That drabble meme

[auronlu]

So yah, I'm seeing the drabble meme going around and I didn't finish my first ten. Let me repeat:

I'll write ya drabbles. No promises when, because obligations make me break out in hives.

Fandoms: FFX, VIII, LOTR, Babylon 5, Star Trek: TNG, Trek classic, MYST/RIVEN, Greek mythology

Ratings: any, but if you're getting past R I can't promise to deliver yaoi. Excessive numbers of boy bits baffle me. More than happy to deliver yuri or het.



*thoughtful look*

I'm not entirely sure why I'm buying into the whole drabble thing. I have two problems with drabbles. One, they occasionally cause me to come up with good ideas and execute them as a drabble, when otherwise I could perhaps weave those nuggets into my "real" writing. Two, there seem to be so many challenges and drabble-trees going around right now that it feels like folks are too busy writing and reading and trading drabbles to write or review full-fledged stories. There's only so much creative juice and time floating around, and drabbles are sort of fast food fanfic.

However, I'm such a longwinded writer that drabbles are helping me hone my skills in brevity, and I'm hoping I'll be able to adapt what I've learned to my main stories. And they are fun to write. So I'm doing this, but... meh... let me also put in a plug for people to read/write/review the longer fic.

I have this vague feeling that we could have a Read and Review Monday or something, where we encourage everybody to read and review one story they haven't gotten around to checking out, and/or a Drabble Free Thursday where you either read or work on something longer than a drabble. Except again, that would be turning fandom into work instead of play. Any time our online fun starts developing obligations and self-imposed rules... *shakes head* yeah, not good. So a suggestion only, folks!



*EDIT* Note to self.
dolevalan pre/post pilgrimage Auron/Kinoc posted here, except I'm not satisfied with it.
owlmoose Captain Ivanova
saharasnow Legolas "comb" Posted here
muggy_mountain Auron/Yunalesca Posted here
lynnxlady Wakka/Rikku Posted here, except it turned into a dribble.
trekqueen Glory/Turgon

Comments

*blinks at you*

[heyheyrenay.livejournal.com]

I think you creepily read my mind. I will now go into Project Mode!Renay and pounce!

The Read and Review Monday idea? Was like an idea I had a long time ago but never put into place. Are you a member of bangonfic? Because I would totally be for working up a project like this for there, so it could touch a lot of fandom, rather than just the FFX branch. Just having it would be excellent, because then it would be optional for people. For us, I always find opt-in works better for projects. A reminder post every Monday with what it's about, and people could also maybe share the stories they read and reviewed that day in the comments for like a little weekly rec post?

Okay, I'm geeking out, I'll stop, but really, if you want to expand that idea I would be totally willing to help and promote and such. I won't steal the idea and run with it. xD

Drabbles - the Fast Food of Fanfic. Hee, that's great. I agree with you! I do. I like reading shorter pieces but they're quick little bites and I always end up wanting more. You know I did this drabble request meme the first go around? You know how many words I wrote? I'm still writing, actually, I'm not even done with the requests. 4,398 words. Four stories; none of them under 500 words, the maximum word count to be considered in the drabble arena. I'm right with you on being a writer who likes to write longer pieces. ;)

Re: *blinks at you*

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

Oh, by all means steal the idea and run with it! I'm not up for organizing much right now...my A/L shrine and my efforts to read/review a lot of people's work are my modest contributions to the fanfic community. :)

*checks your bangonfic*

Aha, cool!

The trouble is I'm hanging out here because I'm playing hooky from YEARS of moderating online communities, and my last job -- it was a job -- I was on 3-10 hours every day for a year, running and overseeing and mediating a several-thousand-member LOTR community's activities. I stepped down too late, found I was totally burned out, and almost can't bear to hang out in a place where my friends and my heart were.

As a result I'm currently skittish of any sort of rules or obligations that turn fandom fun into a chore. Like, even little things like maintaining a consistent story header format. I'm trying to write full headers now to help people, but, er, I'd have to go REWRITE all my headers to fit bangonfic's particular standards, which aren't the same format as pyre_flies standards, which...oh, whatever. Not gonna happen.

So if bangonfic would be okay with someone who doesn't necessarily write full headers exactly like all your detailed instructions... *wry grin* ... I'd be happy to stop by. I read and review about 5-10 pieces every day, including drabbles, because ... oh, i know how much it means to have people read and comment! And it's fun. But it's also important.

Re: *blinks at you*

[heyheyrenay.livejournal.com]

I reworked some of the requirements--thank you for the feedback. It's hard, when the fandom doesn't have standard header requirements. The extra stuff? Is specific to a feedback community. I left those two things because someone who wanted to post a feedback communtiy would usually be willing to add those two tags in order to get the most from people who respond. :) The community is aimed at concrit but also more about making people think about reviewing and being reviewed, as well as writing, which is why I think that project would be great for a weekly, optional thing. Just to be there, you know? The longer it was there, the more often it cropped up, the more people would partake of it, perhaps!

I'm sorry you got burned out. :( That's terrible. I understand where you're coming from. I've always done everything voluntarily, so when I start feeling overworked, I just stopped. Harder with a job, I gather. I don't want you to get too burnt out on us! So really, just stomp on me when I pounce you and suggest ideas. :)

Re: *blinks at you*

[rustehroll.livejournal.com]

We're happy.

Come play with us.

We use strawberry-scented lube.

OH MY RISQUE!

Re: *blinks at you*

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

Risqué? With this crew?

Say it ain't so. :)

Gosh, why have I been so crabby today? Sorry bottle_of_shine!

See, I still have a few obligations left on the place where I was an admin, and I'm failing to discharge them, and I suck. A lot. So I'm hiding and feeling guilty a lot these days.

Bah. ANYWAY, back to drabbles!