wwxfans | Wei Wuxian Prompt Fest

Dear WWX fans,

it is August 18th and we are live!

Join us in the 2024 Pledge Edition of our yearly WWX Fans Prompt Fest, now running in the third year.

We are coming together as a community of creators who plan to work on Wei Wuxian-centric fanworks in the period up to Wei Wuxian's birthday, and encourage and support one another in our endeavors.

How does it work?

You go to Pledges Thread and announce your Wei Wuxian-centric project that you will be working on in the run-up to his birthday. This can be any media or sort of fanwork, not just fic or art. Podcasts, bookbinding, fannish recipes, the world's your oyster! Any and all ships, dynamics, adaptations welcome.
You can start a new project, pledge to finish a WIP, or to complete the next chapter/the next stage of your project, it's all up to you. Works created for both this abnd other fan events are welcome, too. The only rule is that it has to be about Wei Wuxian.
Posting at any point until October 31st is fine, we just ask you to complete your pledged goal by October 31st, Wei Wuxian's birthday. Once you are done, report your success here!

Why should you commit?

Along with letting you share your initial pledge here, we will put up posts here and on social media where you can share your progress.
We also have the hashtag #wwxbdaypledge so fellow creators can find your social media posts/tweets about your project.
We are hoping for creators to encourage and support one another as they work on their various birthday gifts. We believe that having a specific goal to work towards to and fellow fans to work alongside can help with creativity.
At the end of the event, we are going to create a spreadsheet collecting the links to your works (provided you agreed to be included in the wrap-up.)

But it's called a Prompt Fest, where are the prompts?

While we don't require you to create for someone else's prompt this year, you are still welcome to optionally pick a prompt from the Prompts Thread here.

If you'd like to help spread the word, you can find our promo posts on Tumblr Twitter Bsky

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This seems like a great idea and also something I can really use right now! XD

My pledge: Finishing at least one of my two current fic WIPs. One isn't far from being finished but I've been dithering around and really want to get at least one done. Two would be ideal, but I'm not sure I can get the inspiration for the second one rn as there's still a good chunk missing.

Both are Wangxian from WWX's PoV and also modern AUs.

I guess I don't mind being included in the spreadsheet. I haven't participated in something like this yet. XD

i love wwx pov :) this seems like a pretty good and flexible goal

WWX PoV seems to be the easiest for me. XD Finishing at least one should be possible and I always work better with a set deadline for writing, anyway.

Finishing one of your WIPs is such a good goal! Sounds like the one that is closer to being done would definitely be doable, provided you can get unstuck. Maybe this deadline will help with it.

It's mostly a case of me finally sitting down, reading through the whole thing, and seeing what's still missing. I wrote so many little scenes and it's all a bit disconnected. It's now at least in an order that could work. XD I've also written a little additional scene for somewhere in the middle to keep the "framing device" (term very loosely used for "WWX, NHS and JC meet up, have drinks and chat XD).

I definitely work better with a deadline as it forces me to do something. XD

Oh man, that is such an important stage to take inventory and just figure out where you stand and what you still need - but it's also a stage I will forever procrastinate on. But it looks like you've already got a good start on figuring things out, what with the new framing scene that is in the works (and I LOVE trio drinking as framing!)

Yeah it's sooo easy to procrastinate on. XD i've got everything I've got so far printed out and will hopefully get around to reading it next weekend, as there will be some time where I'll likely just sit around and wait with not much else to do.
I've been working on my FTH projects which of course take precedent and have made good progress there.

Good luck! It looks like you've got a good handle on your schedule, I have no doubt you can juggle these projects!

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