Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
Jun. 24th, 2016 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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superhero_muses--Is there anything in particular you wanted to get across with this WiP?
I actually really like this question because it's so vague!
With my Dawn of Justice story I'm hoping to get across the mood of the movie--gloomy and brooding and decaying--while shifting the tone a bit toward optimism at the end (as the movie itself does, we'll see to what long term effect).
With the story I'm writing with two guys handcuffed together, it's a way of dealing with worry and angst over the fact that canon might separate them again. The characters hate being tied together but on the other hand they're really good at working as a team once they get past their dislike, and in the end they'll probably realize they don't want to be separated (and then they will be, and I'll have to deal with that, alas).
What are you trying to "get across"? I figure it could be almost anything--a mood, a theme, a message, just something about yourself. Whatever it is, I hope it's going well!
I actually really like this question because it's so vague!
With my Dawn of Justice story I'm hoping to get across the mood of the movie--gloomy and brooding and decaying--while shifting the tone a bit toward optimism at the end (as the movie itself does, we'll see to what long term effect).
With the story I'm writing with two guys handcuffed together, it's a way of dealing with worry and angst over the fact that canon might separate them again. The characters hate being tied together but on the other hand they're really good at working as a team once they get past their dislike, and in the end they'll probably realize they don't want to be separated (and then they will be, and I'll have to deal with that, alas).
What are you trying to "get across"? I figure it could be almost anything--a mood, a theme, a message, just something about yourself. Whatever it is, I hope it's going well!
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Date: 2016-06-24 02:09 am (UTC)Not that I'm getting much progress yesterday and today. I had a huge customer audit today and prep work consumed my time (and brain) yesterday and then the audit was a killer today. Nice enough man but his accent (Mexican) was so thick he was nearly incomprehensible plus he talked very quietly plus he had robot face and very little emotional expression all day. And then he was one of those terribly detail-oriented people who need to see EVERY SINGLE THING SIX TIMES OVER to make sure they're right. *groan*
So yeah, tired and not much progress. Which is frustrating as I'm almost to the black moment where one of the lovers thinks the other has been murdered and then maybe the bad guys will convince the other that the first is going to give up his position and get murdered for him. Should be nicely heart-wrenching if I can just clear the brain fog long enough.
Good luck with your gloom and the handcuffed guys!
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Date: 2016-06-27 10:39 am (UTC)I would say so! And something awesome at that!
Oh god, your customer sounds like a train wreck and very exhausting! I'm glad you got through it and I hope your brain has cleared up enough that you could write that scene--it sounds incredible and deliciously heart-wrenching. My handcuffed boys are busy being sad rather than funny, but the gloom is coming along nicely! :)