Yesterday my brother started reading the book "Scoundrels" by Timothy Zahn, and since we now had the book for Kindle, I had my mom send it to my phone as well. I started reading, but was barely three pages into Han's first chapter when I came across something interesting. The story takes place very soon after A New Hope, but Han has left the Alliance after helping them with the destruction of the death star, AND he lost the credits given to him for transporting Luke and Leia. He says a few things about Leia saying goodbye, and I realized it would make a cute short story.
And that's just what happened. I sat down at my laptop, which I often do, and I just wrote. I wrote until it had been several hours. 6,500 words on 17 pages and I was finished. And then tonight I edited it and it just went up on Fanfiction a few minutes ago, complete with it's own cover. =)
I think it's a cute little story, and I used it for two reasons. One, to write something from Han's point of view, since I don't exactly get to write too much Han in "Promises," and two, to practice descriptions. For some reason I find it very easy to write dialogue, but I need to work on the descriptions that go along with it, and this was a great opportunity. Plus, who doesn't love more Han and Leia?
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