Slippin' Away

May 17, 2009 00:27

Title: Summer Lovin'
Rating: PG
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Summary: In my life, I love you more...

Author's Note: This was written for oparu via her request on a meme for "Sam/Jack, summery." There were over five variations and attempts to write the original drabble before it eventually spawned this one, leaving a backstory that's referenced in the first sentence ( ( Read more... )

drabble, stargate sg-1, relationships: sam and jack

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xfirefly9x May 17 2009, 11:57:20 UTC
As always, this is amazing. So vivid. ♥

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soapbox_solo38 May 18 2009, 01:16:27 UTC
When I don't have much of a plot When I have a specific feeling I want to get across, I try using a lot of descriptive words. Whenever it works, I owe a toast to thesaurus.com and my habit of pulling phrases out of a hat. ^^

Have you been writing lately? I haven't been keeping up with things for the past few months or so.

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xfirefly9x May 18 2009, 07:57:28 UTC
I do the same though to an end nowhere near as good as yours IMO. It's been awhile since I've written a piece with the focus more on description than dialogue/characters/what's going on.

Whenever it works, I owe a toast to thesaurus.com and my habit of pulling phrases out of a hat. ^^

I'd say it works very well. :)

Question: how many drafts do you usually do? I'm beginning to think I should put more work into editing and second/third drafts than I have been.

Have you been writing lately? I haven't been keeping up with things for the past few months or so.

I have been writing lately, yes - but not for SG-1. I'll have to get back into the fandom once uni holidays start in 2 weeks and write some more.

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soapbox_solo38 May 18 2009, 15:29:45 UTC
*is more than slightly embarrassed* I just have a certain fondness for flowery language that, more often than not, gets me into trouble... although description-focused pieces can be interesting to write. Sometimes I think it's better to let the reader fill in the details instead of trying to suggest what they should be imagining.

I'd say it works very well. :)

Thank you. :)

Question: how many drafts do you usually do? I'm beginning to think I should put more work into editing and second/third drafts than I have been.For drabbles, I usually hit on an idea and run with it for as long as I can, which ends up being somewhere around 150-200 words- no censoring, no deleting, just typing/writing until it's finished. Then I go back and check/edit/fix up whatever I have. This particular drabble (230 words) was the product of more than a handful of other attempts (750 words), but that's fairly unusual. Normally I have a solid idea of what I want ( ... )

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xfirefly9x May 21 2009, 17:16:19 UTC
Ah. M'kay. :)

Sometimes I think it's better to let the reader fill in the details instead of trying to suggest what they should be imagining.

Agreed.

Sounds like we've got fairly similar processes going by that. Except for drafts. I've never really bothered with those in the past - would give a quick read through for spelling, but that was about as far as I'd go. Giving drafts a bit more focus since this semester of uni, so that's good.

I can't wait. :)

Aww. :)

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