Guess who is looking at her old posts today ???
I Might Be Crazy
(I meant to put this blog up on 9/5)
I'm taking Lile's idea to see what I was doing in the past. So, in 2009 I was on FIRE in September. I did 20 posts !
On this particular day I was posting the 7,000 word Chapter 8 of UL and I was being oddly protective of it. I think because that was when I decided that ish was going to start hitting the fan and Sawyer was arrested for cooking meth (to be fair Breaking Bad has just become a thing)
This is the first time I ever did a playlist and there was clearly a learning curve there. Pretty much all my songs were from a One Tree Hill album. I was super apprehensive about the music, but I've gotten better about it. Also, this was pre-Pandora / Spotify so my music selecting was severely handicapped.
I re-read this chapter and I just want to edit the crap out of it, but that could just start a whole thing. I think I was really trying to keep Elisa alive in the story, but I had no story for her. The scary thing for me is when I posted this I didn't have a single other word written.. I think I operated like that until about chapter 20. If I did that nowadays I swear I'd have a nervous breakdown.
Other Things
- Corriander ! I didn't realize you read my stuff pre-being hired at Cobalt
- I realize I use the name Sam in UL and I used it again in HMLIS...I must have really bad memory if I keep unintentionally reusing names.
- This is pre-Veritas and you all were JUST SHOCKED I made a character a drug dealer. I'm sure if I did this post-Vice/Veritas you'd all be "meh, all in a day"
- Elisa (and Darcy from IVB) were the characters I needed to to write to write Corrinne.
Going into town had been an experience. The United Light had a travel bus they took into the nearest town ,Port Freedom. The bus looked out of place compared to the dusty old American cars that I had thought they stopped making before I was born. The cars dotted the parking lot of a center that sported a K-Mart, Dollar Tree and BottomDollar.
The economy must be doing great in Port Freedom.
Which is the town Rhett is from and in a subconscious way, exploring this setting was kind of the genesis for OHG and his character in general.
This is fun !
HMLIS and Vice 2 Update
It's bad when you have to Google writer's block cures. It's been slow going, but I am so excited for these next few chapters.
So, when I was writing a scene in Vice 2 I had that first moment where I Googled something I realize could make me look REALLY bad. I almost wanted to add 'because I'm writing a web serial' after it. I can't say what it is just yet, because it'd be a spoiler.
Chapter 13
I'm breaking the rules now. No more alternating POVs each chapter, I'm just writing what fits next.
Previously...The truth is out;Abigail wasn't murdered but committed suicide. But if she's not ready to confront her death what can Corinne and Jonah do now ?
Playlist
Chapter 13
Playlist
-1- Carry On Instrumental
-2- I'll Be There For You by Boyce Avenue
-3- La La by The Cab
-4- Heart of Stone by Hunter Parish (He's an actor and I had no idea he sung until Spotify, but in the back of my head he is kind of Alan picspiration. More on this in Vice2)
Hmmm. . . I thought you stole one of my songs but I was wrong., I see what you did there with the bakery. I see this is going to be a new game.
ReplyDeleteAlso, SV Im going to stop inviting you to holiday dinners if you make transcripts.
I SO related
DeleteLet the game begin, Lile....
DeleteCorrine, Gurl . . . and he has a trust fund. . . just saying.
ReplyDeleteLol, this gets clarified later but he has a trust fund that would last the four years he's in college. In my head it's maybe $200,00 or so.
DeleteI love the family writing, it's so different from the usual SH. Or more functional than in Vice.
ReplyDeleteIs this really more functional than Vice ? Yeah, I guess it is. Oh, but I do some family writing in Vice 2
DeleteWas there a paranormal element in the original, or was it just a family drama ?
ReplyDeleteIt was going to be Jonah having the paranormal storyline, Aris and Michelle having marriage trouble and Ethan doing something or the other but that was just a lot to take on. And it was lopsided with only Jonah having the paranormal element.
DeleteAnd in this headcanon Corinne wasn't a main character.
I think I remember being super shocked when there was cursing in UL, I was like NO. Not sweet SH.
ReplyDeleteYES. You guys were like "THE F WORD, WHAAAT?" I think Sawyer says it...Sawyer does ALL the things.
DeleteOkay, SV where is the Morrow's story ? Is there some flash fiction somewhere ? It could take place in the 80's
ReplyDeleteIs Mrs. Morrow older than her hubby ?
DeleteI actually made a timeline of their relationship, but I can't be positive it won't be a spoiler.
DeleteShe's younger than him. In present day he's 53 and she's 49. They met when she was 19 and he was 23.
Speaking of OHG, weren't we supposed to get a thing this summer ???
ReplyDeleteMaybe, Christmas ? I'm plotting some things I promise. You guys know how slow I am.
DeleteI love Holiday stories and this chapter made me want some turkey ! I think this is a first of SH, focusing on family.
ReplyDeleteI really wanted to do a family drama. I really like working with characters that have a pre-established bond. Also Holidays offer a plethora of writing ideas.
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ReplyDelete*At thanksgiving dinner* Well. . . that escalated quickly
It was a lot of pent up frustration.
DeleteI know we are talking about uncooked turkeys, but I think a cooked turkey looks better than a cooked chicken.
ReplyDeletelol, hun. They were talking about live turkeys.
DeleteI had a whole dialogue in there about it between Sev and Matt but I took it out because it was getting a little long.
. . . forget plot and story development I'm going to need Corrine and Jonah to make out again.
ReplyDeleteIDK . . . I think Matty might have a crush.
DeleteI can honestly say I often feel like I have no control over the romantic relationships of these characters sometimes.
DeleteThey only have a two bedroom house ? Why can't they afford anything bigger.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good question..the Morrows have really bad credit. Why ? You'll see...
Delete"“You didn’t leave anyone in the trunk, did you ?,”
ReplyDeleteWell at least there is one inside joke everyone will get.
It wasn't super intentional...but I could have re-worded it and I chose not to.
DeleteThat is the most perfect rendition of the friends song I've ever heard.
ReplyDeleteEverything Boyce Ave does is a perfect rendition, I see no exceptions ever.
DeleteShe was only gone for 3 months, I liked Aris in the last chapter but he seems like such a jerk here.
ReplyDeleteI think Jonah feels the same way you do.
DeleteSo, is Our Eternity based on Aris' post-grad years or did he start writing his book before he was 23.
ReplyDeleteYes, My Own Eternity is based on him going blind and his post-grad life. HMLIS is based on other people.
DeleteMore on this in later chapters.
What ? I can't imagine Corrine not being a main character. Would there have been POVs from his parents ?
ReplyDeleteIt would have been all third person. Corinne was literally going to be "the girl" sidekick, but when I started writing her voice just kind of poured out.
DeleteI guess we are getting into more of the family secrets talked about in the trailer.
ReplyDeleteAnd how
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