Jun. 15th, 2010

edenfalling: headshot of a raccoon, looking left (raccoon)
I should say upfront that this story is not anything remotely like a 15-minute fic anymore, though it started as one. See, I got to about the two-thirds mark -- the purchase of the sheep -- at which point I hit the time limit and also had to go to work. Seven hours later, I opened the file again and finished the story. Then I went back and made a lot of changes, poked around Wikipedia to find the title of the particular fairy tale I'd been playing with, debated whether to name the three children, and so on and so forth. Then I fiddled around with the ending for at least another twenty minutes.

So this is not a 15-minute fic. It's also not a fairy tale, nor would I call it a deconstruction of a fairy tale. It's more like an unconstruction -- the fairy tale never gets properly started, despite the pattern and elements of the story, because the characters seem to be living in a completely different mindset.

Anyway. This is apparently what happens when I try to retell "The Golden Goose" while very short on sleep. (1,400 words)

The Poor Woodcutter's Children )

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In other news, I've done five pages of edits on "Secrets" ch. 14. Eighteen more pages to go before I can send it to beta!

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