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

Re: I ran over...sue me.

[slaversbane.livejournal.com]

ok....

Part two had me grinning ear to ear for the better part of an hour and then my eyes went glassy with aborted tears.

This here, should be a friggin book. FINISH IT! PLEASE! Now I am chomping at the damned bit to know what happens next.

That is why I could just feel the tension in the short peice you wrote. There is a beautiful and terrible tragedy behind them.
Love it. You had me at, "I'm being a brat."

Re: I ran over...sue me.

[govcampbell.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Selfishly, it's very gratifing to hear someone has enjoyed your work. I LOVE writing AJ and Beth, so there may be more. I'm really, really busy right now (I'm just starting my first year teaching), but I may tinker in my free time. Look for more over at that journal, that's where it'll be when it comes around.

Thanks again!

(And thanks to G for hosting the challenge! :) )

Re: I ran over...sue me.

[slaversbane.livejournal.com]

Happy to offer my praise, especially since it is deserved. I'll be happy to see what you have when you have it!

Indeed thanks to G.

Re: I ran over...sue me.

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

My pleasure. And it's quite evident that you love writing AJ and Beth, and it always has been. All I want to do is give people an outlet for their creativity.