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I am procrastinating. I have a story to write for Back to Middle Earth Month, and it is all in my head - the characters, the story line, the beginning, the end. But actually getting all those pictures and scenes converted into words that sit nicely on the screen... I am procrastinating.

And I procrastinate, in part, by reading things I know and love, or things that have been recommended, but sometimes by rooting around in The Pit of Voles, reading the summaries.

There are some summaries that appeal - and about 1/2 of these turn out to be stories that I actually enjoy - like finding a truffle. But I can spend hours reading summaries and deciding not to read the stories - see, procrastinating.

Now and again there are summaries that simply make me smile.

And so, after spending much of two days off work at the beginning of the week procrastinating in that fashion, there are three or four summaries that I would really like to share. If you are interested

Legolas visits Imladris after 100 years. While there Arwen gives him her love. Yrch are spotted heading to Imladris, so Legolas leads a group of elves to take care of them. He gets badly wounded, and dies in Imladris. What does Arwen choose to do? Legolas/Arwen romance! AU! Might need tissues. Death and suicide; warning.

What does Arwen do? After that warning I think I might be able to guess....



When Legolas and his mother are saved from the band of men that have kept them captive, Legolas is the only one of the two who has lived through the ordeal. With all of the kingdom trying to save Thranduil from his grief, will they be in time to save his son?

Somehow, to me, 'saved' implies getting out alive....

Legolas and his friend Hardur aren't pleased about how one of Thranduil's soldiers looks at their younger sister.

The family relationships here sound as if they may need a little unravelling.

And the use of one wrong word makes this my absolute favourite -

A porthole has been opened. My idea of how my friends and I would handle the fellowship if they were here.



I'm pretty sure that none of those were written by anyone I know. If so, I'm sorry for smiling - but perhaps you might like to look at that summary again.

There was also a story with an interesting premise, of which I read a few chapters, but I gave up because I got the giggles every time the writer called the ruling house of Rohan 'The House of Erol'...

As for the B2ME story - well there are now 308 words written... But there are about another 3 weeks to go, and I always find the first few paragraphs to be the worst, so it actually will be finished in time, I reckon!

Date: 16/02/2014 10:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wheelrider.livejournal.com
Ah, thank goodness I'm not the only one reading stories of questionable quality instead of writing!

Date: 16/02/2014 10:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
Join the company!

There are people who have already finished - the very thought made me go off and search youTube for a particular piece of music totally unrelated to my story.

But I have reached 700 words this evening in a sudden flurry of efficiency. Goodness knows how long it will turn out, though. About 2-3,000 maybe. Or maybe not.

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