Hello all my fanfiction friends and readers. Its almost that time of year again (Christmas) which means everyone should be in the spirit of giving. That being said, I decided that I wanted to have a little fun with fanfiction and host a little fanfic secret santa event. Here are the rules and if you don't follow them then don't bother wasting my time and the time of all the others who choose to participate.
Procedure
1) I am going to leave this prompt open for exactly 1 week! So…you'll have until I get back home in 10 days to make your requests.
2) No more than TWO requests! (The ONLY way both your requests will be taken is if we have a small number of people participating.)
3) This is NOT a kink meme so none of that. The idea is for each writer to challenge themselves by producing a quality Christmas/New Year's theme for their Santa. You do not get to choose the rating. That is up to the writer of the fic.
El Rules
1) If you would like to play along, post a review to this "fic". In your review, request TWO pairings of your choice. Now when I say "pairing" I don't mean 3 somes and so forth. Just TWO male/male pairings. (That's right. SLASH only.)
2) Also include whether or not you prefer it to be happy or angsty. For example, the writer who ends up with your pairing might decide that character death is the best way to write a particular pairing. If you don't want one or both of the people in your pairing killed off, please state this.
Sample Form:
Nefatiri
Pairings: Michael Cole/JBL and Bret Hart/HHH
Character Death: Optional
Christmas or New Years: Doesn't matter
Canon or AU: Doesn't matter
Who Tops (Just in case): Cole and/or Doesn't matter
Willing or not willing to write: Will write
3) Most of the fics will probably be rated 'M' anyway but just in case, you should probably specify if you'd rather have a 'G' rated fic. But then, if you don't specify don't complain if your gift is rated G. It's a "gift" which means you should be happy someone took the time to type it.
4) I, as in the prompter of this challenge/prompt, will be choosing your Santas using a completely, nonbiased draw-a-number-out-of-a-hat system. That means you will probably end up with a pairing you don't particularly like. But you know what? That's part of the challenge! It will be forcing you out of your comfort zone. If you absolutely hate your pairing, remember it's not for YOU. It's a GIFT for someone else. That pairing may be rare or most often times horribly written. Here's your chance to give someone the only good writer fic about their favorite pairing. *Note: The only way I'll grant you a new pairing is if you have no idea who that wrestler is. If you have no idea who Bob Orton is, I'll let it slide but you cannot possibly tell me you don't know The Rock or Austin. I'll just laugh at your PM and take you out of the challenge.
5) I get the feeling Jeff Hardy's going to run this prompt. Therefore if three or more people request the same pairing only ONE fic will be written for all three people. I want some diversity. Plus, we don't have a lot of time left before Christmas and I want everyone to post their fics on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. I also want everyone to have enough to time to write a GOOD fic. It can be short and sweet but let's be real here. You want someone to take the time and do their best because anyone who knows me knows I NEVER half write my fics.
6) No TNA pairings unless they were former WWE stars. Why? Because there's a chance that whoever draws your name might not watch TNA enough to know who Chris Sabin or Hernandez is.
7) If you make a request, you don't necessarily have to participate in the writing part but be warned. There's a chance your fic might not get written. I'm going to start with people who are willing to write for the prompt. If I get more requests than writers then I'm going to randomly select a few prompts and hand them out.
8) You MUST have an account. No anonymous requests will be considered.
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- The next chapter that I post will be lists. The list will show the names of the "reviewers" and pairings that were requested. The list will also show the names of people willing to write. People who are writing will get PMs from me with the pairing (s) they are writing and a deadline. No, I will not be posting the stories. If you wrote it then you DESERVE credit for your work. Once the fic has been posted, the author must have a note at the top of their page (in the fic) stating who the fic was written for.
- I hope everyone reads ALL of the fics that come from this, even if you hate the pairing. Support the good writers who work hard in the wee hours of the morning producing quality fics that are so damn hard to find.
- FOLLOW THE RULES OR DIE!!!! No. You won't die but rather than go through a bunch of drama trying to make people listen, I'm just going to eliminate you from participating and get on with my life. I'm not trying to be a bitch but if you follow these simple rules/steps, it will make life easier on both our parts.
- ALERT THIS FIC! Why? So you can keep up with the updates to prompts. Duh!
- NO LATE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!! *Note: I reserve the right to make exceptions but I doubt I will.
- I plan to do this again (provided this goes smoothly) coming up to Valentine's Day so be on the look out for this very same prompt. I'll change the rules and whatnot but for the most part it'll be the same concept.
- More rules will be posted as I update this prompt. Writers, I'll be in touch within the next week or so.
- Please support each writer by reading their fics. I cannot stress this enough. If 10 people participate in this then each fic should have at least 9 reviews. This challenge is to help other good writers pick up new fans as well as give out Christmas fics in the event that this may be the only gift some of us receive. When you review give as much constructive criticism as you can. While having fun we are also going to help improve writing. We WILL make the wrestling slash writers the best in the world at what we do. ;)
- Be sure to tell your favorite writers to join and share with us their art that is writing.
Happy Christmas! Now let's get started!
~Nefatiri