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Crowdfunding Creative Jam
Welcome to the thirty-fourth Crowdfunding Creative Jam! This session will run Saturday, October 18-Sunday, October 19. The theme is "Paradigm Shifting Without a Clutch." (Visit the Creative Jam over on LiveJournal.)
Crowdfunding Creative Jam
Everyone is eligible to post prompts, which may be words or phrases, titles, images, etc. Prompters may request a specific creator, but everyone else may still use that prompt if they wish. Prompts may specify a particular character/world/etc. but creators may use the prompt for something else anyway and post the results. Prompters are still encouraged to post mostly prompts that anyone could use anywhere, as this maximizes the chance of having creators make something based on your prompt. Please title your comment "Prompt" or "Prompts" when providing inspiration so these are easy to find.
Prompt responses may also be treated as prompts and used for further inspiration. For example, a prompt may lead to a sketch which leads to a story, and so on. This kind of cascading inspiration is one of the most fun things about a collective jam session.
Everyone is eligible to use prompts, and everyone who wants to use a given prompt may do so, for maximum flexibility of creator choice in inspiration. You do not have to post a "Claim" reply when you decide to use a prompt, but this does help indicate what is going on so that other prompters can spread out their choice of prompts if they wish.
Creators are encouraged, but not required, to post at least one item free. Likewise, sharing a private copy of material with the prompter is encouraged but not required. Creative material resulting from prompts should be indicated in a reply to the prompt, with a link to the full content elsewhere on the creator's site (if desired); a brief excerpt and/or description of the material may be included in the reply (if desired). It helps to title your comment "Prompt Filled" or something like that so these are easy to identify. There is no time limit on responding to prompts. However, creators are encouraged to post replies sooner rather than later, as the attention of prompters will be highest during and shortly after the session.
Some items created from prompts may become available for sponsorship. Some creators may offer perks for donations, linkbacks, or other activity relating to this project. Check creator comments and links for their respective offerings.
Prompters, creators, and bystanders are expected to behave in a responsible and civil manner. If the moderators have to drag someone out of the sandbox for improper behavior, we will not be amused. Please respect other people's territory and intellectual property rights, and only play with someone else's characters/setting/etc. if you have permission. (Fanfic/fanart freebies are okay.) If you want to invite folks to play with something of yours, title the comment something like "Open Playground" so it's easy to spot. This can be a good way to attract new people to a shared world or open-source project, or just have some good non-canon fun.
Boost the signal! The more people who participate, the more fun this will be. Hopefully we'll see activity from a lot of folks who regularly mention their projects in this community, but new people are always welcome. You can link to this session post or to individual items created from prompts, whatever you think is awesome enough to recommend to your friends.
Crowdfunding Creative Jam
Everyone is eligible to post prompts, which may be words or phrases, titles, images, etc. Prompters may request a specific creator, but everyone else may still use that prompt if they wish. Prompts may specify a particular character/world/etc. but creators may use the prompt for something else anyway and post the results. Prompters are still encouraged to post mostly prompts that anyone could use anywhere, as this maximizes the chance of having creators make something based on your prompt. Please title your comment "Prompt" or "Prompts" when providing inspiration so these are easy to find.
Prompt responses may also be treated as prompts and used for further inspiration. For example, a prompt may lead to a sketch which leads to a story, and so on. This kind of cascading inspiration is one of the most fun things about a collective jam session.
Everyone is eligible to use prompts, and everyone who wants to use a given prompt may do so, for maximum flexibility of creator choice in inspiration. You do not have to post a "Claim" reply when you decide to use a prompt, but this does help indicate what is going on so that other prompters can spread out their choice of prompts if they wish.
Creators are encouraged, but not required, to post at least one item free. Likewise, sharing a private copy of material with the prompter is encouraged but not required. Creative material resulting from prompts should be indicated in a reply to the prompt, with a link to the full content elsewhere on the creator's site (if desired); a brief excerpt and/or description of the material may be included in the reply (if desired). It helps to title your comment "Prompt Filled" or something like that so these are easy to identify. There is no time limit on responding to prompts. However, creators are encouraged to post replies sooner rather than later, as the attention of prompters will be highest during and shortly after the session.
