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SGA genficathon 2009
A few people have asked if I'll be running a genficathon again in 2009.
The answer is yes. :) The response last year was thrilling and awesome, the quality of the stories fantastic, and I was very happy with it (once I got done being stressed out about it *g*).
I'm thinking that it might be a good idea to wait a month or two later than I held the signups last year, though. The last episode of SGA (*snivel*) will air on Jan. 9, and I suspect January will be a bit of a gloomy time in the fandom, not a good time to be inviting people to commit themselves to writing a story.
So right now I'm thinking about holding signups in March. I know this will end up overlapping with Big Bang more than I'd like, but I'm pretty sure the number of people last year who wrote for both Big Bang and the genficathon was relatively small.
I'm also considering various different ways of doing prompts/posting this year. The genre/prompt combo last year was fun (and pretty easy for me to administrate as far as giving people their assignments, not nearly as complicated as a fic exchange) but it was complicated, difficult to explain to people, and led to a few problems with pinch hitting.
This year I'm thinking about doing it as a more straightforward fic exchange, with each person being assigned someone to write for, or else giving each person a unique prompt rather than having a number of people writing for the same prompt. Posting would still be anonymous, and there will be a few minor rule changes to make it easier for me to post the stories that are sent to me (I liked how Big Bang had a style guide for formatting stories, making it much simpler for people to submit their already-formatted stories even if they're not familiar with HTML).
What do you guys think? Possible pros and cons of doing a fic exchange rather than a prompt fest? Or what about letting people choose prompts, like some of the other fests do?
The answer is yes. :) The response last year was thrilling and awesome, the quality of the stories fantastic, and I was very happy with it (once I got done being stressed out about it *g*).
I'm thinking that it might be a good idea to wait a month or two later than I held the signups last year, though. The last episode of SGA (*snivel*) will air on Jan. 9, and I suspect January will be a bit of a gloomy time in the fandom, not a good time to be inviting people to commit themselves to writing a story.
So right now I'm thinking about holding signups in March. I know this will end up overlapping with Big Bang more than I'd like, but I'm pretty sure the number of people last year who wrote for both Big Bang and the genficathon was relatively small.
I'm also considering various different ways of doing prompts/posting this year. The genre/prompt combo last year was fun (and pretty easy for me to administrate as far as giving people their assignments, not nearly as complicated as a fic exchange) but it was complicated, difficult to explain to people, and led to a few problems with pinch hitting.
This year I'm thinking about doing it as a more straightforward fic exchange, with each person being assigned someone to write for, or else giving each person a unique prompt rather than having a number of people writing for the same prompt. Posting would still be anonymous, and there will be a few minor rule changes to make it easier for me to post the stories that are sent to me (I liked how Big Bang had a style guide for formatting stories, making it much simpler for people to submit their already-formatted stories even if they're not familiar with HTML).
What do you guys think? Possible pros and cons of doing a fic exchange rather than a prompt fest? Or what about letting people choose prompts, like some of the other fests do?
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I'm pretty laid-back about how people interpet the categories; "Wit's End" *was* funny -- actually, I thought what made the story so good was how it mixed humor with serious elements, giving the tragic parts more punch than they would have had in an all-humorous story. It's all fun and games 'til someone gets shot in the head ...
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I'm pretty laid-back about how people interpet the categories
That's definitely a good thing *g* I'm my own worst enemy sometimes. Even though both "Wit's End" and "Thicker than Water" are extremely humorous, they've got those big gut punches, and that just doesn't quite equate as comedy in my mind? Or I don't want people going in needing a good pick-me-up funny fic and getting something else instead.
It's all fun and games 'til someone gets shot in the head ...
So true, so true... sadly, Lupin can't come back for another round this year, otherwise everyone will know it's me XD I think the anonymous posting was half the fun last year!