#pinchhitting

[unicornframes]

A small number of frames are available again!

Sign up here - first come, first serve!

[theflirtmeister]

fun fact! with enough deadline pressure you can write a 10k in 4 days

[holly-poly]

Holly Poly is, as the name implies, an exchange for polyamorous relationships. OT3s, OT4s, OT6s, orgies, open relationships, sedoretus, whatever strikes your fancy, as long as it involves three or more entities.

Participants are able to offer and request fanart, fanfiction, fanvids, podfic, fanmixes, gifsets, or aesthetics/moodboards.

Schedule

All times are 11:00am UTC, save for golive which will depend on when final pinch hits are posted.

08 12 October - 21 October: Pre-nominations. (Period to transfer nominations from last year’s tagset into this tagset) — NEW22 October - 02 November: Nominations 02 November - 12 November: Nominations clean up 05 November 12 November - 19 November: Signups 24 November: Assignments out by this date 12 January: Default deadline 19 January: Fanworks are due 26 January: The archive goes live (as soon as everyone has a gift) 02 February: Creators revealed

NEW SCHEDULE

All times are 11:00am UTC, save for golive which will depend on when final pinch hits are posted.

23 November - 02 December: Signups 04 December: Assignments out by this date 22 January: Default deadline (Countdown here) 26 January: Fanworks are due (Countdown here) 02 February: The archive goes live (as soon as everyone has a gift) 09 February: Creators revealed

You can read the updated rules over here.

We understand that life gets in the way sometimes. If you realize you will not be able to finish your assignment, please default as soon as possible. This year, 48 hours is the maximum extension that will be granted. You're free to still finish your assignment if you need more than 48 hours; however, if you ask for a longer extension or you don't post your fanwork by the extension deadline, then the request will be sent out as a pinch hit. There will be no exceptions to this rule. The FAQs for this year's exchange have been posted. Please let us know if anything is unclear. And, as always, leave a comment below if you have any questions. We're still looking for Holly Poly helpers. If you'd like to help behind the scenes, please check this post. Collection: https://ao3.org/collections/holly_poly_2024 Tag Set: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/21262 Tumblr: https://holly-poly.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/holly_poly_ex Google Groups - Holly Poly Updates: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-updates Google Groups - Holly Poly Pinchhits: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-pinchhits

[kathrins-sketchbook]

Oh, brightest sun (TRSB 2023)

A hommage to Gustav Klimt's The Kiss. Acrylic paint on canvas, with gold acrylic colour, 45x45cm. This scene had fascinated me ever since I read about it in the Nature of Middle-earth, and even more so when I became obsessed with Mîm as a character. While the ship of Mîmrod was born in a discord server I am in as a joke, that joke led to me originally drafting the sketch for this painting.

@goschatewabn has taken up this prompt- in a pinchhit no less - and has written, a beautiful, beautiful, fic that also absolutely tears my heart out. Find more info & the link to the fic below!

The elf shone more brilliantly than the purest gems they had unearthed, and his kind face crowned with a wreath of white lilac was like the first rays of dawn after a long night.

The gentle sun had risen in the east, and had brought spring into Nargothrond.

5180 Words

Rating: T Archive warnings: None Characters: Mîm, Finrod Felagund, the petty dwarves, various inhabitants of Nargothrond, dwarves of Nogrod https://archiveofourown.org/works/49927210/chapters/126046690

@tolkienrsb

[bleachbleachbleach]

8/19-8/25/2024

ToT I know I said I was hoping to finish Renji 11 this week, but I ended up not having much writing time. Of the 3.5 scenes remaining, I did not finish any scenes at all--not even the 0.5, because that 0.5 scene is exactly as difficult as I thought it was going to be.

Kensei wants something from Renji, but wants it without having to explain to Renji why he wants it, what it is, or why he wants it from Renji, specifically. Which is a tall order, exacerbated by the fact that Renji does not actually care about any of this, so has absolutely zero skin in the game re: the great Muguruma Mystery. He's narrating POV, but he has no incentive to investigate/try to pry any of this information out of Kensei!

