For a few posts now I've been teasing the reveal of the
general outline of the story of my book. And after insistent nagging from one
of my housemates, I've decided it's finally time to let everyone know roughly
what the idea of my story is.
The current plan is for my book to be the first in a trilogy,
and I’ve roughly mapped out the story across the whole trilogy, but I’ll just
mention the general story of the first book here. I don’t really want to set
anything too concretely in stone, because I think it’s good to let the story
write itself at some points, rather than to force it where I have planned it to
go. (Yes I realise how pretentious that sounds, but I didn’t really know how
else to write it!)
So… here it is: outline of the first book.
“The relationship between the kingdom of Aenoria and the
Mages of the Realm had always been conflicted, but in the years since the last
Mages War, a fragile peace has emerged. The mages seem content with being
confined to the isle of Venud, but the segregation is taking its toll, and
tensions are rising. Families are struggling to cope with being torn apart at
the first sign of magical ability and many are fearing that frustrated mages
could turn their powers against the kingdom.
When Thayrin, a young hunter, stumbles upon the murder of
one of the kingdom’s chief ministers, he unveils a plot to assassinate the Hierarch,
the kingdom’s leader. But in the face of this new threat, the demons of Thayrin’s
past rise up to haunt him. Can he overcome his past, and protect his kingdom,
or will he fall victim to himself, and let his kingdom be changed forever?”
Wow. In writing that I realised that it’s a lot more
difficult to fit the story into a short little blurb like that! I’m not
perfectly happy with that description but I can’t figure out how to change it
for now… I’ll probably revise it
slightly over the next few posts, but the basic ideas are all there, and I feel
that most of the important points are mentioned (though obviously I’d like to
keep some secrets!)
I’ve re-read the prologue this week, and it’s far too
clunky as I thought, so this week (after getting some pressing uni work out of
the way over the next few days) is to re-write my prologue, which should be
interesting. I’m looking forward to seeing how much my style has changed since
I’ve been at uni and writing a lot more generally. I can imagine the difference
will be quite significant, and I just hope it’s for the better.
On a side note, I could probably do with someone to
proof-read/give me some feedback on my work as I’m writing it, so if anyone
fancies doing me a favour (and getting some sneak previews… exciting prospect,
I know), then feel free to either comment, or drop me an e-mail on joe_thomas25@hotmail.co.uk. It’d
be very appreciated!
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