Confessions to the Sleepless Night
Challenge Details
Take a character, any character who finds him or herself sleepless when all those around are slumbering. Write about his or her thoughts regarding another character who can be seen and is still asleep.
For example:
Elrond thoughts about a sleeping Estel who is newly brought to Rivendell and lays cradled in his mother's arms.
Boromir contemplates Aragorn as a potential king while taking his turn on watch enroute to Moria.
Faramir's thoughts as he watches a sleeping Eowyn in the Houses of Healing.
Sam seethes over Gollum on the way to Mordor.
As you might imagine, the possibilities are endless.
Courtesy of Vistula the Dunedain.
Challenge closes November 30, 2005.
Entries with Stories
The following authors have entered a story in the Challenge.
- Cold Like Fire - Embrace the Darkness As It Descends
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 17 Nov 04
- Written for the "Confessions to the Sleepless Night" challenge. During the early hours of the morning, a man suffering from insomnia comtemplates a certain "gift" he has been given . . .
- Cyberwulf - Bud, Bloom, Wither, Rot
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 30 Nov 04
- All children grow up; all parents grow old. In Meduseld it is no different. Written for the "Confessions to the Sleepless Night" challenge.
- Dawn Felagund - Lament the Morning
- Adult Audience
- Last Updated: 20 Sep 05
- On the night that Miriel passes to the Halls of Mandos, Finwe remembers their life together and ponders the future for Feanor.
- EdorasLass - Do Not Think Me a Dream
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 08 Apr 06
- A restless Finduilas watches her sleeping children, and reflects on many things. Ties in with the "Under My Wing" series.
- Evils Hero - I Watch Him Sleep
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 12 Jul 05
- Elrond’s thoughts about a sleeping Estel who is newly brought to Rivendell and lays cradled in his mother's arms. Drabble and a half written for the ‘Confessions to the Sleepless Night’ challenge, courtesy of Vistula the Dunedain.
- Hobbitness - Hidden Music
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 18 Dec 04
- Legolas is enjoying a woodland night while the Fellowship sleeps. He has a revelation about the Quest and about himself. Not a Legomance; no slash.
- Linaewen - Alone and Forsaken
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 25 Feb 06
- An angry argument, bitter words spoken, and suddenly a man finds himself seemingly alone and forsaken by his companions. A vignette based on a movieverse scene from the extended edition of FOTR.
- Liregon - Distant Maiden
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 01 Dec 04
- Faramir's thoughts about his feelings for Eowyn etc as he watches her sleeping in the Houses of Healing. Written for the 'confessions to a sleepless night challenge'
- Molly Littlefoot - Hearth and Home
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 22 Jun 05
- A Hobbit wife uncertainly wonders what the future will bring. Based on both Book and Movie verse. Written for both the "Confessions to the Sleepless Night" and the "All OCs all the Time" challenges and my first public story in over twenty years. Be gentle or no cake for any of you.
- morelindo - Do You Dream Of Me?
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 22 Sep 05
- Strider's thoughts while nightwatching on the journey to Rivendell with the Hobbits.
- The VSA - Requiem
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 30 Nov 05
- Faramir confronts his demons
- Vistula the Dunadan - Together, One Last Time
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 07 Aug 05
- The night before they reach the Grey Havens, Sam watches over Frodo as he sleeps and contemplates the long road they’ve traveled together. This was written for the Confessions to the Sleepless Night challenge on HASA and is Sam’s “rebuttal” to Frodo’s “Confession” Bed of Roses.
- Vistula the Dunadan - Bed of Roses
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 07 Dec 04
- On the last leg of their journey to Mount Doom, Frodo contemplates the toll the quest is taking on both of them while Sam sleeps.
Placeholders
The following authors have entered a placeholder in the Challenge.
- Ainaechoiriel
- Entry Date: 23 Nov 05
- Anactoria
- Entry Date: 26 Mar 05
- Halfwest
- Entry Date: 11 Nov 05
- Indis
- Entry Date: 26 Nov 05
- kenaz
- Entry Date: 28 Nov 04
- Lady Aranel
- Entry Date: 21 Nov 04
- Malinear
- Entry Date: 08 Dec 04
- Noldo
- Entry Date: 17 Nov 04
- Otto's Goat
- Entry Date: 16 Dec 04
- The VSA
- Entry Date: 21 Nov 05
