Prompts

[gwyn]

I've been trying to fill the prompts people left me a few weeks ago in my DW. I've only managed to do two so far, but I hope I can do at least one this weekend if not two; sorry it's taken so long, it's just been work busy and other things busy and I'm trying to beat the VVC deadline as well.

I'll try to update this post as I get more. I never know what to do with these things, though--I think they're all going to be pretty short, so it seems like maybe consolidating them would be good, that last time I posted all the kissing commentfics separately and I don't know if that's just irritating, especially if you're subscribed to someone's page. So I haven't done anything except post the little memorial day ficlet to my AO3 page because that wasn't for a prompt.

I'm still open to prompts, too, if you're interested. Links so far:

Bucky rediscovering something he enjoys | on Tumblr (with some changes)
Did Sam and Bucky try to talk Steve out of the Beetle

Comments

[sholio]

I never know what to do with these things, though

This is, I have to admit, one thing Tumblr is good for. XD It's quick and easy, and people expect short fic there, so you tend to get a relatively good response once you've posted a number of them and built up a following - a few likes and a reblog or two, at least.

[kore]

Yeah, but if you're not on Tumblr (I'm not really) and you miss it, it's hard to find again, since Tumblr's search is for shit, and people do tag their fics, but it's still really easy to miss stuff. :-/ //vastly prefers AO3 even if the search there isn't that great either

[kore]

I liked seeing all the kissing commentfics! I don't think people mind if they're posted separately, maybe in a series? That's how I've seen a lot of people do it.

[ratcreature]

Some people get disgruntled either way. Like I've seen complaints about several ficlets being collated as chapters, and others dislike really short works being posted as individual stories. Just do what makes most organizational sense to you.

Because AO3 doesn't offer different categories according to how "polished" something is (unlike deviantArt for example, which has a regular "gallery" and then a "scraps" section, and when you subscribe to someone you can choose whether you want to see their "scraps" or only be notified for things posted to the gallery), I post my quick prompt drawbles as "chapters" on AO3 because otherwise they would totally swamp my works listing, and obscure things I'd prefer to have more exposure. But some people dislike bundling like that.

[mackiemesser.livejournal.com]

You managed to pack a lot of characterization into these small stories!