Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (or however many you have altogether). See if there are any patterns. Then tag your favorite authors.
I was tagged by @cardiaccadillac. (Long time, no talk!)
Some of this is not online because some of it is non-fanfic content. I’ve not done too much fanfic writing recently, if you all hadn’t noticed, but I’m more than willing to tease some of my original works here. This is by no means 100% in order, ‘cause I definitely left out the more poorly-written content. Heh. There’s a ton of great content that I never typed up (I tend to write first drafts by hand when possible), so there will be more old content in here than I would have liked, ideally.
Disclaimer: the script ones start with action/description lines, not dialogue or narration or anything cool like that.
1) “A vast, colorful desert landscape is decorated only by a long, straight road and a distant, white Trans-Am.” -- Re-Fuel (a short script for class)
2) “A young boy with a well-used backpack runs down the sidewalk.” -- Under-Bed Version 2 (a short script for a different class)
3) “Liza is in bed.” -- Under-Bed Version 1 (a short script, again)
4) “Once, there was a wolf in a boiling pot of stew.” -- 3 Little Pigs Re-Imagined (again, for a class)
5) “The hall is dark, and everything is silent.” -- Black Mountain Blues (another script for another class)
6) “It took a long time for Lucifer to find Sam after they fell into the Cage.” -- My Heart on My Sleeve; Your Heart on the Floor (Samifer - gore cw)
7) “‘We’re in the middle of a thunderstorm,’ Sam said over the sound of the storm, ‘and you want to stop to feel the rain?’” -- that one old ficlet (Samifer)
8) “It’s rumored that a man lives deep in the woods outside of town.” -- The Man in the Woods (Samifer)
9) “A sweet, crackling noise echoed around the small room.” -- Just A Little Bit Bad (the first line of my first chapter)
10) “Please take out your textbooks and read the pages listed on the board.” -- Textbook (aka the fluff from back when I wrote DeanCas content)
11) “It was cold outside when their father forced Michael to kick Lucifer out.” -- Untitled AU oneshot (Supernatural stuff)
12) “Where would you like to go?” -- I Crave Your Presence (a really old fem!Samifer oneshot)
13) “It’s funny that it would come to this, isn’t it?” -- Canon-Divergent Oneshot (Samifer)
14) “You poured two glasses of champagne slowly and carefully as the boys watched the television in the next room.” -- Imagine... (old Supernatural oneshot based on a prompt)
15) “Elihu heard nothing.” -- Untitled Short Story (never finished this one)
16) “The person in the mask was running.” -- One Final Favor (aka the only officially written chapter in a giant original story of mine)
17) “The second Sam stepped over the threshold and into Will’s house, he was greeted by a virtual wall of fur, wet noses, warm breath, and barking.” -- Sam Winchester & Will Graham ficlet (ah yes the good ship Puppies&Plaid)
18) “‘Suzy?’ I called.” -- KeysCHB (Keys to the Kingdom/Percy Jackson crossover fic from 2010)
19) “My day was confusing even before I fell off a cliff.” -- Blank (PJatO fic from 2010)
20) “Lucifer groaned dramatically and spun around to face his computer monitor again.” -- unfinished AU (Samifer)
Patterns:
Uhm...I like to start with a fact or a statement (ex: 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 16). And I know I used to love starting with dialogue (ex: 7, 10, 12, 13, 18). I think the reason the first few were so straight to the point is because they’re action/description lines...and are supposed to be shown, not told, in the final product. Other than that, I don’t see too many patterns that cross over from my old works into my new works.
GUESS I’LL TAG...some friends and other writers I can find on tumblr: @wingedscribe, @imsebstan, @sangrientojoe, @atomicallyabyss, @murderandcoffee, @theorangedead, @talesfromperdition, and ANYONE AT ALL I MISSED TAGGING WHO FEELS LIKE DOING THIS. Just tag me as the person who tagged you, alright? I’d love to see what you’ve got!
And, to the people I tagged, I am SO sorry for my early shit if you follow any of those links...I am...so sorry...
A friend just texted to check in and see if I was okay. I don't know if she's doing this for other people too or whatever, but...dang. Sometimes I'm just reminded of how good friends are to have, even if they aren't physically nearby. Be as kind to your friends as you can be, especially in these next few days. Spread love, not hate. Steady determination, not untamed fury. Most of all, be kind to yourselves. Please. Thanks.
Uhm...not sure? I guess...action- and dialogue-driven? I’m probably not the best to judge this, to be honest, but that’s the best answer I can make right now.
L - What’s the weirdest AU you’ve ever come up with?
That’s probably a tie between the “All of our OCs are our adoptive children and we are the moms/cool aunts” AU that @wingedscribe and I joked about for over an hour on a car ride...and the Samifer Frozen AU. I wrote neither of them, in the end.
This isn’t the worst paper I’ve ever written, but it certainly isn’t the best one, either.
Plus I haven’t even edited it. And I’d like to not have to nap between 11:00am and 2:00pm tomorrow, but that’s just not going to happen at this point.
Nothing I write is going to be any better than this shit I have right now sooooo yeah. I almost want to post this fucking masterpiece I’ve got in my google drive right now. No joke. I’m so giving my teacher two copies of this fucking paper because I’m so proud of this bullshit version.
