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In short: I really don't like it.

I get somewhere that you'd like your prompts short and stuff because I'm probably not the only one who gets a little lazy when I see a long text.

But...

Some prompts just can't be summarised in 250 words because we have many nice ideas about them that we would like to see in a fill! Writing is about creativity and I somehow feel this 250 words rule puts a limit on that.

This is a kinkmeme for writing, not a Twitter page.

~~(Yes, I'm upset to wake up and see the petty torture methods prompt got deleted because of "too many words" because, as I said, I had a flash of creativity...and now it's gone...)~~

I honestly don't see the point of the word limit - if a prompt is too long/detailed for you to want to write, you can always just ignore it and move on.

I agree. Why limit details that may help to inspire a filler?

Wait, I think I saw that prompt... I didn't think it was over 250 words anyway??

It wasn't.

It was 322 according to my word counter, but I agree that the rule's limiting; we could set it to ~500 or so (to prevent those really, really long prompts) but honestly I think just a general 'please try not to write many paragraphs' is a good enough rule.

(I posted a prompt recently that was just under because I made sure, but a few word either way wouldn't have mattered, surely? It does seem limiting.)

I haven't been on too many other kinkmemes, but I've never seen another one with a word limit for prompts

I have (250 words/prompt plus up to 3 bonuses) but the kinkmeme was huge and really fast-paced. I don't think it's necessarily needed here.

I actually really like this rule. Long prompts clog a page, especially if you're on mobile, and short prompts kinda get lost in between. Also, if you need to write in so many details into your prompt that it exceeds 250 words, you kinda don't have a prompt but a story that you should really just write yourself.

That said, I won't cry if the rule gets repelled but I honestly think it helps keeping the meme readable.

Thank you - I agree with your points here, but I was afraid of sounding too rude to bring them up myself.

I think it's a little too restrictive. Maybe up it at 500 as suggested or make it more an advice than a rule?

Every km I've been to has had a prompt word limit. I personally think it improves the km experience. I scroll through new prompts on my phone sometimes and those long overly detailed prompts are incredibly annoying. But then I'm not the type of person who would ever fill something that nitpicky/over explained that it would take so many words.

I respect your opinion on this, and I understand that it would be pretty upsetting if a prompt would get screened because of the word limit. But as a frequent filler, I would like to point out that having too many suggestions on what could happen in a fill would seem like too many chains to most of us.

It feels like extreme pressure. It's stressful to hit all the points in a prompt. I get anxious when I see too long prompts, even when it looks interesting, because more often than not, I agree with some points of the prompt, but not all of them. In the end, I'll most likely decide not to do it and choose a different prompt to fill.

This is only a personal preference, but I like prompts where I could brainstorm what will happen and not worry aboht hitting the ten or so bulletpoints listed on the prompt.

As a fairly frequent filler myself, I don't think I've ever hit all the points mentioned in a prompt. Not even a short one. I treat prompts as just that: something to prompt your imagination, not a prescription of exactly what needs to be written.

I will admit that a couple of times I have wondered whether I might be straying a little too far from the original idea, but in both those cases I had absolutely gushing OPs come back to tell me they loved my fills.

Conversely as a prompter, I'll often throw in a handful of suggestions that a might help spark ideas, but I'm never fussed about seeing all of them included.

I guess what I'm saying is, don't tie yourself down so much, anon. Prompts are meant to set loose the plotbunnies, not dictate your output.

Oh, I have got to remember that when I'm writing for a fill. Thank you!

I will fill round 1 only, after seeing that.
250 word prompts. So lame.
How the hell am I supposed to get good meat for my fic stews from such starved flesh?

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