Re: Eric & Calleigh Thread #29: slkdjfhaslsjkdfhksajhkjhsdfomg!!!!!!!1
The first part of my smut fic already incorporates five of those elements in Kaz's first post (if you accept that what they did fits into the category of "massage"). I guess that means I don't have to write another one! Besides, I need to work on my existing WIPs and an RV story I've wanted to write for a while.
(For the record, I probably will end up participating in this challenge; I just need to complain about it on a daily basis to achieve anything.)
I'm raining on everyone's parade here, but personally, I've never found kissing in the rain romantic in the least. Rain is so... wet and cold and gross-smelling when it gets into your hair and clothes. I do not want to be sucking rainwater off somebody else's face, in any case. Though EC can make anything sound appealing (except fisting, because nobody can make fisting sound appealing), so by all means, write it! And I will probably enjoy it, but I just had to let everyone know that I have preexisting issues with the idea. Or maybe I just have preexisting issues, period.
Where's Caro? She needs to finish TCOTE, for the love of God and puppies.
Well as long as it gets you to write one, complain away. And the kissing in the rain thing? My scene isn't the conventional, "Ohh look it's raining, let's make out and have dry sex while our clothes get wet and our hair goes disgusting." I've shot myself in the foot by making my fic 'poetic' and I'm trying to keep to it. (cryptic much?)
*Pauses* That doesn't even make any sense does it? None at all. So... I'll just let the scene do the talking when I write it. *Nods*
Since I see we're talking about smut again (are we ever not? :lol
, I wrote some, if anybody cares.
It's at ffnet, and even though it's not the greatest since I'm still a newbie to writing smut, heh, there are handcuffs, so that should make up for any mediocrity. :lol:
what if we took a vote on like four of them and had one as our own choice? That way we don't have a million things to choose between.
You mean like we did for the Christmas challenge? If that's the case, then I retract my agreeing to write a challenge fic.
Personally, I prefer being able to choose between lots of elements, without voting on set elements for everyone to use. We get more variety in the fics and less chance of people feeling like they're writing the same fic as everybody else, and there's less chance of writing a monstrosity (like I did
) and/or dropping out of the challenge (like I tried to) because you don't know what to do with the chosen elements (which I totally didn't, lol).
I agree! I like the ability to choose. I don't handle restriction too well... am allergic actually. The whole point of the challenge is to inspire us all to write. No clamps/brakes here! So, Jessica, pick whatever elements you'd like. And everyone else too!
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Updated Element Challenge thing. And I'm not going to revise it again. We'll be here all summer otherwise and won't actually have written anything. (revisions in
bold)
Premise: EC are spending a summer's day together. They can be in a relationship or not. In Miami or vacationing somewhere. You could write them leaving, getting ready, there, in bed...
Rating: Whatever.
Word Count: Whatever.
Time Limit: Whenever.
Elements: Okay, you must include at least 5 of the following:
- Long car ride/plane journey (with possible - probable - delays )
- One or more family members/family holiday
- Power outage in the place where they're staying
- Skinny dipping
- Mojitos/any form of alcohol
- Summer fun... /A visit from the police
- Ice cream
- Deck chair
- Beach towel
- Sun cream
- After sun
- Foreign Language dictionary
- BBQ/
Summer party
- Surfing/swimming/snorkelling
- Volleyball/playing cards/travel games/tennis racquets
- Rubber ring/lilo
- Strawberries and Cream
- Travel Adaptor ('cause they do come in useful...
)
- Flip flops
- Bug repellent
- Flight socks
- First Aid Kit
- Camera/waterproof camera
- Birth control ('cause well... it's important
)
- Sunglasses
- Passport
- Binoculars
- Swim trunks/bikini
- Hawaiian Shirt
- Duct Tape (for potential holes in rubber rings/lilos... obviously
)
- Massage oil/A Massage
- Hammock
- Those beach umbrella things
- Suitcase/luggage
- Travel Essentials like toothbrushes, deodorant, tampons...
Jacks, I've left out some because we're keeping it summer themed. And I didn't put the foreign phrase in 'cause I had foreign language dictionary.
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Ooohh and
Marija_Magdalena... weather and English stereotype? Excuse moi! And there was me thinking we were known for our dry humour, cups of tea and British politeness. Although maybe not so much the last one, but it existed once! Apparently...
But, I believe it was
somethingsdont who started the weather thing. And she isn't from this side of the Atlantic.
