Okay, I have hammered out the basic plot and beginning of my next story. I won't give details, but it's about a zombie girl and her quest to find love and live flesh in the modern world.
I was having problems with the story veering into horror instead of just dark but fun, it was seriously frustrating. So I decided to find pics of the girl, the guy and maybe a few other characters, then make a playlist from itunes. I haven't used pictures before, but having a playlist was reeeeally helpful when I wrote Elemental. I never wrote a word without the playlist going to keep me solid in tone. I haven't decided what should be on a zombie romance playlist, but I do know that it will more than likely solve my problem.
Actually, I like the pictures so much that I think I'll find some for Elemental to help with the revisions. I am so visual, I don't know how I didn't think of this earlier!
Anyway, here she is...Mary Jane Baker. Yes, the Mary Jane part is intentional. No one wants their character to be a Mary Jane, they're helpless victims and are always waiting to be saved. But that's how she became a zombie - waiting for a hero. Maybe as an undead she can learn to be her own. We'll see...
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