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)
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Thursday 1 January: Author reveals, end of event (9pm UTC)

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1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

what is it?

1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

Downsides here.

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

I'm going to play the video game to do canon review.

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

They're asking for a very dark dynamic I like and don't get to write very often (two rapists or simply abusive people sharing a victim).

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

I love the canon and the recipient's a great person.

Re: 1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

How can I write for this canon again without sounding samey?

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

+1 I am also going to play the video game.

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

It was very easy to canon review for, and was also pretty easy to come up with an idea that won’t get into scope creep and will hit a lot of their likes!

Re: 1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

1-sentence commenter. At least they seem to be a reliable 1-sentence commenter.

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

*fans self* yummy yum yum

Re: 1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

Writing for someone I've written for before and am scared they won't like it this time around, even though they adored my previous work for them.

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

I get to do canon review on something I haven't consumed in some time as a refresher!

Re: 1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely no one but my recipient will read it and it's a kind of porn I'm too precious to put on my main account.

I realize this is a me problem but hey, no one said the downsides had to be reasonable.

If I were brimming with energy I would turn this into a challenge to write the kind of niche porn that's so bold and hot that people zoom in on the tags and read it canon-blind, but I don't know if I have that in me this year.

Re: 1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

Write in second person. /bad advice bear

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

It's a bit bigger canon than the very small ones I'm usually in, so there's a good chance other people will read the fic as well

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

I've written for my recip before, so I know their taste, and they always leave lovely comments!

Re: 1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

yeah same here, the old two cakes problem.

Re: 1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

Same for mine.

Also, my front-running story idea, I discovered while investigating their commenting habits, is not entirely dissimilar to what they received last year (in another fandom). So, we'll see what I go with.

[(Anonymous)]

anybody writing butt treats yet

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

They are into the same ships as me and have intriguing prompts!

Re: 1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

My recip didn’t comment on my fic the last time I wrote for them. :(

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

I've finished it. I recently reviewed the canon, recip wanted missing scene, I had some very peaceful time at work and it's done. Recip's prompts may not have been detailed but they were very clear about what they wanted!

Re: 1 Less-Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

I really don't agree with their characterisation about the characters in terms of their prompts. (E.g. Prompt - Character A loves the outdoors so much that they meet Character B on a hiking holiday. Canon - Character A likes technology and being indoors)

It's doable but it won't be a fic which runs away from me in my excitement.

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, nice!

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