dorrito's every flavour mood beans

[marginalia]

today melinda and i are pleased to begin



the history
lo, so many years ago in fandom time, the unholy union of anniesj and circe_tigana created mood rings: 132 celebrations of lotrips (which is, unfortunately, flocked at the moment) ETA unlocked now! go! read!

and i looked at that and thought "dude, insane," followed quickly by, "dude, i want to do that." it bopped around in my brain for a while, then dorrie6 and i did waiting: the prisoner of azkaban drabble project.

but it was finished so quickly. we never really got over it. and so beginning today (because it's the day PoA comes out on dvd . .at least in the states), we're proud to offer dorrito's every flavour mood beans. after this we will never want to write drabbles again, so get 'em while they're hot.


the project
we're doing things a little differently. we have strong opinions about drabbles, so each will be exactly 100 words. as with the poa drabbles, i'll be maintaining a master list of links in this entry.


the list
bold by dorrie6, italics by marginalia. dorrie6's drabbles can also be read via her tag here, and marginalia's via her tag here.

accomplished - neville longbottom aggravated - moaning myrtle amused - pansy parkinson angry - bill & molly weasley annoyed - hermione granger anxious - hermione granger apathetic - harry potter artistic - dean thomas/seamus finnegan awake - draco malfoy bitchy - draco malfoy blah - remus lupin blank - gilderoy lockhart bored - ginny weasley bouncy - draco malfoy busy - minerva mcgonagall calm - molly weasley/arthur weasley cheerful - neville longbottom/luna lovegood chipper - james potter cold - narcissa malfoy complacent - cornelius fudge confused - alice longbottom contemplative - remus lupin/sirius black content - ron weasley cranky - argus filch crappy - argus filch crazy - sirius black creative - dean thomas crushed - severus snape curious - mrs norris cynical - harry potter depressed - draco malfoy determined - rubeus hagrid devious - gregory goyle dirty - ginny weasley disappointed - albus dumbledore discontent - harry potter distressed - firenze ditzy - ron weasley dorky - luna lovegood drained - lily potter drunk - severus snape ecstatic - neville longbottom/harry potter embarrassed - ron weasley energetic - colin creevey enraged - sirius black enthralled - lily potter envious - hermione granger exanimate - ron weasley excited - ginny weasley/dean thomas exhausted - hogwarts flirty - lavender brown frustrated - grandmother longbottom full geeky - ernie macmillan giddy giggly gloomy good grateful groggy grumpy guilty happy high hopeful horny

hot - severus snape hungry hyper impressed indescribable indifferent infuriated intimidated irate irritated jealous - peter pettigrew jubilant lazy lethargic listless lonely loved melancholy mellow mischievous moody morose naughty nauseated nerdy nervous nostalgic numb okay optimistic peaceful - lily potter pensive pessimistic pissed off pleased predatory productive quixotic recumbent efreshed rejected rejuvenated relaxed relieved restless rushed sad satisfied scared shocked sick silly sleepy sore stressed surprised sympathetic thankful thirsty thoughtful tired touched uncomfortable weird working worried

Comments

[choucroute.livejournal.com]

Oh. Wow.

I absolutely love the concept :)

you go, girls.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i'm taking it as an excuse to write characters i -never- write. for better or worse. for worse, see the one i'm posting tomorrow ;)

[minervacat.livejournal.com]

you two are so brilliant it makes me want to dance.

I can't wait to read these. <3

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

*glee* i am just so delighted to be getting started.

[circe-tigana.livejournal.com]

Fun :)

And I will ask Annie to unlock MoodRings.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

edited! oh - the feedback thread is still locked, though. fyi :)

[jetis.livejournal.com]

How many again? This sounds like an ulcer, but kudos to you two gals for taking it on.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

132 :) so, we'll be at it for pretty much forever ;)

[dawn-came-dim.livejournal.com]

*adores*

*friends*


This just might inspire me to drabble as well!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

welcome! i have an indecent love of drabble writing :)

[dawn-came-dim.livejournal.com]

Striving to write a *good* drabble is like striving to write a poem. It's an art form all its own.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i like to think so :)

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

you guys are teh cleverest. ::bounces in anticipation::

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

it'll rock. i hope :D

[shinyredtype.livejournal.com]

omg yay! The sekrit dorrito project has arrived! *squee*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

about time, hey? :)

[willysunny.livejournal.com]

You guys rock!