I’ve managed to get Renji to realize that Kensei EXPECTS him to care about something, but his reaction was just “lol I don’t tho??” so I dunno that that’s the in I was hoping for, especially since I still don’t think the scene/realization actually makes much sense to begin with.

I think maybe my way out of this is finding a way to convey that Kensei doesn't know who Renji is, so is just throwing out ways of interacting with him based on various typecasts of Renji until he finds something that gets him what he wants. And Renji, at some point, Yes Ands him because it is easier than being responsible, which he's had to be altogether too much of recently.

Because god hates me, I got to have a Round 2 with gift fanworks this week, too. We had a participant who missed the deadline and wasn’t great at communication. And yes, we should have just stopped it then and gotten a pinchhitter set up right off, a month ago. But they had extenuating personal circumstances and promised they were almost done, they were gonna finish! So we kept trusting them up until we needed a pinchhit within 24 hours. 🙃

Which had to be me, because despite having a lot of pinchhit volunteers, 24 hours is a rude amount of time to ask for as a turnaround���but more importantly, our pinchhitters were either all writers or in the process of selling their parents’ house, and the prompter asked for art. (Another rules adjustment for next year is going to be requiring at least one fanfic prompt! Because the writer:artist ratio in that fandom is veryyyy writing-skewed!) So I was like, great, great, I guess it is already time to make another gift for someone, but this time in a medium I do not identify with! Even greater opportunity to make something the giftee really loves, as they always do!!!

I enjoyed the creative process (which involved modgepodge and acrylics and tearing up paper and actual halftone—so many textures!) and my take on the prompt. At the same time, I know for sure it’s not the style the giftee really wanted. Which, like, yeah, you can’t and shouldn’t expect to choose someone’s art style, unless you’re paying to commission a specific artist! But also I happen to already know that this specific person is kind of…. hahahaha, yeah. So I’ve really set myself up for success and feelgood here.

MY HEAD, IT IS IN MY HANDS

[aquietjune]

Some fandom events you may want to check out

Color me optimistic but it's the new year, a lot of cool fandom events are happening and I'd like to share.

#AruaniWeek2024 is happening _right now_, but what about other events? Maybe of different typologies & with different schedules?

A couple of exchanges:

Candy Hearts Exchange: exchange focused on relationships (both romantic and platonic) for fics, art & podfics. Minimum words requirement: 300 words. Works due February 7.

Signups are happening now and there are many AoT ships to request/offer in the tagset.

Season of Drabbles Winter Round 2023/24: for drabbles (100 words) and variants (double and triple, sequences). We're at the nominations stage and again, many AoT characters to choose from (and you can nominate more!); signups open on January 7. Works due January 27.

I also already reblogged @febuwhump and @fluffbruary that have daily prompts for February for both whump and fluff.

(Also, always check fandomcalendar and pinchhits to find more events to participate to.)

A happy new year of fan creations to you all.

[stripedscribe]

FIC WRITING REVIEW 2024

Thank you @loki-is-my-kink-awakening for coming up with this!

Thanks to @42donotpanic for tagging me!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some qualitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either. Artists and gif makers, please also join in with any quantitative or qualitative stats or facts you want to share about your year.

I was going to say this year was quieter but I think it was just more scattered, with smaller fics and events.

Words and Fics

124,814 words published in 2024

52 posted works

Top 3 Pairings

Dungeons and Dragons Characters (20) thanks whumptober

Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson (7)

Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson (7)

(It gets a bit weird from there, with a *lot* of 1s and 2s due to taking part in @42donotpanic's multivoice pods!)

