My Thoughts Go A-Drabbling
I recently signed up for the ![[info]](https://stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
hp_humpdrabbles "Hump Madness 2014" drabble fest. It's one of those "last drabble writer standing" (LDWS) contests, where each week, people write drabbles, readers vote for their favorites, a certain number of writers gets eliminated, and in the end, one Cheese Stands Alone. I've always thought these fests sounded like fun, but this is the first time I took the plunge and signed up. (Although the traditional drabble is a story of exactly 100 words, the term is used more loosely in this fest -- it means a story of no more than 500 words.)
I like drabble-writing as a rule. Drabbles are the sonnets of fanfic; the condensed form forces you to consider each word carefully and to let imagery carry the meaning. Yet within the constraints, there's a lot of flexibility.
Thehp_humpdrabbles fest is particularly appealing to me because it's open to any pairing. So I can indulge in OLSB-love if I want, or I can take on the challenge of pairings and characters I don't normally write. (Like with this first drabble -- my first Severus/Lucius.)
So the first round is over, and I'm relieved to say that I survived to move into Round 2. I had stiff competition in Round One from the excellent![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
iselima, who was kind enough to step in as an alternate when seven of the original participants, including my original opponent, failed to submit their drabbles. (Aside -- some apparently dropped out without bothering to inform the mods, a piece of rudeness that always disturbs me. Yes, sometimes RL gets in the way of our fannish fun, but it would have to be a pretty serious RL crisis to justify someone simply disappearing without a word.)
I'll post my Round One drabble in a separate post, but meanwhile, here are some drabble- and voting-related thinky thoughts:
( About Fest Voting )
( Brilliant and/or Crazy Idea! -- The Poll )
hp_humpdrabbles "Hump Madness 2014" drabble fest. It's one of those "last drabble writer standing" (LDWS) contests, where each week, people write drabbles, readers vote for their favorites, a certain number of writers gets eliminated, and in the end, one Cheese Stands Alone. I've always thought these fests sounded like fun, but this is the first time I took the plunge and signed up. (Although the traditional drabble is a story of exactly 100 words, the term is used more loosely in this fest -- it means a story of no more than 500 words.)I like drabble-writing as a rule. Drabbles are the sonnets of fanfic; the condensed form forces you to consider each word carefully and to let imagery carry the meaning. Yet within the constraints, there's a lot of flexibility.
The
hp_humpdrabbles fest is particularly appealing to me because it's open to any pairing. So I can indulge in OLSB-love if I want, or I can take on the challenge of pairings and characters I don't normally write. (Like with this first drabble -- my first Severus/Lucius.) So the first round is over, and I'm relieved to say that I survived to move into Round 2. I had stiff competition in Round One from the excellent
iselima, who was kind enough to step in as an alternate when seven of the original participants, including my original opponent, failed to submit their drabbles. (Aside -- some apparently dropped out without bothering to inform the mods, a piece of rudeness that always disturbs me. Yes, sometimes RL gets in the way of our fannish fun, but it would have to be a pretty serious RL crisis to justify someone simply disappearing without a word.)I'll post my Round One drabble in a separate post, but meanwhile, here are some drabble- and voting-related thinky thoughts:
( About Fest Voting )
( Brilliant and/or Crazy Idea! -- The Poll )