I feel it is finally safe to make an announcement. After many months of planning this little catastrophe, I finally realize I am devoted to it, although it is going to be a very slow process. It will come together, though, and hopefully by the end of the year or a bit after.
After many months of contemplation, planning, scrapping, giving up on it altogether, and ultimately beginning it, I have started writing a “book” of sorts! Now, I am not with any sort of publisher or anything. But this is still very important to me. I do plan on posting it on various sites after it is finished, but that will not be for a very long while.
The title is indefinite as of now, but my considerations include “Dragmaster”, “The Crown”, and “Peril Street”, although it is unlikely that any of these wil make the final cut. However, the names have all helped to form the final idea for the final product, and I could not be more thrilled with how the story has come so far. I have finished the first two chapters, both filled with character development and a twist already! I am currently nearing the end of the third chapter. I have never felt such an adrenaline and rush when writing until this story came about.
The idea came to me as I thought of the video game “Fallout 3”. The Fallout universe is one affected by nuclear war, the land being completely ruined, the government practically irrelevant. This idea of civilization being completely lost with their government struck a cord in me, and I decided to try to write a short story about it. However, the short story became one of great proportions, and I just knew it had to be a full-length “book” of sorts!
Although it is very early in the writing process, I do want to give a general description of the novel’s basic idea:
Aiden Pryce is a young man without a cause. The world is in shambles, destroyed by a nuclear war triggered by natural resources. Aiden has no home, no friends, and no family. His self-esteem has been tarnished by his past, his father killed in the war, his mother becoming depressed and angry. After leaving a group of morally unjust Roamers, Aiden meets William Phoenix, a man who is a family friend, through complete chance. Aiden is offered a chance to live in a small community in what once was New York City, but it is a place that is just as bitter as the world outside. The only security offered is the walls of the room he sleeps in. And even with a scholar with a longing for the past, a beautiful woman to entice us all, and a face Aiden is not happy to see with him on his little journey, no one is safe from the world outside…
So there you have it. I spilled two character names (Aiden Pryce, William Phoenix) and hinted at other characters that are soon to come in the story.
Although I am merely trying to have fun with this, I am incorporating some allusions and symbolism throughout. There have already been two instances of foreshadowing, comparisons to dogs, and someone with the initials GWB, whom is supposed to mirror a real-life person. The general themes include not taking life for granted, death, innocence, life, and the will to survive. It is particularly dark, although Aiden’s asshole personality has forced a smile onto my face a few times.
Expect more news on this story soon! I will give updates whenever I can. 🙂
Site of the Waukesha, Wisconsin attack — via WLWT
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