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

[siriusstar.livejournal.com]

I really have to thank you for posting this challenge. I had a good idea for it, but it is now over 1,000 words and growing. Anyway, the reason I have to thank you is it turns out my recent dissatisfaction with my prologue stemmed from starting it too late in my chronology. The idea I had for this challenge turned out to be the perfect place to begin my prologue! lol.

I'm not sure if I'll have anything fitting to put here, but the challenge was very inspirational!

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad to hear that. See, I know a lot of fanfic writers. I think writing fanfiction is a fine and noble tradition; I cut my teeth on and got much better with fanfiction. But there came a point where I wanted to get rid of the crutch of someone else's environment, and I've always written my own fiction... though not always particularly well. With all the post-DH stories floating around out there, I thought it was time for something completely different and I know a lot of people who bemoaned needing a kick in the pants for their original stuff. So if I've inspired anything for anyone, then I feel like this little post did its job and did it very nicely.

I'm really glad you're having such success with your own stuff! Congratulations.