Chapter 8 !

Adventures in Country Music
I have been listening to a lot of country music playlists while putting together some scenes of UL3 and country music is so interesting. The top tracks are oddly male dominated and they're either of the bro-country variety about trucks, girls and partying or the more older school kind about...girls, family and 'mureica.

There are a lot of gems, but I have to share this one because I can't really work it into the serial. It's just so on the nose of that cloyingly sweet, family, patriarchal sense of some country music. I honestly don't know if I hate or love this song for being what it is but I thought I'd share it as sort of background music for this post:





 

Never Make Plans
So, I've kind of fallen off a cliff with my writing. I surpassed my outline and I'm just kind of free falling into the next couple of chapters that I'm writing. That said, these chapters are getting in the 5-8K length. I'm still trying to keep to my outline but it's getting tricky....


I Did A Thing
I've kind of run out of things to blog about for this last chapter so I guess I'll reveal that I did a thing a while ago. I was listening to my Discover Weekly playlist and I heard a song I liked so I put it in it's own playlist call...V3. I don't know what is means or what it will lead to but I do have something kind of scratched out. That is to day if there are things you want to see leave them in the comments and I'll think about it.

Raleigh Cameron
I'm not saying he is going to show up, but here is Raleigh's picspiration...except all bald.

 
Chapter 8
Rhett is back from Hawaii and he and Juliana settle into a life together, but Rhett is starting to feel claustorphobic about returning to a life in Freeport.

CHAPTER 8
PLAYLIST

-1- Dirt of Your Shoulder by Jay-Z
-2- Sound of Silence by Kinna Granis (I am in love with her voice)
-3-  Gravity by AJ Rafael and Gardiner Sisters 
-4- Half of Me by Rihanna

I Have A Confession...

You: Wow, Shawna it's been a while

Me: Yeah, I kind of have writer's block and lost my way and just can't finish a chapter--

You, shoving breadsticks into your purse: No chapters ? Okay, well sorry, but I gotta go--

Me: I mean I'm struggling with  chapter 14 &15 and we're only on chapter 9

You, slowly putting breadsticks back in basket: Um...Is there a new chapter today ?

Me: Of course there is !

You: So, how many chapters is in this thing anyway ? And why are you creating new playlists on your Spotify ? And how has Lile done basically two serials in the time it takes you to do one ?

Me, shoving cheddar bay biscuits into my purse: Sorry, I gotta go--

You: Wait, did you bring cheddar bay biscuits to an Olive Garden ?

*Me, shoving breadsticks into purse too and fleeing into the night*




CHAPTER 8
I had kind of mentioned that parts of Chapter 8 were from OHG and I was going to post some pieces of it, but it's actually not that interesting. This next chapter also has some parts from OHG, and I think those would be more interesting to post.

I think in the comments a lot of you were speculating about the health of Juliana and Rhett's relationship and I just wanted to clear a couple of things up.

1. Juliana is mentally ill and has been since UL2 and Rhett knows this so he is a little more protective of her, but more importantly....

2. Spoiler Alert: Rhett Clark is an asshole.  I noticed this while re-reading all of Rhett's POV in UL and UL2. Rhett was never really romantic lead material in the UL-verse, I think some of that romanticism of him may have just been from comments or something.  He cares about Juliana and isn't like MRA level of asshole, but he's...learning. Which is why he does things like get in a fight with his best friend. We will defintely explore some of this.

CHAPTER 9
Rhett secretly meets with Raleigh Cameron to see why Juliana didn't get any money from the UL settlement. He discovers Mr. Reese got 6,000 in settlement and  500,000 from selling his land, but never gave any to Juliana.

Juliana's Dad still refuses to visit or accept her marriage and she hasn't seen him in 6 months. She also hasn't told him she's pregnant. Now, she's headed to Hartford for a few days to repair their relationship and hopefully understand why her Dad has been hiding money from her.

Chapter 9
Playlist

-1-  Watch Me by Paul McDonald and Nikki Reed
-2- Sweater Weather by Kina Granis
-3- Happy by VSQ
-4- Rosary by Troy

Courthouse Wedding Asthetic

Long Time No See
You guys I was having a TIME untangling chapter 12 and that's why I haven't been posting as much. I feel like I have more direction now and now I'm untangling the next chapter.





Courthouse Weddings
So, in the last chapter Juliana and Rhett get married in a courthouse because Rhett takes an assignment in Hawaii. Eric and I both come from fairly religions families, but I really wish we didn't because courthouse weddings look really cute !

By the way the bride in this last photo is a wedding planner and their wedding looked so trendy, they must be a lot of fun.

Wedding Dress Inspy

 Sweater Inspiration (but white w/ glitter)

And shoes

 













(This section was written a while ago but is still mostly true) 
In the Trenches with Chapter 12
So, I know these chapters have been kind of short, most of them are between 3,000-4,000 words, but I am currently slogging through chapter 12 right now and it is going to be atleast 6,000 - 8,000 words and I think 13 might be too. As the official Lile stan (come at me bro) I know how awesome long chapters can be !

Chapter 7 
Juliana moves to Freeport with Rhett and they began to plan a wedding. But when Rhett takes an assignment in Hawaii they have a quicky wedding in a courthouse ...*fadetoblack, fadetoblack, fadetoblack* two weeks later Juliana is pregnant and Rhett is off to Hawaii.

Chapter 7
Playlist
-1- Anchor by Novo Amor
-2- Right by You by Jason Nozuka
-3- Shine by Benjamin Francis Leftwitch
-4- Bumpin' The Night by Florida Georgia Line