November Monthly Post

[ysabetwordsmith]

This is the November community post for allbingo. What were your bingo activities during October? What are your plans for November?

For October we had:
Fall Fest hosted by vexed_wench and spiralicious
Celebrate the motifs of autumn. Supported fandoms now include Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Shadowhunters, and Lucifer. More fandom-specific prompt lists are welcome if you wish to volunteer yours.
Posting will be October 1-31.

For November we will have:
NCIS Fest hosted by  fuzzyred 
Posting will be November 1-30.

Comments

[siberian_skys]

I made a bingo in October and I plan to make a bingo card for November.

[silvercat17]

I wish I wrote faster or worked better on demand. I'm terrible at finishing cards but at least I get a bunch of prompts out of it!

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I wish I wrote faster or worked better on demand.
I'm terrible at finishing cards <<

Those are things you can practice, and probably will get better at over time if you do practice them. The key to improvement is choosing one small, specific skill to work on and really focusing on that. Then move on to a different one.

If you want to work on one, consider things like:
* Choose a small format like drabble or haiku and concentrate on churning out a whole bunch of them as fast as possible.
* Take a card, make a time to write, sit down and write on demand without worrying too much about quality.
* Make a small 2x2 or 3x3 card and focus on finishing it.

>> but at least I get a bunch of prompts out of it! <<

That's the real goal here. This is a high-inspiration, low-pressure community. It doesn't matter if you only write a couple of things, or it takes a long time. It only matters that you're creating more, or fresh and different things, than you would have without the bingo prompts.

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[silvercat17]

I got a bunch of small things written for NaNoWrimo, both from prompts here and on RainbowFic. My main problem is ADHD and having too many interests and projects. I'm going to try to do a bunch more for the amnesty fest next month (along with the conlang challenge Lexember)

And I have a couple of bingo card ideas for when sign-ups open for next year.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I got a bunch of small things written for NaNoWrimo, both from prompts here and on RainbowFic. <<

Go you!

>> My main problem is ADHD and having too many interests and projects.<<

That can be challenging.

Sometimes it helps to get other people involved in choosing projects. I have an infinite supply of ideas, but the Poetry Fishbowl helps me figure out which ones people most want to read and buy. So I write more of the popular stuff.

>> I'm going to try to do a bunch more for the amnesty fest next month<<

Go for it!

>> (along with the conlang challenge Lexember) <<

I haven't heard of this one. Do you have a link?

>>And I have a couple of bingo card ideas for when sign-ups open for next year.<<

That sounds good.

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[silvercat17]

It shows up on most places conlangers hang out, including Twitter

Here's the Lexember thread from last year from the constructed language forum I'm on :https://cbbforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7403

And my posts with words from the last few years: http://www.silversspace.com/tag/lexember/

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[ysabetwordsmith]

That looks like so much fun! :D

I tried looking it up on Dreamwidth but got no hits.

So I'll just throw it out on Allbingo. We already have some prompt lists that would suit, including but not necessarily limited to:
* Robert Plutchik's 1980 list of emotions
* Untranslatable words
* Color words
* Gardening words
* Art media
* Emotions
* Food
* The Negative Trait Thesaurus
* The Positive Trait Thesaurus
* Swadesh Basic List
* Types of family

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[silvercat17]

I'm not sure how much interest folks will have in making up languages, but I'd set it up for those that do.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

You never know until you try. Maybe nobody will be interested, maybe they will. I did list a bunch of options to maximize appeal.

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[silvercat17]

I'm excited about the possibilities!

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Yeah, me too. I printed out a December calendar to play.

Feel free to boost the signal in conlang venues. People are welcome to post here about wherever they're putting words up.