admin note: rectember brainstorming?

[snickfic]

Hey, folks! I've been thinking about doing an event in September to encourage reccing and maybe even draw some people out of the woodwork who haven't recced anything here yet. I was thinking of some kind of daily or mostly-daily themes, so for example:

Sep 1 - rec a work you've read many times
Sep 2 - rec a work rated explicit/NC-17
etc

Would folks here enjoy doing participating in an event like this? I'm envisioning coming up with the themes in the next day and a half, publishing them all in a list on Sep 1, and then posting weekly reminders.

It would be zero-pressure - people could post for days that inspired them and skip the days that didn't. You would be posting your recs each day directly to the comm (both to increase posting at the comm and because it means less tagging work for me). You could also post several days in one post if you wanted.

Yay? Nay? Suggestions on daily themes? Suggestions for improvement?

Comments

[sef1029]

Thumbs up for me! And I'd much rather have/make recs in posts. Buried in comments, I think most will be missed.

I'd love some themes that dig into the past. Fandom is so focused on what's hot this week that terrific stories and writers disappear. So themes like first story you loved, oldest story you still reread, forgotten writer you rec to everyone, flashback to 1990s, etc.

Let's not delegate gen to just one day.

How about best drabble, or fic that cheers you up, fic that makes you cry. Best character development. Best fix to canon. Most poetic. Most impressive/intellectual. Sexiest, of course. Fic you once hated and now love. Flying colors on the Bechdel test. Best story for kids.

[snickfic]

Thank you for the suggested themes! And yeah, I agree about worrying that things will get buried in comments, even if they're tagged.