You: Hey Shawna, you haven't posted in a long while, how's it going ?
Me:
In the Trenches
You guys I have been in the trenches...with Vice2 (which will get a pretty name at some point). I'd been messing around with it some, but out of nowhere the voice and story just came to me. It's still super fuzzy, but I got some down. Right now, Vice has 5,000 usable words.
Let me tell you, I've decided Vice2 is going to be grittier and darker than Vice. I mean, ish is going to get real.
As for HMLIS, I think I may have shot myself in the foot by outlining because it's giving me so much trouble. I just can't stick to the outline and the chapters have gotten out of whack, but I'm excited for where it's going. It's fun to write characters who actually make jokes that aren't dark humor. Not being able to finish this has been hard for me because I know exactly how it ends.
I really didn't want to post until I was further along, but I think I needed this to force me into gear.
I really didn't want to post until I was further along, but I think I needed this to force me into gear.
Research
I mentioned in my last post I had to do more research for this serial than any of the other ones (except, maybe Ivy Boys). For Vice I really do a lot of rule of cool and handwaving but because this is based in the real world I'd like to be as accurate as I can. Also, sometimes figuring out how things are IRL it's easier than making stuff up. So, I've looked through my Googles and these are the things I've looked up
- Weirdest College Mascots (I wanted an injoke for Eastham to have a lame mascot, but couldn't think of one)
- Average record for triathalon ( I had to find a time to give Ethan in Chapter 3)
- Long Starbucks order
- I wanted Corinne to have international students for roomates, so I needed to find countries where international students typically came from, then I had to find names for them.
A few other things, but they are spoilery, so moving on (TM) !
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 link
Brief Recap: Eastham College freshman Jonah and Corinne are the only ones who can see Abigail, a girl who died and has no memory, but desperatley wants her identity. Corinne suggests they look in old school papers for Abigail's identity and Jonah knows just the person to give them access. But before they can do anything Corrine's boyfriend, Phillip is arrested for stealing his estranged father's credit card and after she takes him home they break up,
- Weirdest College Mascots (I wanted an injoke for Eastham to have a lame mascot, but couldn't think of one)
- Average record for triathalon ( I had to find a time to give Ethan in Chapter 3)
- Long Starbucks order
- I wanted Corinne to have international students for roomates, so I needed to find countries where international students typically came from, then I had to find names for them.
A few other things, but they are spoilery, so moving on (TM) !
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 link
Brief Recap: Eastham College freshman Jonah and Corinne are the only ones who can see Abigail, a girl who died and has no memory, but desperatley wants her identity. Corinne suggests they look in old school papers for Abigail's identity and Jonah knows just the person to give them access. But before they can do anything Corrine's boyfriend, Phillip is arrested for stealing his estranged father's credit card and after she takes him home they break up,
-1- Dream a Little Dream by Yiruma
-2- Lego House by Boyce Avenue
-3- Say by Vitamin Piano Quartet
-2- Lego House by Boyce Avenue
-3- Say by Vitamin Piano Quartet
