Unconventional Courtship 2016

[aralias]

It's time for the fest we've ALL been waiting for! YES -

Welcome to 'Unconventional Courtship 2016'!



'Unconventional Courtship' is a panfandom fic fest where you write and post a 1000w+ fic based on a M&B/Harlequin plot. Fics will be posted to this community, staggered through June 2016 (from the 1st to the 30th).

How to play:

It's as simple as:

1. Sign up! All you need to do is comment on this post with the day you want to post your fic. You can tell me which summary/pairing you're going with, but you don't have to. You can also ask me to assign you a summary, if you want. (You don't need a Dreamwidth to play - just comment with OpenID, although you will need to ask me to post your fic on the com. If you are on DW, please follow the community!)

2. Choose a M&B/Harlequin summary (or two etc) - we have hundreds of suggestions here, but there are literally thousands. Our prompt generator is even biggerer and betterer than last year! (thank you john_amend_all) You can write more than one fic, if you want. You can also combine prompts, if you like.

3. Replace the names (and pronouns if necessary) with the names (and pronouns) of the pairing of your choice. Any any all fandoms and pairings are welcome in this fest.

You can also replace place names and jobs as long as you keep to the spirit of the prompt. So, if you want to write Kirk/Spock, but you don't want to write a modern day AU, you could replace 'the Sahara desert' with 'a desert planet' and Kirk wouldn't need to be the boss at a law firm, he could be the boss... in the sense that he's the captain.

4. Write a fic based on your altered summary. You can take the prompt seriously or use it as an improbable basis for lols.

4.5. Pimp the fest far and wide. I'm hardly going to do this at all, so it's up to you - the players! I've re-uploaded the make-your-own banners and of course you can use any that I've already made. But please do pimp where ever you think would be appropriate.

5. Post the fic to this community on your assigned day. Use the header provided.

You can also post to our AO3 collection, but please post to the com whatever you do, and please post to the com first.

You can see some examples of Unconventional Courtship fic by looking through the collection, or earlier in the com.

6. Profit! Fics for all! I'll post a masterlist once all the entries are in. Crossposting is encouraged.

Any questions? Leave a comment or PM me or email me at heroic.tendencies@gmail.com


Rules:

1. All fics must be over 1,000 words long.

2. You must use a modified Mills & Boon and/or Harlequin summary.

3. You don't have to use a beta, but it is strongly advised.

4. Please use the following header (or similar - the AO3 share function is fine) when you post to the community:

<b>Title:</b> <b>Author:</b> <b>Fandom:</b> <b>Pairing/Characters:</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Length:</b> <b>Summary:</b> <b>Notes:</b> <b>Link:</b>

5. Please post on your assigned day. If you can't for whatever reason, please let me know either by PM or email heroic.tendencies@gmail.com

6. You can use this fic for another challenge i.e. trope_bingo

7. You can sign up for any day you like, but if it is possible for you to sign up for a day that nobody else is interested in then that'd be best of all.

JUNE 2016:
1st aralias, badass_tiger
2nd
3rd misslucyjane
4th merryghoul
5th a_q
6th tosca1390
7th roseveare, fleetsparrow
8th katemacetak
9th rivulet027
10th selenicdistance, thequipkid, still_lycoris
11th nanslice, dangerousdame
12th meridian_rose
13th scifishipper, estirose
14th empressearwig
15th mara
16th torigates
17th sidhe_faerie
18th starwish_starwoe
19th liadt
20th traincat
21st john_amend_all
22nd pameluke
23rd samuraiter
24th autiotalo
25th perfidiousfate
26th paranoidangel
27th rosied, fleetsparrow
28th random_nexus, argylepiratewd
29th tree, merryofsoul
30th lilly_c, pixieboots, urami


If you have questions, feel free to ask! And/or consult the FAQs from last year, which are still mostly accurate.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Sign me up for the 2nd June! I have 25,000 words all done of that origfic, not quite as true to the summary as it was meant to be fic, that I wrote in Jan (mostly) only needing editing and I'm sure I can do that much now. Hope that's still okay!

[nanslice]

I'll take the 11th! For prompt 106) A Reputation For Revenge- Jennie Lucas

[aralias]

that's ok! i am very happy to give you licence :) and 25,000 words is good in anyone's book!

[aralias]

great stuff. adding you in.

[selenicdistance]

June 10th, if that's still available? :D

[thequipkid]

I'd like to sign up for the 10th please!

Also: if I'm writing more than one story, should I sign up for more than one day as well?

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! :-)

[badass_tiger]

Could I get a spot on the 1st too please? Wish I could take an empty date, but June's going to be very busy for me

[tosca1390]

Could I have June 6th, please?

[still_lycoris]

I may regret this but okay, sign me up! :) I'll post on the 10th, please. :)

[aralias]

it is! i'll add you in.

[aralias]

yes - if that would be helpful for you! i'll put you in for the 10th now. but let me know if you have a second day.

[aralias]

no - the 1st is good for me! besides, it means that if i fail to write something (very possible) there's a good chance someone else will write something to open the fest! which is awesome.

[aralias]

you may indeed!

[aralias]

great ;) i'm SURE you won't (that's still plenty far off)

[badass_tiger]

Woah, it did not occur to me that I would be opening the fest, and now you've got me nervous, haha. Thanks!

[aralias]

aha, don't be nervous - it'll be awesome!

[still_lycoris]

I see several of us went for 10th while it was still free - I can do the 9th instead, if you'd rather, since there's nobody on the 9th. :)

[estirose]

I wish I could do the 7th or the 9th, but they're not going to work for me. Can I share the 13th?

I found a lovely little summary too:
The Unforgettable Husband (Amnesia)
by Michelle Reid

For a year, Samantha had been suffering from amnesia. Her body's instinctive response to Andre Visconte told her she recognized him. Andre insisted he was her husband. But why hadn't he found her until now -- and what was the secret from her past he was keeping from her?
Paperback, Harlequin Presents, #2205, 192 pages
Published October 1st 2001 by Harlequin Books

[aralias]

of course! no worries at all.

[fleetsparrow]

Do all the fics have to be fully complete, or is it OK if there are still chapters to add? (because knowing me I'll end up with a short fic that blooms into a big bang, rip me)

[rivulet027]

May I have June 9th? Thanks!

[aralias]

you may!

[aralias]

i would prefer stories to be complete, but i would also happily accept part of a story that was longer than 1000!

[fleetsparrow]

OK! Then if I can have the 7th and the 27th (two fics, aw yeah!).