I think it is going to be one of those challenges that doesn't earn an overwhelming response, but you're going to get some quality work from those who *do* try it.
It is a tough challenge, both from the perspective of canon (and having to do research on some of the characters, as you pointed out!) and writing technique because there is a specific goal in mind; it is not just enough to slap together a drabble and call it a day. It requires thought and a good deal of effort.
Also, we have only 22 members (one of whom just joined!), so if only 2 people participate, that's close to 10%...pretty good, I think!
If 10% of HASA participated in a challenge, you'd get like 60-some entries! (I think HASA has ~600 members?)
I was going to send invites to everyone I could find who writes Silmarillion, but then I decided to lay low. Because I'd rather have a small group with mostly active members than a group numbering in the hundreds where the silence is deafening. Like Silmfics (no offense to Silmfics meant, of course, but the most action on that list came after I announced SWG and everyone was trying to prove that the list isn't dead!) And, for only numbering 22 people, we have shared an enormous amount of writing in the last two months!
::resisting urge to go on and on about SWG....::
Hey, I can't help it! It's kind of like how people show pictures of their grandkids ;)
I figured that word will get out. I am talking to new people all of the time, and once AMC goes into the public domain, I figure more people will join.
Okay, I'm *really* going to stop talking about AMC now! :D
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Re: CANON, ELVISH STYLE
Date: 2005-09-22 07:00 pm (UTC)It is a tough challenge, both from the perspective of canon (and having to do research on some of the characters, as you pointed out!) and writing technique because there is a specific goal in mind; it is not just enough to slap together a drabble and call it a day. It requires thought and a good deal of effort.
Also, we have only 22 members (one of whom just joined!), so if only 2 people participate, that's close to 10%...pretty good, I think!
If 10% of HASA participated in a challenge, you'd get like 60-some entries! (I think HASA has ~600 members?)
I was going to send invites to everyone I could find who writes Silmarillion, but then I decided to lay low. Because I'd rather have a small group with mostly active members than a group numbering in the hundreds where the silence is deafening. Like Silmfics (no offense to Silmfics meant, of course, but the most action on that list came after I announced SWG and everyone was trying to prove that the list isn't dead!) And, for only numbering 22 people, we have shared an enormous amount of writing in the last two months!
::resisting urge to go on and on about SWG....::
Hey, I can't help it! It's kind of like how people show pictures of their grandkids ;)
I figured that word will get out. I am talking to new people all of the time, and once AMC goes into the public domain, I figure more people will join.
Okay, I'm *really* going to stop talking about AMC now! :D
(How do you put up with me??)