what I don't understand is prompts which are so long and detailed that they pretty much are the whole story.
As a person who is guilty of posting one or two of these in the past (though...they haven't been that detailed, just a general plot description, and I always disclaim that the writer can go off-prompt if they like), I can perhaps shed light? For me, I post prompts like that because I have an idea for a story in my head that like...I really want to read, but I don't necessarily want to write it, because I am lazy/busy/have too many fics to write already. So I stick it up there like...an orphan story? All, "Hai guise! Fully-formed plot here! Just add characters! Ready-to-write!" and so on?
Sometimes I feel like I'm making things too hard for the potential writer who fills the prompt - but on the other hand, I figure that nobody has to fill it if they don't want to. So...heh?
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Date: 2012-06-19 10:28 am (UTC)As a person who is guilty of posting one or two of these in the past (though...they haven't been that detailed, just a general plot description, and I always disclaim that the writer can go off-prompt if they like), I can perhaps shed light? For me, I post prompts like that because I have an idea for a story in my head that like...I really want to read, but I don't necessarily want to write it, because I am lazy/busy/have too many fics to write already. So I stick it up there like...an orphan story? All, "Hai guise! Fully-formed plot here! Just add characters! Ready-to-write!" and so on?
Sometimes I feel like I'm making things too hard for the potential writer who fills the prompt - but on the other hand, I figure that nobody has to fill it if they don't want to. So...heh?