Please note, this shot was taken at night so I lightened it just a little making the colors a bit less natural but a little easier to see.
I have spent a lot of time looking for a new hair style for Wyatt and I came upon this one. My preference would have been for the back to be slightly longer but it isn't so it will have to do. It is most definitely the only one I was truly happy with and it is very close to his natural color but shinier which I would have expected given both his parents' shiny locks. I also added some piercings to his left ear, silver hoops, five of them in all.
Why am I doing this? Because I do not know how much more I will be adding to Rising Above. I spent a little time in university getting the boys up to speed. Jason is one year ahead so I currently have him set as a junior while Wyatt and Jett are both sophomores. For now. I don't have much on the horizon for Wyatt and Company. Sure I could allow Jett to blow through a few more girls or continue to allow Jason to glare disapprovingly at Wyatt for deflowering his sister but...no. Been there, done that. I don't know where that leaves me right now. Maybe if anyone reads this, you can toss some plot points at me or let me know if there is anything at all you haven't seen from these guys that you are interested in. There may be no interest at all which is fine.
Cooper's sister Ericca is also at university seeing as she and Wy are the same age. So I will probably move her along as well. Maybe she will follow in her mother's footsteps and go into the science field. Or get married and raise a family, not that there are any prospects on the horizon for her. So while I am not completely finished, it is definitely winding down which is probably a good thing since I have hit a dry spell in general from which I can't seem to move away.
That's about it. For those of you who don't like writers that can't update regularly, sorry about that. It is what it is.
LOL at Jett blowing through a few more girls. As for updating, pffft. Whenever. My new mantra.
ReplyDeleteIf you feel like winding it down, (Rising Above) graduating them all and maybe moving into the next phase of their lives, I say go for it. Maybe, Wyatt will become as big or a bigger rock monster than Cooper! LOL!
Whatever you do with Wyatt and company, its been a fun ride~
Thanks Drew! I think I have been feeling a bit overwhelmed and under-inspired lately. We'll see how it goes.
ReplyDeleteOoooh, Wyatt's new hair looks hot :) Do you by any chance remember where you found it? If not, no big deal.
ReplyDeleteAs for writer's block... eh. It happens. It's totally natural to sometimes just not want to write. I have two things to write today--an essay on The Double Helix and the next THIV prompt--and I don't really want to work on either of them. Sometimes, the inspiration just doesn't come, and sometimes, real life kicks it up a notch and has to be dealt with. Sometimes both happen at once.
If you feel like it's time to start wrapping things up with Rising Above, then that's totally cool. It's a focused story with a nice flow, so there aren't a lot of loose ends and I'm sure you'll find a way to wind it down that's fairly quick while still being satisfying. Besides, given the nature of the series, it's not like you can never do anything with Wyatt and Cadence and them in Sessions or whatever comes next if Rising Above ends.
So, to conclude this long-winded, probably rather scattered comment... just go with what feels right. I'm sure all of your readers understand and will be totally on board with whatever you decide to do :)
Hope you feel better soon!
Hey Van! Thanks so much for the support and words. I'm pretty sure it's a temporary thing but my writing with regard to Wyatt has been so sporadic that I don't know if I can keep going with it. So we'll see. I'm just struggling on all fronts lately.
ReplyDeleteAs for the hair, it is from here. I also got some recolors which I think came from GoS but I can't remember exactly. I'll try and track them down.
I'm afraid I don't have any inspirational ideas about what direction to take your story, but I can say that I totally empathize feeling "overwhelmed and under-inspired".
ReplyDeleteI do love Wyatt's new hair. I think it looks very sexy on him.
I love Wyatt's hair! He looks very different, still great of course.
ReplyDeleteYou know I think you should do what you want to do, what you feel like you can do, instead of what you think you should do. You did what you intended to do with Wyatt. It's been a long and gripping tale. If you want to wrap up this part of his life, go ahead and do it.
Thank you ASK! I know there are many writers who experience this same thing and that it is normal but it is frustrating. If I don't continue, I will at least end it properly.
ReplyDeleteI love that hair on him too. It is sexy but it makes him look a bit more like his teenage self. I'm hoping when he graduates that he takes on a bit more of Cooper's maturity in his face.
Thank you again.
You're right SB. I did accomplish a lot of what I intended for Wyatt. It just doesn't seem finished to me though. But I don't want to force it out there because it will seriously suck if I do that. If it's done, it's done. At least I put Wyatt and Cade where they needed to be. The problem is I am feeling this same frustration with everything as you know. It is hard making that connection and then writing.
ReplyDeleteI like that hair on him as well. It screamed WYATT at me when I first saw it.
Thank you...
I cant say anything really, everyone else has covered it already and my ink well is running a bit on the dry side myself lately. Plus RL 80)
ReplyDeleteI really like Wyatt's new look and am looking forward to where you go from here with this. 80)
If it's not quite what you intended to accomplish for him then it might be worth reminding yourself what that was you wanted to accomplish and whether you could accomplish it in a shorter space of time/number of posts than you anticipated, or whether you can accomplish it more by him graduating and finding his role in the wider Sessions/Passages/etc world.
ReplyDeleteI always see Chameleon and Rising Above as occasional series that punctuate the main action in Sessions and Passages rather than stories I expect to be updated regularly, so don't worry about the length of time between posts.
Sorry to hear you're feeling uninspired but don't worry about rushing things - we're here for whenever you're ready.
Cherie, thanks and hopefully I will know where I am going soon. Thanks about the compliment of his hair. I like it a lot.
ReplyDeleteRadsims, you're right, it isn't a main story and it makes me feel better knowing that there isn't as much pressure to crank out a piece. And honestly I pressure myself more than anyone else possibly could. I need to get back to basics and see where I intended to be with him. With the main story taking off I had to scrap a lot of things I may have done, not that they were critical. I can see him either showing up in the main story of riding off into the sunset and sitting in the background. I do have one thread that I want to use that only recently came up so I would like to explore that.
As for being uninspired, that will pass, I know it. Until then I just need to keep plugging along.
Love the hair, love Wyatt, and I love the storylines you've created for him. But if he's done for now that's okay too. You are so right, you can't force a thing when it comes to creativity. It really does have to just happen. And if it's not happening now that doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. I'm pretty much on cloud nine just knowing that Wyatt and Cadence have found their way back to each other.
ReplyDelete