Challenge # 62: Broken Wand

[tamiveldura]

Title: To Dream
Rating: G
Pairings: Snape/Draco Harry/Draco implied
Author's Notes: 29 minutes, Sixth in the series. Insert Plot >.<
It, Choices, A Small Hurdle, A Break In Routine
Hey, Teacher

Comments

[tamiveldura]

lol, mispellings of important names are what I do best. :D

I, myself, have terrible vision problems so I'm always looking out for things that could make it worse. The eyes, the heart, and the brain strike me as the most delicate subjects under the crucio, in that order.

[shadowycat]

Very powerful piece. I do like the way you've used the challenges to move a single storyline forward. It's very well done. :)

[tamiveldura]

oh goodie! my little girl squee quota has been filled for the day, lol. Thanks :D

[dream_labyrinth]

Wonderful. I love how you fitted this challenge into your story.
Your description of Tom enjoying torturing Lucius (and I have to agree with melisande88, I tend to put an "o" in his name, too.) was perfect. And very powerful to see how it affected Harry.

[tamiveldura]

Thank you! I'm rather surprised no one has done this sort of thing before. Hopefully it'll encurage someone else to try the same.

[maidengurl]

I am really enjoying your fics. I have such a hard time writing even a drabble...keeping a story going through these challanges takes talent. Thank you for sharing.

hair hanging in a bedraggled mess around his chin while the longer strands still managed to cling to the thin band that held them back.

This is such a vivid image.

[tamiveldura]

:D Thanks. I thought it would be very difficult to keep a story and match the challeneges, but to be honest, there would be no story without them. They drive the plot ^^. I think it would be harder to come up with a new plot idea every week. I'm glad you're enjoying.

To be honest, little drabbles are very difficult for me. 100's I can do sometimes but 200 or 300 words is no man's land between story and scene. It's like swimming. 100's I'm good, 500 is great, but 200 is just long enough that I die at 150 but short enough that you're suppose to sprint the whole thing.

[maidengurl]

I have not tried to write anything in fandom over 200 words. I'm nervous enough about trying to get characterizations right, keeping my ideas as much within canon as possible.

I love reading the 30 minute fics. One day I'm going to be brave enough to jump in and give it a try.

I think I'm still scarred from my 6th grade English teacher who told me my writing was "too pedestrian".

[tamiveldura]

I was afraid of characterizations at first too so when I jumped into fandom headfirst with a multi chapter fic, I made sure it was post-graduation mid-war and that how the characters acted 'now' was somewhat beliveable based on what they had been through. From there it was just a matter of reading and re-reading fics I felt were spot on for characters and asking readers what they thought of mine.

I am currently under the belief that 'English' teachers are not the best to teach writing. Grammar, yes, but not style and consistancy for writing.

[midnightsangelc]

I, too, enjoy how you're weaving the challenges together into their own little story. And I love the interaction between Voldemort and Lucius in this piece...it shows how Voldemort truly does not care about his followers other than as tools in his conquest. It makes you feel sorry for Lucius (even though we all know how evil he can be!).

[tamiveldura]

Thank you! I'm happy you're enjoying it. My impression with this piece so far is that Tom really is as much of a prick as some people make him out to be but Lucius is trying to be a father while at the same time, keep himself alive under Voldemort's tuliage. I think he knew about Draco's defection, even encuraged it, while keeping Tom in the dark for as long as possible.