Lilac

When I came to write this piece, I made three decisions-

1.) To write it in the First Person.
2.) To pre-plan the piece.
3,) To choose a character such as Gilraen who I would not normally even think of touching because of the beautiful way that she is captured in Tolkien's work, (the Appendices, 'The Story of Aragorn and Arwen'). Normally, a 'noble' character such as Aragorn, Arwen. Elrond or even Gilraen would terrify me to write because I would lack the confidence to feel that I could do them justice. However, within this challenge I decided to take the risk!

When I first came to begin the planning for this piece, I was a little stumped, because I usually take some inpiration and allow my muse to run with it. However, as I was forbidden to do this (owing to my strict pre-planning idea), it took much inspiration from dancing vegetables to actuallynhelp me start the writing of 'Lilac'. For, though I knew the structure that I wanted the piece to take, I had little idea of how I was going to accomplish this. In the end therefore, I'll admit that I did allow my muse to run free for much of the fic, however, I maintained a firm grip upon the direction of the piece and I hope that I managed to break my type!

Many thanks to RobinKa who is a wonderful beta and fantastically fast