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Hello, fellow writers!

Poll #33657

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4

Was today a writing day?

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Yes
2 (50.0%)

No
1 (25.0%)

Kind of?
0 (0.0%)

It will be
1 (25.0%)

Today was a break; but tomorrow!
0 (0.0%)

One of my favorite ways of kickstarting the writing brain is to interact with a beloved piece of media. Especially one that makes you feel something! Whether it's a favorite story, novel, fanfic, visual art, movie, show, game, or anything else, just taking in storytelling you enjoy can do double duty as rest and inspiration.

So, visit one of those today! And please share with the class~ 👀👀

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Challenge 275
ONE MORE TRY

You’ve tried before, and it didn’t go well. Maybe something catastrophic went wrong, or maybe you just couldn’t quite pull it off. But whatever it is, it still needs to be done, and it’s your job to do it – so you need to give it one more try.

What are your characters trying to do? Why did they fail last time? Will they succeed this time, and what will it take?

Write a story about one more try.

BONUS GOAL: “Third time’s the charm.”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, September 29 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 275 – one more try
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #274 – Near-Death Experience!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 4181

Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those.

You may now post your Challenge 274 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!

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Title: Flames of the Heart
Fandom: Terraria
Pairings: The Mechanic/Goblin Tinkerer
Characters: Goblin Tinkerer
Rating: G
Length: 40 words
Summary: 3 sentence fic. The Goblin Tinkerer watches the Mechanic fight.

( Read more... )

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Title: Ridcully and the Stuck Drawer
Fandom: Discworld
Rating: G
Length: 600 words
Summary: Mustrum Ridcully does not believe in being thwarted by anything, not even a drawer

( I say we open it )

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Hello!

Poll #33653

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 5

Are ya writin', friends?

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Ye
3 (60.0%)

Nah
2 (40.0%)

Eh?
0 (0.0%)

...
0 (0.0%)

Today's discussion is a challenge:

If you have written today--Open the first WIP you find and write one (1) word.

If you have not written today--Open the first WIP you find and write one (1) word.

~~Yes, it's the same challenge, dw about it.~~

It doesn't have to stay in the final version. It doesn't need to make sense. Just add one word.

I believe in you!

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It's time to sign up for the October WIP challenge! Some people join the challenge mid month, or comment on check-in posts without signing up, which is fine -- I'm glad there's a way for the challenge to be useful in a variety of ways. For those of you who find the commitment of signing up useful, please leave a comment with the below information.

Sign-ups will be open until the end of October.

Level of challenge:

Fandom(s) involved:

What you're looking for from the challenge:

What you could offer other participants yourself:

How people should contact you:

Time zone:

Copypaste below:

The post for hosting the daily check-in is here and thanks to everyone who helps out with this. If you're interested in helping out and there are still slots available the post remains open until the last week of the month and we generally run our week Sunday to Saturday, I'm happy to chat via PM on DW for anyone who might need it.

If you have ever completed a fic through this challenge we have a collection on AO3 and on SquidgeWorld both collections are open and unmoderated. Should there be an issue with adding a work, let me know and I'll see if there's a fix for it.

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I think these dates are right, I have double checked but in case there's a goof...

Week 1: 5th to 11th
Week 2: 12th to 18th
Week 3: 19th to 25th
Week 4: 26th to 1st

linaewen

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Hello, friends! I hope your writing day was more productive than mine!

Poll #33650

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 5

The writing, friends. Was it productive?

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Of course it was! (genuine)
3 (60.0%)

...Of course it was! (lie)
1 (20.0%)

Let's not get lost in the weeds of "productivity" here
1 (20.0%)

It was a break and/or life day and that's fine!
1 (20.0%)

Umami...the fifth answer.
1 (20.0%)

If there's one thing I've learned from a life with chronic illnesses, it's that daily energy is not constant, no matter what we do. Some days you can do a lot, and some days just making it to the next day is a lot. Writing is like that, too.

And sometimes, even when you have the energy for writing and no other tasks that need to get done instead, you still just don't want to write. And that's OK, too. Our brains need rest the same as our bodies. Besides, when you come back to your writing, you'll be that much fresher and eager to do it.

