Snowflake Challenge #8

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Challenge #8: In your own space, create a wishlist. Your wishlist can be anything between one and ten wishes as a rough guide.

Ooh this is an interesting challenge!! Here are my wishes (some of them very specific):

1. Fan art or podfic or remixes for any of my stories! (here on AO3) I would be so delighted with any kind of transformative works for my fics, you have no idea :D

2. I'd love recs for some communities about writing, reading, or history!

3. I'd also love recs for podcasts or documentaries about true crime or history, or about naval stuff specifically

4. Recs for journals/communities that talk about planning/organization (especially for people with ADHD)

That's all for my wishlist! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Comments

[goddess47]

You have some realistic wishes here... it's just knowing where to ask.

There was a remix challenge on DW that ran last year... poke around for that and see if they'll be running the challenge again this coming year. You'd have to remix someone else's work, but it's worth checking into.

Also, make sure you have a clear policy on your AO3 profile to allow for remixes and podcasts. If someone is trolling around looking for fic to do, it's easier if you already have that statement.

I don't know if they're still taking membership, but 'getyourwordsout' on DW is a great writing community. They also have a subgroup for folk with disabilities where they talk about some of the challenges to the writing process. Worth checking out.

Good luck with some of those others. Keep asking, they're out there!

[cornerofmadness]

I'll second get your words out and if you're interested in writing links, feel free to drop by my blog on sundays. I post a lot of them.

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Yay, thank you!

[cornerofmadness]

You're welcome. I'm open to friending if you want or just pop in on the weekends to see the writing links

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Ooh thank you for all the recs!! And doing a remix challenge actually sounds really fun.

I'll def check out getyourwordsout!! :D

[sjh2009]

Thank you for sharing your wishlist and taking part in the challenge.

Those are some great wishes and I'm sure there are many people here who will be able to assist.

I hope your wishes get fulfilled.

[silverink]

Thank you! I've gotten a lot of good recs here, so I'm considering most of my wishes fulfilled :D

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> 2. I'd love recs for some communities about writing, reading, or history! <<

I invite you to these communities:

allbingo is a high-inspiration, low-pressure community. It welcomes all fandoms and original work, all sizes and media. It hosts monthly fests on different themes. January is on Fresh Starts.

crowdfunding is a community for creators, fans, and patrons of cyberfunded creativity. It hosts a mid-month Creative Jam on different themes; January 16-17 will be on "Darkness and Light." Currently running, the Rose and Bay Awards honor excellence in crowdfunded projects and patrons.

>> 4. Recs for journals/communities that talk about planning/organization (especially for people with ADHD) <<

Somewhat on a tangent, but related: This year I decided to try out bullet journaling, which is working nicely for me. (I don't really fit any standard framework I've seen, neurotypical or neurovariant.) So I made a reference list:

https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/12794761.html

From what I have observed of a diverse range of people, there are a ton of techniques, all of which work for some folks and none of which work for everyone. You have to figure out how to work with the body/mind you have, not what other people wish you had. That usually requires trial and error, but after a while, you should start noticing patterns that make it easier to predict new things.

For me, cognitive offloading helps. I could waste space in my brain trying to remember to go check supper or whatever, but it is more efficient to use a timer on my desk for that and the space in my brain for writing. Everything you can offload to a program, a timer, a calendar, or some other tool is more brainspace you can use for what you really want to do. It's just a matter of trying different tools to see what meets your particular needs.

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[spikedluv]

is more brainspace you can use for what you really want to do

That is a really interesting theory. I find I need to do similar things, calendar, lists, etc. (I have never been tested, but the more I read about the variety of people on the spectrum, I've wondered if I don't fit in there somewhere.)

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> That is a really interesting theory. I find I need to do similar things, calendar, lists, etc. <<

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/parl-lab/research/current-projects/cognitive-offloading/

https://arxiv.org/pdf/0808.3569.pdf


Regrettably, little is available on applied cognitive offloading, and almost all of that is for people who lost memory somehow. But some useful stuff exists:

https://www.logicprep.com/blog/cognitive-offloading-is-the-most-important-test-tip-you-didnt-know-existed

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/minimize-cognitive-load/

https://www.doctorschoicefl.com/memory-aids-tools-strategies-memory-loss-2/

https://www.northriverhc.com/5-easy-memory-aids-that-can-help-anyone/

https://imperial.networkofcare.org/veterans/assistive/list.aspx?indexingterms=memory-aids


A key point to remember is that brains and minds can work in various ways. Some people respond better to visual cues (placing an object at eye level) while others do better with audio cues (setting an alarm to ring). Try different strategies for saving, organizing, and prompting until you find ones that work for you. Just within arm's reach I have a kitchen timer, my fishbowl notes on paper, and my desktop calendar.

>> (I have never been tested, but the more I read about the variety of people on the spectrum, I've wondered if I don't fit in there somewhere.) <<

Yeah, I don't fit the description exactly, but have a lot in common. The only reason I can pass for human even briefly is that people expect but, but after a few minutes -- or a few hours at maximum cloak -- they notice I'm really not. Neurodiversity is a lot wider than the examples that have been codified.

[smallhobbit]

Have you come across ushobwri ? It's a biweekly writing community that aims to encourage/commiserate with writers.

[seal_girl]

This isn't a podcast or a documentary , but I loved the book "Shadow Divers" by Robert Kurson. It's about how a group of deep divers tried to identify the wreak of a WW2 U boat.

Link to the wikipedia article on the book - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Divers

[spikedluv]

I'm unable to help you out, but I hope that your wishes are granted! (And it looks like Some of them have been, so yay!)

[sea_changed]

For podcasts, I would highly recommend the first season of Slow Burn, on Watergate (so, both history and true crime). Perhaps a bit too topical at the moment, if you’re in the US, but it’s high-quality and includes a lot of interesting info and audio clips. I just wrote a bit more about it here, as well: https://sea-changed.dreamwidth.org/8008.html

NPR’s Throughline podcast is also good, though I’m just getting into it myself and so am less familiar with it.

[reeby10]

I don't listen to many true crime podcasts, but I really enjoyed Death in Ice Valley. It's a modern investigation into the case of the Isdal Woman in Norway in 1970.

[autobotscoutriella]

If you have any interest in writing prompt communities, fandomweekly has weekly fic prompts! We don't do a ton of talking about writing, though, so I'd also second the recommendations for getyourwordsout and ushobwri. There are some lovely people over there and ushobwri got me through a full NaNo challenge last year.

Sorry for the belated response - I'm just now getting around to fulfilling some wishes!