picture challenge

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

Hi everybody! Newby popping in here with my first contribution, a drabble.

Verlaine

A Thousand Words

I don't usually try to draw his face. I never was much good at portraits; don't have the true artist's eye for subtlety. The wrong slant to his mouth, and he looks like a sulky spoiled child. Shadow his eyes too much, and he's a brute, cold as any terrorist.

But his back—that tells the real story, in simple strong lines that carry the weight of life and death with grace. Nothing subtle about the power in those shoulders. Deadly competency can be beautiful.

I can only say stuff like that when he can't see my face.

Comments

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Nice!
I love drabbles as an art/fic form. This is a particularly good example of the genre because it encapsulates the entire story/back story etc. in the tiny ficlet. We have everything we need to know in 100 words!!

We could do a drabble challenge...... Anyone?

(A friend ran one on another of my fandoms, The West Wing and gave us another obsolete/obscure word each week to use/illustrate in 100 words - with great results).

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Drabbles are interesting, but for somebody like me, who sweats over every word anyway, they're a real challenge.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I love drabbles too... empty_mirrors has got something planned out for the next challenge here at dialj, but I'd love to do a drabble challenge somewhere... But then, maybe while she's preparing, a little snatched-time drabble challenge... hmmn... but you have to join in with the lads if we do it here! What d'you reckon? I'll give out prompt words if people fancy the idea...

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Definitely!
I'm too busy, writing-wise, to start any proper (or improper) fics but I love doing drabbles!
One of my 'muse' journals regularly contributes to drabblemania so I'm in practice!!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh excellent! Meanwhile, I've checked with co-mod, and she says yeay, go for it! So I'll do the close-out for Sketchbook, and we'll sneak in an impromptu drabble challenge... *g*

Actually, I might ask you a favour (as instigator!) - it's occured to me that I'm going to be at a writing con this weekend, and the hotel charges nassssty amounts for using the internet (which I usually give in to, tbh *g*), but if I'm in a session, and empty_mirrors isn't around, might you be able to give out a word prompt or two, if you see that someone's asked for one and I don't seem to reply in five minutes or so? That'd be ever so helpful... Probably wouldn't involve too much time either?

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I'm away this weekend (early Saturday till late Sunday) at a hotel without internet connection at any price! If I see something before I go or after I come back, of course I'll wade in!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh I am too - hee! I should have sporadic internet access though, so I'll be able to pop in and out. And if you happen to see someone looking for a prompt this evening... *g* Actually I've thrown it open to anyone to respond, after all - it occurred to me that it might be quite cool to have other people entirely able to give prompts! So we should be good... Now we just have to hope for drabblers!

Look what you've done, loyseofverlaine - being all inspiration-y! *g*