[HP drabble] Unexpected

[shimotsuki]

Now that I'm finished with my Meta project and certain evil work projects that shall not be named, I can start taking part in some of the other writing events that are going on around LJ these days. So I jumped on the wagon at day_by_drabble with this:

• Unexpected (380 words | G | post-DH AU, but not my usual one ;) )
  Al Potter has a very odd encounter with a stranger in a Muggle bookshop.

And for any woolly_mittens wondering why the heck I'm doing Potter drabbles and not Hot Chocolates, I have to admit the wonderful Hot Chocolates posted on the very first week terrified me with their amazing creativity. Ever since then, on the few weeks when I've even had time to think about writing one, I've been too intimidated. But I'd better start stepping up for my team, so I hereby pledge to break the ice and post a Hot Chocolate this week. Even if it's really stupid.
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Comments

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Good to see that you have time to write some fiction after all that Work!stuff that has been haunting you. :D

I'm sure you won't write anything stupid for pulped, and as Katy says the important thing is that you are happy with what you are writing. That other people are making themselves judges of quality is just irking (and I must either have missed that discussion or completely forgotten about it) in the extreme, and I hope you know that we are many who loves to read what you write. Even if at least one of them is becoming very bad at commenting.... *coughs*

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

Yay for work-life balance! :)

That other people are making themselves judges of quality is just irking (and I must either have missed that discussion or completely forgotten about it)

I probably didn't explain it right -- it wasn't any kind of rant about quality in general, it was an observation, which I think was legitimate, that lots of people were posting things that weren't fully edited and so on along with disclaimers about "I don't really like this, but I'm posting it for the points." And a discussion about whether having teams and points was on balance a good thing or not.

And that hasn't even been as much as an issue for me as just feeling very unoriginal and uncreative compared to other people who post at Pulped! But practice is what we need, right? Heh.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Oh I see. Well, since I can't remember the thing, I'll not venture into any further rants. ;) (except to say that that sounds more like a preemptive defense mechanism than an actual assessment on the work the person just posted). I totally get the discussion about quantity/quality.

Yes yes practice! I'm trying to get ahead on the Party Popper right now, and as usual it's the story aspect that's blocking me. Lots of cool pictures in my head, but it really needs to hang together to carry on for 5 pages, lol. I should try to write more when I'm not stuck on deadlines...

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

sounds more like a preemptive defense mechanism than an actual assessment on the work the person just posted

It wasn't a comment on any particular post -- just part of a discussion about how Winterval had gone, sort of a debriefing.

Good luck with the Party Popper! I'm excited to know that you're working on something.