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allbingo2015-08-01 01:49 pm
dialecticdreamer) wrote in allbingo2015-08-01 01:49 pm
August Theme: As You Like It
There is a general public card for this month, created with the bingo card generator, but the point of this month's theme is to do what YOU want. Any five prompts, in any location on the card, will work.
More importantly, for those who've been trying to fill an older card but didn't quite manage a bingo, you can also use prompts from DIFFERENT cards! Pick and choose what you want, and give yourself a breather. If you've almost got blackout on a card, or if you're staring at a card so random Fate was probably giggling at you, this is YOUR theme.
Instead of a written prompt fill, I'm creating banners as rewards for this month, and I hope to be sending them to LOTS of people, including myself. Here's a direct link to the Bingo Card Generator I love, so you can make a list that suits your needs. I'm using 'relaxation' words for the general card, rather than 'summer' ones, since our Southern Hemisphere members are in their heavy coats instead of tank tops.
In hopes of many, many announcements, here's a direct link to the Posting Template. I know I always need to look it up! Also, please be kind and use warnings for sensitive topics.
The word list, which you can edit then paste for your own card:
relax, a long bath, daydreaming, reminiscing, playing games, hobbies, chatting, catching up with friends, window shopping, keep in touch, dinner out, road trip, coffee break, outdoors, sunny day, rainy day, a long nap, do something new, read a good book, music, dancing, friendly wagers, team games, in the audience, familiar food, weekend retreat, a stolen hour, personal time, rejuvenation, reflection, hope, fun, companionship, familiarity, comfort, telling stories, wine or chocolate?
The center space is labeled “guilt-free.” ANYTHING goes for that one, of course!
Here is the public card:
And, late but not forgotten, here is the HTML for this card:
IMPORTANT EDIT: the banner is meant to be personalized, so expect me to PM and ask how you want it to appear. It will appear as a reply to your bingo post as soon as possible, so thanks for your patience!
More importantly, for those who've been trying to fill an older card but didn't quite manage a bingo, you can also use prompts from DIFFERENT cards! Pick and choose what you want, and give yourself a breather. If you've almost got blackout on a card, or if you're staring at a card so random Fate was probably giggling at you, this is YOUR theme.
Instead of a written prompt fill, I'm creating banners as rewards for this month, and I hope to be sending them to LOTS of people, including myself. Here's a direct link to the Bingo Card Generator I love, so you can make a list that suits your needs. I'm using 'relaxation' words for the general card, rather than 'summer' ones, since our Southern Hemisphere members are in their heavy coats instead of tank tops.
In hopes of many, many announcements, here's a direct link to the Posting Template. I know I always need to look it up! Also, please be kind and use warnings for sensitive topics.
The word list, which you can edit then paste for your own card:
relax, a long bath, daydreaming, reminiscing, playing games, hobbies, chatting, catching up with friends, window shopping, keep in touch, dinner out, road trip, coffee break, outdoors, sunny day, rainy day, a long nap, do something new, read a good book, music, dancing, friendly wagers, team games, in the audience, familiar food, weekend retreat, a stolen hour, personal time, rejuvenation, reflection, hope, fun, companionship, familiarity, comfort, telling stories, wine or chocolate?
The center space is labeled “guilt-free.” ANYTHING goes for that one, of course!
Here is the public card:
| a stolen hour | chatting | reflection | familiar food | relax |
| wine or chocolate? | comfort | dinner out | personal time | daydreaming |
| fun | rainy day | GUILT-FREE | coffee break | hope |
| hobbies | outdoors | a long nap | music | do something new |
| rejuvenation | telling stories | keep in touch | read a good book | dancing |
And, late but not forgotten, here is the HTML for this card:
IMPORTANT EDIT: the banner is meant to be personalized, so expect me to PM and ask how you want it to appear. It will appear as a reply to your bingo post as soon as possible, so thanks for your patience!
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Even the card is "as you like it!"
I look forward to your response!
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:D
Thanks! Now I have to start coaxing plot bunnies my way. ;p
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Here's a suggestion:
Decide whether you want science fiction or fantasy focus –or if you're brave enough to blend them-- and then create five fictional historical figures. Leonardo DaVinci is famous centuries later, but many of his apprentices disappeared into history. What if one of them was integral to the development of your new world?
Don't go for full developments. Pick five favorite people from history, and either slip someone (fictional) near them, and their major focus (Science? Literature? Philosophy? Art?)
You're 2/3 done… now just write a little bit in each one's own voice, about everyday events. That's where the prompt comes in.
Okay, great, you've got bingo… now what? Nothing's complete!
Put it in your notes about your new world and just play with it. Little bits of data, little details, will come out in your active stories almost without trying to do so. You're thinking about this world as different than the real world, and it'll show up in the stories.
These are all just suggestions, and I'm estimating no more than 2,000 words are needed to set it all up. Not bad, for a full bingo!
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I also write a bit of future history, if that makes any sense, with a touch of fantasy to it. And while I do have some fics in that verse to finish, nothing really fits these prompts. XD
I write fanficcage using historical figures, or rather a specific one, which is a lot of fun. :D
Do you have a minimum word count? I can try for one, but they often like to be as long as they are. I'm asking cuz one is 559 words long, another is 605 words long & the one I'm currently working on is 625 so far. I decided to randomly pick a prompt from each row across, which makes it a lot more fun than trying to get everything in a line to work. :D I should be finished soon. :D
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Me, i aim for a "good day's writing"-- between the blog itself and ongoing fiction, I shoot for 1,500-2,000 words per day. When I promise fills for others' prompts, I also shoot for 500 words minimum... and tend to overshoot it by at least double. Shrug.
Do what works for you. It's exactly the point of Allbingo, and this particular fest. The goal is to work with the genres that amuse you in ways that relax you, rather than adding more stress.
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I prefer writing to whatever length the idea calls for, and a fill is a complete item. I write a lot of epic poetry. But I have also filled squares with haiku.
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Yeah? I just write when the mood hits me or I draw. Sometimes I do neither. XD I usually work with a word count & I generally do whatever they say is the minimum when writing for someone else, which can be anywhere from 500 to 1000 words. If I'm writing for a com, then I aim for the maximum word count allowed. :D
Okay, that works for me. :D Thanks! :D
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In nonfiction, I can hit a wordcount target.
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(I just couldn't resist!)
(very sheepish grin)
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But it does generate a lot of awesome writing.
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NICE! :D
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Do you ever have the urge to write a deliberate badfic, mocking all of your personal pet peeves? After a few days (and a few hundred horrible examples in fan fiction,) it can be very, very cathartic.
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But "Bobby & me went to the store" does work but only as dialogue or someone's inner thoughts, if that's how they speak. I sup[pose one could write a story in a similar vein if it's first person, but I can't see it working any other way.
Yeah! A friend & I did start a bad!fic once, but I find it very hard to write something that isn't grammatically correct. We did it for fun & even created a pen-name that we wrote it under & got that "person" an account at ff.net, before we gave it up & left it unfinished. ;p
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So how did you translate whale song into English? *is curious*
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