Left Alone Book Two - Tribulations
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farlaLeft Alone Book Two - Tribulations posted. Not sure if I'll end up cutting it to just Tribulations, or changing the title entirely.
Entire thing typed up pretty fast, because I wanted to have the first chapter posted on Nov 1st. In other news, I'm now up to 3618 words for NaNo, part of which is another full chapter I typed up.
As seen with my portrayal of the Witnesses, I have no real qualms with messing with the specific description the authors use for rapture events, as their version generally sucks. Also, I'm thinking the horsemen will be made of smoke and the mounts get wings, since they're gonna be cherubim. Actually, I'm currently hammering out a big thing with the angels. There are going to be four types, two of which fell.
My plan for Tribulations involves a timeskip and flashback. In the books, most of it is taken up with a really stupid romance subplot whose only positive side is the reassuring implication that the sort of RTC the books champion can't successfully reproduce, a bit more filler nonsense, and then suddenly a jump to eighteen months later. I plan to keep this formula as it's the best way to highlight how you'd have to be a colossally incompetent writer to jump eighteen months with nothing interesting happening, especially in a book about how the world is going to end in a couple years. As such, most of the story will be taken up by flashbacks after that, which will reveal how she got to such a point.
Joe the friendly solar panel guy is a shout-out to Joe the plumber, only he's actually a solar panel guy and also, not a total moron.
Entire thing typed up pretty fast, because I wanted to have the first chapter posted on Nov 1st. In other news, I'm now up to 3618 words for NaNo, part of which is another full chapter I typed up.
As seen with my portrayal of the Witnesses, I have no real qualms with messing with the specific description the authors use for rapture events, as their version generally sucks. Also, I'm thinking the horsemen will be made of smoke and the mounts get wings, since they're gonna be cherubim. Actually, I'm currently hammering out a big thing with the angels. There are going to be four types, two of which fell.
My plan for Tribulations involves a timeskip and flashback. In the books, most of it is taken up with a really stupid romance subplot whose only positive side is the reassuring implication that the sort of RTC the books champion can't successfully reproduce, a bit more filler nonsense, and then suddenly a jump to eighteen months later. I plan to keep this formula as it's the best way to highlight how you'd have to be a colossally incompetent writer to jump eighteen months with nothing interesting happening, especially in a book about how the world is going to end in a couple years. As such, most of the story will be taken up by flashbacks after that, which will reveal how she got to such a point.
Joe the friendly solar panel guy is a shout-out to Joe the plumber, only he's actually a solar panel guy and also, not a total moron.
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Date: 2008-11-02 10:00 am (UTC)Then he's hideously over-qualified for Left Behind. From what I've read, people with an IQ above thirty need not apply.
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Date: 2008-11-02 02:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-02 02:09 pm (UTC)You can keep those ultra-Orthodox people at the wall, though. No one else wants them.
The only book that I know of that's really given a good, well thought out version of the horsemen is Good Omens. That would not fit with Left Behind at all though, no matter how great motorcycles and leather jackets are as a symbol of the modern world.
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Date: 2008-11-02 02:44 pm (UTC)1) Donates their life savings to the cause.
2) Loses their job helping out one of the members, ending up fleeing for their life to hide in the safehouse.
3) Proceeds to angst about how they're being a freeloader.
A commune would be a massive step up from what's just a cult. Oh, and did I mention that the guy everyone decides is in charge for no reason ends up using the group's funds to buy a gun that's tens of thousands of dollars?
The only book that I know of that's really given a good, well thought out version of the horsemen is Good Omens.
Oh, not those horsemen. Or those ones. Or those. The other other other other other horsemen. These ones ride around killing people with smoke, fire and sulfur. Also, they're invisible except to believers.