Fandom Snowflake Challenge, Day 10

[kate]

In your own space, post a rec for fannish and/or creative resources and spaces. Tell us where you go to dig up canon facts for your fandom, or where you get all the juicy details about your favorite ship. Where do you like to hang out and squee like a squeeing thing?

Apparently, I am starting to realize that I my fandom is actually writing. Because while I love Supernatural, and that is what I'm currently writing, I'm not interested (and wouldn't really be able to) make a list of SPN resources. I can however, make a list of writing tools and comms, which is what I'm going to do.

Tools to get those words out:
ilys.com: write one letter at a time, no backspace or delete (good for those who have issues with being ashamed of what they're writing or who worry about every word as they write it)
750words: write 750 words every day and earn badges
write or die: the original; many settings, including one that untypes your words if you remain idle for too long
write or die 2: haven't played around with this, but presumably even better than the original
written? kitten!: get a kitten for every 100 words written

Comms for motivation/accountability:
verbosity: weekly goalsetting comm with daily check-ins
thedailywriter: monthly goalsetting comm with ad hoc check-ins (at least monthly)
writethisfanfic: support comm with daily-ish general check-ins
write every day: trobadora hosts a daily writing support group with daily check-ins on her journal
1k1h: daily writing challenge to write 1000 words (or as many as you can) in an hour; posts twice daily, at least

Comms for prompts:
fan_flashworks: single thematic prompt per 10 days or so (3 per month); also has social posts for chatting with other members at ffw_social
fic_promptly: prompt community with daily calls for prompts where anyone can fill
genprompt_bingo: bingo cards of gen prompts (fills do not need to be gen), prompt lists updated twice per year
trope_bingo: bingo cards of trope prompts, two rounds per year
15_minute_ficlets: single word prompt posted on Sundays

There are a million more, but that's enough to be getting on with for today, I think. Feel free to leave your suggestions in the comments! Also, write_good is an editing comm (the name is a joke, get it?), love suggestions for more of those!

Comments

[muccamukk]

This is a great list.

Write or Die 2.0 is better than the first one, especially since it has written kitten style reward settings.

I would add for ficlet prompt comms:
femslashficlets, mcuflashmeme, starwarsflashmeme.

[kate]

Thank you! I'm trying to stay away from fandom-specific prompt comms (as there are sooooooooomany), but I will definitely add femslashficlets.

Glad to hear about Write or Die 2.0!

[china_shop]

\o/

Btw, it's fan_flashworks, not fan_flashfic -- we're multimedia, so... :-)

[kate]

Ugh, authorial bias hitting me again - thanks for the reminder!

[china_shop]

Thank you for the link to trobadora's challenge. Am now following them. \o/

[kate]

Yayyy! It's a great challenge, for sure!

[lightbird]

Great list!

And yeah, trying to do a round-up of a fandom like SPN would be a truly huge feat.

Yay for getting a kitten for every 100 words!

[kate]

Thank you!

Yeah, I love SPN, but omg. It's like herding cats.

[kayim]

Ooh, there's some awesome links on here that I didn't know about.

Thanks!

[kate]

You're welcome, glad to help!

[ardyforshort]

\o/ YUSS.

[kate]

:DDDDDDD

[trascendenza]

What a great list!

[kate]

Yay, thank you!

[zelda_zee]

This is really helpful! I look forward to checking some of these out.

[kate]

Yayyyy!

[jiksa_x]

This is so useful!!! I am looking into this words for kittens thing. Sounds like something that might help me :)

[kate]

It's from skud, if you know them - and I agree, words for kittens is a brilliant idea!

[akamine_chan]

I joined gywo last year; trying again this year, as well as trying inkingitout. We'll see how it goes.

I loved ilys.com until it stopped being free. Which, if I had the disposable income, I'd totally pay for it. But I don't, so I can't, and *shrug*

I used 750words.com for a long time, and then lost a writing streak due to moving across the country and it kinda broke me of using the site.

So many tools, the challenge is finding the one that works. :D

[kate]

Yayyy! I love both GYWO and inkingitout. They're very different communities with similar goal-setting but different ways to reach those goals, and how they respond to people in the process.

Ilys.com is interesting for me; I have a problem not correcting typos as I go - I make enough that's annoying and I hate having to edit my work so heavily when I'm done. I don't have a problem with speed or rambling usually, so when things are working normally, I can just write. If I'm stuck though, ilys. com is a good way to move forward without judgment on what I'm writing. I'm still on my free trial; I doubt I will pay for it, but we'll see how I feel when I get to the end of my free words.

I am similar to you on 750words, too. I lost a streak because I tend to write late and the words came in after midnight, and that just pissed me off. I can't stand to lose like that. So I never really went back, though I've tried it a couple more times and not had the same kind of success.

Yeah - that's why I have so many tools! I've tried lots of them, and in the end the best thing for me is to just write. Daily routine works the best.