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

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. Gods. And. Little. Fuzzy. Llamas.
Now I'm scared, because I have an idea.

Hmmm.
Suppose I could post it on aulu as a suggestion rather than a requirement. :) Thanks!


I saw the AuronxLulu month suggestion and went "eep, oh nooooooooooooooooooooo" because I'm a lazy bum and don't want to have to write a drabble a day, let alone review 'em all (because you know I'd try), plus I love the stuff people are already churning out for Aulu and want to encourage you to keep writing Red and Black, and Trekqueen on Necromantia, and...oh, some folks have said they're gonna do longer Aulus sometime, and I don't want to give people more reasons not to. :)

On the other hand, people love drabbles. It might be fun to do it in a few months.

[muggy-mountain.livejournal.com]

Haha. I had a seedling of a YunalescaxAuron, before cupcakemonster requested AuronxThatothervillain and thus got most of the Auron torture out of my system, for a while. I am, however, anxious to see what you'd spin out of the two.

Yeah, I think an Aulu month would be a good thing to try, but not right away. And there are other options besides drabbles!

We could probably make our rules that would allow for flexibility, anyway.

Not everyone's a writer, for example. Most, but not all. We could incorporate reccing/reviewing/fanart into it, perhaps.

Just tossing out suggestions.

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

Oh, i like that idea! Just a little more flexibility to allow for flakiness and still inspire people.

There, I wrote an actual drabble. Possibly a longer scene would've allowed for a bit more development; I was fighting word count. One can however pack quite a lot of ow into 100 words.