Assignments: I like the way they are done now, in secret.
Participation: Just because someone can write a drabble, doesn't mean they can write a story. (Or maybe they can write a story, but not a drabble or get 'test' anxiety). I think having some trusted backup authors in a pool is good. Move the final confirmation date up a week or so...if you don't have a story or a story start by say, 2 weeks before the deadline, start lining up a back up. (The authors could just send in a title page and a paragraph or two to show they've started?)
To those that wimp out. PUBLIC HUMILIATION. Seriously. Don't keep their names secret. Put them on a public blacklist. (Only for the ones who disappear or lead you on til the last day, then duck out--unless they have a really really good reason, which would be at the admins' discretion.)
The yahoo list is ...okay, but I like the website and LJ better. Maybe the admins could save themselves some hassle if they did the website, then posted for each author in the LJ. (Like...Fim posts my story with the Title, author and recipient in the subject line, then instead of the story, just a link to the story on the website.) That way, people without LJs get posted in one spot, and if others are like me, I like to read on LJ better than other places. Plus, tag or use memories and you have a back up of the website.
Content: 1200 words seems common, maybe switch the fandoms from year to year? (Keep lotr as the constant, then try qaf or another in may and something else in dec?)
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Date: 2007-02-02 02:48 am (UTC)Participation: Just because someone can write a drabble, doesn't mean they can write a story. (Or maybe they can write a story, but not a drabble or get 'test' anxiety). I think having some trusted backup authors in a pool is good. Move the final confirmation date up a week or so...if you don't have a story or a story start by say, 2 weeks before the deadline, start lining up a back up. (The authors could just send in a title page and a paragraph or two to show they've started?)
To those that wimp out. PUBLIC HUMILIATION. Seriously. Don't keep their names secret. Put them on a public blacklist. (Only for the ones who disappear or lead you on til the last day, then duck out--unless they have a really really good reason, which would be at the admins' discretion.)
The yahoo list is ...okay, but I like the website and LJ better. Maybe the admins could save themselves some hassle if they did the website, then posted for each author in the LJ. (Like...Fim posts my story with the Title, author and recipient in the subject line, then instead of the story, just a link to the story on the website.) That way, people without LJs get posted in one spot, and if others are like me, I like to read on LJ better than other places. Plus, tag or use memories and you have a back up of the website.
Content: 1200 words seems common, maybe switch the fandoms from year to year? (Keep lotr as the constant, then try qaf or another in may and something else in dec?)