Did I write that?
Mar. 30th, 2010 10:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusDid I write that?
Have you ever reread a story of your own, long after the fact, and been surprised by it? Left wondering ... huh, did I write that? Seeing it as a reader would.
I just got a review on a story of mine. Realized I only vaguely remembered the plot. So I read it.
This is a touching, gentle story about two men who are helplessly in love, though they don't want to be. It's rather sad, and funny in places (John and Rodney are like little kids). But General Hammond as the person who doesn't understand but cares about them anyway is a stand out. I don't see this Hammond very often. And just when I thought everything had worked out for the best, Jack O'Neill reminds us that he was forced into an imperfect solution.
Colony Atlantis, SG-1/SGA crossover, Jack/Daniel, with plenty of John, Rodney, Elizabeth, but most of all, Hammond.
"Now I'm not one of those who think that they have the right to pass judgement on other people. That's God's responsibility, not mine, and I for one am glad of that. It seems a rather heavy burden."
Between one breath and the next Jack thought that only George Hammond would have empathy for God. He waited for the other shoe to drop.
What story have you written that's surprised you later? Go back and look at the ones you can't quite recall.
Have you ever reread a story of your own, long after the fact, and been surprised by it? Left wondering ... huh, did I write that? Seeing it as a reader would.
I just got a review on a story of mine. Realized I only vaguely remembered the plot. So I read it.
This is a touching, gentle story about two men who are helplessly in love, though they don't want to be. It's rather sad, and funny in places (John and Rodney are like little kids). But General Hammond as the person who doesn't understand but cares about them anyway is a stand out. I don't see this Hammond very often. And just when I thought everything had worked out for the best, Jack O'Neill reminds us that he was forced into an imperfect solution.
Colony Atlantis, SG-1/SGA crossover, Jack/Daniel, with plenty of John, Rodney, Elizabeth, but most of all, Hammond.
"Now I'm not one of those who think that they have the right to pass judgement on other people. That's God's responsibility, not mine, and I for one am glad of that. It seems a rather heavy burden."
Between one breath and the next Jack thought that only George Hammond would have empathy for God. He waited for the other shoe to drop.
What story have you written that's surprised you later? Go back and look at the ones you can't quite recall.