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A strange moment of "Fire" during my writing project
13 years ago
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Today, I spent most of my time looking up historical information on the Texas Battle for Independence. I figured the town names and locations in my story would be called out by the admissions officials as unauthentic. So I looked for any towns in existence in 1836 in Texas to find the right place.
Turns out there is a perfect one.
After the Battle of the Alamo, two survivors by the name of Susanna Dickinson and Joe (a slave of William Barret Travis) told General Sam Houston of the Texian forces that the Alamo had fallen to the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna. Fearing that the army would attack Gonzales, Houston ordered a retreat and gave the command to burn the town.
For my story, the town is still burnt during the timeline of events I have planned.
The monsters in my story are resilient towards fire, their element of choice.
The music I've been listening to while writing this whole time is from an exhibition by David Lynch. The name of the exhibition? "The Air is on Fire."
Funny how things work out.
I'm still trying to get this story done...
-Vaperfox
By the way, the music I'm listening to can be found here:
http://davidlynch.com/index/
(1)-Click the button at the top right labeled "Go to Davidlynch.com"
(2)-Click the EXPLORE button on the upper right
(3)-Choose ALBUMS from the top menu across the titles
(4)-Pick THE AIR IS ON FIRE
(5)-Start with I. STATION and enjoy the effect of uneasy ambiance
Turns out there is a perfect one.
After the Battle of the Alamo, two survivors by the name of Susanna Dickinson and Joe (a slave of William Barret Travis) told General Sam Houston of the Texian forces that the Alamo had fallen to the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna. Fearing that the army would attack Gonzales, Houston ordered a retreat and gave the command to burn the town.
For my story, the town is still burnt during the timeline of events I have planned.
The monsters in my story are resilient towards fire, their element of choice.
The music I've been listening to while writing this whole time is from an exhibition by David Lynch. The name of the exhibition? "The Air is on Fire."
Funny how things work out.
I'm still trying to get this story done...
-Vaperfox
By the way, the music I'm listening to can be found here:
http://davidlynch.com/index/
(1)-Click the button at the top right labeled "Go to Davidlynch.com"
(2)-Click the EXPLORE button on the upper right
(3)-Choose ALBUMS from the top menu across the titles
(4)-Pick THE AIR IS ON FIRE
(5)-Start with I. STATION and enjoy the effect of uneasy ambiance
Gathering together all those widely-separated volunteer forces (remember that communication in those days was still entirely by man-on-a-horse variety) and organize them into an “army” took time and as much rudimentary training as they could manage. Santa Anna, for his part, knew that if he advanced into Texas quickly enough that he could scatter Houston and his disorganized gang of trouble-makers before they became a real threat ending the rebellion quickly.
The “blocking action” by the defenders of the Alamo played a vital part in holding up Santa Anna’s advance thereby giving Houston and his volunteers the necessary time to become an army.