Guess who's back.
Know the Novel's back! Oh, and me, but that's a lot less interesting. Yes, the iconic novel linkup has returned and, as always, I'm here and ready to rant on about my latest projects to anyone who'll listen.
This year, I'm planning to join in on FallFicFrenzy - run once again by the amazing Christine Smith - with the end goal of writing hopefully 40-50k words? I will, however, not necessarily be writing all of that on the one project. I'm hoping to work on two different projects - as well as any for-fun works I feel like at the time haha. I'm being pretty loose this year, because I'm supposed to be moving at...some point. The whole thing's kind of stalled, so I can't say when it'll be. Could be next week, could be November, who knows. With that, I just don't want to add too much pressure on to myself, so I've got soft goals more than anything else.
As for my intended projects themselves, there are two major ones. These are, in no particular order:
First, Project Wales edits, which are going...interestingly. I've come to the conclusion that, while the character himself is still a major character, I need to cut Jules's POV. I think it gives away too much about the story's mysteries, his world and story might come across better through slowly being revealed, and its presence bloats the whole novel beyond what I want for this first book. So! I'll hopefully be working on restructuring and second-drafting the whole project with that in mind. If you don't remember Project Wales or haven't seen it, here's my original Know The Novel post on it. While it has morphed significantly in edits, I would still consider most of that information to be correct. Maybe once I finish edits for this first book, I'll do a reintroduction haha.
And, secondly, first-drafting the project that I'll be introducing to you all today: Project Broken Destiny.
What first sparked the idea for this novel?
This particular project started with one specific concept that was sparked by my recently getting back into my old beloved Star Trek - and specifically my flawed fave Star Trek AOS (for the uninitiated, this is the JJ Abrams film trilogy that started in 2009). Look, I know it has flaws, but there's so much I love about it. And one of the things I love most about it is the framing device used for the films - that this reboot trilogy came about as a result of time-travel interference from the original timeline (in which the TV series all take place). I love this - I love the idea of parallel timelines, of discovering that your life was altered irreparably by forces beyond your control and now all you can do is live with the consequences. When you find out that you quite literally aren't what you were supposed to be, what do you do with that?
And so the idea for this project was born. And, yes, you can play a game of spot-the-Star-Trek/Star-Wars-inspiration with this one. (Because I'm one of those weirdos who loves both of them.)
Basically, the central concept here is just these:
