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fox_confessor) wrote2012-01-29 12:34 pm
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WIP Meme
I've been thinking about what I want to write once These Four Kings is done, so I meme.
Post the first sentence (or three) from every WIP you're currently working on, even if it's very short. Then invite people to ask questions about your WIPs. With any luck, you'll get talking about writing, and the motivation to take that WIP one step closer to completion will appear as if by magic!
01) [HP. One shot, after Hogwart r/s get together fic. I have about 500 words.]
"Do you think Remus would like Marlena? I could invite her to the Christmas party."
"I don't know."
"Why not?"
02) [Lotrips.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
spy__vs__spy verse. This is more outline than fic.]
"Billy."
John's brought him a file. "Are you going to invite me in?"
"Not on your life."
03) [HP. AU where Remus is an artist and Sirius is tired of his life. More outline than fic.]
"Is that painting still available?" Sirius asks and the conversation at the table goes quiet.
Remus smiles and nods. "Would you like another look at it?"
04) [HP. AU. Sirius is a repressed Slytherin, Remus is a Gryffindor working as a waiter for the summer. I have roughly 5000 words.]
Sirius moved his hands over the piano keys mechanically, a command performance for his mother though she barely took notice, her voice loud over the music, as she and her friends lingered over dessert. He hated being put on display, another jewel like those that lined her fingers.
05) [HP. AU (sensing a theme?). Remus didn't go to Hogwarts but they meet up as Order members. More an idea than anything else.]
"What's he doing here?" Peter says, frowning into his cup.
"I invited him. I owe him a drink." Sirius stands up and waves Remus over.
06) [HP. James/Remus/Sirius. I have a little over 500 words, none of them smut.]
"So, let's say you're a virgin--"
"I'm not."
"But let's say--"
07) [inclineoftrees I have maybe 1000 words, mostly dialogue.]
If her mother knew where Karina was, she'd be so disappointed. That was all Karina could think of as she boarded the train that would take her into the city, truly on her own for the first time in months. For a while, she watched the fields and villages rush by, and then stared down at her fingers spread wide on her thighs. She was wearing a borrowed denim skirt and a borrowed jumper--red with black stripes. She hated it but it was better than anything in her own closet full of pink mohair and tweed skirts. She'd cut her dark brown hair, too, chopping it off to her chin, carefully giving herself the fringe she'd wanted for so long.
08) [HP. AU. Remus is in Slytherin. I have maybe 2000 words, mostly outline.]
Sirius asks "Do I make you nervous?"
"You've a bit of a reputation."
"Excuse me?"
"You and Potter. For hexing Slytherins."
09) [HP. AU. Dystopian world where Muggle borns wizards must serve pure bloods. I've maybe 2000 words with r/s coming together and rebellions and such.]
Remus could still remember the day he was taken, his mother killed, his father arrested and sent to Azkaban. They told him it would be easier if he just forgot everything except what they taught him--how to serve without question, how to please, how to survive. Remus didn’t want to forget. He wanted to remember the way his mother smelled and how gentle she had been. He wanted to remember the lessons his father had given him, the graceful way he controlled his magic. He wanted them, he wanted their life back.
10) [HP. A lovely story featuring Pomona Sprout during her school days. This is more outline than fic.]
When Pomona woke up, it was still dark outside. She lay in bed for a long time, knowing she should get up if she meant to make it down to the greenhouses before first light but she didn't want to. She was warm and comfortable, and she could hear the other girls breathing softly in their sleep.
11) [HP. This is actually the second part to my 2010 small gifts story, Old Black Magic. I have a couple of thousand words.]
It was late when Remus woke up in his own bed feeling muzzy and quite like he was forgetting something important. He lay beneath the heavy blankets for a long time, the morning light milky, and ran through his day--a class to teach just after noon then office hours--and found nothing pressing, nothing that he should have done or planned for though something still nagged at him. Sleep lost to him, he got up, showered and shaved, had a cup of tea and some toast as he pulled his notes from his bags and spread them alongside his breakfast. He found it then, a small note on his calendar: he was meant to meet Fenrir Grayback the night before and he had no memory of it.
12 [HP. AU. Remus is in Ravenclaw and Sirius has never been in love with a boy before. Mostly outline.]
On their last night, Remus' father has brought home curry for dinner, and the boys sit on the floor to eat. Mr. Lupin has put on a jazz record, something that Sirius has never heard before, and he can't stop looking at Remus while Remus and his dad talk. He's embarrassed when Mr. Lupin asks him something and Remus has to shake his shoulder, laughing at him, to get his attention, and then he's even more embarrassed when Mr. Lupin asks him about his family.
13) [HP. Lily/James, Remus/Sirius voyeur fic. This is the whole idea right here.]
Lily would rather shyly tell James how much she liked watching and James siddles up to Sirius with lots of no eye contact and stammering to ask if Sirius could maybe do him a favor, and then Sirius would have to ask Remus but finds out pretty quickly that the idea of being watched turns Remus on more than he's willing to admit. When they've arranged another time to be "caught" Remus goes shy and Sirius loosens him up with lots of dirty whisperings in his ear until the things that Sirius had planned fall by the wayside and there's just slightly rough, slightly dirty sex against a wall (with Sirius holding Remus' wrists against the wall) while Lily watches from the stairwell. The third time it happens, Sirius would have Remus on the bed, blindfolded, stripping him slowly, laying him out, tying him up, taking his time, and fucking him hard--because that's what Sirius wanted, to present a real show if he's going to have an audience.
14) [Lotrips. dm/bb. This is all I've got but it would be set during filming, having come home for the holidays. A get together fic.]
It was cold, and Dominic felt stupid for forgetting that it would be. He scrunched his face up against the wind and dug his icy fingers deep into his pockets before he set out across the field.
15) [HP. I don't know. This is pretty much it.]
"You don't have to stay, James. Neither of you do. I'm sure you'd rather be with your family."
"You're my family, too."
"You've gone soppy over night, haven't you? I told Sirius--"
"I've always been soppy," James said as he reeled Remus in for a hug
16) [HP. Set during the war. This is pretty much it.]
Remus broadcasts for the Order on a secret wizarding radio station during the first war and Sirius falls in love with his voice.
17) [HP. Non-magic AU. This is it.]
Remus, an astronomer who lectures at a university, had grown up with Lily and is her "maid of honor" at her wedding to James, which is how he meets Sirius, James' best man. Neither had been in love with a boy before and friendship blossoms into something else very quickly. Mostly just a love story with Sirius finding his way out of a bad relationship and Remus opening up to something that he never thought imaginable. (what rubbish ahaha but I had a very enjoyable morning yesterday thinking about it)
Post the first sentence (or three) from every WIP you're currently working on, even if it's very short. Then invite people to ask questions about your WIPs. With any luck, you'll get talking about writing, and the motivation to take that WIP one step closer to completion will appear as if by magic!
01) [HP. One shot, after Hogwart r/s get together fic. I have about 500 words.]
"Do you think Remus would like Marlena? I could invite her to the Christmas party."
"I don't know."
"Why not?"
02) [Lotrips.
spy__vs__spy verse. This is more outline than fic.]"Billy."
John's brought him a file. "Are you going to invite me in?"
"Not on your life."
03) [HP. AU where Remus is an artist and Sirius is tired of his life. More outline than fic.]
"Is that painting still available?" Sirius asks and the conversation at the table goes quiet.
Remus smiles and nods. "Would you like another look at it?"
04) [HP. AU. Sirius is a repressed Slytherin, Remus is a Gryffindor working as a waiter for the summer. I have roughly 5000 words.]
Sirius moved his hands over the piano keys mechanically, a command performance for his mother though she barely took notice, her voice loud over the music, as she and her friends lingered over dessert. He hated being put on display, another jewel like those that lined her fingers.
