#tbf I've also just for fun when they didn't want a specific ficlet from me

[ladylynse]

Is your policy on prequels or sequels for three sentences still the same, or has it changed?

I'm still trying to cap that at one direct continuation/prequel (I confess I don't remember writing a prequel at this point, but I'm assuming I have since you mentioned it) per ficlet, since when I wasn't, I was sometimes writing multiple follow-ups for the same ficlet. It was starting to feel like I was writing a story in three sentence chunks but limited to three sentences that could kinda-sorta stand alone if you were told a sliver of context, so I was also limited by the sorts of sentences those were going to be, and it's a lot easier to write a tiny portion of a scene than five follow ups--and presumably more enjoyable for everyone else, too.

Since I haven't done it for a while, I could throw my ask box open for mini-ficlets on Halloween as a sort of 'trick or treat' thing and write something a little longer than three sentences around a ficlet of the asker's choice. I might pick and choose if I get a bunch (I still remember the time I got 70+ ficlet requests in a week, which for me is a lot), and there is absolutely no way I'll finish them all that night, but I could do that if anyone would be interested.

I could also do a popular vote thing with polls (based off people's suggestions) and write a proper one-shot off the people's choice. I've debated that since the polls on tumblr came out (and mostly held off because of my already glacially slow update speed). It would be kinda like my old follower fic giveaways (it would be pretty much exactly like my last one except I don't have to keep track of votes in excel and it would be open to anyone who sees the poll). Besides, if the idea's right there in the poll, the winner doesn't have to think of what they'd want to see. (I technically still have two of those giveaway fics unclaimed for that reason.)

Thoughts, anyone?