Snowflake Challenge: Day 5

[quietmoon]

Day 5: In your own space, promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them.

I have so many recs of cool stuff online that I definitely had to put a filter on this to narrow them down. I won't include prompt/bingo fanfic communities but I quickly wanted to shine a light on them because I adore them; I have a bunch linked here so please peruse at your leisure and maybe find some that click with you!

wordcounts: I'm sure it's been recced to high water (does that saying even work in this context) but I, along with a lot of others, really love getyourwordsout  for longterm writing challenges and goals. The community of writers is very relaxed and drop-in drop-out which I appreciate, and after four years I can't imagine not doing it ever again.

word sprints: without a doubt this one has to go to myWriteClub which has been my go-to for writing with friends online. The small (easily privatised) wordcount bars and graphs for various projects on your profile are also really fun when you have a specific wordcount in mind to meet.

inspiration: for me the initial brainstorming phase of any project is filled with collecting various snips of inspiration (songs, locations, colour palletes...) and I use Padlet to collect them all in one place. I love the customisable interface, the simple but effective functionality, and how much it feels exactly like a digital corkboard.

muse: I was initially going to rec I Wrote This For You but upon reflection, I think I prefer my inspiration tumblr where I put the things that stand out to me. It's essentially my personal inspiration fodder, I love everything on there. Some of the posts on there might speak to you as well.

extra (a shy writer's lifeline): the anonymous community on ao3 is such a safety net for me. I've struggled a lot in the past with posting publically (and in a lot of ways still do). After some bad experiences in fandom that I'd rather not think about, I became terrified of my writing being associated with me and have jumped from account to account since. I wish I'd found this earlier so I hadn't had to orphan so much fic, but what's done is done ヾ(｡﹏｡)ﾉ Anyway, linking it here might help someone who needs it the way it helped me. I think a lot of the pleasure of writing fic is getting to share it with like-minded people, and if one can only achieve that under anonimity (temporary or permanent), I think that's more power to them. 

I'm not very social in fandom right now, so few (if any) of these utilise features that facilitate meaningful interaction. Sorry about that. Hopefully the links are still interesting, one way or another!

Comments

Snowflake Challenge 2019

[oldtoadwoman]

Oh, cool! Thanks for sharing! I hadn't heard of myWriteClub before, but I like the idea of it. I'm going to try it out.

Re: Snowflake Challenge 2019

[quietmoon]

I'm glad you found something new! There's a global sprint room for when you just want to have at it, but you can make infinite (as far as I know) personal sprint rooms where only people who know the link can join. Or if you aren't much of a sprinter, I think just the project tracking functionality is quite cute on it's own. I hope you find it helpful!

Re: Snowflake Challenge 2019

[oldtoadwoman]

I definitely like to have that sense of accomplishment of "Look what I did today!" (even if sometimes I know I could have done better)

Re: Snowflake Challenge 2019

[quietmoon]

I'm the same way ヾ(＾∇＾) my account is https://www.mywriteclub.com/beta/writers/tdbk if you'd like to be mutuals on there! i'm not super active with public goals but there's one or two on there if that's your cup of tea.