05) [HP. AU (sensing a theme?). Remus didn't go to Hogwarts but they meet up as Order members. More an idea than anything else.]
"What's he doing here?" Peter says, frowning into his cup.
"I invited him. I owe him a drink." Sirius stands up and waves Remus over.
06) [HP. James/Remus/Sirius. I have a little over 500 words, none of them smut.]
"So, let's say you're a virgin--"
"I'm not."
"But let's say--"
07) [
inclineoftrees I have maybe 1000 words, mostly dialogue.]If her mother knew where Karina was, she'd be so disappointed. That was all Karina could think of as she boarded the train that would take her into the city, truly on her own for the first time in months. For a while, she watched the fields and villages rush by, and then stared down at her fingers spread wide on her thighs. She was wearing a borrowed denim skirt and a borrowed jumper--red with black stripes. She hated it but it was better than anything in her own closet full of pink mohair and tweed skirts. She'd cut her dark brown hair, too, chopping it off to her chin, carefully giving herself the fringe she'd wanted for so long.
08) [HP. AU. Remus is in Slytherin. I have maybe 2000 words, mostly outline.]
Sirius asks "Do I make you nervous?"
"You've a bit of a reputation."
"Excuse me?"
"You and Potter. For hexing Slytherins."
09) [HP. AU. Dystopian world where Muggle borns wizards must serve pure bloods. I've maybe 2000 words with r/s coming together and rebellions and such.]
Remus could still remember the day he was taken, his mother killed, his father arrested and sent to Azkaban. They told him it would be easier if he just forgot everything except what they taught him--how to serve without question, how to please, how to survive. Remus didn’t want to forget. He wanted to remember the way his mother smelled and how gentle she had been. He wanted to remember the lessons his father had given him, the graceful way he controlled his magic. He wanted them, he wanted their life back.
10) [HP. A lovely story featuring Pomona Sprout during her school days. This is more outline than fic.]
When Pomona woke up, it was still dark outside. She lay in bed for a long time, knowing she should get up if she meant to make it down to the greenhouses before first light but she didn't want to. She was warm and comfortable, and she could hear the other girls breathing softly in their sleep.
11) [HP. This is actually the second part to my 2010 small gifts story, Old Black Magic. I have a couple of thousand words.]
It was late when Remus woke up in his own bed feeling muzzy and quite like he was forgetting something important. He lay beneath the heavy blankets for a long time, the morning light milky, and ran through his day--a class to teach just after noon then office hours--and found nothing pressing, nothing that he should have done or planned for though something still nagged at him. Sleep lost to him, he got up, showered and shaved, had a cup of tea and some toast as he pulled his notes from his bags and spread them alongside his breakfast. He found it then, a small note on his calendar: he was meant to meet Fenrir Grayback the night before and he had no memory of it.
12 [HP. AU. Remus is in Ravenclaw and Sirius has never been in love with a boy before. Mostly outline.]
On their last night, Remus' father has brought home curry for dinner, and the boys sit on the floor to eat. Mr. Lupin has put on a jazz record, something that Sirius has never heard before, and he can't stop looking at Remus while Remus and his dad talk. He's embarrassed when Mr. Lupin asks him something and Remus has to shake his shoulder, laughing at him, to get his attention, and then he's even more embarrassed when Mr. Lupin asks him about his family.
13) [HP. Lily/James, Remus/Sirius voyeur fic. This is the whole idea right here.]
Lily would rather shyly tell James how much she liked watching and James siddles up to Sirius with lots of no eye contact and stammering to ask if Sirius could maybe do him a favor, and then Sirius would have to ask Remus but finds out pretty quickly that the idea of being watched turns Remus on more than he's willing to admit. When they've arranged another time to be "caught" Remus goes shy and Sirius loosens him up with lots of dirty whisperings in his ear until the things that Sirius had planned fall by the wayside and there's just slightly rough, slightly dirty sex against a wall (with Sirius holding Remus' wrists against the wall) while Lily watches from the stairwell. The third time it happens, Sirius would have Remus on the bed, blindfolded, stripping him slowly, laying him out, tying him up, taking his time, and fucking him hard--because that's what Sirius wanted, to present a real show if he's going to have an audience.
