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: leaving home

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

holy crap!! i have never even read Mercedes lackey.
think i knwo that tune yo utalked about. Is that an irish one?
this is part of alogner story. it's the second snippet i wrote for it (the other one I did last year.) for now it's jsut fragments but you can be sure i started to reall yfeel it once i sat down to write this. Like i told in_the_blue, i got more ideas and notes afterwards...
oh adn renaissance fair..wel lit takes place in ireland but i'm not sure which t ime period exactly (i'm guessing oen fo the famines...)
thank you.

Re: leaving home

[(Anonymous)]

She is a fun and fabulous fantasy/sci fi writer known for her Valdemar stories.

It feels like a mythical Ireland or a connection between real Ireland and a mythical one. You are welcome this is good stuff, I cannot wait to see where she is going and where she is from!

Re: leaving home

[slaversbane.livejournal.com]

Aw poop. That was me!!

Re: leaving home

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

i knw her by name, i jstu never read any of her work.
you hit the nail right on the head. ittakes place in ireland. ican't say muc hmore because i don't know the whole structure yet, but i plan to play with myths and legends adn hope that no-one thinks i'm ripping off of Bradley...