Some assumptions have been made. Most importantly, the timeline has been compressed whenever possible; if no night scene takes place between scenes, it is assumed those scenes take place on the same day. Travel time is not taken into account but honestly London, Italy, and Austria aren’t that far apart. Austria to Morocco is a little dicier, as is how Bond and Madeleine got to London in a stolen helicopter from the North African desert, but those are plot holes for a greater woman than me to fix.
November 2: The Day of the Dead is actually a three-day celebration. The last day, corresponding to All Souls’ Day, is actually called el Día de los Muertos, though the name also refers to the whole holiday. In real life, the parade might take place before the actual holiday; the first Day of the Dead Parade in the real Mexico City was on October 29. For simplicity’s sake and because this is fiction we’ll assume that the parade actually takes place on the day itself.
November 3: Bond gets back to London and is immediately chewed out, because I can’t imagine M letting him continue to fuck around after… all that happened. Moneypenny comes over that night.
November 4: Q injects the smart-blood tracker.
November 5: In the morning, Q finds the car stolen. Bond attends the funeral, saves Lucia Sciarra’s life, and then attends the SPECTRE meeting at midnight.
November 6: In the evening in Japan (which means midday in Austria), C votes on the Nine Eyes measure. Tanner and M get the news that the Aston was pulled out of the Tiber, about twelve hours after Bond’s street race, which seems like a reasonable length of time to recover a submerged car. Bond visits Mr. White that afternoon.
November 7: Bond fucks around, I guess. In London, Q is probably getting chewed out all day. Alternatively, he hops on a train to Austria, which will take him about 20 hours.
November 8: The Hoffler Klinik. Bond tells Madeleine her father died “two days ago.” South Africa is bombed. Bond and Madeleine leave for Tangier and L’Americain. That evening/early in the morning of the 9th, Bond finds the secret room.
November 9: Nine Eyes is passed. On the train, Bond and Madeleine talk about self-defense. That evening, Moneypenny and Q beg M to help Bond. Mr. Hinx attacks.
November 10: Bond and Madeleine arrive, blow up the facility, steal a helicopter, and get back to London (somehow). That evening, Nine Eyes is set to go online at midnight. The events on Westminster Bridge happen around or just after midnight. It could be argued that the events in London happen on November 11th, giving Bond and Madeleine more time to get back and letting Blofeld’s wounds heal a little, but again, compression.
Bond retrieving the Aston could happen anytime after November 10th, but it’s probably at least a week given that the Aston was a, uh, hot mess on November 4th.
So we all know Q shifted the location of his branch away from Whitehall (aka Churchill’s bunkers) after the merger was announced, but where exactly has he shifted his branch to?
Authonomy
It’s been a while since I used this website in particular, but it’s useful for helpful critique and to get your original works out there. If your book get on the top five list at the end of the month Harper Collins will read it for possible publication.
How to write Funeral Directors
I’ve read quite a few fanfics where they just have funeral directors slapping clothes on a body and calling it a day. As a former funeral services major I can tell you that’s not the only thing they do.
Check out all of the Script-X blogs (e.g., @ scriptmedic, scriptshrink, scriptflorist, scripthacker, etc) for advice about writing certain professions! Most of them are taking asks if you have any specific questions
Also, written?kitten! is a writing website that will give you a new picture of a kitten after every hundred words you write 😀
2. Agonized: as if in pain or tormented
3. Alluring:
powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive
4. Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest
5. Beatific:
bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness
6. Bilious:
spiteful; bad-tempered
7. Black:
gloomy, pessimistic, dismal
8. Bleak:
without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary
9. Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern
10. Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment
11. Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent
12. Brooding:
showing unhappiness of thought or appears darkly menacing
13. Bug-eyed: frightened or surprised, having the eyes bulging
14. Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed
15. Cheeky:
impudent or irreverent, typically in an endearing or amusing way
16. Cheerless:
joyless, depressing
17. Choleric: hot-tempered, irate
18. Coy:
shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring
19. Crestfallen:
dejected, dispirited, discouraged
20. Darkly:
vaguely threatening or menacing manner
21. Deadpan:
deliberately impassive or expressionless
22. Dejected: downcast, depressed, dispirited
23. Derisive:
expressing contempt or ridicule
24. Despondent:
showing profound hopelessness, discouragement, or gloom
25. Doleful:
expressing sorrow, mournful
26. Dour:
relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance
27. Downcast: low in spirit
28. Dreamy:
pleasant, peaceful, and relaxing
29. Ecstatic:
in a state of ecstasy, full of joy, rapturous:
30. Etched: a feeling clearly visible on someone’s face
31. Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible
32. Fixed:
set or intent upon something; steadily directed
33. Furtive:
suggestive of guilty nervousness
34. Gazing:
look intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought
35. Glancing:
to look quickly or briefly
36. Glaring:
having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
37. Glazed:
a fixed, dazed, or lifeless expression
38. Gloomy:
filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.
39. Glowering:
sullen dislike, discontent, or anger
40. Glowing:
showing the radiance of health, excitement
41. Grim: very serious or gloomy
42. Grave:
something that is serious or doing something in a solemn manner
43. Haunted:
showing signs of mental anguish or torment
44. Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism
45. Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, unfriendly
46. Hunted:
appearing worn or harassed as if one is being pursued.
For any of you who are writing ‘across the pond’-here is a little guide I put together of some common differences between British and American English!
I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.
I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled
I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered
OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered
SURPRISE BITCH Revealed
IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted
BITCHY Tattled Taunted Teased
Edit: People, I’m an English and creative writing double major in college; I understand that there’s nothing wrong with simply using “said.” This was just for fun, and it comes in handy when I need to add pizzazz.
Maybe none of these peeked your interest-maybe you’ve been wanting to create an o.c, but never really knew how to start-or you just enjoy making O.C’s….
This masterlist is to help you in making your own OCs….it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose!(´ヮ`)!
Shadow In The Light 