14) [Lotrips. dm/bb. This is all I've got but it would be set during filming, having come home for the holidays. A get together fic.]
It was cold, and Dominic felt stupid for forgetting that it would be. He scrunched his face up against the wind and dug his icy fingers deep into his pockets before he set out across the field.
15) [HP. I don't know. This is pretty much it.]
"You don't have to stay, James. Neither of you do. I'm sure you'd rather be with your family."
"You're my family, too."
"You've gone soppy over night, haven't you? I told Sirius--"
"I've always been soppy," James said as he reeled Remus in for a hug
16) [HP. Set during the war. This is pretty much it.]
Remus broadcasts for the Order on a secret wizarding radio station during the first war and Sirius falls in love with his voice.
17) [HP. Non-magic AU. This is it.]
Remus, an astronomer who lectures at a university, had grown up with Lily and is her "maid of honor" at her wedding to James, which is how he meets Sirius, James' best man. Neither had been in love with a boy before and friendship blossoms into something else very quickly. Mostly just a love story with Sirius finding his way out of a bad relationship and Remus opening up to something that he never thought imaginable. (what rubbish ahaha but I had a very enjoyable morning yesterday thinking about it)
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4. 6. 8. 9. 11. 12. 15.
Please write all of these now, thank you.
;)
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and world domination) :D I think I might finish 4 first. It's the closest to being done...no subject
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...I've decided to share that post after all. What the hell. I didn't do as good a job of you at only doing a few sentences each though... I kept cheating *cough*
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ETA: and I love Karina
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#14
Dominic is cold? (Oh - that's all I needed.) Please have Billy take care of that!
Maybe a delightful & hot holiday drink for starters? Maybe find a nice fireplace? And maybe a little skin on skin would fix everything? *g*
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Absolutely! Please? :)
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(Anonymous) 2012-01-30 10:08 am (UTC)(link)do i have to limit it down? hahaha, i guess i'll go with 6 and 8. but also 11. and well, i'll just stop there haha. i definitely read everything you write so.... lol
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3. DDDDDDD: I really really want to know: What the painting is, if it's by Remus or of Remus/both, is that why Sirius likes it, why is it shocking enough to silence a table of people, omg omg omg??? :D
4. It's soooo good.
5. Gawd, Peter is such a buzzkill, even when he's only there for one line.
6. This made me laugh for quite awhile, lolol.
8. Aww, is Remus a Slytherin because of the lycanthropy?
12. This one sounds really really nice. *wibble*
13. ERM. YES PLEASE. KTHX.
14. Oh yeah! I never thought about how Lotrips would have to be planned for Southern Hemisphere seasons. Cooool.
15. AWWWWWW. You reaffirm me in my love for your James in 4 lines. ILU.
17. LOL, I love the idea, but yeah, we gotta play an Enya track (http://youtu.be/yQMOqnDZqe4) and have some guy with a deep voice read your description out.
