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enchantedsleeper It's almost Three Weeks for Dreamwidth again! Here I was so focused on Archive April that I didn't even think about another blogging event that's coming up this month. I'm grateful that I saw bluedreaming's Mastodon post about it or I wouldn't even have realised that it starts tomorrow.
After the event had finished last year, I came up with a blogging prompt idea that I really liked, but it was too late to use it myself, so I waited until now to share it xD (I know I could have posted it any time, but I thought it would have less chance of getting lost in the shuffle this way). It's a prompt for anyone who fancies writing about fanworks (though it can apply to original works, too!)
Here's the idea:
*Probably several dice depending on how many works you have. It's probably an advantage if you're a D&D player who has lots of dice with different numbers of faces xD
This could be done with any type of list, so you could do it with a list of recs, too, if you'd like to write about other people's creations. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to share this idea for anyone who's looking for 3W4D inspiration (or general blogging inspiration!). For other ideas,ysabetwordsmith has created a really extensive list of prompts and questionnaires. I might also share some 'Blanket Boxes' from Pillowfort - lists of prompts to build your blog (known as a fort :D).
Is anyone looking to take part in 3W4D, and do you have a theme/set of prompts in mind?
bluedreaming's Mastodon post about it or I wouldn't even have realised that it starts tomorrow.After the event had finished last year, I came up with a blogging prompt idea that I really liked, but it was too late to use it myself, so I waited until now to share it xD (I know I could have posted it any time, but I thought it would have less chance of getting lost in the shuffle this way). It's a prompt for anyone who fancies writing about fanworks (though it can apply to original works, too!)
Here's the idea:
- Make a list of all of your fanworks (or original works) - up to you what counts as a fanwork, it can be anything you'd like to write about! These don't have to be in a particular order.
- Give each work a number.
- Every day (or every other day or however often you'd like to do it), roll some dice* or generate a random number, and then look for the work that corresponds to that number.
- Write a post about that work - sort of a DVD commentary, maybe talking about how you came up with it, what it means to you, why you created it, how it came together, etc. Anything you feel like!
*Probably several dice depending on how many works you have. It's probably an advantage if you're a D&D player who has lots of dice with different numbers of faces xD
This could be done with any type of list, so you could do it with a list of recs, too, if you'd like to write about other people's creations. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to share this idea for anyone who's looking for 3W4D inspiration (or general blogging inspiration!). For other ideas,
ysabetwordsmith has created a really extensive list of prompts and questionnaires. I might also share some 'Blanket Boxes' from Pillowfort - lists of prompts to build your blog (known as a fort :D).Is anyone looking to take part in 3W4D, and do you have a theme/set of prompts in mind?
Thank you!
Date: 2024-04-25 01:52 am (UTC)That is a brilliant idea.
There are online dice rollers for generating random numbers.
>> I might also share some 'Blanket Boxes' from Pillowfort - lists of prompts to build your blog (known as a fort :D). <<
Yes, please! That sounds very useful, and I would love to see it. Also worth crossposting to
>> Is anyone looking to take part in 3W4D, and do you have a theme/set of prompts in mind? <<
I'm planning to make a questionnaire using the random question generator. I also hope to make some anchor posts, but I'm not trying to do a whole matched theme this year.
I customarily do an intro post for Three Weeks in my communities, so folks there can join if they want to.
Re: Thank you!
Date: 2024-04-25 08:02 am (UTC)There are online dice rollers for generating random numbers.
Thank you so much! And of course - I should have thought of that xD I remember using some for creating RP character traits in the 00s. (It wasn't D&D per se, but used a similar character creation setup).
Yes, please! That sounds very useful, and I would love to see it. Also worth crossposting to
I'll try and post them up today so that people have them for the beginning of the challenge ^^ Oh, I hadn't thought about cross-posting! I'll check out the comm. I also did a post on Pillowfort and in the process learned about a new (to me) community,
I'm planning to make a questionnaire using the random question generator. I also hope to make some anchor posts, but I'm not trying to do a whole matched theme this year.
I customarily do an intro post for Three Weeks in my communities, so folks there can join if they want to.
That sounds like good fun! I enjoyed using a random question generator for the "Ice breaker" challenge in the Snowflake Challenge this year.
It's great to have posts going in communities, too. The mod of booknook is planning to run a friending meme for 3W4D ^^
Re: Thank you!
Date: 2024-04-25 08:39 am (UTC)Yay!
>> That sounds like good fun! I enjoyed using a random question generator for the "Ice breaker" challenge in the Snowflake Challenge this year.<<
That's the generator I used.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth 2024 Questionnaire
>> It's great to have posts going in communities, too. <<
I agree. I've found several already and linked them on my gather post, so more people can find them.
>> The mod of booknook is planning to run a friending meme for 3W4D ^^
Thanks for the tip! I've added this to my gather post and hopefully I'll spot the post itself whenever that goes live.