One Wank After Another

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A blank assignment is a funny thing, isn't it? When you have it, you don't appreciate it, and when you miss it, it's gone.

Wednesday 10 December: Default deadline (9pm UTC)
Wednesday 17 December: Assignment deadline (9pm UTC)
Wednesday 24 December: Main collection works reveals (9pm UTC)
Thursday 25 December: Madness collection works reveals (9pm UTC)
Thursday 1 January: Author reveals, end of event (9pm UTC)

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Comments

Re: 27 works in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

That sucks, because it usually means someone has had a fic ready to go and they're dumping it off on someone's possibly unrelated request so they can get more eyeballs on it.

Source: happened to me more than once

Re: 27 works in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

Could also mean a five-minute canon. If it's something like Snake Fight Thesis Defense it could perfectly well be legit. If it's some really long involved canon I'd be less sure

Re: 27 works in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

When I post fics early it's because I was so stoked by the prompts that I started writing before signups closed, and either gamed successfully or just posted it as a treat anyway.

Re: 27 works in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

Some people just start writing early.

Some people also don't need to do canon review. I haven't posted my assignment yet (I want to do it early and then switch to treats) but I matched on the same fandom I sometimes match to in other exchanges so writing yet another 1k fic for it on the fly isn't exactly a huge ask.

Re: 27 works in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

I wrote my assignment from scratch on the first day after I got my assignment. I had a few free hours, so I got it out of the way.

Trust me, it's nothing I could possibly have pre-written - or predicted when I signed up.

Re: 27 works in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, anecdata.

Also "more eyeballs" is not really a strong motivator.

Re: 27 works in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

I can't help feeling you would also chime in if you got a gift posted on the deadline to say "that sucks, they must have left it to the very last minute and dashed it off!"

Re: 27 works in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

Not really? It really doesn't have to take that long to write a 1k fic.

Re: 27 works in the collection

[(Anonymous)]

Or they started a treat as soon as someone’s letter was posted. Or they had an unfinished gift fic for someone from a previous exchange who signed up with the same requests/prompts in Yuletide. Or they got their assignment and were really inspired and sat down and wrote it immediately.