Pretty Colors: Years

 

 

Dear Lile,

 It's just now occurring to me I have no idea what Lile meant when she said something about chapter 15 and 16 of Years being like AYC. Those chapters had a lot of domesticity and parent/child stuff...

My Madness

So, I learned something new about my Microsoft:

 

 

I think I've mentioned before I color code drafts. The color-coding thing has really come full circle in Years. Previously, I used color coding to outline UL and Compulsion but now I'm using it both to outline and write Years. I'm normally more of a pantser but I had to outline my last few serials to make sure the years were lining up. When I zoom out my draft  looks like this (this isn't the whole thing but you get the idea) :

I like using colors because then I can easily spot where one chapter ends and another begins. I also just like typing in pretty colors!

Years 16

Recap

After Luce's suicide attempt he moves in with his brother Rias and spends the next year and a half working to get better. He is able to end the conservatorship by going to therapy and even finding a part time job teaching math at a community college. He and Haley make amends and Luce moves back in but things between them still aren't exactly the way they used to be, especially in the bedroom...

Years 16
Playlist
-1- Electric Feel by MGMT
-2- Please Keep Loving Me by James TW
-3- Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli

-4- Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding