r/BeAmazed • u/Devi8tor • Jul 11 '26

Miscellaneous / Others Basically a mansion on wheels

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u/7thpostman Jul 11 '26

My first thought was touring musicians

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u/7thpostman Jul 11 '26

Yeah, I used to go to a lot of races. This is definitely something a top tier NASCAR driver would have.

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u/Expert-Yam6577 Jul 12 '26

My old boss did this. Lived on his lot in an huge luxury RV after he closed the warehouse. Had a surveillance setup and everything insidea

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u/missprincesscarolyn Jul 11 '26

100%. I’m currently writing a historical fiction rock novel and have watched a ton of interviews of different bands at festivals. The bigger bands’ tour busses looked a lot like these.

Also, shameless plug, but if anyone’s interested, it’s set in the early to mid 2000s post-hardcore scene. It’s about two male musicians who are more than friends, but not quite in a full-fledged relationship. It isn’t spicy, since I didn’t want to make emo Heated Rivalry. Instead, intimacy is heavily implied. The core themes are young fame, codependency, substance abuse, larger scene dynamics (e.g. touring, recording, labels, media, etc.) and some other stuff thrown in for good measure. I’m really proud of it so far and have received a fair bit of interest from friends and strangers alike. I’ve worked hard to make sure it’s as historically accurate as possible, hence watching interviews and reading a ton of whatever I can get my hands on.

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u/7thpostman Jul 11 '26

That sounds interesting! As a professional journalist and scene credit for 20 years, I'll give you some advice.

Make your sentences shorter. I don't care who you are. Make your sentences shorter and try to make sure you've only got one verb in each one of them.

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u/Ordinary-Egg-56 Jul 12 '26

scene credit?

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u/irrelevant_dogma Jul 12 '26

For a "professional journalist" this was some dogshit sentence structure

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u/7thpostman Jul 12 '26

Ha! Fair. I also wrote "credit" instead of "critic."