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Here are the entries for this week's challenge:

( List of entries )

In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (all three spots) in order to be counted. First place votes are worth 3 points, second place votes are worth 2 points, and third place votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.

When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:

First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Second Place: 88. Another Fic Title
Third Place: 47. Finally a third fic title goes here

Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.

Voting closes Wednesday, September 24, at 9:00PM EST.

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Theme Prompt: #274 – Near-Death Experience
Title: The Rotting
Fandom: Mexican Gothic
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 / Vomiting, fungal body horror, violent illness
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 692
Summary: Noemí struggles to recover from the assimilation with the gloom.

( Read more! )

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Theme Prompt: #274 - Near-Death Experience
Title: Silenced
Fandom: Control
Rating/Warnings: PG-13, spoilers
Bonus: No
Word Count: 945
Summary: It's been a week since the expedition, and Trench still isn't talking.

( Silenced )

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Title: From Worst To Better
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Established Relationship, Injured Rocker
Summary: This was the best.
Word Count: 2,697

( From Worst To Better )

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Hello, hello!

Poll #33647

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4

How has your writing day gone?

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It went well!
3 (75.0%)

It went not so well.
0 (0.0%)

Boy, it sure went!
1 (25.0%)

A far more complex and nuanced answer...
0 (0.0%)

Forgive me a few moments of astrology talk, but I promise it's leading somewhere.

Today was a partial solar eclipse (not visible in my part of the world, but holy cats, was it felt!) and the astro-weather has been, uh... well, it's been! And when you're in these kinds of times where brains might be buzzing less with ideas and more with static, it's important to give yourself grace if you're not "as productive" as you want to be, however that looks to you.

So make sure you take time to rest! If you've written anything at all today, congrats! Celebrate it and take some time to decompress. If writing hasn't happened at all today, that's fine! Read over a piece of your writing you're proud of (whether finished or a WIP) and do something fun as a reward for being kind to yourself.

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Title: A Difficult Decision
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dr Paul Jordan.
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Vortex and Atlanteum.
Summary: Dr Paul Jordan has a difficult decision to make – let the Atlanteans send him back to his own time, or wait for his son to arrive in Atlanteum so they can return home together.
Word Count: 756
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 492: Wrench.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.

( A Difficult Decision... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

m_findlow posting in

Theme Prompt: #274 - Near-death experience
Title: Close to the bone
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: M. Contains suicide ideation.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto is grappling with the trauma of what it really means to be a Torchwood field agent.

( Read more... )

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Our new challenge is:

WRENCH

As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, 1st October. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.

All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.

You can view stats for

fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details. (Three cheers for

treonb! *\o/*)

Also, keep an eye out for the next

ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the

ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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fadedwings
Riddle/Transformation/Identity: Harry Potter: Wallpaper: Tom Riddle's Shattered Identity by

The Riddle challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

The Iliad: Fanfic: Riddled by

drabblewriter
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: HQ Fun by

darkjediqueen
Original: Poetry: What Am I? by

smallhobbit
The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Mysterious Messenger by

badly_knitted
Marvel Comics: Fanfic: The Coffee Riddle by

infinitum_noctem
Anne of Green Gables: Fanfic: making the obvious into riddles (I will always love you) by

bluedreaming
Star Trek: Fanvid: The Riddle of a Federation Crew by

treonb
Guardian: fic: Experiments in Dynamic Translation by

china_shop
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Unaffected by

veronyxk84
Original: Poetry: little pig little pig by

teaotter
Torchwood: Fanfic: Target practice by

m_findlow
DC Comics: Fanfic: Incredibly Annoying by

rivulet027
White Collar : fanfic : Morning by

highlander_ii
Soapuppies: Art: riddle me this :3 by

himejoshiheart

Also, congratulations to those who earned badges and name tags this round:

teaotter earned the 25 Challenge Streak (SILVER)!

\o/ \o/ \o/

Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.

The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.

Next challenge coming right up.

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Fandom: Soapuppies
Rating: G
Notes: text added with imgflip. i added the trans flag background just because i was scared imgflip would make it nontransparent
Summary: rock eater

( the silly :3 )

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