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chase_acow) wrote2018-01-01 09:48 am
chase_acow) wrote2018-01-01 09:48 am
Entry tags:
snowflakes and yuletide
Day 1
In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I only ever tried to do Snowflake one other year in 2013 and didn't get very far, but I imagine that it must be a good way to start off the new year. You get used to thinking, to articulating your thoughts, posting them for others to see to be entertained by or to engage with, and then the biggest job of all, getting out of your comfort zone and actually trying to talk with others in their space. Scary, I know. But here's a prebuilt audience that want to find other active people to talk to, squee and rant with.
I like that it's so focused on positivity, and folks get optimistic about fandom and this community.
YULETIDE!
I wrote:
Ceasefire
Zorro (TV 1990)
Diego de la Vega & Ignacio de Soto
2000ish words Gen
"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
I had a lot of fun writing, because eventually I just decided the show was ridiculous, I might as well be too. I always preferred Zorro as a trickster, but one whose tricks works because he really is that smart, and one who despite that is humble and kind. If you haven't yet, but have any interest, Zorro by Isabel Allende is fantastic, and I enjoy the author's other work as well!
I received:
Pulling Togeter by A Magiluna Stormwriter
Practical Magic (1998)
Gen
As the holidays roll around, Gillian's odd behavior has Kylie curious about the nature of love and the Owens family curse.
I love this movie, and this fic is a glorious slow breath of love and generational family business.
In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I only ever tried to do Snowflake one other year in 2013 and didn't get very far, but I imagine that it must be a good way to start off the new year. You get used to thinking, to articulating your thoughts, posting them for others to see to be entertained by or to engage with, and then the biggest job of all, getting out of your comfort zone and actually trying to talk with others in their space. Scary, I know. But here's a prebuilt audience that want to find other active people to talk to, squee and rant with.
I like that it's so focused on positivity, and folks get optimistic about fandom and this community.
YULETIDE!
I wrote:
Ceasefire
Zorro (TV 1990)
Diego de la Vega & Ignacio de Soto
2000ish words Gen
"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
I had a lot of fun writing, because eventually I just decided the show was ridiculous, I might as well be too. I always preferred Zorro as a trickster, but one whose tricks works because he really is that smart, and one who despite that is humble and kind. If you haven't yet, but have any interest, Zorro by Isabel Allende is fantastic, and I enjoy the author's other work as well!
I received:
Pulling Togeter by A Magiluna Stormwriter
Practical Magic (1998)
Gen
As the holidays roll around, Gillian's odd behavior has Kylie curious about the nature of love and the Owens family curse.
I love this movie, and this fic is a glorious slow breath of love and generational family business.