Somebody Take Down These Walls
Okay, so the image and title may be a bit much. I'm suffering from a bout of writer's block, but nothing that is making me want to quit on my current serials. I know where I want to go with the stories, I have outlines; I just have no idea how to get them to come together. It's like pulling teeth with each chapter, but I am doing something. If I ever get to posting Chapter 11 of Vice (the one that is killing me right now) it will be a miracle.
As for HMLIS....it's going very slowly. I lost steam way sooner than I thought I would. I think one of the things I'm learning from LAE is I don't have to make each chapter 5-6,000 words long.
It's not the worse writer's block I've ever had but I wanted to be honest with what was going on. My worse one was during UL and at that time the purple chapters saved my sanity, but kind of threw my story off track.
Things Get Ugly
In lieu of last week's comments I put together a map. It's pretty crude, but here it goes. If anything I learned I do not know my states. One thing I learned from doing this is that you can see how The Republic is mostly desert and the East is all city.
Those unnamed colors are cities I don't know the name of. The Yellow lines are the borders. So, I've never actually drew out where everything was, but it pretty much shakes out how I assumed. The Sprawl is mostly Vegas, Mojave is in the Mojave desert area and Fort Perch was always in coastal California...which I realize makes no sense in the context of the serial because if its so close to the shore they should be able to see the ocean, but um...moving on.
Moving On
This playlist is a go to for me because I can use for HMLIS and Vice. Plus, I can listen to it on loop without getting bored ! It only has two songs on it and it brings back a classic song from the UL/SA days.
Previously...
Sara leaves her hit still alive and before anyone can answer questions they learn there city is under attack. Sara only wants to know one thing; Where is her son ?
Chapter 8
Playlist Here
Honey what's LAE is that Lux ? Becuase I've learned to love short chapters. NAF is going to be full of em
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm stealing that Bones song. . . but you already knew that !!
DeleteIt is Lux ! I forgot we were calling it that. I got LAE from Lux AEterna
DeleteOh, not SH I think we've seen that image before. I'm really feeling the turn this story is taking. Veritas--what ? Sends good vibes
ReplyDeleteYes, you've seen this image. I re-used it from my character interview post.
DeleteFor some reason I have a feeling K Maxwell and Haley are about to show up. Or some expy of them
ReplyDeleteOh, just thought of a good trope question. SH would you consider any of the characters in Vice expys of thier Veritas counterparts ?
DeleteHmm, no I think the characters are still the same, they are just more "realistic" versions of themselves. I will get to this later once a few more scenes have played out.
DeleteThis map is perfect ! I can totally see it now, is it a long drive from Ft. Perch to Mojave ?.
ReplyDeleteHmm, about 2 or 3 hours depending how fast you were going. Of course none of the characters drive the speed limit.
DeleteSorry SH but you made a bad call in this chapter. I'm kind of schocked that you would ONLY POST HALF OF IT ???? WHAT ??
ReplyDeleteDude, I'm like what kind of trouble is Alan going to get into at the Luxor.
DeleteVanillaBear-- You're username is adorable ! Oh, wait...is it a Scrubs reference ?
DeleteIt was honestly just TOO long the way I had it. I also like the way it breaks up the scenes.
Also, alcohol.
ReplyDeleteOMG, I lold'
I think this line should appear at the end of any advice book on how to be a writer.
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ReplyDeleteOIC. I thought the valley was like the actual like San Fernando Valley (Iz Valley Girl).
With a view like that I can see why Ft. Perch is the place to be.
REPRESENT !!
DeleteWell, it was supposed to be, but it just didn't fit once I put it out on a map...I really didn't know SoCal as well as I do know when I started this...I'm a SF girl !
DeleteSH I have to say I can almost feel the anger swelling in the Western Republic. I mean I'm not sure if the RLA will turn out to be the "good" guys or the "bad" guys but I can see why they would be fed up and "rage against the machine."
ReplyDeleteYes. . . but what you are missing her Cori is that the RLA is not made up of patriotic men. That missing allegiance to the idealism of a nation free of it's privileged oppressor will always result in a unequalatrial representation of truth. Therefore the West will always win the mental war if not the physical one.
DeleteI'm not sure I follow you completely Mansfield, but you pose a good question...who will win this war ?
DeleteSo. . . um, I may have just shipped Alan and Sara for like a second. . .just sayn'
ReplyDeleteUm....me too. But, no. Just. No.
DeleteMinnie and Saint were pretty quiet in this section. Was this the one where we were supposed to look out for Minnie using a trope ?
ReplyDeleteThat was actually before I cut the chapters, it's in the next one !
DeleteSo. . . if HMLIS is getting slow does that mean a better change for an OHG Christmas. Ya'll know you wanted to ask.
ReplyDeleteOh, better yet SH you can start posting HMLIS and we will just tell you what we want to see. LOL ! (:
DeleteI haven't decided when I will post HMLIS. I can see the finish line of VIce, so I'm thinking we may need to get there first. We'll see.
DeleteShawna, if there is one thing I've learned there is no such thing as writer's block. As long as you still have your fingers you can still write. Write a letter, write some useless dialogue write what you did with your daughter that day. Rise above it, girlfriend !
ReplyDeleteWow, someone heard about the new position Greta budgeted for at Cobalt.
DeleteThis is set to private, right ?
ReplyDeleteIf the East just wanted to unify the countries did they really think blowing up a Border with NO warning was the best way to do it ?
That's why that shiz be shady. I think they just wanted to scare them or something. I mean I'm sure they didn't expect to get The Valley when they did it.
DeleteThe East doesn't want to unify the country...they're essentially two different countries.
DeleteBlueBelle, you may be more on to something.
The only way to really get it out was to practically have a full lobotomy.Unless you are Jean Dory, I guess
ReplyDeleteLove how slick Jean is here.
I’ve notice she’s good at doing things you aren’t supposed to be able to do.
DeleteNope Sara beats him in that department.
I guess in some ways Jean and Sara are speshul snowflakes....but this comes back later.
DeleteWhy are Jean and Minnie just now looking for work ? How come they can't um. . . turn tricks ? Hook ? Prostitute ? anymore.
ReplyDeleteThey are "turning tricks" that's what they call looking for work.
DeleteI love HOME, I think it can be used for just about anything. Love, family, heartbreak, tragedy. The word home means so many things.
ReplyDeleteSo true, I forgot how much I like that song.
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