Post-reveal discussion

[dark_administrator]

We're thinking about this challenge and community, and what its future might look like, and to do that we'd like to know how the experience so far has been.

So now that authors are revealed, how did your participation in the Dark Agenda Challenge go?
What thoughts do you have about it?
How did it change your yuletide experience?
What suggestions would you have for your future self doing this next year (or next ficathon)?
Any tips and tricks you'd like to share with the rest of us? (Here's one - a good source for suitable character names is local newspapers from the region.)

What problems or frustrations did you have, either while writing, or tagging, or reading? What trends (disturbing or pleasant), did you you notice?

Would you do it again next year?

Comments

[devilc]

How did your participation in the Dark Agenda Challenge go?
I had a blast. Then again, my participation was a "two birds, one stone" sort of deal.

What thoughts do you have about it?

It's a fun and worthwhile challenge.

How did it change your yuletide experience?

I had to remember to tag my fic as Dark Agenda, but that's about it.

What suggestions would you have for your future self doing this next year (or next ficathon)?

Nothing, beyond remembering that if I write a story that's eligible, to tag it properly.


Any tips and tricks you'd like to share with the rest of us?

Eligible fandoms/prompts might be right in front of you.

What problems or frustrations did you have, either while writing, or tagging, or reading? What trends (disturbing or pleasant), did you you notice?

The frustration of writing for my primary recipient is that her prompt asked me to essentially re-do a story I'd already written. So, I struggled with that.

I also discovered that I'm the only person in the fandom who thought to write from the CoC's POV. I got a comment that that was really refreshing. (Thing of it is, I identify more with the CoC in that fandom more than the white character.)

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ETA: After thinking on this most of the night, I don't know if I'll ever write in a non-contemporary non-western fandom. For a variety of reasons I just don't feel comfortable doing so.

And for contemporary non-western fandoms, I'd have to know the canon excruciatingly well to feel comfortable doing so.