HD Holidays
Aug. 12th, 2012 04:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So the [Poll #1859555]
In other news, my cold is at the point where my head is filled with ALL the snot. Damn you, deviated septum of virus acquisition and snot holding!
In other news, my cold is at the point where my head is filled with ALL the snot. Damn you, deviated septum of virus acquisition and snot holding!
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Date: 2012-08-12 06:31 am (UTC)Have never participated in HD Holidays but normally anything I've participated with a prompt is a guideline only.
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Date: 2012-08-13 10:25 am (UTC)Yeah, I had this HUGE idea before I got the prompt bits in the email, which doesn't exactly go with the prompts, but isn't miles away either, and does go with everything else, so I hope it will be OK …
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Date: 2012-08-12 07:12 am (UTC)Get better and snot-free soon, bebe!
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Date: 2012-08-13 02:37 pm (UTC)And the cold itself has just turned that corner from vile to getting better; now I have to get over four sleepless nights of coughing …
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Date: 2012-08-12 08:00 am (UTC)Though in practice, even if you keep exactly to the requirements of a 1000 word 'prompt' the chances that you'll come anywhere near what the prompter was actually expecting are very remote.
I've lost count of the times I've seen (and given) feedback along the lines of 'different from what I expected - but better'.
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Date: 2012-08-13 02:39 pm (UTC)And yes, that's so very true! Conversely, I remember apologising to the super-lovely fourth_rose for not really following her prompts at all well and she replied that it was exactly what she wanted ;-)
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Date: 2012-08-12 08:49 am (UTC)And personally, as a giftee, I'd much rather receive a story my writer felt personally passionate about than something they forced themselves to write because I left it as a prompt.
If, on the other hand, you're able to fit in some aspects of their prompt/s, then bonus.
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Date: 2012-08-13 02:42 pm (UTC)And I know that I can kick in bits of all their prompts! Just not a whole one of any … Did that classic read the likes and squicks, have idea, then read prompts thing. Schoolgirl error …
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Date: 2012-08-12 08:57 am (UTC)ie no miserable rapefic for people who want hea
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Date: 2012-08-12 09:07 am (UTC)Also, ew. I hope the cold clears up soon - that sounds like the anti-fun.
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Date: 2012-08-12 09:52 am (UTC)That being said, I think squicks are very important since they're squicks for a reason. I'm the type to leave a story as soon as I spot a squick and if it's a gift, it's probably a good idea to stay away from stuff your reader wouldn't read...
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Date: 2012-08-13 03:02 pm (UTC)You are quite right, I shall aim for a great story! That will excuse everything! (Bites fingers in horror that it will now end up being mediocre and show all the flaws. Woe!)
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Date: 2012-08-12 12:13 pm (UTC)My guess would be that the squicks are the most important things of all. Avoid them like....like snot.
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Date: 2012-08-13 03:15 pm (UTC)And yes, agree entirely.
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Date: 2012-08-12 02:08 pm (UTC)"Hey, Harry I got this new tattoo."
"What? WHY?"
"I felt like it. Pass the marmalade."
Yeah, no.
(I find it horrifying when people ignore the squicks. It's like the time my sister bought me a pile of lovely birthday presents - all in PASTEL PINK because she thought I had too much black in my wardrobe. *still shuddering after all these years*)
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Date: 2012-08-13 02:58 pm (UTC)And when I was 16, and a Goth in London, Mum sent me a pink knitted beech top. I wrote to tell her that she really hadn't visited for far too long.
And yes, your approach is the one I favour!
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Date: 2012-08-13 03:02 pm (UTC)Even my Barbies refused to wear pink. I just couldn't.
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Date: 2012-08-13 03:10 pm (UTC)And tell me about it … I am sort of relieved that this is the last year for hd_hols as I will be able to catch up on the last few years by about 2015 …
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Date: 2012-08-13 05:07 pm (UTC)We were lucky to have film in those days, yeah? *can relate* XD
Good luck with catching up, because Fan Fair is coming...
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Date: 2012-08-13 03:19 pm (UTC)At least it's mostly OK with the breathing in these days! And yes, I've heard it's really horrible, you poor thing!
Also, I have a card and little thingy here for you and have been meaning to post them for several weeks, but do not have your address. Help?
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Date: 2012-08-12 03:33 pm (UTC)sqicks r definitely more important
im on ipad so primitive typing-sorry
i think requesters are writers too and understand that if u try to write too much in a box u get crap
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Date: 2012-08-13 03:26 pm (UTC)And yes, I agree, though I can do bits of each of the prompts, so it's not so bad :-)
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Date: 2012-08-13 03:35 pm (UTC)And I've done something I've done before, which is to read through the requests and squicks carefully and start to get a really good idea, then skimmed the prompts and gone 'WOOHOO! THAT TOTALLY WORKS!', run off and written the idea down in a bit of detail, then gone back to read it and realised that it doesn't actually meet any single prompt in totality, more bits of each of them, which I hope will be OK! If not, I'll just hide throughout January after the reveals!
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Date: 2012-08-13 08:15 am (UTC)Take a bottle of slivovitz (my acquaintance used special slivovitz brewed only on this small island off the Dalmatian coast, that comes in clear, unlabelled bottles, but I feel that commercially-produced versions should be fine). Pour it into a saucepan with sugar to taste. Put the lid on the saucepan and boil the slivovitz. When it is boiling, lift the lid and inhale the resultant rocket fuel. Drink the slivovitz. This will clear your nasal passages (and possibly remove them altogether). You will also be very happy and sleep very well, unless you are allergic to alcohol, in which case you might die.
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Date: 2012-08-13 03:38 pm (UTC)Or, more, I barely drink these days (not enough spare brain left after too many whacks with the taxi) … I think the fumes would be enough to send me over the limit!
I have to say, the laugh from your description of it all cleared out a moderate amount of snot from coughing!