Tag: ficoween

Okay, then can I sign up for 16) A small animal follows Character A home one night? Pairing TBD and hopefully, depending on time and stuff. the other 2 will still be unclaimed. but i won’t mention them cause i don’t want people to go “ah, someone really wanted that, i’ll pick something else” (which is something *I’ve* been known to do, so I know it’s a possibility)

Okie dokie. I’ll put you down for that one. Just let me know when you do figure out the ship you want to do for it. 

okay first – can i claim more than one? I did last year, but i might have waited till everyone else had a chance. I have 3 I’m interested in though i don’t know what pairing i’ll do yet. i wanted to claim and let them percolate, see what best comes to mind! :D

Yeah, last year I think you did two. I think I’m going to go by the same policy as last year. You can do multiple but one has to be finished and posted before you can pick another prompt. I just don’t know how many people are going to participate or what ships they’re going to do yet, considering it’s only the first day the challenge is open. 

hey I have a couple questions about what you’re looking for for the ficoween! how much wiggle room do I have in terms of sticking to the prompt, and if I say I’ll write a ship but then it ends up being gen (or the other way round) is that still ok? it sounds pretty fun!

You have as much wiggle room as you need. All I ask is you generally stick to the idea of the prompt, but you can take it in which ever direction you want. For example, if you wanted to do #6 

“Character A keeps running into someone. It’s never for very long and always at the worst times: a brief glimpse as they walk in separate directions, across a crowded street, getting off the train as Character A gets on. The weird part? They look exactly like Character A. The freaky part? Character A was born with a twin who didn’t make it past birth.”
you don’t have to have to mention twins if you don’t want to. It can just be someone who looks like Character A for whatever reason (shapeshifter, changeling, ghost, clone, them from the future, ect.) but it should have something to do with the character seeing someone who looks like them. The prompt that mentions vampires and eager consorts should have at least one vampire and someone who isn’t scared but excited about it. Does that make sense? Like, I don’t care if you choose to do your own thing with it, as long as there’s some element of the original prompt in what you write. 

Other prompts might be leading in a certain direction, but if you want to you can always take them in the complete opposite. Last year someone took the pumpkin patch prompt (which I wrote to be more lighthearted) and turned it into body horror. Someone else too the fairy godmother prompt (which was intended to be darker) and made it light and fluffy. Really, it’s up to you. 

As far as ships go, you can do whatever you want with that, too. Just let me know that you haven’t decided if it’s gen or a certain ship yet. The only reason I  ask is so I know who’s thinking about doing what so I don’t wind up with 16 people doing the same three ships for the same three prompts. 

I hope that helps!