April Showers/May Flowers

[rainbowmods]

Hello, all!

For the last week of April (the 23rd to the 30th) and the first week of May (the 1st to the 8th), we're introducing the April Showers/May Flowers Saturation Challenges.

During the last week of April, write and post a Saturation using one of the following color lists: Sky Blue, Fog Grey, or Cloud White.

During the first week of May, write and post a Saturation using one of the following color lists: Meadow Mountain, Lilac, or Rose.

Each Saturation will count for Graffiti credit. 1,000 words per saturation will earn you one Novelty Bead prompt; 2,000 words will earn you two; 3,000+ will earn you three. You may complete anywhere from one to all six, whatever you like. Post a link to your qualifying story (or stories) here to receive your novelty bead prompts.

Have fun!

Comments

[hamimi_fk]

So this is probably silly but Saturation really confuses me. I thought it meant I had to use all the prompts of a color in one story. Or that I had to use all the prompts of two colors in one story.

._. I'm really confused since these provided colors each have different amounts of prompts. Someone help?

[subluxate]

You use all the prompts of one color in a story. So if you're doing Sky Blue, you could do something like this.

You can do two colors in one story, matching the prompts to each other, but that's completely optional. A Saturation is, essentially, all prompts of one color in one piece.

[hamimi_fk]

Ah, okay. I understand now. =3

[sarcasticsra]

That's exactly right--you use all the prompts in a single story, with each prompt heading off a section. They can be discrete segments connected by a theme, or one continuous story, it's entirely up to you. Here are a few examples.

The provided colors have different amounts of prompts to provide more options. So if you don't want to do a very long saturation, you could pick Sky Blue, make it 1,000 words, and get one novelty bead prompt.

ETA: Aaaand that's what I get for not refreshing! What Kelly said.

[hamimi_fk]

lol, Yes, I got it. Thank you.

[sarcasticsra]

I posted a 1,000-word Sky Blue saturation here.

[subluxate]

Your prompt is:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Japanesecajun/Prompts/tumblr_lgm93uxaes1qgz1v0o1_500.png

[subluxate]

My Sky Blue saturation of 3,069 words is here; would another mod please give me my prompts?

[five_steps_back]

Jail
"Portland, Oregon", Loretta Lynn and Jack White; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuC_l3ymXhM&feature=b-rec-topic
"Maybe/It's a vicious little word that can slay me/Keep me where I'm hurting, you make me/Hang from your hands." - "Gonna Get Over You", Sara Bareilles

[subluxate]

Thank you!

[blossomdreams]

I wrote a Sky Blue Saturation of 1,906 words right here.

[subluxate]

Your prompt is:

Tape someone's mouth

[blossomdreams]

Thank you!

[subluxate]

My Fog Grey saturation of 12,292 words is here; would another mod please prompt me?

[sarcasticsra]

Your three prompts:

"And you know we could do better than anything that we did" -- "You and Me" by Dave Matthews Band

"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", Kelly Clarkson; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRpGYN7C0qk

"When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." -- Oscar Wilde

[subluxate]

Thank you!

[bookblather]

My Sky Blue and Cloud White Saturations. Prompts please?

[subluxate]

Your Sky Blue prompts are:

1. "Come Talk to Me", Peter Gabriel; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRLjpXLEp1A

2. "I'm On Fire", Bruce Springsteen; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzQvGz6_fvA

3. "You know what else children don't know?"


Your Cloud White prompts:

1. "You Would've Liked It", Bleeker Ridge; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNF8mVy4wCk

2. Siblings

3. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Japanesecajun/Prompts/Untitled-1.png

[bookblather]

Fog Grey saturation! Three for three so far, yay!

[subluxate]

Your prompt is:

Don't be afraid of things because they're easy to do

[subluxate]

My Cloud White Saturation of over 3k is here.

[sarcasticsra]

Your prompts:

1. These are my people/This is where I come from/We're givin' this life everything we've got and then some/It ain't always pretty/But it's real. - "These Are My People", Rodney Atkins

2. A simple, destructive, unpredictable action

3. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/Statueofmanandsuitcase.jpg

[sarcasticsra]

My 3k+ Fog Grey saturation is here.

[subluxate]

Your prompts are:

1. Deceit

2. Making lists

3. "Anna Begins", Counting Crows; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrqrFWSO4QU

[clare_dragonfly]

I wrote a Lilac saturation of 1,450 words.

[subluxate]

And you beat everyone else this week!

Your prompts are:

1. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/MalfoyPUNCH.gif

2. rice and beans

3. "Boots On", Randy Houser http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHW2D3cYg2g

[clare_dragonfly]

Ahaha, did I get extra prompts for that? Awesome! XD

[subluxate]

Lol, you're not supposed to, but my hazy brain forgot how we were doing Novelty Beads for this. (Ironically, it's storming, and it made me forget how to do April Showers/May Flowers.)

Go ahead and keep them! Call them a bonus for being speedy.

[clare_dragonfly]

Mwahaha, all the novelty beads for me! ::hoards::

[justice_turtle]

So do I understand correctly: if I write a saturation of less than 1,000 words on one of these lists, I get Graffiti credit but no novelty-bead prompts? Or what?

[subluxate]

That's correct.

[subluxate]

My Rose Saturation is well over 3,000 words. Can another mod please prompt me?

[bookblather]

Your Rose saturation is a CRAZY amount of words.

Your prompts!

1) http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Japanesecajun/Prompts/tumblr_lmhfn0tJdk1qkoz1ao1_500.png

2) http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/SWANQUEEN.gif

3) paradise lost

[subluxate]

10k of the damn Saturation got written today. I was GOING to do the other two, but nope.

Thank you!

[bookblather]

Holy crap. Well, there's always Amnesty Week?

You're welcome!

[subluxate]

I have one of the two started, yeah, and I have the third semi-planned. Def getting done during Amnesty Week.

[bookblather]

OKAY. Saturations roundup:

1) Fog Grey, 1500 words.

2) Rose, 6000 words.

3) Lilac, 2500 words.

4) Mountain Meadow, 6144 words.

[subluxate]

Fog Grey:

1. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/Youshallnotpass.jpg

Rose:

1. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/babypanda.jpg

2. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Japanesecajun/Prompts/himymsparkles.gif

3. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/catsinlove.jpg

Lilac:

1. "Jesus died for somebody's sins/But not mine" - "Heroin", Billy Idol

2. Well here’s your open invitation/With just a couple regulations/Let me warn you son, only come to have fun/We don’t take kindly to serious/So leave your troubles at the door/Unless you want some in here. - "The House Rules", Christian Kane

Meadow Mountain:

1. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/lovingsomeonewhodoesntloveyou.png

2. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/henna.jpg

3. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/pileokittens.jpg

[bookblather]

Thank you!

(I already got the second one for lilac: should I just go ahead and use it twice?)

[subluxate]

Odd. I bet I didn't delete it before.

New prompt:

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/subluxate/Rainbow%20Modding/DUhXs.jpg

[bookblather]

Thanks!

[isana]

Lilac Saturation is right here!

[sarcasticsra]

Ah, I'm sorry, but the May Flowers challenge ended on the 8th.

[isana]

Darn it. Noted on the post!