Fic: Into Ashes (1/1)

[azriona]

Title: Into Ashes
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Harry and the gang
Warning: None
Rating: G

Summary: They build the bonfire high with driftwood so that the flames glow without magic.

A/N: The fourth installment of this year’s Advent Calendar Drabbles, and the first actual 100-word drabble.  All fics are titled with the prompt.  Today’s prompt

Comments

[anonymous]

I love the one with 256 words the most

[azriona]

Thanks! I'm curious - can you put your finger on why?

[aut0]

This is lovely. Well written and easily brings on memories of reading the events as they unfolded in the books. Thanks.

It was a real treat seeing the progression within the writing process.

Luv ya,

[azriona]

Thank you!

[earlgreytea68]

This was fascinating! I've written one drabble this month that miraculously was spot-on 100 words in the first go, but usually I'm about 50 words over and have to cut. It was so interesting to see you make the same choices I go through making, about how to keep the same ideas in a smaller number of words.

I actually really like the way it came out, I think it's my favorite, I confess!

[azriona]

I don't think I've ever written one that was spot-on. I've landed within ten or twenty before, but never 100 on the first go. Usually, I end up having ideas that are just so much bigger than 100 words. Trying to keep within 100 becomes a terrific challenge.

I totally admire the way you actually stick to drabbles for your Advent Calendar, whereas mine are Drabbles in name only.

[lindahoyland]

I like both the longest and the shortest. The longest is the most moving.

[azriona]

Thanks!

[pakaboori]

Oooh lovely work! Thank you for the glimpse into the process. Read the first/final one at the beginning of my day before I had time to look at the rest of the post, and the simplicity of it resonated with me. I like the original best though, I think because Harry's (mental) voice is more palpable. My favourite bit though is from the 208-word version - the whole of the "They run out of names" passage.

Thank you again. I couldn't guess where you would go with the prompt but I really like the quiet resonance of these :)

[azriona]

Thanks! I wasn't sure anyone would be interested in the process - to me, it's kind of nit-picky and dry, but then again, I was overusing my word counter, so I might be too close to it.

I'm glad you liked them. :)