Some items created from prompts may become available for sponsorship. Some creators may offer perks for donations, linkbacks, or other activity relating to this project. Check creator comments and links for their respective offerings.
Prompters, creators, and bystanders are expected to behave in a responsible and civil manner. If the moderators have to drag someone out of the sandbox for improper behavior, we will not be amused. Please respect other people's territory and intellectual property rights, and only play with someone else's characters/setting/etc. if you have permission. (Fanfic/fanart freebies are okay.) If you want to invite folks to play with something of yours, title the comment something like "Open Playground" so it's easy to spot. This can be a good way to attract new people to a shared world or open-source project, or just have some good non-canon fun.
Boost the signal! The more people who participate, the more fun this will be. Hopefully we'll see activity from a lot of folks who regularly mention their projects in this community, but new people are always welcome. You can link to this session post or to individual items created from prompts, whatever you think is awesome enough to recommend to your friends.
Prompt FILL: Clutching at the Future
The engine purred even at this speed, as Giannis shifted into fourth despite the twisting mountain road. Even the sky matched his mood, with only bits of fluff interrupting the blue. His face ached with smiling, fierce and feral and triumphant. He'd been only a few minutes into the tune-up when his land line phone rang, and when he hadn't been able to reach it with his grease-smudged hand by the fourth ring, it had gone silent.
Only for his cell phone to ring an instant later.
He braked, tires squealing, and clutched down to match the winding descent. The terrain blurred past him as he eased into fifth gear as mountain switchbacks turned into mere hills.
The call had sent him to the garage, tossing tools helter-skelter onto the wooden workbench. He'd tossed the wrench and screwdriver he'd used to start the tune up onto the bench so hard they'd knocked the timing light to the concrete floor.
He hardly heard it beneath the sound of the engine surging to life.
The turnoff brought another squall of rubber, but within a minute, he was decelerating as he wound between slower-moving traffic. Horns blared, but he just smiled more widely. Half a mile later his journey ended. He jerked the key from the ignition as drivers he'd passed seconds before blared their horns and shouted at him.
Giannis only waved over his shoulder, thumbing the electronic lock on his keyring as he sprinted toward the steps of the old limestone-block building with narrow, arched windows. The awnings on the first floor fluttered in the slight breeze, and the security guard at the desk had risen to his feet, but barely taken three steps toward the doors when Giannes sprinted through them, turning automatically for the service stairs.
He imagined a Doppler effect blurring the other man's greeting, even as he interrupted with, “Taking Savina out for the day, it's /important/!”
A stranger in a staid blue dress suit flinched as she sped past him, muttering to herself. He burst through the door to the second story without breaking stride, and pushed open the mahogany and glass double doors with a similar show of strength.
“Savina!” he called.
A gray-haired man glared as he crossed from the private office. “Giannis? What's the trouble, here? Your wife is--”
Giannis broke in with a sharp toss of his head. “Never mind what she's doing, Mister Zirimis, as of /this moment/ it is no longer a priority!”
His wife appeared, calm and serene, but with fire in her eyes. He rushed to her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and lifted her high, swinging them both in a circle.
“Mister Zirimis!” he called as Savina settled lightly on her feet. “Remember that maternity leave you promised when Savina came to work for you? It starts right now,” he laughed.
“What?” Savina gasped, and her voice cracked.
He kissed her cheeks, settling his arms around her shoulders to pull her close. “Right now,” he repeated, his own voice choked with longing. “It's a boy.”
A sob tore through his wife, though she clutched both hands to her mouth as though trying to catch it. “A boy?” she repeated.
He nodded. “His name is Aaron, and he just turned six.”
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ALL THE FEELS.
I've been really wanting to catch the adoption, because it's so rarely done well in entertainment, and you nailed it.
*Numfar does the dance of joy*
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And thanks for the quick feedback. I'm up for cranky reasons and the writing helps!
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