I'll take the other thing.

[in_the_blue]

I miss the days when I used to host writing challenges right here in this very journal.

So. Now that the seventh Harry Potter book has been written... I think it's time for a different kind of writing challenge. I used to host the short-short ficlets, 300 words or less, open fandom.

Today, I'm going OC. And that doesn't stand for Orange County: it stands for original character.

Ready? 3, 2, 1, let's... get inspired to write original fiction, folks. The theme for the challenge is change: take 500 words to introduce an original character and demonstrate some measure of change for him, for her, for it.

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Rules:

• Fandom: original only


• Word count: 500 or less


• Main theme: change


• Ratings: No restrictions.


• Duration: Challenge opens now (August 30) and closes at 11:59 p.m. in whatever time zone you inhabit on Wednesday, September 5.

Post your ficlets as comments to this entry. Feel free to do as few or as many as you want, and if you see one you really like, be sure to leave a review or a comment. Remember, original fic only. I'll crack my knuckles and get going as soon as I get a few hours' sleep.

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NOTE: All ficlets in comments here are the property of their respective writers. Consider them copywritten with all rights reserved. If you want to quote, copy, or redistribute, please get the author's permission first. Otherwise, I'll have to lock this down. Thanks.

Comments

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Wow. Talk about intriguing. This is like looking in through a hole in the fence and only getting to see the little overt bits and pieces. It makes me wonder what's going on here, who's who, what's what. And I have to say that the long red fingernail imagery is so classically bad-girl that it works really well in a short piece. Now I'd like to see more, get the scenario spelled out or illustrated, and try to sort out the various relationships these three people have.

(Also, I miss writing with you.)

[arasnaem.livejournal.com]

Well, if I ever write the companion story to this, this won't take place until toward the end, but when I read your prompt, it just appeared in my head.

I debated the red fingernails for a while, but came to the same conclusion--so classically bad-girl, that how can you go wrong (in ~500 words)?

Thanks for the nice comments, I appreciate it!

(I miss writing with you too...but i still haven't found anyone I feel confident playing...)