Dysfunctional relationships on V-Day

[featherxquill]

So, from my last post on the subject, it certainly seems there'll be enough interest in a dysfunctional relationship ficathon to go ahead with it. A commenter did mention, though, that my idea is similar to the exchange that will be posting at hp_emofest, though probably different enough not to interfere too much.

But, question about format, since I think both of these suggestions have potential. Option A would mean longer fics and a little more tome to write. Option B might have higher participation, and would be low-pressure. Thoughts?

ETA: Some clarification for those who have asked. A prompt-based ficathon would be me setting up a community and having prompting and claiming sessions very soon, and then a few weeks to write, posted anonymously, whereas a comment ficathon would be like this one, where there is a single post that people reply to with prompts, and people who want to participate write a response to that prompt, usually short enough to fit in the comment field, and post it directly.


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Comments

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what the two options are, exactly. Is a "comment ficathon" one where people just write short fics in a short period and post them as comments to the original prompt? And a prompt-based one would be where participants are assigned particular people to write for?

[vane-nt.livejournal.com]

From what I understand, a comment ficathon is something like this (http://anythingbutgrey.livejournal.com/774727.html), whereas a prompt-based fest is what we've done at minerva_fest. But now that you asked it, I'm interested in reading Angie's answer too, because I want to be sure that I haven't made wrong assumptions about the fest models she has in mind. ^^UUU

[catbirdfish.livejournal.com]

I was the original commenter (I think?) and that was what I had in mind.

[featherxquill.livejournal.com]

You were, and I meant to say thanks for letting me know about the similarity with emofest and suggesting the alternative, too. I fail at replying to people, frequently.

[featherxquill.livejournal.com]

Vane is correct. I've added an edit to my original post to clear up any confusion. I really shouldn't post at 4am. I leave all sorts of things out *facepalm*