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Summer Quodo event poll
Sorry for all the posts and activities here recently, but in addition to the Quodo in Every Episode event constantly going on in the background, I am also once again going to run a summer Quodo event with a timeline of around mid-April to the end of August. Like last year, please help me pick which event you'd like me to run!
Explanations on each of these below the cut:
Option #1: Ship week
Here, the event would be a Quodo ship week most likely in mid August. Basically, the way a ship week works is that there is a designated week for posting fanworks for a ship, where each day in the week is associated with a prompt (or maybe two prompts, to give people choice). The last day in the week is usually a free choice day. Basically, it's a way to have a concentrated burst of fanworks for a pairing, and you can see the different ways people interpreted each prompt, and it's also kind of a team effort? Or you can treat it as a challenge to try to post one thing each day -- it's completely up to you how many days/prompts you fill.
The event will start by me collecting some prompt suggestions, holding a vote on them, and selecting a week's worth of prompts and publishing the list of prompts for each day. Then people make as many fanworks as they would like for the themes and post their work on the appropriate day.
Proposed timeline:
April: Collect prompts
May: Vote on prompts and release prompt list
Jun-Aug: Creation period
August: The ship week
Option #2: Collab event
For this event, basically, you would get paired with another Quodo fan and the goal would be to collaborate in order to produce a fanwork or a pair of fanworks. What a "fanwork collaboration" means can vary a lot and depends on what the members of the group are interested in (basically, when signing up, you would specify your preferences for the type of collab you would be interested in, and these preferences will be taken into account when I do the matching).
Here are some types of collaboration, roughly in order from least amount of coordination/cooperation to most amount of coordination:
1) Writing/creating to the same prompt/idea: Basically, the coordination happens at the beginning of the project with the two members agreeing on a general idea/prompt to work with, and then both members go off and create and share what they made at the end. This way you get two unique takes on the same idea. Very little coordination involved.
2) One person creates work inspired by/complementary to the other's: Here, the creators collaborate in order to produce a pair of related works -- first, one work is produced and then the second work is made in relation to that work. This could be the second creator's take on the same idea -- a remix/retelling/redraw of the original work, or an illustration for a fic or a fic inspired by art, etc. (It's also possible for both people to each create an original work and then swap, although this is more time-consuming and may not work with people's time.) This requires a bit more coordination, maybe sharing early drafts or handing work off by a deadline.
3) Collaborating on the same fanwork: This option involves two people working together to produce a single work. You can choose to do this however you like -- for example, with fic, maybe you swap the writer every few paragraphs, or do it roleplay style with each person writing one character. With art, maybe one artist does lineart and then hands it off to the other person to color (or both artists each do lineart and then send to the other to do the coloring). Hard mode!
You can treat this event like a bang or reverse bang if you like by using option (2). A bang is where someone writes a (long) fic (doesn't have to be long for this event) and they get an artist who illustrates it or provides some other kind of art or complementary fanwork (could be headers/graphics for the fic, podfic, etc.). A reverse bang is the opposite -- an artist comes up with a piece of art (maybe a sketch) and a fic writer crafts a fic around that piece of art.
There would be periodic check-ins just to see if there are any members/groups that have gone inactive and which might require reassignment to a new group.
The sign-up form would collect things like:
- What fanwork medium you would prefer or are planning to work in.
- What type of collabs you're open to.
- What type(s) of fanworker (fic writer, artist, etc.) you would prefer to work or not work with.
- How often you would like to check in.
Proposed timeline:
Apr/May: Sign-ups and matching
Jun-Aug: Creation period
August: Work reveals (in pairs)
Option #3: WIP-finishing/motivation event
I ran this one last year, and would definitely be happy to run it again if there's interest! The purpose of this event would be to provide motivation/company/social pressure to finish a longer/more ambitious sort of project. People can sign up with a new or existing project they would like to complete by the deadline, and then they would use the work period to see if they can finish the work, in the company of others doing the same. It's called a WIP-finishing event, but really, any project is allowed even if it's brand new. That said, this event might be useful for projects you've been meaning to get around to for a long time and haven't, or intimidating projects a bit beyond your skill level so far. Any media is allowed -- fic, art, comics, podfic, vids, meta, crafts, etc.
The plan would be to use a very similar timeline as last year (although I'm happy to adjust the deadlines or format if anyone has suggestions for improvement!). Like last year, sign-ups would open in April and remain open throughout the work period. The main work period is May through July and then the posting period is in August. However, August is just when *something* has to be posted by; there is also a long posting period afterward in case people have a work they'd like to post gradually in installments. Works are advertised in August and then a masterlist of all works is posted in November (or after all works have finished posting, if that point is earlier).
The sign-up form would collect things like:
- Your name and name/description of project
- (Optional) Progress so far and projected length/time commitment of project.
- (Optional) Goals you would like to have hit by certain check-ins.
It would be fine to drop projects at any time.
Proposed timeline:
Apr/May: Sign-ups.
May-Jul: Creation period, with optional check-ins at the beginning of Jun/Jul/Aug.
August: Posting date sign-ups, followed by work posting and promos.
November: Work posting deadline. Final wrap-up/celebration and masterlist.
Which one would you be most interested in? Let me know!
