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Asylum Information

Below is information about the "Real Person Fic Prompts & Challenges" asylum on InsaneJournal. To join this asylum, click here. You may leave the asylum at any time.

This is a prompt-driven fanfic-writing community specifically for RPS/RPF (Real-Person Slash/Real-Person Fiction). Characters need not be actors - musicians and sports celebrities are equally welcome - but the characters in the fic should be "celebrities" (even minor or obscure ones) in some way.

Membership is by approval only. As the genre attracts slashfic writers and readers, it is important to have your year of birth on your profile. If that's not present, or you are not of 18 years or over, then you will not be accepted. If you don't normally show your year of birth on your profile you may IM me on AIM at manyxmuses, show me your year of birth quickly, and then change it back and I will accept you into the community.

Claims: It is not necessary to claim a particular character or pairing. You may choose to write all your responses in the same character/pairing, or you may choose to write a different character each time, it's all entirely up to you. For this reason, claims are totally unnecessary. If more than one person wants to write the same character or pairing that's perfectly fine. Likewise, because there's no waiting list for characters, there's also no commitment; post as and when you're inspired. You won't be kicked out of you fail to respond to a certain number of prompts.

Writing styles: In regard to the actual writing, you may write your idea however you like - the point is simply to get you writing. You may write standard fic, drabbles (of at least 100 words), etc... You may also roleplay a scene pertaining to the prompt that is chosen with a partner, so long as you are roleplaying in 3rd-person, storybook format and complete sentences/paragraphs. No asterisk roleplay, please, as it's not really that pleasant to read, nor is that truly "writing". You may also write your prompts featuring a roleplay character of yours so long as that person is played as themselves (celeb), hence "real person". There are other comms where you can do prompt writing for original characters and characters in fandom and whatnot.

Prompts: Prompt styles will vary from prompt tables to individual "group write" prompts, to other interesting and inspiring ways to prompt writing and ideas. If you have a suggestion for a prompt type or a prompt idea, by all means comment to me or reach me on AIM and let me know.

IMPORTANT: Slash is welcome, so is gen, het and femmeslash, as well as any kinds of kink so long as they are all treated and handled maturely. Fiction containing any sexual content involving a minor (we'll assume this to be a person under 18, since IJ's servers reside in the USA)will get you immediately banned without warning. You should not need me to explain why this rule is in place.

ALSO This community is not friends-locked currently; if that is something that the majority of active members would like to see, please say so and this change can be made. At that point an announcement about it will be made. If you want to keep certain people from reading your adult-nature fic, it's suggested that you friends-lock it to the community.

The Header: Each fanfic should contain the following in a header
TITLE:
AUTHOR:
PROMPT:
CHARACTER/PAIRING:
RATING:
WARNINGS: any specific warnings for content if the story contains material that other readers are likely to be squicked by or find disturbing; for example character death, non-consentual sex, drug use, etc.
CRITIQUE WELCOME: Y/N
AUTHOR NOTES: Anything you may wish to add, eg credit to beta-readers, if the fic is an AU, any background readers may need to know in order to understand the story, etc.
DISCLAIMER: State clearly that the story is fiction only and is not intended to bear any claim on the real lives of the characters involved. I CANNOT STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. FIC WITHOUT A DISCLAIMER WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT WARNING OR NOTICE. REPEAT OFFENCE WILL GET YOU BANNED.

Here's the header code for you. Just copy/paste and fill it out!

<b>TITLE:</b> <b>AUTHOR:</b> <b>PROMPT:</b> <b>CHARACTER/PAIRING:</b> <b>RATING:</b> <b>WARNINGS:</b> any specific warnings for content if the story contains material that other readers are likely to be squicked by or find disturbing; for example character death, non-consentual sex, drug use, etc. <b>CRITIQUE WELCOME:</b> Y/N <b>AUTHOR NOTES:</b> Anything you may wish to add, eg credit to beta-readers, if the fic is an AU, any background readers may need to know in order to understand the story, etc. <b>DISCLAIMER:</b> State clearly that the story is fiction only and is not intended to bear any claim on the real lives of the characters involved. <B><I>I CANNOT STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. FIC WITHOUT A DISCLAIMER WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT WARNING OR NOTICE. REPEAT OFFENCE WILL GET YOU BANNED.</I></B>

THE BODY OF THE FIC, NO MATTER HOW SHORT, MUST BE BEHIND A CUT. If you don't know how to make a LJ-cut please go to this FAQ and learn how before you post.

I know you probably hate rules as much as I do but I have kept them to a minimum and the ones that exist, are here only for the protection of yourselves, this community, and the characters about whom we write. I'm a nice, friendly person but I don't tolerate trollish or abusive behaviour. You declared that you were an adult in order to join, so I hope that all members will conduct themselves as adults.

Those rules aside, please have fun, and enjoy posting!

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CURRENT PROMPT TYPE:

The current prompt type is currently Postsecret Prompts. Every Sunday, Postsecret posts new secrets for the week in their blog. Go over the secrets that have been posted and find one that prompts a story for you and one of your characters. **In the PROMPT section of your fic header, please include the text of your secret, and if you like, a link to it.**

Prompts will run until the next week's secrets come out. You may continue posting your fics as long as you need to, and you may skip any weeks that you don't find anything that prompts you to write, however, you will only have that week to choose from the current secrets, until Postsecret replaces them with new ones.

If you have any questions, please ask. :)