Dreamwidth Fandom Snowflake Challenge - Day 15 Final Edition

[teddy_radiator]

In your own space, create your own challenge. What’s something you want to see more people doing in fandom? Is there something fun you’ve tried that you think other people would enjoy if they gave it a go? Dare your friends to try it out, and have fun with it.

This is something I've requested for a long time, and since I have permission via Snowflake to create a challenge, I'll do it here in a more formal manner.

I would like to see more SSHG creatives participate in grangersnape100, which is my OTP's weekly drabble-writing challenge community. For the longest time I was afraid to write drabbles - I am very verbose, and tend to put ALL the words into a story. My dear friend mimimanderly, who was a master of drabbles, encouraged me to give it a go; so did droxy and irishredlass, the comm's mods. I finally gave it a go, and fell in love with the format. It is a wonderful way to flex writing and concept muscles; those 100 word bites are as far from intimidating as you can get, and not only is drabble writing a great exercise for becoming a more concise, fluid writer, but it helps keep the fandom alive. I truly believe using the weekly challenges as writing exercises has made me a better writer.

My OTP's creative membership has dwindled sharply in the last couple of years, and many of the authors and artists who participated in the sshg_giftfest never participate in any other aspect of SSHG at any other time. Only a handful of us write for GS100 now, and yet people are always clamouring for more SSHG work. The lovely thing is that GS100 also accepts artwork for their challenges, and I have even participated in art/fic collaborations for GS100. It is a great place to meet up with other SSHG writers and artists.

So here's my challenge:

I would challenge every SSHG author and artist to participate in at least four challenges this year for grangersnape100. There are literally hundreds of challenges already on the books, and a new one is issued each Sunday.

And to my friends in other pairings and fandoms, I challenge you to participate in one GS100 challenge this year. Not only will you get a chance to try something new in a very safe and supportive environment, but you will bring something fresh and new to our OTP with your unique perspective.

Thank you to all the people who read my entries for this challenge, and for the Snowflake mods who put it together. This was a most enjoyable 15 days of challenges.

Comments

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing of yourself this month in the Snowflake Challenge. I bet even those of us who know you well learned something new. I know I did.

What an excellent challenge. The velvet Steampunk Librarian gauntlet is thrown! I for one will take it up and promise write more for GS100 this year. And if there's a master list of prompts 'round the place, it will really help feed the muse.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I know there is a list of challenges somewhere on the comm but I don't know how up to date it is. I will ask Droxy if there is a complete list.

Barring that, if you look at the drop down list of tags, it shows all the challenges there as well.

[delphipsmith]

Woo-hoo! I will do it :) Can I cross-post your challenge idea on sshg_giftfest?

Gaaah, so many typos! Sorry for all the edits :P

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Please do - I would love to see everyone accept this challenge! ;)

[delphipsmith]

Done! http://sshg-giftfest.livejournal.com/28155.html

[bonsaibetz.livejournal.com]

I've read about GS100 all these years, but I finally joined and added the community to my watch list after reading your post. I guess I might be writing more drabbles in the future then.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic! It's given me some of my happiest and proudest writing moments.

[alisanne.livejournal.com]

Hm. Tell you what. I'll write 4 drabbles for GrangerSnape100 if you write 4 for Snarry100 or, if you simply CAN'T stomach slash, Neville100. ;)
What do you say? *g*

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

You're on!! I would love to try some Neville100! I'll join right now.

[alisanne.livejournal.com]

YAY!
Oh, you'll need to join on InsaneJournal, though since the LJ one is pretty dead as far as I can tell.

Edit: Okay, so I just joined GrangerSnape. Do I have to pick a team or can I just post?

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

I'll do at least one since, you know you've gotten me to draw SS/HG in the past (and you did a bit of SS/SB for me, for which I remain grateful) and if things keep moving along well artistically, will again in the very near future. You're my boo, after all. ;)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! The team thing is just a little extra silliness, and it's purely up to you. I am on the Death Eater team, because they told me they had cookies ;)

But other than that, just have fun with it! Points are awarded if both Severus and Hermione are mentioned in the drabble, and a drabble series can be as long as you want, as long as it's divided into 100-word increments.

Thank you for stepping up, sweetie! I can't wait to read your drabbles.

I'll head over to IJ, and join there right now! ♥

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Thank you, my darling! I can't wait to see what hijinx they'll get up to under your expert direction.

BTW, I started my SS/SB + Hermione fic today. I think it may be a little more involved than I planned, but we shall see! ;)

♥ ♥

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Your wish is my command.

[analise010.livejournal.com]

I'm not a writer, but I'll definitely take a look at what people are writing. (Hermione/Snape is a guilty pleasure of mine.)

[madeleone]

I love this challenge. GS100 was my first ever foray into writing SS/HG, and for a while I drabbled quite regularly. Although I do have hard time keeping it to just 100 words so I tend to write a lot of drabble 'series'.

I do think doing drabbles is such a great exercise in writing: trying to find just the right words to express what you want, while keeping it to the word limit, and still making sense. Your challenge has prompted me to go back to GS100 and read through my drabbles, which I am sad to say have been few and far between in recent years, and I found that I really do love a lot of the snippets I wrote for the comm.

Therefore, dear Teddy, I accept your challenge, and look forward to drabbling more in coming year. :)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Thank you, my dear friend - I know we are in good hands with you! ♥

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

That would be fantastic. A word of encouragement is as valuable as the best fic in the world.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I truly think the community spirit will be a good thing - it's such a lovely comm, and I want to see it thrive with our best writers writing for it.

[delphipsmith]

Remove the word "guilty" and just wallow freely in it with the rest of us :)

[angrboda]

I have considered this several times, actually. Just never really managed to gather the courage to do it. I'm not certain why that particular comm seems so intimidating to me.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I would love to personally invite you to join us. The readers and authors at GS100 are among the most supportive and encouraging you will find in all of the HP Fandom. We are all just so thrilled to have someone writing for our OTP. There are dozens and dozens of challenges already on the books, and a new one is issued each Sunday. The thing about the 'teams' is just a bit of fun and no one takes it seriously - we just like writing and reading SSHG drabbles.