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[katallison.livejournal.com]

This challenge *rocks.* One thing I've been enjoying in some of the stories (shellmidwife's and heuradys's, for example) is writers taking the opportunity to use some of their own specific professional knowledge in the documents they create. So this weekend, after several grueling days of getting new college students oriented and registed, and scribbling reams of file notes, I found this floating into my head. It's wayyyy over the word limit, so I'm posting it on my own webspace rather than in LJ, with apologies for inconvenience. Just a bit of silly fluff, but I had fun writing it.

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[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

I love your OFC, the advisor. She seems grounded in reality, with liberal doses of compassion and concern. Reading this paper trail of Ray's college life was alternately painful and inspiring, but always quite believable. I like the hopeful note at the end, even if we know what did and did not work out in Ray's life.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

*g* I feel like I've let myself indulge in a bit of Mary Sue-ism with this OFC; her file notes are a lot like mine, but boy, she's a whole lot better with the follow-up calling than I ever manage to be. (I also lifted her name from an advisor who helped keep me sane when I was a fucked-up undergrad.) Really glad you enjoyed it--it was great fun to write.