Top 5 by Comments

Juice Boxes Filled With Blood - 35

The Only Good Cop in New York (DDE rarepair minibang, art) - 14

Same Shit, But It's A Different Day - 13

A Lie In Juxtaposition - 11

Even Heroes Die - 8

Top 5 by Kudos

A Lie In Juxtaposition - 129

Same Shit, But It's A Different Day - 60

Recipe For Love - 46

Juice Boxes Filled With Blood - 43

[PODFIC] Recipe For Love - 16

Top 5 by Hits

A Lie In Juxtaposition - 1194

Same Shit, But It's A Different Day - 706

Juice Boxes Filled With Blood - 678

[Podfic] Safe Place - 478

Recipe For Love - 469

Fandom Events in 2024

Immediately forgets everything I did this year...

I wrote Recipe For Love as part of the Avocados in Love discord server 'secret satan' exchange!

I joined Stirfbot for the DDE minibang, pinchhitting with an embroidery piece!

I finished my Bad Things Happen Bingo, finally!

I've been chipping away at my Kill A Character Bingo, onto 9 out of 25 with three prompts currently in the works in some collabs!

Somewhere on a back burner there's Marvel Pet Bingo, stuck at 4 out of 25 but that at least got one more this year!

Whumptober took place, and I had my usual fun, but this time with our DnD guys, and a recounting of all the horrors that they are put through! Thank you @feenyxblue for being the greatest dm, and @udekai, @seaglassxng and @blissful-thinker for the stories we are making with our guys! May the next year bring more shenanigans.

And I'm midway through my first VoiceTeam Mystery Box!

Writing Reflection

It's been on and off this year with writing, IRL events throwing spanners in the works as they tend to do! I started podficcing properly this year, which has been fun to learn and expand on.

I aim to expand on what I write, with 147 Daredevil fics under my belt so far its probably time to experiment with some different fandoms, and perhaps bring in some crossovers!

Tagging: Anyone I tagged up there so far, as well as @amazing-spiderling, @pomegranate-belle, @mutuallyprime, @ravenmold, @metaderivative

[fanwork-exchange-promos]

Signup Post: Writing Challenges in 2025

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith goals_on_dw has a signup post for Writing Challenges in 2025. Community Link: https://goals-on-dw.dreamwidth.org/ Fest Link: https://goals-on-dw.dreamwidth.org/8997.html Description: Choose a challenge(s) that appeals to you. Some are personal, others are official challenges hosted by someone. The fandom-related ones include: bigbangindex, D&December, Fantasy February, June of Doom, Junicorn, marchmetamatterschallenge, MerMay, pinchhits, potterfests, Smaugust, snowflake_challenge, Spooktober, and WorldEmber. Fannish 50 is often done as a writing challenge too. allbingo and getyourwordsout lean strongly fannish. Some others include fannish options or are easily done in your favorite fandom. You can pick whichever challenge(s) you want to set as a goal in 2025 and reply with a comment on the signup page. Make a post in your blog like "I signed up for the Writing challenge in goals_on_dw" -- or list the specific challenge if you're doing an official one somewhere else instead of a personal one on Dreamwidth. Then make a tag for it like "Writing Challenge" and put that on the post; it should stick that way. Check your Interests page to see if you have Writing, Fiction, Meta, Science Fiction, Fanfic, etc. listed there, which helps people find you. You don't have to sign up to participate, it just helps spread the word and attract more readers. See the signup post for more details and lists of challenges and participants. See also the Fannish 50 challenge, which simply aims to post fifty entries on any topic in fandom. If you want to write the captain's logs of an alternate Enterprise, analyze the social dynamics of Hobbiton, describe the architecture Hogwarts, or review every book you read all year, go for it. You can even double-count anything that applies to two or more goals, e.g. getyourwordsout and Fannish 50. Are you planning to do a writing challenge in 2025? Use the signup post to attract more readers. Are you looking for more fannish writing to enjoy? Browse the signup post to find active creators. Dates: Posting in goals_on_dw will run January 1 -- December 31, 2025. Some challenges run all year while others have specific dates, so check individual challenges for those details. comments via The Fandom Calendar https://ift.tt/7NogWBv

[kurofai-olympics]

Signups for writers have now closed! If you would like to be a pinchhiter/ back up writer please send me a message.

