In my defense, the moon was full and I was left unsupervised

[sdk]

Welcome to the Bonfire Night edition of firewhiskeyfic, last one in 2017! We, your Mods - sdk and torino10154, are so glad you could make it. We love everyone tonight. Feel free to friend us on DW. We promise not to stalk you... much. :D

Your challenges for this month are:

Sirius Black (the birthday boy)

Bonfire Night

Full Moon

The Astronomy Tower

"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."

Incorporate one or more into your fic/art somehow, and you're good to go!

As you know, this is the Official Discussion Post. If you feel like chatting, and we hope you do, pop in here and let us know how it's going.

And just so we're clear, you don't have to write pr0n, though it definitely makes for interesting reading when characters change right in the middle of shagging because you're too drunk to remember who you're writing about. ;) You can write for any fandom (including original), but keep in mind the majority of our players are HP people. Anything goes!

Once you are semi-conscious, send your UNBETA'D UNCORRECTED fic to this email: fwfdrunkmods@gmail.com Trust me, we can tell if you've messed with it, so don't do it, okay?

You will receive an email from us confirming that we got it. If you don't get an email, we didn't get it. Your fics/art will be due by noon on Tuesday, Nov 7th. Voting will begin later that evening and last until Saturday Nov 11th.

HERE IS THE HEADER! You can put this in the email body or the fic body. Whatever!

(please fill this out to the best of your ability. If you're unable, we will try to complete it for you)
<b>Title:</b> <b>Author:</b> <b>I am of legal drinking age in my region:</b> (yes/no) <b>Pairing(s)/Characters/Fandom:</b> <b>Challenge:</b> <b>Summary:</b> <b>Rating/Warnings:</b> <b>Word count:</b> <b>Author's Notes (if any):</b>

In order to make things easiest on your poor, likely hungover mods, please put your DW username and (if you can manage) the title of your fic/art into your subject line or at least somewhere in the body of the email. Thank you!

Please do not discuss your fic/art. You can discuss ideas, drinks, how wasted you are, full moon shenanigans you've gotten up to, best Sirius Black scenes from the books/movies, or whatever floats your boat. Just don't discuss your fic/art. This is an anonymous fest until after the reveal, and we don't want hints being given as to what you're writing about.

Shelly's back to her usual Jack and Coke, thank the goddess, while Torino sips on a hot toddy and tries not to sneeze all over her keyboard. How about you folks?

Let's get your drunk on!

Comments

[darkmoore]

I think if I do that the hardest thing might be the "no editing" part. Cause I kind of edit automatically as soon as my program marks a word as spelled incorrectly. It's ... habit. And yes, I think it might actually even work when drunk or very tired.

I HATE turning in stuff that is not polished so I correct stuff right away.

How am I supposed to keep myself from correcting all those red lines?

[gin_tonic]

Just get drunk and then you don't care. Or you turn off the correction option in your programme. :P

[darkmoore]

Smartass.

[gin_tonic]

Honestly, I just had to switch off autocorrect, because it's making drunk tiping hard. That said, I do correct (try to correct) my spelling in the comments. Habit, too.

[darkmoore]

After years and years and YEARS of doing my best to hand in the best work I possibly can so on one will realize that I am not a native speaker ... and then this. *snort*

This is what I've come to. *sighs*

Correcting stuff is second nature. I wish I was better prepared and less sick ... I think I might have just gotten completely wasted and enjoyed the heck out of it.

XD

[gin_tonic]

Next time, you'll have more time to prepare. :D That includes prepping alocohol and telling people/family you won't be available for the night/the next day. For now, do your best. Or worst? :P

[torino10154]

You are supposed to try REALLY HARD not to edit anything. It's not easy but that is half the fun.

[darkmoore]

*pout*

That goes against every instinct I have worked on so hard for the last 15 years or so since I started writing in English.

You are all meanies!

[torino10154]

You'll thank us when you see the end result. *giggles*

[darkmoore]

Pffft. Thank you? For ruining what was a perfectly good instinct? I think not. I wonder what posessed me to even CONSIDER taking part in this. Must be the meds. I'm clearly delusional already. ;)

[alisanne]

Just turn off your spellcheck and the autocorrent or whatever and write.
I'm a terrible typist when sober, so that does it for me, but for you, you may need to not look at the keyboard or something.

[tjs_whatnot]

I've had that problem a few times, but winning the Most Congenial award in drunken fic writing the Most Coherent shamed that habit right out of me. ;)

You can do it! Or, can NOT do it! I have faith!

[torino10154]

Is there anything worse than getting "Most Coherent"? LOL

[tjs_whatnot]

Getting it twice. *hangs head in shame*

[torino10154]

Ouch. I'm sorry.

:P

[darkmoore]

Congenial... I'm sorry but I'm drawing a blank right now. What does that mean again? I'm tired and sick and dizzy and totally not in the mood to hunt down a dictionary even if it's an online one.

[alisanne]

See? This means you're ready to write.

Just let it flow, bb! Just write.

[darkmoore]

What me being too damn stupid to remember a work er, word means I'm ready to write what exactly?

[tjs_whatnot]

hahaha. I can't give you a textbook definiation without a dictionary of my own, and who has time for that shit... but it just means the consolation prize.

[darkmoore]

Oh. Okay. Like that is the price you DON'T want. Is anyone not getting a price at all? Or is it kind of at least getting a price even if it is the least desirable one? Does that makes sense?

[lq_traintracks]

Dude. I hear you. I'm an English major, minr in Writing and I'm a fucking herpdrction. PERFECTIONUIST. LOLOL. This fest is actually a really great exercise in blowing all that sht off man. :DFDDDD

[alisanne]

You ARE? I was an English minor, too.
Biology and Biochemistry major. :))

[lq_traintracks]

Okay well, Liberal Stucdeies technically. I was English until I had to start online and I couldn't find an ENG major online, so I did Liberal Studues with a concentration in contemporary lit and a minor in writing (and a weird number of GEO courses).

And OF COURSE you're both ENG and BIO! :DDDDD

[alisanne]

LOL! I'm not sure how to tak that...
ANd yay, ENglish minors rule!

[darkmoore]

*grin* if you say so.

I'm not there yet, hon. But who knows maybe I will be at one point tonight XD