Original Fiction: "Running On The Edge Of The Divide"

[halfshellvenus]

Title: Running On The Edge Of The Divide
Original Fiction
Author: HalfshellVenus
Rating: G
Summary: Reality is the path by which 'forever' becomes a temporary thing.
Author's Notes: For 5_prompts Table 31, this is "Go Our Separate Ways

Comments

[tsuki_no_bara]

this is so sad! i really like the random details, tho - the mention of specific cities and streets, the one person's friends vs the other person's books.

[halfshellvenus]

The prompt pretty much guarantees that there won't be a happy ending-- even when people part feeling resigned, there's still such a sense of loss.

I'm glad you noticed and liked the details! Those can be such anchor pieces in fiction, where even if 49th street doesn't mean anything to the reader, it's clear that it means something to the narrator. Somehow, that creates a fuller effect.

[serendip50]

I feel like this is a cathartic understanding of life in common and unchallenged. It's beautifully insightful and bravely written.

An engagingly sad read:).

I don't read original fiction on lj...but I decided to read this one just to have an idea of what ppl could or would write. I liked it.

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you so much for giving this one a try!

I used to avoid original fiction on LJ too, until I took part in Real LJ Idol. I did it as a self-challenge to branch out into original fiction, and I got a good look at what other people can and do write, especially in short story form. It was a real eye-opener, even moreso when you're given a single prompt and you see what a huge group of people do with it-- different approaches (some of them incredibly creative and unexpected), different narrative styles, different structures. Totally changed my opinion on the whole thing!

[serendip50]

Oh that's fascinating...I never really knew or understood what lj idol was though I thought it was some kind of self-expressive thought process written down haphazardly...I don't know why...lol.

That's interesting. I might read some others at some point, after all the dirty porn you know....lol.

Thanks for the explanation it's appreciated:).

[halfshellvenus]

though I thought it was some kind of self-expressive thought process written down haphazardly...I don't know why...lol.
Because the other people I knew it it were also involved in Bandom... I originally thought it was RPF based on American Idol contestants! :O

I don't do so well with people's longer original fiction arcs (like, snippets for a future book) because often there's not enough connective context. Some writers do still manage to make each ficlet feel "complete" by itself. But the isolated short stories? Those have really been great, overall. :)