Snowflake Challenge: Day 1

[paulak_rumin8]

Intuitively, this shouldn't be such a difficult challenge, to rec 3 fanart pieces of my own that are personal favorites. The trouble I'm having with this little assignment (thank you very much, vesperregina) is I have so little to choose from. That, and I have small children vying for my attention. Anyway, I think I have come up with my three tops:

1. Almost Home

Duh! I spent six months preoccupied with that one, so I better like it. For my first attempt at an extensive story, I chose the Scarecrow and Mrs. King fandom primarily because it's a large fandom and I'm likely to get enough feedback from a submission to make it worth the effort. Working against my limited attention span when it comes to completing projects I begin, I managed to finish this one. Props to Paula. More than that, though, I got to play with some literary techniques. I wove some layers into the primary plot, practiced with flashback, manipulated the pace and intensity of suspense, built multidimensional antagonists. It was a real practicum in serious writing for me, and as much fun as I had with it, I can see I don't currently have the luxury of enough time to properly devote to professional writing.

2. So, Was He Jealous

Pure fluff! It was fun, it came easy. I still enjoy reading it every once in a while. And it was a wonderfully cost-free birthday present. What more could I ask for? I was particularly pleased with the last line of that one.

3. Before the First Time

My first venture into Scarecrow and Mrs. King. I was just testing the waters with this one. It was only meant to be a snapshot memory, but those who reviewed it indicated they wanted an expanded story, which confirmed I should go ahead and write Almost Home. I consider this one a gateway piece. Again, I was practicing with various literary techniques, just trying my hand. I have a particular line out of that one that pleases me: ...He was always so gentle, even when he was twisting the knife...

All of these are viewable on fanfiction.net under the author's handle: waswoksa.

Comments

[actiaslunaris]

Oh, it's neat reading your thoughts. I can see how well that playing with technique paid off, in the personal reward of accomplishing it and in the response from your audience!

You can spell, I can read

[paulak_rumin8]

That's funny. I had to go back and read the first one again to figure out what you spelled wrong. Took me more time than I'd like to admit.

One other thing I thought of, though. After Chapter 9 of Almost Home, I actually upset somebody with Amanda's response at the end. It was sort of funny, because what I was aiming for was an "Oh no, Amanda, don't give up yet!" reaction and what I got from this gal was, "What's the matter with you, Author, writing Amanda giving up?!" I'm not sure whether that counts as successful or not...?...