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fleurlbThe motivation has gotten better, but I still haven't managed to finish anything yet. In the interim, here are recs for three Leverage stories that I read recently and really loved.
First Principles - Eliot imagines briefing his temporary replacement on how to handle the team. I *heart* the structure here - it's perfect. (And, yeah, if you're thinking it's putting ideas and aspirations in my head, you're right.)
Uncommon Denominator - Pre-series look at Nate as an insurance investigator, primarily through the eyes of those he investigated.
The Moment After: Or The Incurable Nathan Ford - Picks up immediately after 215. I love this because it says as much about Sophie as it does about Nate.
So, I've been at this fan fiction thing for nearly a year now. It's been awesome practice and I've learned so much about writing. I'd always shied away from writing exercises but found that this was a good way to ease into it and also to focus on certain technical aspects of writing by using recognizable characters as building blocks. (As I explained to my artist brother - it's like practicing composition or perspective by copying well-known paintings.)
I've written over 300,000 words now (not all of it on LiveJournal) and am feeling like I need to edge outside my comfort zone and find new challenges. I'd always been wary of signing up for anything that involved prompts, especially if I didn't know what the prompts would be when signing up. (So, big difference between something like a bingo or lottery and something like FNL Laundry list.)
I've signed up for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
story_lottery now though and just got my prompts:
8 - a cliff
17 - a church
18 - a balcony
20 - a hot air balloon
23 - a creek
29 - home sweet home
bonus 27 - a classroom
Funny enough, 20 freaked me out at first sight, but then an idea popped into my head fairly quickly. I'm looking forward to trying this out.
I'm also considering picking up a few of the prompts over atleveragekink , and maybe (just maybe) edging waaaay outside my comfort zone into NC-17 territory. I'm not promising anything, but I think I'd like to try.
First Principles - Eliot imagines briefing his temporary replacement on how to handle the team. I *heart* the structure here - it's perfect. (And, yeah, if you're thinking it's putting ideas and aspirations in my head, you're right.)
Uncommon Denominator - Pre-series look at Nate as an insurance investigator, primarily through the eyes of those he investigated.
The Moment After: Or The Incurable Nathan Ford - Picks up immediately after 215. I love this because it says as much about Sophie as it does about Nate.
So, I've been at this fan fiction thing for nearly a year now. It's been awesome practice and I've learned so much about writing. I'd always shied away from writing exercises but found that this was a good way to ease into it and also to focus on certain technical aspects of writing by using recognizable characters as building blocks. (As I explained to my artist brother - it's like practicing composition or perspective by copying well-known paintings.)
I've written over 300,000 words now (not all of it on LiveJournal) and am feeling like I need to edge outside my comfort zone and find new challenges. I'd always been wary of signing up for anything that involved prompts, especially if I didn't know what the prompts would be when signing up. (So, big difference between something like a bingo or lottery and something like FNL Laundry list.)
I've signed up for
story_lottery now though and just got my prompts:8 - a cliff
17 - a church
18 - a balcony
20 - a hot air balloon
23 - a creek
29 - home sweet home
bonus 27 - a classroom
Funny enough, 20 freaked me out at first sight, but then an idea popped into my head fairly quickly. I'm looking forward to trying this out.
I'm also considering picking up a few of the prompts over at
leveragekink , and maybe (just maybe) edging waaaay outside my comfort zone into NC-17 territory. I'm not promising anything, but I think I'd like to try. 
