A Woman's Sceptre Challenge | April 15 - May 10

[dawn_felagund]

“Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.”
~ Mary Wollstonecraft

This month, we consider the sceptres that women hold: sceptres of beauty in the forms of the pens and brushes that they use to represent their experiences as art, and literal sceptres of power, often wrested from the unwilling, that they use to establish justice for themselves and their sisters.

Each participant will receive a quote from a woman who has advanced the cause of women's rights or participation of women in the arts. Although we are offering this challenge alongside Legendarium Ladies April, your response does not have to be about a female character. (Also--please feel free to use your challenge quote in combination with this month's wonderful Legendarium Ladies April prompts, or write or include a poem as part of Poetry Month!) You may use all or part of your quote in any way that you choose in responding to the challenge. Challenge responses must be posted to the SWG archive by May 10 to be eligible for a stamp.

If you wish to participate in this month's challenge, leave a comment on here or on our Dreamwidth, drop us an ask on our tumblr, or email us at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org.>

Comments

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I won't get penalized if I don't like my prompt and cannot write anything for it will I? I'd really like to write something for this one. It sounds awesome, but I am terrible at specific prompts.

By the way, I love the banner and I adore the Mary Wollstonecraft quote.

[dawn_felagund]

Nope, there is no penalty. How is this one? If something is completely uninspiring, I'm always glad to swap it out for another. Also, you can use parts of the quote or just the general idea of the quote; we really want this to be very flexible! :)

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
~ Maya Angelou

Thanks about the banner--I made the banner but oloriel found the quote. (She offered it as a prompt quote! I stole it for the banner because I was completely uninspired on what to call the challenge this month and what to do for a banner for it.)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. Imagine if everyone asked for a swap for their quotation? Just no! That's not right. I'll either make this one work or throw in the towel. But I am determined to be more flexible and not such a whiney diva.

[dawn_felagund]

Lyra came up with like 50 prompts this month! We'd be just fine. :)

I do get why asking for a swap kind of ruins the point of a challenge. If I know the person, I really do try to choose something I think they'd want and be able to write. But if I throw a completely wild pitch, I never mind if someone says, "This one isn't working for me right now ..." and trying another.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

The last time I got a prompt I really liked, I turned a Slashy Santa swap fic into a WIP novel, which I am still working (and am banned from the Slashy swaps until I finish--that's a whole long sad story for me--sent me into a full two-year writing block). I want to finish that story this year. I do love it still.

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Oh yes. One day Pink Flamingo will be finished and I will also be able to do a Slashy Swap again. Just keeps needing a chapter more than I expected last chapter....

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Your novel has shown steadier work progress than mine. But I am still working on my Summer's End. This last chapter has been epic! Not in length but in detail--let's just say it has been challenging.