bad.
Totally fine with either trans-masc or non-binary, but with a slight preference towards agender.
This is an earnest question. I'm used to non-binary being an umbrella category that includes agender. Would it be correct to read this as "you can make explore this character as non-binary in a variety of ways; no obligation, but if you want to know which way I'd most prefer, it's agender"? Or do they mean non-binary in a different way?
This is an earnest question. I'm used to non-binary being an umbrella category that includes agender. Would it be correct to read this as "you can make explore this character as non-binary in a variety of ways; no obligation, but if you want to know which way I'd most prefer, it's agender"? Or do they mean non-binary in a different way?
If your recip's signup had like, one sentence for one fandom, then empty optional details for the rest, would you assume that they meant to put optional details for the other fandoms? There aren't even DNWs and I'm unclear on if they would want shipfic or not...
No, I'd assume they're generally minimalist. Have they ever signed up before?
You could ask the mods to check about shipfic or general likes.
You could ask the mods to check about shipfic or general likes.
Does anyone know when the requests summary page usually gets posted or is that probably going to be on the 25th?
but you wish they had been!
I have a few, but having seen it last night: the new Road House movie
I feel threatened by the existence of my ideological enemies in yuletide
So... will we see a resurgence of wankers past? Or will somebody new arise to get coal buzzing?
dread it… run from it… AI fic wank still arrives.
(even with how monolithically anti-AI the usual exchange crowd is - yuletide is more mainstream. even if there isn’t a blatantly AI-generated fic this year to wank about, i give it a month until someone in the discord mentions using AI to brainstorm or to reword a line in their fic or something and World War 3 begins)
(even with how monolithically anti-AI the usual exchange crowd is - yuletide is more mainstream. even if there isn’t a blatantly AI-generated fic this year to wank about, i give it a month until someone in the discord mentions using AI to brainstorm or to reword a line in their fic or something and World War 3 begins)
When are the requests going to become available in the collection?
is it? They used to be claimed in an hour
Anyone wanna continue the fandom letters review game?
Probably more fun if we wait for request reveals, where we'll see what gems (and 'gems') are hiding from us?
Re: Fandom Letters Game part 2? looks like it's happening on page 2
(Anonymous) - 2024-10-23 01:41 (UTC) - ExpandI got a letter in my assignment but it appears to either not be working (or they have not put any information in their letter). Should I ask the mods to tell the recipient? Do I wait a week or two?
Re: How long to email mods about letter link not working
(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)"Please don't ask us to poke your recipient to update a locked or placeholder letter until at least October 25."
Just until Friday, then bother away.
Just until Friday, then bother away.
Any other unusual offer strategies?
When I see people talking about offering freely vs only offering for requests with letters, I can't relate because all of my offers are for canons that have come up as lingering pinch hits over the years, and I slooooooowly consume them. I know what I'm getting. I'm getting a request someone has made the same way 5 times already where they are the only requester, ever.
When I see people talking about offering freely vs only offering for requests with letters, I can't relate because all of my offers are for canons that have come up as lingering pinch hits over the years, and I slooooooowly consume them. I know what I'm getting. I'm getting a request someone has made the same way 5 times already where they are the only requester, ever.
What do you meant by unusual?
I often offer only a limited number of characters, and I feel like that's extremely common but coal doesn't really talk about their character-offering strategies much. I tend to do it mostly to try to limit what parts of canon I might be asked to write - if A is the main character, C & D are the sidekicks in the first book and E & F are the sidekicks in the second book, I'll offer just C & D so there's not much chance I'll be matched on someone who wants something related to the second book, even if I'm happy to write basically anyone in book 1.
I don't know if it works though, I think the main thing it does is keep me from matching on those fandoms at all.
I often offer only a limited number of characters, and I feel like that's extremely common but coal doesn't really talk about their character-offering strategies much. I tend to do it mostly to try to limit what parts of canon I might be asked to write - if A is the main character, C & D are the sidekicks in the first book and E & F are the sidekicks in the second book, I'll offer just C & D so there's not much chance I'll be matched on someone who wants something related to the second book, even if I'm happy to write basically anyone in book 1.
I don't know if it works though, I think the main thing it does is keep me from matching on those fandoms at all.
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