Songfic Challenge: Introduction & rules!

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone, and welcome to our next long challenge — Songfic! This challenge will run from April 16 to May 31.

The goal for this challenge is to write a fic or create graphics inspired by a song — the title, the lyrics, the overall song or the music video.

Some simple rules
1. Pick any song — its title, its lyrics, the feelings it evokes when you listen to it or even its music video — and get inspired.

2. Write fic totaling 1,000 words or more, or create your choice of graphics (10 icons, 5 banners or 1 wallpaper) based on your inspiration. This can be original or any fandom of your choice.

3. You can include some of the actual lyrics in your fics or graphics, or you can just use any part of the song or music video as an inspiration — but please make sure what you were inspired by is listed somewhere so we know!

4. You can post your creation to the comm or to anywhere else you'd like and just link it here (in this post or any of the other Songfic Challenge posts).

5. Complete the challenge by the end of May 31, anywhere in the world.

Easy enough, right? And to help you, I will be posting a song — complete with lyrics and the link to its music video — every other day or so to help serve as inspiration.

And now, I will leave you to it. Good luck, have fun and happy creating! And please let me know if you have questions!

Comments

[fairyniamh]

Sou ds fun.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

This has always been one of my favorite challenges! Music is a big inspiration for me and it gives the added bonus of finding new songs and/or artists.

[tellshannon815.livejournal.com]

Perfect timing as I actually had a songfic idea anyway!

[itsanonyx.livejournal.com]

2. Write fic totaling 1,000 words or more, or create your choice of graphics (10 icons, 5 banners or 1 wallpaper) based on your inspiration. This can be original or any fandom of your choice.

Can we write like 10 drabbles for 100 words each so it would be 1000 words total also in the end? Or does it have to be 1 fic only?

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Yup, you can write 10 drabbles! Or 5 drabbles and 1 300 word fic and 1 200 word fic. Just the total count should be 1,000 or more, but you could do 20 50-word drabbles if you really want :)

[cinehomophile.livejournal.com]

super new to this website so I'm not sure if this is the right place to attach it, but I have a submission for this challenge! It's based on the song "Dark is the Night" by Mark Bernes https://archiveofourown.org/works/55244758

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

Here's a couple of songs for you...

1. TNT AC/DC
2. Southern Cross Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
3. Paint it Black The Rolling Stones
4. Fortunate Son CCR
5. Sweet Emotion Aerosmith

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

[agdhani.livejournal.com]

I've got a couple of songs, 2 by the same artist to recommend, Shadow and Last Man Standing by Livingston, Natural by Imagine Dragons, and All These Things that I have Done by The Killers :)

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!!

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Here's my creation:

Anti-Hero (Reyes' Version) (https://asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com/556869.html?newpost)

[backrose-17.livejournal.com]

A Buddie fic inspired by I'll Be There For You (The Rembrandts) and a random post I made on tumblr https://archiveofourown.org/works/55689697

[backrose-17.livejournal.com]

Another Buddie fic inspired by Iris by Goo Goo Dolls which I love so much also fits a bingo prompt so another win https://archiveofourown.org/works/55895989