We still have 1 artist spot available.

[houston-spies-fic-exchange]

sorry for the delay - my ao3 is impernia. i'll get right on that pinchhit for you!

thank you!! <3 i can't explain how much i appreciate it

[tss-storytime-summaries]

Calling all Fander artists! More stories are up for pinchhitting!

Calling All Arists! Pinchhitter Forms Now Available!

We are now accepting artist pinchhitters! Not sure you wanted to create art? Looking at that passed deadline and wishing you'd signed up?

Now's your time! Sign up as a pinchhitter today!

[so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed]

Get to know my WIP challenge

I was tagged by @londonfoginacup, @lululawrence and @crinkle-eyed-boo to do this, thank you so much! I love that I get tagged in these!!

What’s your fave thing about writing ur current wip?

so I have a few WIPs I’m working on at the moment. I have the summerexchange I’m pinchhitting for, and what I love about that is that I didn’t really feel up to writing very much lately, but I forced myself to take on this challenge, and I am actually massively enjoying the plot. The prompts were right up my alley and with the help from @lt2019 and Emmi I feel like I’ve got a really cute plot going!

As for the collab, I am just dead excited to work with @thedaggerrose and challenge myself, as I’ve never written with anyone before!

For my balloon fic I am just happy to write Ziam again

And finally, for my Steady Love WIP, my favorite thing is going back to my roots, which is angst! This fic is probably maybe definitely going to break hearts.

Have you got a name yet / what’s your process for finding one?

The summerexchange one has a title that I can’t reveal but that I absolutely love, because it fits so well. The collab has a work title that I really adore as well but that me and Caroline will share a bit closer to when we are ready to post it! It’s still in the super beginning stages so it’ll be a while.

The balloon fic is called ‘eyes up on the prize’ which is from one of Liam’s songs.

The Steady Love fic is called ‘there now, steady love, so few come and don’t go’ which I’m pretty sure is also from a song, which segues nicely into how I find titles for my fics. They’re pretty much all song lyrics all the time. I either google something that has to do with the plot, or I go through 1D lyrics to find something that fits.Typically it’s something that has the right feel for the fic, and sometimes I put a bunch of titles above the text and just suss out the right one that way.

Is there a scene you’re stuck on?

At the moment, not particularly. I’m focused for now on the fic for the summer exchange, so I kind of put the other ones to the side. I can’t write for a long time every day so I don’t really get stuck on parts, I just get stuck on my body refusing to cooperate while my brain is still ready to go!

Is there a scene you can’t wait to write?

Everything for the summerexchange but especially the first time Louis and Harry lay eyes on each other again. 

For the pygmalion AU, the moment Harry comes to life sounds like an amazing thing to write!

For the steady love fic, oh man. The first time Louis realizes Harry is about to die. And then when he realizes he is in love with him. Did I tell you yet that this fic is going to break hearts? Mine is included in that.

What’s your process when you get stuck? Are you rational or do you flip ur metaphorical writing desk and storm out?

Call in my angels, @londonfoginacup and @lt2019 who are absolute godsends and who always read my fic and get me back on track. I have a few more people who definitely always give good advice (my lovelies Ri, Caroline and @pocketsunshineharry) but Emmi and Pam especially have the magic touch. 

Because I don’t write more than 1-2k in one sitting I don’t really struggle with frustration as much. I typically start my sessions by rereading what I wrote last time, doing some light editing, and then (since recently) putting on some nice classical music to write to. I can’t listen to anything with lyrics while I write, but there’s a ton of nice study music videos on youtube that do the trick and get me focused. 

