Same Old, Same Old
So, my absence is pretty much for the reasons it always is...writer's block. Switching between HMLIS and Vice has been like speaking two languages, so it's been tough balancing them. I've started to pull a few Lile's and writing scenes out of order which is so hard for a pantser like me.
Erik and I did take a day trip to Palm Springs for Valentine's Day, and it was so relaxing and amazing. Unfortunately for you all, there was no TDOSHing involved.
HMLIS Update
Lile gave some advice that if you need to add a scene make up a story of how a prop got there...I will be using this maybe once or twice for pacing purposes.
I hinted at this on the last post, but since then the playlist for this has been SO.MUCH.TOP.40....and I'm not ashamed.
Although it does need more Imagine Dragons...I need to work on that.
Chapter 14
I'll try and use the next few weeks to answer more questions, but for now let's move on to chapter 14.
Now, I've started experimenting with white noise when writing and Rainymood.com has been my backbone. I listen to it when writing every chapter, but I particularly suggest listening to it with this playlist.
Playlist
-1- Do I Wanna Know ? by Artic Monkeys
- 2-You're Amazing (Gavin Mikhail Cover)
-3-All I Ever Needed by Paul McDonald and Nikki Reed (We're back to the Twilight soundtracks)
-4- We Don't Eat by James Vincent McMorrow (This was the first song on the playlist...you'll see why)
Chapter 14
Alan has just discovered he is not only an android, but the project that created him is the secret project Sara's husband Derek was investigating before his death. Sara also confides in him that she was plannig to leave Derek and he tried to kill Luce.
Alan doesn't have time to digest any of this because Rayne is back and he has another job for them... to kill Julian Walker.
Glad my advice helped. Cause that totally wasn't a joke. I can't even remember when I did this.
ReplyDeleteClara : Um, Hi Shawna I noticed your fictional character used vodka as antiseptic and well . . . I did that too. So I am going to need some credit (:
Tomas : I did it to off page (screen ?) first, so . . .
Lile : I'm so sorry, SH My imagination just . . .
Well, No offense Clara and Tomas,but I saw it on House MD in 2006-ish during the episode on the plan so you can calm down. Also...Sara isn't exactly using it as antiseptic...she just needs a drink. (:
DeleteI'd also like to plea SHLILE Paradox Line
Is that a friendship I see blooming between Luce and Alan
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed...well, for this chapter anyway.
DeleteNO NO NO SH, I'm shaking and Crying over Sara and Derek
ReplyDeleteThey seemed so happy ):
You guys...I was getting emotional when I was editing that scene and like I NEVER get emotional about anything I write. It was so weird.
DeleteOOC, SH did you ever worry about using the term Andrioid since it gas become such a branded term ?
ReplyDeleteI was, but that is the only real word to use. An android is literally a man-like computer. I just have to remember to keep it lowercased.
DeleteAwww, didn't you and E go to Palm Springs before. Love to know more about your married life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with wanting to know more about Eric . . . what's it like being with someone so funny and silly
DeleteI'd love to talk more about Erik, but fair warning our life is not nearly as entertaining as out fictional ones.
DeleteOh I don't know Alan your fate could be ending up at a war camp ? y/y ?
ReplyDeleteMaybe ?
DeleteHi Shawna
ReplyDeleteWith all this indie music I can't imagine you working with Top 40. Does my boy 2 Chainz make an appearance ?
New game top 40 bingo ! To play along with HMLIS
DeleteNo 2 Chainz yet..honestly Mansfield I'm surprised you got that spelled right.
Delete". . .then there’s Alan who couldn’t even shoot himself properly. I have to do it and I will." Chapter MADE
ReplyDelete(:
DeleteI think Minnow and April could have a sass-off. Y/Y, Lile ?
I re-read 13 in prep for this and once again I want/need like a Saint side story or something.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know what Sara was up to after Derek died and before Luce got out of surgery, like was she badass soloing it.
DeleteUm, funny you should mention that...*might have been just drafting a possible flashfic*
DeleteAs always, don't get too excited.
Awww, that tattoos are so sweet. ALL THE FEELS. Is it wrong I want to take my college aged son to the tattoo shop ?
ReplyDeleteSure, why not ?
DeleteAlthough, it's never really seen by Alan, Luce got the tattoos without Sara's permission and she doesn't like them,
I was so afraid this chapter was going to end in a cliffy ! Can we assume K dollar sign HA appears in HMLIS ?
ReplyDeleteYes, actually ! But not in one of the songs that got her in the Top 40.
DeleteGuys seriously what is Alan's real name. I mean it must be something we have heard before. . . .
ReplyDeleteWhat if his dad is Derek ? That'd be trippy. Did we see a body ?
DeleteI'll just go ahead and say his Dad is not Derek.
DeleteI'll just go ahead and say his Dad is not Derek.
Delete. . . here the train only comes through four times and only stops if the driver decided he saw you."
ReplyDeleteWhat is. . . what Europeans think of American transit ? #jeopardystyle
Lol, that tickled me !
DeleteBut also what happened when I used to ride the bus in undergrad.
I would have never guessed how old this scene is. I can see this being a launching point.
ReplyDeleteHad you envisioned Luce's age yet ?
I originally had him at 14, once I decided he was going to have a speaking role. But I made him a year younger at the last minute so Sara could have been a bit older when she had him.
DeleteWhich reminds me, doing character math on ages has been killing me in this and HMLIS.
So. . . doe Rayne maybe have a secret thing for Sara ? I mean was it like a situation where he chose one friend over the other ?
ReplyDeleteHmm ?
DeleteI'm waiting for the twist in what they are planning. Are they maybe going to "reveal" Alan ?
ReplyDeleteoooh...
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