A Land So Wild and Savage
Since I started my sudden LJ hiatus right after Christmas, I never did get around to claiming my Yuletide story. I kind of forgot about it, but then I looked outside this evening and saw snow everywhere and remembered. Sigh. So, long belated link.
I totally did yuletide because I wanted to write fic for a children's book, which I got to do, and it was a lot of fun. I got assigned to Laura Ingalls Wilder, which I had decided to offer because I thought it would be fascinating to write a female narrative of the western experience. My recipient, however, asked for a story about Pa, and at first I was a bit nervous because I hadn't really thought of writing him, but she had a great request, and the more I thought about it the more interested I got.
Title: A Land So Wild and Savage
Characters/Pairings: Gen, Charles and Caroline Ingalls
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1519
Summary: He spends his savings on a tall horse and gathers his belongings into a bundle. He's heard there's land out west for the taking.
(he dreams of empty spaces)
I wrote this four months ago, and it's always interesting posting something a while after you've finished it, because you look back and think, wow, here's the stuff I would do differently. I think it's more fragmentary than I'd like - I was going for sparse, but ended up sort of disjointed. I do think it's funny to compare it to the other (agh, only one?) story I wrote last year, which was Between Stars, which is quite similar in terms of syntax, diction, and even overall structure, but much more connected (perhaps overly rambly?). I don't know, just two rather similar fics on the opposite ends of the continuity spectrum. I think once I have time to write again it will be time to experiment with other styles.
I totally did yuletide because I wanted to write fic for a children's book, which I got to do, and it was a lot of fun. I got assigned to Laura Ingalls Wilder, which I had decided to offer because I thought it would be fascinating to write a female narrative of the western experience. My recipient, however, asked for a story about Pa, and at first I was a bit nervous because I hadn't really thought of writing him, but she had a great request, and the more I thought about it the more interested I got.
Title: A Land So Wild and Savage
Characters/Pairings: Gen, Charles and Caroline Ingalls
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1519
Summary: He spends his savings on a tall horse and gathers his belongings into a bundle. He's heard there's land out west for the taking.
(he dreams of empty spaces)
I wrote this four months ago, and it's always interesting posting something a while after you've finished it, because you look back and think, wow, here's the stuff I would do differently. I think it's more fragmentary than I'd like - I was going for sparse, but ended up sort of disjointed. I do think it's funny to compare it to the other (agh, only one?) story I wrote last year, which was Between Stars, which is quite similar in terms of syntax, diction, and even overall structure, but much more connected (perhaps overly rambly?). I don't know, just two rather similar fics on the opposite ends of the continuity spectrum. I think once I have time to write again it will be time to experiment with other styles.