Woohoo!

[andraste]

The remains of my fifth and final Assignment Day pizza [1] are in the fridge, and everyone should have the correct Multiverse assignment in their inbox now.

I was a bit worried about everyone matching up this year, and with only twenty-nine participants it was more of a challenge to make all the pieces fit, but everyone should have something they can write.

[1] On the day all the assignments are made, the mod eats pizza. It's a tradition for which iamsab is entirely to blame.

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I'm looking at mine going, "Eep! Well, I did say I could write that fandom, didn't I?" But that's pretty usual for me. :)

Thanks again for tackling this puppy. Hope the pizza was good!

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I echo pretty much all the above. Especially the second paragraph, of course. :)

[andraste]

Heh. Shock and horror are normal parts of the Multiverse experience! As is the moderator's excellent pizza.

[andraste]

I'm looking at mine going, "Eep! Well, I did say I could write that fandom, didn't I?" But that's pretty usual for me. :)

Yeah, I seem to recall you having that reaction in previous years. Now I expect you to go forth and produce an epic *g*.

Thanks again for tackling this puppy. Hope the pizza was good!

Hey, it's my pleasure, especially when it provides a good excuse for pizza. And yes, it was good - I must order from that place more often in future. Mmmmm, anchovies ...

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

It's going to be a different sort of challenge for me this year, so it'll be interesting to see what I end up with. I'm kind of hoping not to get bogged down with another epic, but they do have a habit of just sort of... happening, at least for this ficathon. For some reason. :)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Oh! Hang on! An interesting idea just hit me.

Heh. OK. That sounds fun. I think I'll be doing that. :)

[andraste]

Yay!

One of the advantages of being the mod is that you have the discretion to grab an assignment that spawned a plot bunny the moment you laid eyes on it. Two favourite characters of mine who I'd never have thought of putting in a room together are going to have an interesting Multiverse ...

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Yay!

One of the great things about Multiverse is how many awesome character combinations it generates, most of them featuring characters I'd never think of putting in a room together. Certainly the people I'm going to be writing would never have introduced themselves to each other in my brain without any prompting. :)

[andraste]

As soon as I saw the prompt I went 'OMG how did I never think of that? They are perfect together!' Which is the best kind of Multiverse prompt to get, I think.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Hates you. :)

My normal modus operandi is:

1. Look at assignment for a couple of days without a glimmer of an idea coming.
2. Think: well I've got 3 months. I'll look at it again later, when I'll hopefully feel more creative.
3. Organiser puts out reminder to everyone: you have one week left.
4. Panic.
5. With any luck the panic sets the creative juices flowing and I get a useable idea at the 11th hour.
6. Frantic writing.
7. Some kind person does some very helpful betaing.
8. Story submitted with a few hours to spare.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I think that's a very common pattern, actually. :)