Challenge Update

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Final hours to post the links to any lonely prompts you worked on during the challenge but didn't get the chance to post.

Unfortunately they won't be included in the contest numbers, but they will be counted towards overall lonely prompts filled numbers.

If you have any links to post, please do so on the day the fill was written for. Example: On Monday you did a fill, but forgot to post it. No problem. Post it there now, then comment to this post saying that you did so. Like I said above, it won't count towards the actual challenge, but you will get recognition for it.

Later today (likely Sunday for a lot of people), I will post the final numbers.

I need a few people for graphics. I think one of the members I used has gotten busy with RL, which isn't a problem, however, I now don't have icons for the participants for the previous challenge, and that is why those rewards haven't been posted. So if anyone is available, 3 people should do it, please comment here. Thanks!

Also! December. Should Lonely Prompts Challenge continue? Should it remain a week? Two weeks? The whole month? What are your suggestions/thoughts on this? Please let me know so I can start planning now.

eta 1: if we went with a full month of lonely prompts, one day a week would be themed as the challenge, the rest would be filling lonely prompts. There would also be the option of having a free-for-all on Saturday.

eta 2: 3 weeks (21 days) of Lonely Prompts in December. It would run December 1-21.

December 1, 2, 4-9, 11-15 for Lonely Prompts of all kinds
December 3, 10, 17 for Free for All
December 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 Challenge Week

I think that incorporates what the majority of the comments I've been seeing have suggested. As for actual themes, that can be decided at a later time.

Happy Weekend all!

Comments

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

I think a whole month of lonely prompts in December would be fun :)

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

A whole month of crazy, competitive Nagi? I'm not sure I'm up to THAT challenge! LOL!

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

If it was a month long there would be 4 or 5 challenges to determine who would pick the themes for the next weekly challenge.

[pony-express.livejournal.com]

I like the sound of a whole month of lonely prompts. It would stop so many prompts being lonely and that's the point of lonely prompt week, right? I think it's a great idea.

[tigriswolf]

Would there still be free for all Saturdays during a lonely month? I just looked and there wasn't last time (Dec 2014).

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

I also wouldn't mind if the Lonely Prompts Challenge lasted more than a week :)

[daria234.livejournal.com]

I'd rather it be a week or two at most. This week was fabulous for getting lonely prompts filled, but I don't think it's realistic to expect high participation like that for a whole month, and people might get tired of it. What will the 30th day of lonely prompts look like?

Also, if it's more than one week, then maybe the second week could have no restrictions on the theme of the fics? Or maybe the second week could be all time related (prompts from the same day of the week or the same month, or newer prompts or older prompts, etc.).

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of the second week not having restrictions on the themes. This way people who weren't inspired by the themes from the first week could enjoy filling prompts, too.

[schweinsty.livejournal.com]

I second this! I remember last year's lonely prompts month, and it felt like it went on a bit long. I feel like two weeks would be great. :) And I think like themes for lonely prompts makes it a little harder to find prompts-though I don't participate in the challenges, so I'm not too fussed either way on that.

[untldeathtakeme.livejournal.com]

I would love at least two weeks to catch up on my list but looking at the comments maybe a compromise of three weeks? The first week themed challenges, the week a bit looser themes(daria234's suggestion of Time Themes seems good. The same day of the week. the same week. the same month. older prompts.newer prompts.), maybe the third free of challenges??

Participation will probably drop down the last two weeks (or for some people, raise) because of holidays/family but that's going to happen with normal prompting anyway, I think.

At any rate, yes they should continue in some form!!

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

See edit to main entry

Also the last time we did a full month of lonely prompts it was in 2014.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

See edit to entry.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

That could be an option

[untldeathtakeme.livejournal.com]

oh, that works! (though I'd gladly be down for a few more themed days, but whatever works run with it)

keeping the free-for-all sounds great too!

[daria234.livejournal.com]

I do agree, last time the month felt like a really, really long time.

I do like the idea of keeping free for all Saturdays though - that would be cool!

[withasmile87.livejournal.com]

I'd probably say I agree with the two week idea instead of the full month. I love doing lonely prompt week but I think a month long thing of it, it could feel as if it was dragging on after awhile.

[prisca1960.livejournal.com]

Oh, more lonely prompt weeks sounds great (I had a lot of fun, though I'm a slower than slow writer;) )

But like others said before: I think four weeks might be too long. Two (maybe three) weeks sounds great; not all of them themed (themed days are more challenging, which is a lot of fun, but I guess some people would prefer to fill the one or the other prompt without it)

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

I love Loneley Prompts week, but I'd find a month a bit hard going. A fortnight - with free-for-all Saturdays would be my jam :)

[dreammaidenn.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you're still looking for someone to make graphics I can help :)

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Yes I am! I will add your name to my list when I e-mail makers

[aivix.livejournal.com]

Agreed! But man, the fic we'll get out of it.

*looks forward to Jonathan and Evan and all the pretty, pretty boys*

[aivix.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of interspersing it with free-for-alls and challenges. I love lonely prompts week, but it's nice to have it broken up since sometimes in the course of filling, I think of things I'd like to prompt.

Love the idea laid out in eta 2.

[dreammaidenn.livejournal.com]

Great!

[falkner]

Two or three weeks definitely sounds better than a full month, in my opinion. That time we did a whole month got rather tiring by the end.