Poll #32910 Quodo summer event poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 3
Which event should I run in the middle of this year (~April to August)?
Ship week
2 (66.7%)
Collab event
1 (33.3%)
WIP-finishing/motivation event
0 (0.0%)
No preference
0 (0.0%)
Explanations on each of these below the cut:
Option #1: Ship week
Here, the event would be a Quodo ship week most likely in mid August. Basically, the way a ship week works is that there is a designated week for posting fanworks for a ship, where each day in the week is associated with a prompt (or maybe two prompts, to give people choice). The last day in the week is usually a free choice day. Basically, it's a way to have a concentrated burst of fanworks for a pairing, and you can see the different ways people interpreted each prompt, and it's also kind of a team effort? Or you can treat it as a challenge to try to post one thing each day -- it's completely up to you how many days/prompts you fill.
The event will start by me collecting some prompt suggestions, holding a vote on them, and selecting a week's worth of prompts and publishing the list of prompts for each day. Then people make as many fanworks as they would like for the themes and post their work on the appropriate day.
Proposed timeline:
April: Collect prompts
May: Vote on prompts and release prompt list
Jun-Aug: Creation period
August: The ship week
Option #2: Collab event
For this event, basically, you would get paired with another Quodo fan and the goal would be to collaborate in order to produce a fanwork or a pair of fanworks. What a "fanwork collaboration" means can vary a lot and depends on what the members of the group are interested in (basically, when signing up, you would specify your preferences for the type of collab you would be interested in, and these preferences will be taken into account when I do the matching).
Here are some types of collaboration, roughly in order from least amount of coordination/cooperation to most amount of coordination:
1) Writing/creating to the same prompt/idea: Basically, the coordination happens at the beginning of the project with the two members agreeing on a general idea/prompt to work with, and then both members go off and create and share what they made at the end. This way you get two unique takes on the same idea. Very little coordination involved.
2) One person creates work inspired by/complementary to the other's: Here, the creators collaborate in order to produce a pair of related works -- first, one work is produced and then the second work is made in relation to that work. This could be the second creator's take on the same idea -- a remix/retelling/redraw of the original work, or an illustration for a fic or a fic inspired by art, etc. (It's also possible for both people to each create an original work and then swap, although this is more time-consuming and may not work with people's time.) This requires a bit more coordination, maybe sharing early drafts or handing work off by a deadline.
3) Collaborating on the same fanwork: This option involves two people working together to produce a single work. You can choose to do this however you like -- for example, with fic, maybe you swap the writer every few paragraphs, or do it roleplay style with each person writing one character. With art, maybe one artist does lineart and then hands it off to the other person to color (or both artists each do lineart and then send to the other to do the coloring). Hard mode!
You can treat this event like a bang or reverse bang if you like by using option (2). A bang is where someone writes a (long) fic (doesn't have to be long for this event) and they get an artist who illustrates it or provides some other kind of art or complementary fanwork (could be headers/graphics for the fic, podfic, etc.). A reverse bang is the opposite -- an artist comes up with a piece of art (maybe a sketch) and a fic writer crafts a fic around that piece of art.
There would be periodic check-ins just to see if there are any members/groups that have gone inactive and which might require reassignment to a new group.
The sign-up form would collect things like:
- What fanwork medium you would prefer or are planning to work in.
- What type of collabs you're open to.
- What type(s) of fanworker (fic writer, artist, etc.) you would prefer to work or not work with.
- How often you would like to check in.
Proposed timeline:
Apr/May: Sign-ups and matching
Jun-Aug: Creation period
August: Work reveals (in pairs)
Option #3: WIP-finishing/motivation event
I ran this one last year, and would definitely be happy to run it again if there's interest! The purpose of this event would be to provide motivation/company/social pressure to finish a longer/more ambitious sort of project. People can sign up with a new or existing project they would like to complete by the deadline, and then they would use the work period to see if they can finish the work, in the company of others doing the same. It's called a WIP-finishing event, but really, any project is allowed even if it's brand new. That said, this event might be useful for projects you've been meaning to get around to for a long time and haven't, or intimidating projects a bit beyond your skill level so far. Any media is allowed -- fic, art, comics, podfic, vids, meta, crafts, etc.
The plan would be to use a very similar timeline as last year (although I'm happy to adjust the deadlines or format if anyone has suggestions for improvement!). Like last year, sign-ups would open in April and remain open throughout the work period. The main work period is May through July and then the posting period is in August. However, August is just when *something* has to be posted by; there is also a long posting period afterward in case people have a work they'd like to post gradually in installments. Works are advertised in August and then a masterlist of all works is posted in November (or after all works have finished posting, if that point is earlier).
The sign-up form would collect things like:
- Your name and name/description of project
- (Optional) Progress so far and projected length/time commitment of project.
- (Optional) Goals you would like to have hit by certain check-ins.
It would be fine to drop projects at any time.
Proposed timeline:
Apr/May: Sign-ups.
May-Jul: Creation period, with optional check-ins at the beginning of Jun/Jul/Aug.
August: Posting date sign-ups, followed by work posting and promos.
November: Work posting deadline. Final wrap-up/celebration and masterlist.
Which one would you be most interested in? Let me know!