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[fellbeastie]

I find myself struggling with my fanfic100 assignments, but I'm not giving up. In fact, I'm trying to claim a third batch (why, yes, I am stark raving mad!).

So, I'm starting with something smaller to get my feet wet. I've signed up for 1character, which is much like fanfic100. You pick a character, and write 50 sentences about him/her/it, based on 50 given themes.

There's also 1sentence, where you do the same thing for a pair of characters. I'm thinking of doing Frodo and Pippin (but I will not turn it into a slashy smut pairing) for that.

I highly recommend these communities to the writers on my f-list. They're fun little character study exercises.

/rambling

Coming soon from the pen of Beruthiel: 50 sentences each on our beloved Peregrin Took and Albus Dumbledore, followed by 50 on Pippin's friendship with his cousin Frodo.
Coming not-so-soon, but eventually: Star Wars, Harry Potter, and possibly The Chronicles of Narnia - 100 fics each. Eeep.

In the meantime, here is Pippin drabble 3/5, which I wrote weeks ago and forgot to post. Bad Beruthiel!


Smell

The City of Minas Tirith is permeated with death.

Wandering through the lower levels, Pippin surveys the aftermath of battle. Pyres burn on the Pelennor Fields, thick smoke wafting up, carrying the aroma of roasting flesh. Inside the walls, the air is little better; dust tickles his nose as he passes piles of rubble, and the acrid remnants of fires choke him.

He dreads returning to the Houses of Healing, where the hallways reek of blood, urine, and vomit, of corpses beginning to rot; but Merry is alive and waiting. For this, Pippin smiles, even amid the stench of death.

100 words exactly!!! Go me!

Comments

[imaginaryalice.livejournal.com]

i'm having muchly trouble with my fanfic100 assignment too. thanks for pointing out the other communities, i think i'll try it too :)

[fell-beast2.livejournal.com]

Glad to have been helpful. Good luck!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Very powerful image. I could never write a drabble. You did this beautifully.

[fell-beast2.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reviewing!

Yes, that word limit is hard. I can usually get pretty close to 100, but this is the first time I've actually got it exact. I'm ridiculously proud of myself right now. *g*

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

You should be. I am so impressed with drabbles and yours is very good.

[periantari.livejournal.com]

very nice description~ and yes drabbles are challenging with the 100 word limit.
(though i love writing them)
this was well done, mellon nin~

[fell-beast2.livejournal.com]

*Blushes*

Thanks!

[slightlytookish]

Lots of great imagery here! And I love that it's Merry that makes Pippin smile :)

[fell-beast2.livejournal.com]

And I love that it's Merry that makes Pippin smile.

These guys could survive anything as long as they have each other. Imagine if Pippin had died under the troll, like Tolkien originally planned? *shudder*

[topaztook.livejournal.com]

Very good descriptions of smell. I think I like these tightly focused "sensory" drabbles the best, particularly when it focuses on a sense that doesn't get as much attention in writing as visual description.

[fell-beast2.livejournal.com]

Thanks!