After a hellish 4 weeks of CARMEN, this project is a lovely way to get back into the fandom swing.

<333!!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

welcome back to fandom! mwah!

[gloss]

YeeeeeHAW! So very very glad you two are the ones doing this!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i asked melinda a while back if anyone had done it for hp yet but i had pretty much decided i didn't care if they had - i wanted us to do it regardless :D

[tipgardner.livejournal.com]

What a Filibuster's Fantabulous Freaking idea! I'm looking forward to these. Meantime, I'm going to get an early start by reading "Accomplished."

I am holding you in awe right now (so if you, erm, want me to stop holding you, just say so).

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

see, we should have had you around when we were trying to think of a name :)

mmm a little to the left ;)

[tipgardner.livejournal.com]

Careful...you don't want to encourage LJ stalkage, do you? :)

[caerellia.livejournal.com]

PoA came out today in Canada, too. :) *want*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

some places it doesn't come out until december. as far as my finances are concerned, it might as well never come out. woe.

[caerellia.livejournal.com]

Aw. *hugs*

[babbled.livejournal.com]

Good luck! =)
(and knowing you two, they'll be absolutely brilliant!)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

aw, thanks!

[fruslug.livejournal.com]

So, umm, this is a little weird, but I want to write a drabble and I don't know where to start. Any chance you could give me a gentle nudge, or a startling shove, in the right direction?

[dorrie6.livejournal.com]

Jaci will probably have her own process to tell you, but I saw this and figured I'd give it a shot.

When I write a drabble, I start with some small thing I want to show or say, something I think I could tell in a small amount of words. When I first started writing them, I usually just wrote the story and then went back and edited for word count, really evaluating each word and whether it was necessary to tell the story, or whether there was a clearer, more concise way of saying something. I'd whittle and whittle until I had 100, and then I'd see if it still worked.

Nowadays I tend to edit as I go, and I find I have to edit less, as I've become used to being economical with words. I find that often an action speaks volumes, and is more powerful than inner monologue or even dialogue. I find that simple statements are stronger than those with a lot of qualifiers involved. Both these things are vital to this type of short storytelling. And the story is the key, really. In the end, you just want to be sure your story is told.

Now that I've typed this it seems really lame. Er. Wait for Jaci.

[fruslug.livejournal.com]

It actually makes a good deal of sense, and reminds me a little of playwriting. I think I may embark this weekend... Thank you!!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

all i'd add is that i usually think of drabbles as moments or moods more than stories, and that i almost -never- include dialogue, in part because i hate to write it but mostly because it's inefficient. i've been in many drabble communities, and the ones i hate are the ones that are basically a build-up to a joke. they seem disposable. i try to write ones that have some sort of emotional punch, and so i want the words and the rhythm all to lead to whatever that emotion is.

woo. :)

[evalinece.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are fantastic! Can't wait for the next ones :)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i can't wait either - we've written a few ahead to prevent ulcers, and now i'm all anxious to see what people think of them :)

[ezzvaldez.livejournal.com]

What a lovely thing to discover upon arriving back at school at the end of the Thanksgiving break. Yay!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i think i will be dead from drabble when this thing is over ;)

[stringy.livejournal.com]

Came here from starfishchick's rec - fantastic idea. So far I've especially liked Lockheart's blank, Molly and Arthur Weasley's calm, Narcissa's cold, Alice Longbottom's confused and Hagrid's determined.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you! we're a bit behind of our goal at the moment, but hope to be catching up soon!