I guess we just have to differ here, and I need to accept that I'm not going to understand what the issue is. The goal is not and has never been to produce the largest number of stories/art during March. The goal has always been and always will be to do something meaningful as part of this community. What "meaningful" is differs from person to person. Some people will write 100 drabbles during March and will be happy with that and feel that they've done something meaningful because they made time every day to write. That's not my speed, nor yours, but I don't feel like my past contributions of a story or two are any less meaningful; to me, I will always be most satisfied to produce the kind of story that seizes me, heart and soul, for the hours it takes to write it, and that I am proud to share afterward and feel is the best I can do, which was how I felt about the story I wrote last year.
The trick for this every year is to strike some kind of balance because we really do try very hard to make it an event that anyone in the fandom can participate in. That's easy when it's Hobbits vs. Elves, het vs. slash, Silmarillion vs. LotR because there are plenty of prompts that can invite responses from all of those. What is more difficult is how to welcome a drabble writer, novelist, painter, and icon maker into the same challenge. That's a big part of the reason why we have fallen into the habit--rut, maybe ;)--of the daily prompt, because it keeps those who want a prompt a day happy while still letting those who work in longer or more time-consuming forms choose a prompt or two--or combine prompts--to make one or a few pieces that month. And, of course, whatever we do does have to have some kind of sustaining effect across the month or it might as well be one of the SWG's regular challenges (which hardly anyone ever does ;).
You did review last year's story, but you said you were sick and definitely sounded like too little butter over too much toast. ;)
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The trick for this every year is to strike some kind of balance because we really do try very hard to make it an event that anyone in the fandom can participate in. That's easy when it's Hobbits vs. Elves, het vs. slash, Silmarillion vs. LotR because there are plenty of prompts that can invite responses from all of those. What is more difficult is how to welcome a drabble writer, novelist, painter, and icon maker into the same challenge. That's a big part of the reason why we have fallen into the habit--rut, maybe ;)--of the daily prompt, because it keeps those who want a prompt a day happy while still letting those who work in longer or more time-consuming forms choose a prompt or two--or combine prompts--to make one or a few pieces that month. And, of course, whatever we do does have to have some kind of sustaining effect across the month or it might as well be one of the SWG's regular challenges (which hardly anyone ever does ;).
You did review last year's story, but you said you were sick and definitely sounded like too little butter over too much toast. ;)