When? December 1 – December 24 (That’s this week yo!)
The Words. Because I can’t resist trying new things, this year there will be TWO WORD PROMPTS EACH DAY.
There will be the traditional random word starting with A and ending with Y (this year we are dropping X and Z) as well as a holiday themed word, mostly randomly generated (I did sort them so that Hannukah friendly words will be posting during those 8 days of December).
Write whichever word you want, or both, or switch off as they appeal to you!!
(apologies for the length of this post but there’s a bunch of info so I don’t want to hide it!)
How to participate. Anyone can contribute, no need to sign up! There will be a prompt post each day for 24 days (December 1-24) and you can write a drabble (or a sentence or a novel or a limerick if you prefer!), create an art piece, make fresh gifs based on the prompt – whatever inspires you! This year the main Advent tag will be: “klaine advent 2018” (there will be another post on tagging before the Advent starts). Prompts will post sometime in the early morning hours New York City time – hopefully the time will make it easy for contributors around the world to participate.
Contribute however works best for you. You can do something every day, every 4th day, once a week, altogether at the end, whatever works for you and your schedule. Use all word prompts or pick and choose what speaks to you. Set your own challenges. It’s all Klaine and it’s all good. The only requirements are that it be Klaine centered, and that it references or uses one of the word prompts in some way.
No More Daily Round-Ups. We started this last year, and it worked pretty well. This year again we will not be doing daily round ups, but will be relying on volunteers to reblog the entries to the @todaydreambelieversfic blog. (see below). There will be a full round up post about a week or so after the Advent ends.
Reblog Reblog Reblog. The more reblogs a post gets the more people see it, so we are going to heavily on reblogging the contributions of the many artists and authors who contribute for this event. Sign up here to help!
There was a little confusion about this last year, so I want to clarify that the volunteers will be reblogging to the @todaydreambelieversfic blog, and not to their own blogs. Of course everyone (especially the authors!) would be delighted if people reblogged to their own blog – the more people who reblog something the wider the potential viewing audience. That said, we do understand that not every fic appeals to every reader, and that some people prefer to like or review elsewhere. But we want to encourage everyone to reblog as many fics as they like all throughout the month!!
But don’t fret if you like easily linkable access to the fics! All fics will be accessible from the 2018 tab on the Klaine Advent blog main page. I will be working to keep this updated.
Partnership. This year (just like the last 2 years), we’ll be partnering with @todaydreambelieversfic. Authors and other creators for Klaine Advent who would like an additional place to promote their works are welcome to join as members. Just send them a private message to @todaydreambelieversfic with your email address and they’ll add you on.
Archive of Our Own. Also this year we will be creating a collection on AO3 for those people who don’t post to tumblr (there are a few), and where those folks who do post to tumblr can collect all of their advent works in one place on that site. Whether you post them along the way or once the advent is over is entirely up to you. There will be more details on this in the kickoff post.
Want to Volunteer? We will need people to help with the daily reblogs!! This should be a much easier job than last year, so if you have some time please signup here, or send a message to the blog. It’s pretty simple and you can do it throughout your assigned day and later if you see any stragglers. We need people to do this!!
“But what if I don’t write or make art and don’t have time to volunteer?” You are the most important person!! Read the fics, look at the art, let the authors and artists know how much you appreciate their work by reblogging and commenting and liking and all those things creators like. Nothing helps a writer or artist losing steam to pick up their story again more than a nice comment from someone.
While this is a fandom whose online presence is shrinking every year, the annual Klaine Advent still gets some nice participation, and I know I always look forward to seeing new works. It’s a great place to test out some ideas, or challenge yourself, or even to bust out of writer’s block or an inspirational fog. We’d love to have you!
There are additional posts coming on how to tag (and tagging issues) as well as the AO3 Collection, so if you have any questions before then (or after!) check out our Blog FAQ or send us a message. 🙂
Please signal boost!!
(and thanks of course to @miasswier for all the fresh gifs!)
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