he never really wanted her to stay, but then again...

Sep 08, 2009 16:59


Give me the title of a story I've never written, and feedback telling me what you liked best about it, and I will tell you any of: the first sentence, the last sentence, the thing that made me want to write it, the biggest problem I had while writing it, why it almost never got posted, the scene that hit the cutting room floor but that I wish I'd been able to salvage, or something else that I want readers to know.

In other news, I want to write but I can't seem to manage, and I want to offer ficlets but I only want to write certain things, so I'm going to steal a format from musesfool:

One from Column A and one from Column B, in which Column A is a list of song lyrics (chosen randomly from listening to the iPod this morning) and Column B is a list of pairings I'm interested in writing. You pick a pairing and a lyric and I write a ficlet about the pairing inspired by the lyric.

Pairings can be chosen up to two times, but each lyric can be chosen only once, so there will only be ten ficlets in total, and I can't say when exactly they'll get written, but they'll eventually get done.

If, after all that, you're still interested:


Column A

1. In each other's shadows we grew less and less tall

And eventually our theories couldn't explain it all

And I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall

And when we leave the landlord will come, and paint over it all

"Both Hands" - Ani DiFranco

2. And the story's all over you

In the morning I'll call you

Can't find a clue when your eyes are all painted Sinatra blue

"The Wolves (Act I and II)" - Bon Iver

3. And you remind me of some art-house black and white I saw

They'd coloured it with chalk

And are you wise? Wise beyond your years or,

Or you all talk?

"Juliet (Keep That in Mind)" - Thea Gilmore

claimed by kishamaru



4. Sunday morning rain is falling

Steal some covers, share some skin

Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable

You twist to fit the mold that I am in

"Sunday Morning" - Maroon 5

5. 'Cause I've got the feeling

You'll be needing love

And of all the lonely hearts

You're the one I'm thinkin' of

"I Won't Disagree" - Kate Voegele

6. They will see us waving from such great heights

"Come down now," they'll say

But everything looks perfect from far away

"Come down now," but we'll stay

"Such Great Heights" - The Postal Service

7. you can tell

from the glass on the floor

and the strings that're breaking

and i keep on breaking more

and it looks like i am shaking

but it's just the temperature

"Girl Anachronism" - The Dresden Dolls

8. We stare out the window

And look to the sky every night

The stars are the beacons of heaven

And maybe one day, you'll go up for a ride

"I'm With You" - Adam Pascal

9. Up where the hunted hide with ease

Under the arms of eyeless trees

Up where the answers fall like leaves

Or where your love is all I need

"Going North" - Missy Higgins

claimed by addicted2hugh

10. Wait, dear, a white horse is walking down my street here

Your words are creeping at my feet

I fear, sunrise will come too soon and you'll disappear

Into the haze of this city and go south

"Stars and Boulevards" - Augustana


Column B

A. House/Wilson

B. Mal/River

C. Wash/Zoe

D. Chuck/Casey

E. Simon/River

F. Inara/Kaylee

G. Mal/Jayne

H. Inara/River

I. Mal/Inara

J. Mal/Kaylee

meme: writing, writing: requests

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