ADMIN: Amnesty 2006!
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sga_flashficYes, it's our end of the year wrap up--write for ANY--yes, ANY!!--of our previous challenges! Missed the Harlequin Challenge back in the day? Go for it! Never finished that Mission Report? Hey, we accept late paperwork. Interested the Seven Deadly Sins? We're gluttonous for them. And there's always the classic 38 Minutes challenge: write a story in 38 minutes and turn it in!
Please note for the reader what challenge you're writing for, and now, with our new tags system, you can DOUBLY TAG it: tag it Amnesty 2006 as well as by challenge name. You can find a complete list of challenges here or in the sidebar of the main![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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We'll run Amnesty through the end of the year; new challenges will begin on January 1, 2007.
Please note for the reader what challenge you're writing for, and now, with our new tags system, you can DOUBLY TAG it: tag it Amnesty 2006 as well as by challenge name. You can find a complete list of challenges here or in the sidebar of the main
sga_flashfic page.We'll run Amnesty through the end of the year; new challenges will begin on January 1, 2007.
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Date: 2006-12-10 01:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-10 08:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-10 09:07 am (UTC)--- can be, for instance, a doghouse, a camel, a hairbrush, an eggbeater, a robot, a backhoe, etc... any wacky old thing. :D
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Date: 2006-12-10 09:11 pm (UTC)You could put a twist on it: Use some item in an unusual but perfectly valid way. Or how about a challenge in which an item appears in a context you wouldn't normally find it, and is not named so the reader has to guess? For example, it was independently developed by a culture for some use, or a scientist or engineer or soldier is using it because there's nothing purpose-built for some need. That could be a lot of fun especially if it doesn't have to be critical to the story, just a facet of it. Also, it doesn't have to strictly be an Earth item, just be a lot like one. That would allow for stories in which a Lantian is able to supply an Earth item that is a good replacement.
It's a good writing challenge too: Can you mention the use of an item without boring or bewildering the reader?
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Date: 2006-12-12 04:17 am (UTC)Well, I did assume that people would not be attempting to write uninteresting stories. I mean, if the item chosen was a hairbrush, I hardly expected the quality writers on this list to turn out 30 stories about people fixing their hair. ;D
But yeah, I am new to the whole fanfic list thing, so I'm sorry for the unoriginal idea. Though I still think it could be interesting if the item were something very unusual.
I do like the secret guess-the-item idea you mentioned. Or how about a MacGuyver or Rube Goldberg challenge, using random household items (household for Atlantis, anyway) to construct something new.
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Date: 2006-12-12 04:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-12-10 01:41 pm (UTC)question...
Date: 2006-12-10 01:42 pm (UTC)Re: question...
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Date: 2006-12-11 01:54 am (UTC)Thanks for the clarification. :-D
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Date: 2006-12-13 02:13 am (UTC)Just wanted to check - seems like anything and everything (within reason) is welcome here so long as it is posted properly, at least 100 words and answers the challenge.
Just to check - Crossovers are fine as well? I can't remember seeing any...
ADMIN
Date: 2006-12-13 06:14 am (UTC)Have a blast!
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Date: 2006-12-15 08:16 am (UTC)Just wanted to ask, where is that picture in your awesome icon from?
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Date: 2006-12-15 12:12 pm (UTC)For a definitive answer, check out the icon maker's post (and some alternate text) HERE (http://brendanm720.livejournal.com/102962.html#cutid1). Credit if you swipe and tell him I sent you if you comment, we're old friends. :D
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Date: 2006-12-18 08:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-12-25 10:04 pm (UTC)ADMIN
Date: 2006-12-26 04:25 am (UTC)(and yay! yay! yay! oh yay!)
Re: ADMIN
Date: 2006-12-27 04:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-29 06:11 am (UTC)ADMIN
Date: 2006-12-30 05:48 am (UTC)a) put them in one post with
b) separate cut tags for each and;
c) tag the post with all the tags for the challenges that you do!
I hope that's not too difficult; we want to make sure people FIND the short-shorts without feeling deluged in them!
(Thanks so much for your consideration in asking! We appreciate it!)
Re: ADMIN
Date: 2006-12-30 01:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-30 07:36 am (UTC)My story here (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/474688.html) was tagged amnesty ii. I'm assuming that was by mistake. I added the tag amnesty 2006, but I don't know how to delete the amnesty ii tag. Is that restricted to admin access, or am I just horribly untalented that way?
And a challenge suggestion: What about a Missing Persons challenge? This could be the conventional MIA interpretation, or perhaps a more sci-fi missing in time/space thing, or an introspective missing-someone-in-my-life sort of way. I would also be curious about the persons 'missing' from the scripts; e.g. what happened to Sora after "The Eye"? and Torrell after "Condemned"? What about that Wraith/Human community; did they actually die?
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Date: 2006-12-30 05:14 pm (UTC)2) I love the idea of a missing persons' challenge, though like me, my guess is that John's first thought would be the early 80s band. *G*
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Date: 2006-12-30 10:04 pm (UTC)2) o_O Music's not my thing; I would never have thought of that in a million years. Lol! (Hm, would you write a story if it was John going missing in time to the 80s?)
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Date: 2006-12-31 02:46 am (UTC)Re: ADMIN
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Date: 2007-01-02 01:06 am (UTC)Re: ADMIN
Date: 2007-01-02 09:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-31 03:33 am (UTC)It made me ponder a challenge with such possibilities as the Earth Human crew on Atlantis similarly catalog the Ancient items they find, the non Earth people do it for stuff the Earth people bring to Atlantis, or what they see on Earth when they visit, etc. Or possibly just a general 'misinterpretation/miscommunication' challenge. Catalog entries, though, could be a neat graphic/text combo like the post secret challenge.
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Date: 2007-01-01 02:17 pm (UTC)ADMIN
Date: 2007-01-01 11:19 pm (UTC)Re: ADMIN
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