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3. Sirius has done everything his parents want of him--he's a barrister, working at his father's company, marrying the girl his mum wants--when he meets Remus at a gallery and things just click between them (talking, flirting, Remus trying to get Sirius to buy his rather large painting that Sirius was initially attracted to--it's bold and intense and Sirius had never responded to anything like it before) and they end up groping in a back room, and suddenly Sirius begins to chafe under the burden of his "perfect" life because he can't get Remus out of his head. Remus, a struggling and rather bohemiam artist, is attracted to Sirius but knows even thinking about persuing a relationship is a bad idea. It's weeks later and Sirius thinks maybe he's finally got Remus out of his head when he sees Remus sitting at an outdoor cafe with his friends when the exchange happens. His friends go quiet because they know who Sirius is (that Remus had met him at the showing and hadn't quit talking about him but he's rather known for falling into bad relationships so they're worried about him when Sirius shows up again). :D
8. Yes! Poor Remus. He never even got a chance. Dumbledore rescued him from the Ministry and he was allowed to attend Hogwarts but the Ministry was monitoring his progress and had stipulated that he had to be placed in Slytherin House but he doesn't fit in and has no friends, except for Professor McGonagall who had taken a special interest in him and his desire to learn. In 7th year, one of the N.E.W.T level classes is taught by Dumbledore looking to train wizards to fight Voldemort (though that's not the course description obvs). Pairings for the class are chosen by order of who can complete the first task successfully. James and Sirius think they'll be first and second no worries and so partners, but Remus actually comes out ahead and James and Sirius tie so Dumbledore pairs Remus with Sirius and James with third place Lily and they begin work on the second task, which is when the above conversation takes place :D
:D I have a lot of stories that wouldn't actually make good stories because it's mostly just the boys being sweet and adorkable. I have a weakness for that and for hurt/comfort. I really wish there was a month long challenge happening in one of my fandoms (any of my fandoms!) like dog days of summer so I could write that sort of thing guilt free (well, not guilt but you know--a reason)
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3. *clutches chest* I dunno what breaks my heart more - the loveliness of that story or that you'll never write it. DDDDDDDDD: I wanna know how they end up groping, is it like Sirius knows he's gay/bi, he just doesn't mind marrying who his parents want? Or is it that it's never occurred to him, but Remus ~stirs up emotions?
8. Ooooo. God, that's brilliant, that Dumbledore had some sort of secret recruitment class called something really vague like, Advanced Intellectual Wizardry, lol.
Let's pretend there's that fest! Starts....NOW.
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3. I like writing Sirius sometimes as if he has no idea about love and sex--madly repressed because his family doesn't share their emotions and his mother never hugged him--and then he meets Remus and it's like a fire lit. I like to write, sometimes, as if a person doesn't have to make a decision as to gay, straight, or bi. That's kind of how I write These Four Kings, a little bit at least, and why I don't address the "but it's the 70's and everyone hates gay people so they should be in the closet and James should be shocked and dismayed." I like thinking "but it's the Wizarding world! and they're way more advanced in the field of love (except for Slytherins who hate everyone anyway)." I know some people like reading about the struggles and love in the face of prejudice and all that but I like reading about them falling in love. That's all rubbish anyway because I know I'm contradicting myself even as I think about it (as in I do deal with it, especially in T4K with Remus being nervous, but then I justify that by saying, "he comes from a Muggle family."
Anyway. Where was I? ahaha Sirius and his fire lit. I like imagining his eyes opening up to this wonderful world of love and sex, as if he's never seen color before (which would work so well with Remus as an artist yeah?) and now that he has, he can't go back to his world of gray.
Let's pretend there's that fest! Don't tempt me, Frodo. About this time of year I begin thinking about modding my own fest (disaster!) or shaking down people who do (remix! mischief_managed! Where are they? People and their lives that don't cater to me! I'll never understand it.) Which of course means I can't just write on my own. That's no fun at all. I like deadlines and rules to follow and prompts (god I love prompts) and other people playing.
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I looooove the colour metaphor. And I hate you. Lol.
Ahahahaha! Here's a fest – take it! You must take it! I'm giving it to you! Well, remember who you're talking to, cuz I made Shaggy because of you (and I don't mean that in a "you should be happy" kind of way, I mean that in a "we're bad for each other" kind of way, LOL). Hahaha. In the sense, be careful what you wish fooooorrrr...
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I think she did do career fest. I would TOTALLY do remix again (see, sign up for one fest and then it just becomes so easy). We used to do remix in Lotrips and I've been pleading for it for a couple of years but the mod apparently doesn't want to run it anymore. It's one of my favorite types of fests ever.
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/PASSION! RAGE! STOMP-STOMP!
I'm working on it. ;D
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That's "you" plural and in general. Not "you" as in you, as I know YOU love James. lol, just making sure you know did read your comment and I know you love him.
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GNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
want
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