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To Write A Drabble
Dec. 28th, 2009 05:01 pm So, I decided to write a drabble for ![[info]](https://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
fe_contest, in part just to see if I could. Drabbles are not my "thing" for reading or writing; I am happier in the 3000-5000 word range. But hey, try anything once, right? Given that the theme of the first contest is rumor/gossip, I wanted to write about Mycen, Alm and Cellica from FE2-- something to do with the slander about Mycen being a murderer, or something about the kids' sekrit heritage. Instead, my mind took me to familiar territory, that being the underbelly of Archanea and the potential for darkness in the gaps of FE3. Nothing earth-shattering, at least not if you've encountered me and my writings/rantings elsewhere.
Writing it was kind of interesting. I sketched out the thing in longhand, like usual, then typed it up and began paying attention to the word count. I honestly wanted to develop the idea more, like in the 800-1000 word length, and right near the end I can see a glimmer of where I really wanted to go with it, but then I ran smack into the word count barrier. [That's how my attempts at pr0n tend to go-- all set-up, no pay-off.] Anyway, once I had the first draft in the vicinity of 500 words, I combed over the thing sentence by sentence, shaving off one word at a time. Artificial constraints do force one to contemplate the value of every article and modifier.
So, I guess I'll be posting it on the contest comm tonight. It's not going on FFnet or my DA account, though, unless I do decide to revisit it and take the piece where I really would like it to go. And I have so much on my plate already that shining up a drabble is not high on my list of things to do.
fe_contest, in part just to see if I could. Drabbles are not my "thing" for reading or writing; I am happier in the 3000-5000 word range. But hey, try anything once, right? Given that the theme of the first contest is rumor/gossip, I wanted to write about Mycen, Alm and Cellica from FE2-- something to do with the slander about Mycen being a murderer, or something about the kids' sekrit heritage. Instead, my mind took me to familiar territory, that being the underbelly of Archanea and the potential for darkness in the gaps of FE3. Nothing earth-shattering, at least not if you've encountered me and my writings/rantings elsewhere.Writing it was kind of interesting. I sketched out the thing in longhand, like usual, then typed it up and began paying attention to the word count. I honestly wanted to develop the idea more, like in the 800-1000 word length, and right near the end I can see a glimmer of where I really wanted to go with it, but then I ran smack into the word count barrier. [That's how my attempts at pr0n tend to go-- all set-up, no pay-off.] Anyway, once I had the first draft in the vicinity of 500 words, I combed over the thing sentence by sentence, shaving off one word at a time. Artificial constraints do force one to contemplate the value of every article and modifier.
So, I guess I'll be posting it on the contest comm tonight. It's not going on FFnet or my DA account, though, unless I do decide to revisit it and take the piece where I really would like it to go. And I have so much on my plate already that shining up a drabble is not high on my list of things to do.
