prompts chatter

[inkvoices]

I'm still taking questions for the get to know your author meme if there's anything you want to ask me. I plan to write up a post with the answers at the weekend. In the meantime I am mulling them over!

And since the summer Prompathon at be_compromised is still taking prompts until the end of Sunday (nudge nudge, hint hint) I thought I'd ask you all about

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[kiss_me_cassie]

I suck at leaving prompts. SUCK. I just can't come up with more than a few vague words or feelings and then they're so vague that no one gets inspired or takes a gander at writing it

[inkvoices]

Vague can be good for inspiration though. Sometimes ones that are really specific don't do anything for me *shrugs*.

Yes, that, I don't see fills as gifts either but they give that thrill of 'yay, I inspired that' :) And I find writing prompt fills less stressful than exchanges too. But then I don't feel as driven to finish things, and I'm grafeful for some of the exchanges I've been in for the finished things I produced, so there's that *shrugs*.

[alphaflyer]

I love promptathons. I just wish I had more time ... *shakes self*

As for the prompts, I like leaving little snippets of dialogue for people to do something with -- usually they're little snippets of dialogue that I wish I had the time to turn into a story but don't, so I'm hoping someone else will. (This rather ego-centric approach also means I've ended up filling my own prompts once or twice, 'coz, you know, the inspiration was obviously already there... ) *blushes*

I like little one-line situational prompts, preferably if there's a wit to them. One of my favourite prompts was left by Frea_O, "Other SHIELD agents try to help Natasha and Clint's relationship along. They really shouldn't." Long, philosophical quotes, whole verses from some song or from a deep, meaningful poem don't do anything for me whatsoever (sorry, folks ...), mostly because they're just too ... I don't know. full? Limiting? Too little room left for my own imagination to hop, skip and jump.

And on that note, Imma gonna look at them prompts again ...

[inkvoices]

I just wish I had more time... Always.

I don't see a problem with filling my own prompts. It's like I let those plot bunnies go, off into the wild for someone else to claim, but then maybe through putting one into words or chatting about it with someone I just end up picking it back up again. Why do you think it's ego-centric? *is curious*

Oh, yes, prompts that have a twist/turn at the end, I love those and reading what people come with for them. I think because they read like a blurb for an already written fic? Or just it's that hook.