Question to the community

[piksa.livejournal.com]

zippitgood posted a question about posting the next two prompts in a same post. I feel this is a question the community should get a say on. Of course this isn't a situation we are going to face often since after next week we go back to the normal situation where the prompt is posted in the weekend and there are no advance warnings of them. However, the poll is open until Friday evening/saturday morning. Give me your opinion.


[Poll #1040004]

Comments

[shadow-in-eden.livejournal.com]

*shrug* Like I say, I've been taking a break from this community. I misunderstood what the Summer prompt stuff was about, which was my own fault for not reading quite a few of the notices. I had assumed people could write the fic but had to wait to post it in the appropriate week.

I am not happy about any short cuts to the Awards - yes, mainly because I struggle to get very far in a run, which isn't a very good reason to want to stop this. But still, in the past I wrongly assumed one or two writers of getting a prompt ahead of time and complained about it, only to be reassured it would never happen. Only it has.

Now I am even more against letting this pass. I struggled very hard to get the awards I did. Now, people can achieve them with much more ease. Excuse me for feeling more than a little upset for how easy it has been made for the writers, even for these few weeks.

Now more leeway is being asked.

If this is allowed, the next time another summer/christmas double prompt comes along, someone or many someones will mingle the prompt into one. I think, if it is allowed, then the actual submission should only be counted as one week, but the author has no need to post the following week. So, 2 prompts in one = 1 award point & 1 week of grace. Or do as thismaz suggested and hack it in two. Otherwise it is unfair to those who have achieved awards or tried to achieve awards in the first months of this community.

*sigh* This makes me sound so very British.

[catw00man.livejournal.com]

Oh I do see your point, don't get me wrong. My only point is this has already been done with these summer prompts and I feel she should get the same consideration as the others who have already posted more than one fic a week should.

After this, perhaps this can be prevented from being an issue again. But I really don't think she should have a double standard on her just because she asked permission instead of just doing.

And there's nothing worng with sounding British. My sister is over there in London. ;)

[shadow-in-eden.livejournal.com]

If it's already been done, she shouldn't be singled out and told she can't use both prompts in on 500 word fic.

In fact, they should just give them the Goddess award.

[catw00man.livejournal.com]

Oh no, no. You misunderstand. She wanted to write a minimum 1000 word fic.

What I'm refering to is people have written 2 fics and turned them in in one week. My point was the poll is between one fic per week vs basically 2 in one week. She wasn't asking for cred for 2 for only 500 words.

I'm sorry if I was unclear.

[shadow-in-eden.livejournal.com]

I still don't see a point to this community if they are going to make it easy. It isn't meant to be easy, its meant to be a writing exercise.

[catw00man.livejournal.com]

This could just be me but...

I don't consider combining St Peter and Barophobia in one long fic...easy

[shadow-in-eden.livejournal.com]

If it is so long, she can split it.

I'm arguing because, again, this is meant to be a week-to-week thing. It is like saying 'If I do any 30 of the prompts I should get a Goddess award'. This just looks like another way of doing that, even though its looking forwards instread of back. Go to fanfic100 if that is the way you want to do it.

[catw00man.livejournal.com]

Personally I think it's nothing like that. If anything what she was asking to do was harder considering she was doing a longer fic, with two prompts in ONE week. That more volume, more writing, more work and creativity in less time. It's not like she's picking and choosing the prompts.

I guess I cheated too. I've already written next week's fic because that was the muse that spoke to me first. But I've done 30 weeks in a row so I don't feel like I got an easy way out.

[shadow-in-eden.livejournal.com]

I really don't think we are going to see eye-to-eye on this one. I cannot see this as anything more than cheating. I'm going to bow out of this discussion and see how it falls out.