Mod Note

[playersofthedasmod]

Hello everyone! First, apologies for the late prompt, that may occasionally happen during the upcoming holiday season but I will try to be as prompt (ahem) as possible.

Second, we've reached our 10th prompt and I'd like to request feedback on ways to improve the community and encourage participation. Any suggestions are welcome, no matter how much they depart from our current setup. At this stage I am open to all ideas, including closing the community if there is not current interest in a prompt community for developing player characters.

I think the community may benefit from a more narrowed focus. "Any fanwork" is a broad category designed to encourage participation from many different types of creators, but personally I've found having to work within more narrow confines (such as limited word count) spurs creativity. 

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Comments

[playersofthedasmod]

Thank you for those suggestions. I can see the merits of streamlined prompts vs. more specific ones. Even broadening a prompt like "lock-picking" to "theft" adds opportunities (emotional theft/stealing one's heart, for example).

I will look into having time limits and amnesty. If anyone else finds that type of setup useful feel free to chime in.

[maramcreates]

I second phdfan's suggestions. I was able to work with the prompts in their posted form, but found that I had to loosely interpret them (for example, I know that knitting isn't actually a vice in the literal sense, but I still used it for "Everyone has a Vice"). I'm cool with continuing to do that though, if that's what works best for others.

[jaininae]

I like the idea of a time limit because it forces me to think about the prompt daily in order to get it in on time, which is something I have a problem with. I've started 4 other prompts for this comm, 2 art pieces, and 2 writing pieces, with 1 maybe worth posting in its current form. The others are a bit too sketchy to let anyone see. I'm cool with posting WIPs but these are kinda shameful.

If you need another place to advertise you could try the people over at the dragon age reverse big bang. The amount of writers participating is quite large (like 80 ppl) so that might be worth checking out.

[playersofthedasmod]

I'm the same way, deadlines help me stay motivated and prioritize what I'm working on. I'm looking at examples in other communities and thinking about how many rounds we'd have before an amnesty round.