I’m getting close to 200 followers. Maybe I should have a drawing when I hit the magic number and let the winner choose from a list of Gigolas and Spones drabble prompts…..
Summary: After waking up in a compromising position with no memory of how they got there, Legolas and Gimli interview their friends to find out what happened, and come to the conclusion that drinking games are overrated. (humor, minor angst, sexual references)
Prompt: Legolas and Gimli wake up together in a bed in Minas Tirith, hung over and stark naked, with no memory of the previous 18 hours. What happened last night? How will they find out? It’s up to the author. Bonus points if they aren’t in an established relationship… yet.
Summary: Legolas comes up with A Cunning Plan to get everything he wants from life– and from what lies beyond. (Though he may have more difficulty than he anticipated in building his ship.)
Determamfidd has tagged me in this, and thereby sneakily arranged for another sneak peek of my current WIP, which we saw yesterday in mangled form as Regulus and Emily! 😀 Here’s a rather more accurate textual response to the meme:
WIP Game Rules: Go to page 7 of your WIP, count down 7 lines, share 7 sentences, and then tag 7 other writers.
P: What are your goals for things to happen to your writing? (Getting published, getting a good review, having a fandom, etc)
Escapism, like I said! I never really post with any sort of expectations from fandom, or for accolades yadda yadda. I know that sounds sort of silly or unrealistic, but I tend to view the escapism I find in writing itself as a reward!
It’s something I’ve done for ages, as I said. Reviews are wonderful, comments are wonderful. I want to share my story, of course I do. I always do. I’ll never get on the case of anyone who writes looking for reviews, EVER, because I can absolutely understand that. I’m just a solitary little mouse, who likes diving into something that isn’t my own reality.
I guess my main goal is to write a story that I myself find entertaining, escapist, fun, heart-tugging, hot, silly, etc. I want to write something that speaks back to me. On the whole, I like re-reading my own stuff. If I can’t bear to re-read it, then I’ve not achieved my goal.
X: (Leave a prompt in the person’s ask box)
DONE! Check your askbox, m’dear!
Y: How would you describe the perfect prose? How would you describe your own prose?
“Perfect prose” is a bit of a pipe-dream, I think, but I can tell you the things I value: elegance, unpretentiousness, lyricism, clarity, innovation.
My own prose I consider a little overwrought at times. I am also a serial comma abuser. A huge chunk of my editing process is SHORTENING SENTENCES TO MANAGEABLE, READABLE LENGTHS.
But now and then I write something that pops out of the murky depths of my brain and sit back thinking ‘OKAY THAT’S NICE, good job me, how the fuck did I think of that, where’d that come from????’.
Aw Yiss 