Last Name Basis

And by wishes I mean...get me out of this writing slump!!!

Xmas Story Update

I have a beginning and and end. Zero words and zero...what's that thing called ? Oh, plot. This may be a New Year's Story at the rate I'm going.

Chapter Seven

So, Harlow Haley. He was one of the most "engineered"  characters I ever wrote. I knew from day one that if I ever wrote him again... he would die. It wasn't until I started writing the first few words  that I realized he was also  kind of a sociopath.

In every scene Harlow is in he is taking advantage of someone. He's predatory, controlling and vain. He's also charasmatic which is how he has such loyalty from Felix and Marco.

I don't consider myself an experimental writer, but I'm always interested in different narrative devices and one of the things I wanted  to do was have a character die during their own POV.  With Harlow's death his POV and thoughts are effectively erased (which is why Maxwell had to have a POV). This also changes Haley's identity because no one is going to be calling him Alex anymore...what can I say I love some Last Name Basis.(wink, Fierro)

*Also, to complicate things further Haley is going to randomly get an occasional third person POV, because his first person is super bland when I write it  insert writerly-smart sounding reason.

Chapter 9

This chapter. I re-wrote this chapter three times. Once when Maxwell's voice was 3rd person, once when I forgot to save it and one more time in first person.

So, fed up Harlow tries to escape Camp Harmony and is shot in the head right in front of  his brother, Alex Haley. Now Camp Harmony has its second death and wait...who exactly shot Harlow anyway ?And what's Sgt. Maxwell going to have to say about it ?

Chapter 9

Playlist

-Andulasia by Hammock

-Eyes- by Kaskade (Yes, I stole this from Lile)