Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

Which scene in your current WiP has been hardest to write so far?

Um, none, because I'm still prepping to start, lol. The prep has taken the form of watching (for the first time!) Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome for the fusion I'm writing. It was... a very weird movie (some of the pacing choices and the music... I don't know if they're just very dated or if they were weird at the time, to be honest) but since the characters I'm going to write are deliberately referencing it (they're pro wrestlers whose characters are very much Wild Post-Apocalyptic Road Warriors) I found a lot I can work with! It helps that during the pandemic the biggest company has been holding matches in something they literally call the Thunderdome, which is an arena lined with television screens showing fans around the world. It wasn't until I watched the movie that I went "OH, this is really LITERALLY supposed to look like the Mad Max Thunderdome, where the audience crawls up the cage to peer through the bars."



I hope no scenes have been too hard for all of you to write!

(My Tank Girl/Mad Max wrestlers:)

Comments

[me_ya_ri]

The ending. I typed The End today and I'm not sure that I'm actually done. Not that I'm going to go back at it right away. I'm going to let it sit for a while (potentially several months since it's for next year's Quantum Bang) before I re-read and decide how to tweak the ending.

Of course, I generally think all the scenes I'm currently working on are the hardest ever, unless one is like pulling teeth. They're also my favorite scenes so far, so make of that what you will. *grin*

BTW, your whole Mad Max wrestler thing sounds super-cool--good luck getting it going!

[mithen]

Of course, I generally think all the scenes I'm currently working on are the hardest ever, unless one is like pulling teeth. They're also my favorite scenes so far, so make of that what you will. *grin*

This is almost always the case, isn't it? I'm constantly amazed that I can be so frustrated by something I like so much...

[bradygirl_12]

Heh, I like the pictures! :)

I had a question for myself while working on my Waltons fic: how do I keep encounters/sightings with the mysterious creature similar yet different enough to remain interesting? Hopefully I've managed it.

I also had the idea of John-Boy and Ben camping out on the Mountain for their encounter, but came up with something different. All in all, it was fun to write! :)

[mithen]

Oh, that's always such a problem when you need something to happen over and over again to establish a pattern, but you don't want to be all the same! I hope you found a technique that worked for you!