tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551796276475754601.post6077853422901268253..comments2023-09-17T01:41:55.706-07:00Comments on The Chrysalis Experiment: Causing SilenceJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607802957626812670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551796276475754601.post-76773589536012963602011-01-30T22:26:17.760-08:002011-01-30T22:26:17.760-08:00A few months ago we got a giant box of old music V...A few months ago we got a giant box of old music VHS tapes which included this big production on the Cranberries, Zombie and 'war' in Northern Ireland. At the same time, I was reading Carrie Ryan's The Dead Tossed Waves. I knew that I wanted to write a similar humanistic zombie story inspired by the Cranberries' song, but I didn't understand the angle I wanted to take until I read Winter's prompt. The word 'please' made me thing of Oliver Twist . . . and then I looked back over the song's lyrics and found:<br /><br />"When the violence causes silence"<br /><br />and thought: wow, that kind of sounds like a west coast post-Vietnam sort of thing (in terms of the soldiers and refugees who can't talk about their experiences.) And then there are all of these lines about children being taken in the song. It just really fit well with last Monday's prompt.<br /><br />There are some details that I didn't include, but I'm not sure if I have 50k words worth of details and plot points.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607802957626812670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551796276475754601.post-3130529967815317742011-01-30T12:21:50.986-08:002011-01-30T12:21:50.986-08:00I third; this would be an awesome novel. :)I third; this would be an awesome novel. :)Michaelhttp://writerwithaslinky.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551796276475754601.post-34440442665389057322011-01-28T13:33:09.293-08:002011-01-28T13:33:09.293-08:00Ooooh. I second what Trisha said - this could be a...Ooooh. I second what Trisha said - this could be a full-length novel and a hella good one.<br /><br />I was puzzled about the distinction between Patriots and Infidels at first, but I love how it cleared up as time went on.<br /><br />Thought she was a little too young at first, though - I was picturing twelve or thirteen, not fifteen/sixteen. Also, I'm still wondering how they forced her to be mute. I'd be babbling my head off trying to get other orphans to speak to me.<br /><br />Lovely as always, Jenn!Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17239740314386437323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551796276475754601.post-69786767967295026772011-01-28T13:12:54.709-08:002011-01-28T13:12:54.709-08:00oh my gooooosh. this was totally awesome. It's...oh my gooooosh. this was totally awesome. It's amazing as it is, but I can definitely imagine this as a full novel!<br /><br />I love that you made use of the song "Zombie" throughout ;) It kind of reminds me a bit of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series (again) with the song that gets played in the city of Lud.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.com