Snowflake Challenge 2018, Day 1

[pensnest]

Day 1

In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


I like to participate in the Snowflake Challenge, and I've tried to do so in the past—although due to my erratic tagging behaviour, I can't really tell how assiduous I've been. It's a chance to reconnect with my fannishness. Not really with my fandom, because the fandom of my heart is still popslash, and although it has a splendid resurgence every December with the Make The Yuletide Gay fic exchange challenge, it's otherwise pretty much gone. But with my fannishness, because I love fandom in general, and even without the joy of my own wonderful fandom, it's good to stay in touch with what other fans are doing.

I'm not sure what I hope to accomplish this year. Writing a bit more in this journal is one thing, and the Snowflake Challenge is always good for that as it provides the necessary prompt. That's one of the things fandom is really good at—providing writing prompts. And as I know very well, it's easier to write today when I wrote yesterday, and easier to write tomorrow when I write today.

Comments

[karanguni]

/supports this writing more plan!

[winterlover]

Great to hear from you again. I‘ll also try to write more.

[frausorge]

That is v. true re fandom as a source of prompts!

[pensnest]

I should think at least 90% of my popslash stories were written for challenges or prompts from other fans. Probably at least 95%.

[sperrywink]

Well, if you encourage me, I might be swayed to write more JC fic this coming year. I definitely am in a JC mood still. SO you can have some company in your popslashiness. *g*

And I'm so glad you stay in fandom despite the decline of Popslash. You enrich my fandom life every time you post and I enjoy your thoughts on things.

[pensnest]

More JC fic would be very welcome indeed! And there seems to be no particular reason why he cannot cross over into other fan-worthy realms, either.

[turps]

I think you need to go give Kimberly many JC prompts while she's in the mood!

I agree, having prompts each day does make posting easier. I do enjoy all the activity on my flist this time of year.

[turlough]

That's very true about fandom and prompts. I'll keep my fingers crossed it will work for you this year!