Day 4 - 2020: Describe an experience using only somantic and sensory language

From this list.

“Write about a moment experienced through your body. Making love, making breakfast, going to a party, having a fight, an experience you’ve had or you imagine for your character. Leave out thought and emotion, and let all information be conveyed through the body and senses.” (A prompt from Barbara Abercrombie’s creative book Kicking In The Wall: A Year of Writing Exercises, Prompts and Quotes To Help You Break Through Your Blocks And Reach Your Writing Goals.)

I'm breathing in cold air, walking toward the door. I stop to look up at the sky. There is less light pollution here than back home. I lift my head until I feel the muscles in my neck stretch taut. I look at the stars. There is a streetlight to my back. Looking toward it, I see no stars. Looking over the roof of the house, I can see Orion on his side.

Snowflake Challenge 2020 #3

Challenge #3

Pimp Your Favorite Communities, Fests or Challenges! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

What makes fandom more fun is when more people get involved. Tell us where the party is. Or, if you’re stuck in a rut yourself and looking for things to get you out of it, peruse your fellow participant’s posts and see where they go. You never know where you might find your next fandom squee play place!

I'm more a follower than a leader when it comes to these types of things, but I'll try.

lands_of_magic

I wish I could be more involved, but I really enjoy lands_of_magic. Click the image below to sign up! I really loved the concept of a landcomm when I joined one before LJ fell to the wayside for the segments of fandom I was in. While I haven't interacted as much as I could have, doing these from time to time has been a great way for me to not feel like I have done nothing while I've been facing a general inability to write fic/participate in fic exchanges for the past six months or so. There are a large variety of challenges and often several ways to complete the challenges. In order to stay an active member once you join, you only have to complete two challenges per round (a period of several months), so it is pretty low-pressure and what-you-make-it. It also went on a hiatus between this round and the previous one and actually came back! So that's a vote of confidence.

If you choose to sign up tell them I (prixmium) referred you, please. ♥

npt_admin

In the past, I have really enjoyed participating in Not Primetime (administrative posts at npt_admin. I wasn't able to participate this past year, and it looks like it's possible that it will be a fest instead of an exchange next year. I've always enjoyed it because often my fandoms are somewhat too big for Yuletide but aren't megafandoms either, and that's the niche this exchange is meant to fill.

chocolateboxcomm and trickortreatex

If I'm not mistaken both chocolateboxcomm and trickortreatex are run by the same fan/mod? If any case, they are both similar exchanges. They have a word-count minimum at only 300 words and don't have fandom restrictions unless it's just poor-taste author veto, I assume. Chocolate Box's sign-ups are open now! Trick or TreatChocolate Box focuses on relationships primarily, be they gen or shippy, Trick or Treat has an element that you are going for a treat (something sweet, fluffy, or happy) or a trick (something with darker themes) and you can specify what you do or don't want with regard to that. The tiny word count is meant to encourage treat fics (in the sense of extra fics based on prompts that speak to you), so I think it's a great way to build your "portfolio" if you want while participating in the fannish community.