the only boy who could ever teach me
I was going to rant here about how it's okay for the people looking to hire you to jerk you around by not confirming the interview times they set up and not responding to your emails or phone calls on the subject, while you as the job hunter can't make even a tiny mistake or it costs you, but I am so irritated that I won't.
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In happier news, tonight the Rangers are retiring Adam Graves's jersey, and I am getting all teary just reading about it. He is my all-time favorite Ranger! I will have to pull out my old jersey to wear while watching! I know I am going to be a mess, but I will be in good company, since I know Messier will be crying too. *g* ♥
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I posted a story last night:
Bound By Symmetry
Supernatural; girl!Sam/Dean; au; mildly adult; vague spoilers through 4.13; 3000 words
This is the story of the boy who loves you.
This was inspired by the line "this is the story of the boys who loved you" in the song "Red Right Ankle," and the title also comes from that song, and the title inspired the structure, which was challenging but rewarding for me, and one reason I'm really pleased with the story. The story is structured in ten sections: the first is 100 words exactly, and each section increases by 100 words. Sections five and six are both 500 words, and then after that, each section decreases by 100 words, so section ten, like section one, is 100 words.
This is not the first time I've tried this, but it's the first time I've been successful (with some judicious editing and rewording help from angelgazing), because usually I get into the story and blow off the word count (see "The Forces Ranged Within Us and Against Us" - I love that story, but I did blow the word count in numerous sections despite my initial aim not to). I've written linked drabble* series before ("Jacob Have I Loved," "Out of the Blue and Into the Black") and managed the word count there, but I think the 100 word limit is so much more concrete in my head, you know? Having three or four hundred words means you start to let things spin out and then boom! you're at the limit and you have to reel it back in, shape it, so you can fit the whole scene into the number of words allotted. It was a very interesting, challenging exercise, and I enjoyed it a lot, even when it was making me crazy ("I'm 46 words over!" and "I'm TWO WORDS under! What the hell can I do with TWO WORDS?").
I also like the fairy tale feel the second person narration gives it - it's both more intimate and more distant than third in a lot of ways. Second person is so rarely done well, but when it is, it really works. I think it works here, and hope other people do too. Thanks to the folks who've commented. I really appreciate it.
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* and yes, I am one of those people for whom a drabble is a story in 100 words, not 124 words or 376 words, but 100 words. Anything else is not a drabble.
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In happier news, tonight the Rangers are retiring Adam Graves's jersey, and I am getting all teary just reading about it. He is my all-time favorite Ranger! I will have to pull out my old jersey to wear while watching! I know I am going to be a mess, but I will be in good company, since I know Messier will be crying too. *g* ♥
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I posted a story last night:
Bound By Symmetry
Supernatural; girl!Sam/Dean; au; mildly adult; vague spoilers through 4.13; 3000 words
This is the story of the boy who loves you.
This was inspired by the line "this is the story of the boys who loved you" in the song "Red Right Ankle," and the title also comes from that song, and the title inspired the structure, which was challenging but rewarding for me, and one reason I'm really pleased with the story. The story is structured in ten sections: the first is 100 words exactly, and each section increases by 100 words. Sections five and six are both 500 words, and then after that, each section decreases by 100 words, so section ten, like section one, is 100 words.
This is not the first time I've tried this, but it's the first time I've been successful (with some judicious editing and rewording help from angelgazing), because usually I get into the story and blow off the word count (see "The Forces Ranged Within Us and Against Us" - I love that story, but I did blow the word count in numerous sections despite my initial aim not to). I've written linked drabble* series before ("Jacob Have I Loved," "Out of the Blue and Into the Black") and managed the word count there, but I think the 100 word limit is so much more concrete in my head, you know? Having three or four hundred words means you start to let things spin out and then boom! you're at the limit and you have to reel it back in, shape it, so you can fit the whole scene into the number of words allotted. It was a very interesting, challenging exercise, and I enjoyed it a lot, even when it was making me crazy ("I'm 46 words over!" and "I'm TWO WORDS under! What the hell can I do with TWO WORDS?").
I also like the fairy tale feel the second person narration gives it - it's both more intimate and more distant than third in a lot of ways. Second person is so rarely done well, but when it is, it really works. I think it works here, and hope other people do too. Thanks to the folks who've commented. I really appreciate it.
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* and yes, I am one of those people for whom a drabble is a story in 100 words, not 124 words or 376 words, but 100 words. Anything else is not a drabble.
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