Green Room - Sign Up Week - Day 8

[clauderainsrm]

 Good Morning and welcome to July!

More importantly than that - welcome to the day of the first topic/prompt is going to be posted and we get started with whatever this particular journey is going to look like. 

The sign-up sheet is open until 7pm ET. today  (Thank you to the person who messaged me reminding me that I forgot to put the time zone. It's those details that were once standard in my head that I need to remember. :D)  therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1138078.html

I have noticed a couple things on that thread though that I need to remind YOU about. 

Make sure you are linking to a specific entry and not your main journal. That becomes important when your weekly entries because who wants to scroll down to find which one you are asking people to check out? 
The other is locked/friends only journal entries. I can not, and will not, tell anyone "You need to make those public!" because it's your space. BUT I can tell you that if no one outside your immediate circle is able to read it, no one outside your immediate circle is going to be able to enjoy it/give you feedback and ultimately cast a vote for it to keep you in the competition. So that's your choice, but that's some unsolicited information.

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We currently have 43 contestants so far. Which is pretty good. I wasn't sure what to expect this time around. Included in those are *3* people with the possibility of crossing the 200 entry mark! 1 of them is almost guaranteed to do it. For the other 2 it will depend on various circumstances. But if nothing else they will come a little closer. 

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It's the start of new week, a new month, and for many (including my old job) it's the start of a new fiscal year!  It's a chance to start again. 

What do you have planned to make the most of your reset? 

Before We Start - An explanation on how this works

[clauderainsrm]

There are some new faces here, so first of all, welcome!

For those joining us for the first time, or those who may have forgotten I'll explain how all of this works. 
Every "week" (in quotes because it's not always a calendar week. Game "weeks" are sometimes more and sometimes less) I will post a prompt. Usually with some sort of vague explanation and a deadline. 

That prompt is your springboard.  You can take it and do whatever you want with it.  Use it as your inspiration. 

You then write your entry and post it in your space (DW, LJ, blog, wherever), posting a link to that entry in the Prompt post for that week. (Which is why I had people practice this action in the Sign Up Sheet) 

I previously announced that this mini season has two "byes", for those not familiar with the sports term, when a team has a "bye week" that means they don't play. Life happens. Maybe you just can't get anything creative done that week due to (insert annoying thing happening here) or maybe you just don't feel like it... either way, you get 2 of these between now and the Top 20. Use them wisely. Just post the word "bye week" instead of your entry. You *can* change your mind before the deadline, but please send me a personal message. Otherwise I might not see it. 

My usual suggestion is that once people start posting entries, you should start reading them. That way you don't have to try to fit everything in and get overwhelmed.  My usual banter is "Read, Comment and Vote for your favorites!" 

I gather those links and place them in a poll. I post that poll with a deadline for how long everyone has to read and vote. The word "Vote" or "Voting" should be in the subject line as well as the tag for those who like to set alerts. 

You can vote for as many entries (or few) as you like. Whoever has the lowest amounts of votes that week is eliminated from the competition. 

and we move forward onward into the next week... 

If you need anything, my email is clauderainsrm@gmail.com or you can message me here.   it's really nice to see everyone, and I hope people have fun. That's what this is supposed to be all about! Having some fun while being creative. 

Prompt - Week 1

[clauderainsrm]

I have a couple files for my prompt ideas. They are often just random words or phrases that I come across during my day that strike me as interesting or appealing in some way. 

So when I decided that Idol Mini was happening I started looking through what I had in the archives as well as started trying to get my head back in practice. 

One of those ideas in the archive was in a file all by itself on my phone. Not with the rest of the prompts (that sometimes happens). It was a phrase with a name. I really liked the phrase quite a bit and kept coming back to it.  So I decided "that's the first prompt!" 

It wasn't until this afternoon that I had the thought "I should Google that" and realized it's actually the same of a short story anthology and that name attached was the name of the author. So I added it to my "For Later" shelf in the library app. 

But I still like it. So I'm still using it. 

I've warned you, sometimes it's a single word. Sometimes it's a phrase or a lyric. 

This time it's (apparently) a book title: 

Someone who will love you in all your damaged glory

The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Saturday, July 6th at 6pm ET. 

(just a reminder, the only thing that should be posted here are links/byes. Everything else should be posted in the Green Room posts) 

Have fun!