Comments | writing_samsara: [POTC challenge fic] - "Smoke"

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[POTC challenge fic] - "Smoke" - rated R

Jan 10, 2007 00:48

Challenge: Write a scene for each of the words below using characters from Pirates of the Caribbean.

1)spine
2)song
3)smoke
4)gold
5)box
6)flee
7)snake
8) memories
9)henna
10)eyes

Three down, seven to go. I think I need a beta as I’ve got a feeling I never edit these as ravenously as I could. Anywho, here’s hoping for your enjoyment!

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also... someoneingrey January 11 2007, 04:11:44 UTC

i should like to friend you.

artaxastra January 11 2007, 20:22:36 UTC

Lovely and sad. Dreamy and just gorgeous. It's really painful and it's beautifully written. Thank you.

writing_samsara January 12 2007, 06:49:56 UTC

Oh no, thank YOU - so very much! This really means something, coming from a writer such as yourself. I look over it and see the 50 corrections I would make had I not posted the thing two minutes after I wrote it. I'm very glad you enjoyed it.

gott1172 January 12 2007, 02:55:04 UTC

I love your writing style. All of the images coming at us as if we are in a trance from the ritual ourselves. This is a interesting side I've never seen in a J/E fic....very heartbreaking.

writing_samsara January 12 2007, 07:10:06 UTC

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoy my style - I'm so rusty with my prose (been doing poetry for awhile) that it's extremely encouraging to know that my hand - slightly heavy though it may be - produces enjoyable results ( ... )

gott1172 January 12 2007, 11:39:57 UTC

Yes, you can definitely see that they have in essence "grown apart". Your story is that much more heartbreaking because you clue us into all the little breaking points where there was miscommunication or misunderstanding or a simple unwillingness to listen. Being in the 11th year of my marriage myself, I completely understand. There have been plenty of instances where if we didn't stop and listen to each other, instead of reacting to a perception, we would have thrown in the towel. I wish us both luck, it ain't easy!

writing_samsara January 16 2007, 20:58:24 UTC

I'll drink to that. Prost! :)

Thanks for the lovely feedback. It keeps me going.

wickedwitchy January 12 2007, 03:38:01 UTC

That was a ridiculously goregeous piece. The whole thing just tears you apart with it's angst and stitches you back together. So in character...*sigh* You offically have a new fangirl.

writing_samsara January 12 2007, 07:16:10 UTC

Oh thank you so, so , so much! *blushes* I am completely, utterly, thoroughly flattered. My first fan! :)

compassrose7577 January 12 2007, 15:53:52 UTC

I've been trying to get up the courage to post something, but I'm clearly in a league way above me!! Your challenges are fascinating--I've had a few thoughts of my own come tumbling out.

A great concept---J & E don't sail off into the sunset happily everafter--he's....welllll, mature and she's still a kid---in love with an image. Those things don't usually last long.

I'm humbled by your work--don't over edit! There is a flow and sponanteanity that beta could well destroy.

writing_samsara January 16 2007, 21:14:55 UTC

Oh, you completely should post, and I'd be honored if you found inspiration in my challenges. It's wuiteintimidating at first - I was in the same place - but I'm very glad I started. I can't get enough of writing this little blurbs, and it's giving me a nice break from my original work. Much less pressure and all.

"I'm humbled by your work--don't over edit! There is a flow and sponanteanity that beta could well destroy."

I'm humbled by your praise. thank you SO much and best of luck with your own writing!

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