Snowflake challenge day 3

[sasha_feather]

Challenge #3

Pimp Your Favorite Communities, Fests or Challenges!

I'd like us to not use "pimp". Let us say promote, highlight, spotlight, shine, sparkle... etc.

I used to be really into DW communities but they seem to have drifted away and diminished. I haven't participated in challenges or fests in recent years, except for watching Festivids, which I really look forward to and enjoy. The idea of doing fic challenges is stressful to me, but I do like the snowflake challenge, and writing prompts in general. I'd always like to write more, and these prompts are helpful.

Comments

[prisca]

But there are many low-pressure writing communities around, where you only can jump in when a prompt speaks to you. Challenges are not only Big Bangs and writing exchanges (with I don't like to do either because then (for me) writing turns into exercising a duty and its not fun anymore).

[sasha_feather]

Ah, that's true, maybe I should go looking for some. I do participate sometimes in the Friday five community, which has journaling prompts. :)

[tjs_whatnot]

I used to love fic challenges and fests because I liked the structure and deadline built in that I needed. But with life happening more and more--against my will--it just became too stressful. But yes, things that give you a low to no pressure challenge, a jumping off point really, for thinky thoughts and bunnies and whatnot, I'm all for.

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[sasha_feather]

Yes, agreed! :)

Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

allbingo is a high-inspiration, low-stress community. We run a fest every month, currently Less Usual Bingo Patterns. While the fests typically have a one-month timeframe, you can play any card at any time; there's no firm deadline. You can also get on our Bingo Card Generator and just use the prompt lists for whatever you want. 1x1 feeds you a single random prompt from your selected list.

crowdfunding also runs a Creative Jam on the third weekend of every month (except December) so that's a good place to find prompts also. Next up will be Jan. 18-19 on "Power and Corruption."

Both of the above communities are active in a burst pattern, on event days, with a scattering of activity outside then.

For even less stress, you can lurk on someone else's prompt call in their journal. I run a Poetry Fishbowl on the first Tuesday of each month; next up is Jan. 7 with a theme of "Short Forms" (so anything goes in the actual topic). I get loads of prompts and totally don't mind other folks writing to them. Nobody will know if you do, unless you mention it, so no pressure!

dialecticdreamer does Magpie Monday with a theme on the second Monday of each month, and Feathering the Nest for nonsexual intimacies on the fourth Monday.

No sign-ups or other obligations, just ideas floating around for folks to grab whatever looks fun.

Outside the range of fanfic/origfic prompts, you can also find lists of blog post prompts:

https://coschedule.com/blog/creative-blog-post-ideas-and-topics/

https://optinmonster.com/50-blog-post-ideas-that-you-can-write-about-today/

I like to grab long lists of things and post them one at a time for discussion. Currently I'm running Self-Awareness Questions and Community Building Tips under Recurring Posts. This is a great way to keep up your blog activity for very little work, and spark some fun discussions.

Re: Try this ...

[sasha_feather]

Thank you for this! What great resources.

Re: Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service. I hope you enjoy them.

[enemyofperfect]

Here via Snowflake, and I just wanted to thank you for bringing up that word choice and some preferable alternatives. I'm not too comfortable with it myself, but I didn't have the brain to do more than avoid using it in my own post for Challenge #3. I appreciate that you put it into words!

[sasha_feather]

Ah yes! Thanks for commenting.