Aaand then there was none

So I started writing the next part of "Twilight" tonight.  I even got in about 400-500 words.  And then I deleted it.  This is probably the first time I've done something like this with this story and there is a very good reason why:  nothing made sense.  The sequence of events were just... horrible.  The idea is solid, but I'm not expressing it correctly.  Juggling the Doctor trying to keep Lily AND Donna away from Kyle and Ethan while still expressing what is going on is a big challenge.  I can see it perfectly in my head, but it is just NOT working.

I know what Ethan and Kyle are (Spoiler:  it's not exactly what I lead you to believe...) and I know how Donna and Lily should be reacting and I know what the Doctor needs to do, but none of it is coming out!  It's like pulling teeth.  The scene is running through my head like a movie, but it's just not flowing right.  Just before I decided to scrap what I started, I realized it was turning into a parody.  That wasn't my mission.  Satire, yes, but parody, no.  (Note:  I see parodies as a ridiculous comical re-telling and satire as a slightly comical re-imagination.  I love both, but a parody I do not want for this.)

A few reviewers seem like they understood what I was building in 14.1, the beginning of the episode.  A good huge chunk did not.  However, that was my intention for the first section, to make people wonder and guess, to make them want to read more, to surprise them with what was ACTUALLY going to happen, not with what was INSINUATED.  But, of course, I also need to freaking WRITE the next section.

And it does not look like that is happening tonight.

On a vaguely different note, I wanted talk about Ethan and Kyle's names.  Kyle I got from Kyle Schmidt, who played Henry Fitzroy in the short-lived TV show Blood Ties, which was based on a series by Tanya Huff (which I tried to read, but it wasn't to my liking.  Not that the book was horrible, I just didn't like the writing style so much.  Just personal preference.  The concept of the first book is interesting, so I would suggest checking it out.).  Kyle in my story looks nothing like Kyle Schmidt, but I do enjoy him (read:  he is very nice to look at and is a decent actor), so I figured I'd name a character after him.  Plus, Kyle is loosely Carlisle and the rhyming made me giggle.

Ethan, though his looks are very obviously based on Edward Cullen, is named after a character in the first vampire book I read, the first one that started the obsession I have, Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde.  I read it for the first time in sixth or seventh grade.  Not gonna lie, reading it again in college... well, it wasn't as good as I remembered.  But there are parts that are great and it will always hold a piece of my heart.  Every time I see a laundromat, I think of the book.  Sometimes when I'm driving at night, too.  Trust me, it makes sense if you've read the book.

Speaking of names, I guess I should explain Lily's name, huh?  I don't think I have yet.  Well, it's a pretty lame explanation.  I've always like the name Lillian and back in the day, I started to write a Pirates of the Caribbean fan fic where Elizabeth had a sister names Lillian.  Hence where the middle name comes from (and where Lizzie came from, which, by the way, will come back at some point).  Meyers... well, I was listening to John Mayer at the time and I started thinking about the special on VH1 called John Mayer Has A TV Show.  He does this "prank" where he puts on a giant bear suit and starts annoying people tailgating before his concert with a megaphone.  One of the things that he says is, "Did you know that John Meyers wrote 'Your Body Is A Wonderland' about a dude?"  And he basically kept calling himself John Meyers... I guess there really isn't a story there.  I just liked it, Lillian Meyers flows well to me.  And I'm the queen of giving my characters nicknames, so Lily she is!  Cut to me coming up with a couple original episodes, figuring out how Lily really fits in the Whoniverse, and BAM it all fit together unintentionally.  You'll see why later on.

I think that's about it...

Oh, here's an idea.  If anyone has any questions they want to ask, please comment on this post and I will answer them in my next post (or, if there are a lot, in subsequent posts.  Not that I expect a lot, but who knows.  I didn't expect Crossing Timestreams to do as well as it had, so who knows.)  I've answered some questions from reviewers in PMs on ff.net, and they will be the first to say that if you ask a very specific plot question, I will give you a very Moffat answer.  As in, an answer that tells you nothing.

Have at it!