SF Challenge update

[tarotgal]

Just coded the first story submission for the challenge! YAY! Thanks Silverelf!
Confession: TG had WAY too much fun selecting pictures for fandom-specific banners.

I'm so excited already! Too bad I don't get to do any fun writing for at least 5 days because I MUST write my thesis. Or as much of it as possible. I was going to take off for the week, originally (It's Thanksgiving Break) but no... must write entire thesis now... from 0 words to 500 pages or where-ever in-between it decides it's finished. I'm shooting for about 200, realistically. Which is... what? 4 'Under House Arrest's? :-) Or 5 'Hunter's Moon's? Yeah... great... should be fun *whines*

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Speaking of stories and this has nothing to do with what you wrote...but it's where I thought of this question and I just have to ask before I forget...

Did you ever write anything about what Sirius and Remus might have said to each other after..their reunion, when they actually had time to talk things out? I keep imagining it as pretty emotional, but I want to know how * you * see it, because you do such a good job getting into their heads and hearts...

Thanks!

Patti

[tarotgal]

'Recovery' (in the three-part R/S series) was probably the closest I've come to such a thing. I have a really hard time writing BIG events like that one because it's so important and I don't want to get it wrong or decide my version sucks and have to change it around, etc. I don't like contradicting myself among stories, if I can help it. That's why I've never, ever taken a stab at a fic about 'The Prank' or what must have happened afterwards. Which, personally, I think probably emotionally prepared them for what happened later in their life, either for the good or the bad. Obviously they were still friends after 'The Prank' in fifth year... so there must have been some understanding and forgiveness exchanged. Which, IMHO helped with Remus and Sirius forgiving each other so many years later in the shack. But it probably also helped fuel seeds of doubt back in the last years of Voldything's reign. I mean, Sirius revealed his secret to Snape... he's not the most trustworthy guy. And from Sirius' POV, well, I don't like playing the werewolf card, but it's true. SO I think both moments probably gained a lot from having to go through such emotional distress after the prank.
But I haven't written anything apart from 'Romance' and 'Recovery' that deal with either of those. I have written a lot of 'after the big talk' type stories... of settling into a life together afterwards and all. Which are all AU now, sadly. Which is a shame because I started a whole series of them and only got through 3 of at least 4 before I stopped. And now I know I'll never go back and finish because I don't like writing AU's very much.

I imagine, too, that it must be pretty emotional... and I can't quite see it in my head as coming out as anything but horribly sappy. I get hints of it at times... but it starts sounding like your average middle school kid's story with cheesey lines and lots of dramatic "oh, I forgive you!"s and I give up immediately. It just doesn't work inside my head, I'm afraid. I haven't read a lot of "lie low at Lupin's" stories, either, for that reason. I feel that if I can't make it work inside my head yet, I don't have much right stealing images and ideas from others yet. I don't feel like that about most scenes/incidents, but that's certainly one of them. I just... I don't know... it has so much potential- I don't want to mess it up! :-) I'm honestly just not that good of a writer yet.