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: Delicous, but wee...like a French dessert.

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Takeo hasn't lost a thing in years.

And that's all I'm going to tell you about him right now.

If/when I start putting up chapters of this work, you want to be on the filter? I'm proprietary about my original stuff and selective about the number of readers.

Re: Delicous, but wee...like a French dessert.

[slaversbane.livejournal.com]

The word 'Yes' doesn't even begin to describe it. I'll be bouncing on my toes until I read more. Of course now I wish I could draw with any skill. That scene is already animated in my head.

Oh if you ever want to see more of my stuff, mostly poetry or what passes (barely) for some unedited unadulterated and mostly vulgar, just skimm back a bit on my journal and hit the poetry tag.

Re: Delicous, but wee...like a French dessert.

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

I've been reading your poetry. I'm a lousy poetry critic, though, so I tend not to comment on it.

Re: Delicous, but wee...like a French dessert.

[slaversbane.livejournal.com]

Then you are the exact type of critic I need for my lousy poetry!

My process for writing anything revolves around a single image that I focus all my emotions around until they explode. I then write all of the words down, and arrange them by sound. I figure it should only be read by those with truly naught better to do, on a day when the trite-o-meter has been refreshed.

Re: Delicous, but wee...like a French dessert.

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Then when I have naught better to do, I might leave lousy reviews of your not-lousy poetry!

Re: Delicous, but wee...like a French dessert.

[slaversbane.livejournal.com]

That would be delightful. I don't get a lot of criticism, and I sorely need it. If it is a lousy review I'll use a horse pick! ;)