I also typically work with a layout for my fics (ADHD necessity lmao) and I have two giant blackboards in my room to write little things on. Sometimes I just do research if I don’t feel like writing, or when I’m stuck on details. I’ve only gotten really stuck writing TNFIF because it was honestly just too much to really get a grasp on, but as my other stories aren’t that big I’m usually okay to continue the next time I get a chance to write. And if not, I have a big folder of screenshots of comments and tags and happy notes that reassure me I am a good writer and I can do this. And my friends, who never fail to praise me far beyond what I deserve :D

This was so much fun, thank you guys for tagging me and thank you all for reading this long ass post. I tag @sweetstrawberryheadache and @somewhereisaplacethatziamknow and anyone else who hasn’t been tagged yet but would love to do this!

[holly-poly]

Holly Poly Helpers Wanted

Holly Poly is, as the name implies, an exchange for polyamorous relationships. OT3s, OT4s, OT6s, orgies, open relationships, sedoretus, whatever strikes your fancy, as long as it involves three or more entities.

As the event keeps growing every year, we've come to the realization that it's necessary to get more help to deliver the best experience to this year's participants.

Currently, we're looking for 4+ people who can help us with mod duties during this exchange. Below, you can find the different areas where we need help. You can choose to help only with one task, which is why we're including the timeframe for each task as well.

Helpers must be 18+ and be comfortable reviewing all types of content.

We're looking for help with the following tasks:

Help with tagset and nominations (October 2024): This would be checking tagset sanity for both the 2023 tagset and the final 2024 tagset, checking nominations validity and formatting, helping with any editing from the 2023 tagset to the 2024 tagset (i.e. new disambiguations)

Help with social media announcements and pinch hit formatting for those (Mid October 2024-January 2025): We currently use twitter, tumblr, discord, dreamwidth and google groups. If you are proficient in one specific social media site, please let us know.

Help reading/looking over works (Late December 2024-January 2025): This would be checking for Do Not Wants/request fulfilment and completion of stories

If you're interested, please comment on the DW announcement post. All comments are screened.

Tumblr:https://holly-poly.tumblr.com/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/holly_poly_ex Google Groups - Holly Poly Updates: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-updates Google Groups - Holly Poly Pinchhits: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-pinchhits

[foxghost]

Hi, I was just wondering if you're not translating the SPL audio drama anymore? If you are, I don't mean to rush you or anything, was just curious. Happy New Year! :)

Happy New Year to you as well anon!

the answer is yes we're still on it, just holidays and busy for everyone orz you may see a release as soon as this weekend.

Speaking of which, I could use a pinch-hitter for the next ep after that on the actual subtitling. You'll need to know how to put subtitles on a video / make a video with an image and an audio file.

[yurionicebigbang]

yoibb19 pinch-hitter sign-ups OPEN

howdy friends! it’s a-me, mac, bringing you the official pinch-hit sign-up information!

what is a reverse bang?

simply put, a bang is a type of fan challenge in which writers and artists work together to produce new collaborative content for the fandom. in a reverse bang, the artist signs up first and creates a sketch, and the writer claims the person they want to write for based on the sketch and summary the artists provide.

who can participate?

this event accepts writers, graphics-makers (including moodboards, icons, edits), cosplayers, comic artists, traditional artists, and illustrators. whether this is your first time participating in an event or you’re a fandom event veteran, it’s all fine as long as you’re interested in meeting new friends and providing new content for the fandom!

what are the responsibilities?

traditional/digital artists will create a minimum of two works. graphics and cosplayers will create a minimum of four works. writers will create a fic of a minimum of 5,000 words.

this applies to pinch-hitters as well, but minimums may be relaxed or negotiated depending on when you’re called on to help out. you may also be automatically eligible for an extension.

what is the claim process for pinch-hitters?

pinch-hitters, please take a look at the wip document.

you will be asked to claim a minimum of three pairing numbers and/or solo creators in the sign-up form. whether you are an artist or a writer (or both), the projects you choose signify who you are willing to step in for should someone drop out.

anyone claiming a solo project will automatically be called on to help out!

●  CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP ●

even if you cant participate, pls help spread the word!

[joeydaccord]

dumbasses on twitter wondering why torey didn’t pinchhit for andriese like what