Slippin' Away

[soapbox_solo38]

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 (

Comments

[oparu]

hooray!!!

it's completely fantastic, i love the porch and the touching. very very pretty. :)

[soapbox_solo38]

I am so glad you liked it. My muse tends to slip the leash a bit when I'm staring at a computer screen after 2 AM, and things turned out for the better this time. ^^

And I have to thank you for getting me back in touch with my old 'ship! It's been a while since I've written anything for them, and dreaming something up has been an interesting lesson in what I've learned after finishing whatever that last story was. (Looking at some of my first posts... gah! >.<)

[sg_dingo]

Oh. This was lovely :)

Thank you!

[soapbox_solo38]

Thank you for reading! The fact that there are still SJ fans out there makes my day just that much better. ;)

[sg_dingo]

*grin* Oh we're still out there. It's still awesome to see new SJ fic coming in! Love your work and I'm glad your day was brightened :D

[soapbox_solo38]

Heh. True love never dies - and neither do the fans!

Thanks! ^^

[janejosiane]

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. :)

[soapbox_solo38]

Sleep deprivation and caffeine apparently bring out the poet in me. Thank you!

[soapbox_solo38]

Icon!love. Also, thanks. :)

[xfirefly9x]

As always, this is amazing. So vivid. ♥

[soapbox_solo38]

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.

[xfirefly9x]

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.

[soapbox_solo38]

*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