A Step of Faith: The Endless Cage

Well, time for a break from the never ending swell of homework.

The Title: The Endless Cage

This one started off from a picture of a young woman in front of a birdcage holding a bird.

It started off as fantasy and evolved. . .

Into a futuristic sci-fi/post-apocalyptic.

Go figure.

But it works beautifully!

And I'm really intrigued on how this will end up being about, because the main character has amnesia, and she's the only one we really meet for the longest time.

But there's another character, and he I barely know, and is super quiet.

Well, I guess I would have to learn more when it's written.

She doesn't remember anything.

Her name.

Where she is.

How long she's been here.

What happened before.

Nothing.

Yet somehow, her hands know the instruments she finds from time to time.

Somehow, she knows which animals to evade and which ones to face.

And most of all, somehow she knows that she should never open her mouth, not even to scream.

Everything has been fine for a while now, but today has been different.

Today, someone with a deep voice called to her when she was hiding.

Someone, who called her Adaya.

I'm pretty sure that this would be centered around a post-apocalyptic world where there are people trying to figure out how mankind would survive mentally while alone.

This would be in first person, as that would make the most sense.

I'm still not certain about who she is. . .

It's driving me nuts. . .

Bah.

I need to write this sometime.

I really do.

Thoughts? Advice? Ideas? Anything is welcome. :)

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,

SDG

Joy

Shadow Wings Revamp?

So, after leaving my first novel, Shadow Wings, alone for a *coughcough* while, I have finally looked at it again.

Let's just say that it is missing something.

As in, REALLY missing something.

The other day, while reading Jeff Gerke's book, The First Fifty Pages, I had an idea.

Why not change it a bit?

Well, that bit changed to 'a bit more', to 'okay, lets add even more'.

Now, I am not 100% solid on what I am going to be doing with it.

But in short, the original story that took me a whole summer to write up, is not nearly as big a part as I originally had it be.

Instead of having the original story the main part, I am adding a second story:

Remember Kallie Forbes, the main character for the original Shadow Wings? 

Her memories are now being explored in the future.

They will be used for. . . 

Something.

I am currently deciding on whether I want to make this into a courtroom story, or a government agency/spy story, or some other kind.

The courtroom story is not necessarily my style, but over half the book will be in Kallie's memories.

Government/spy stories, well, I have not ventured into that arena yet, so that one seems more intriguing to me right now.

Oh, and I am still deciding on whether or not Kallie lives.

Typical writer problems.

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,

SDG

Joy

My Confessions at Night

Truth: I actually haven't read as much fantasy/science fiction as I would have liked.

You see, as a home-schooler, I read what was in the house or what my mom let me sign out of the library.

Don't get me wrong, I love the books I've read and I believe that they have greatly influenced the way I write and look at stories (especially Tolkien and Lewis, the few fantasy novels that were allowed in our house).

So, tonight while looking up information on the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin (and consequently information on Martin as well), I discovered something.

My love of real history and patterns revealed in history has shaped more than my style of writing; it has shaped how I look at every genre that I try to write.

This might seem obvious to others, but it was just a dejavu moment for me. 

Think about it, I love science fiction, and I love fantasy.

I'm currently trying to write a sci-fi were some people have shape-shifting abilities, without the aid of some kind of magic.

It's hard figuring out how it can be done realistically without taking forever or killing the character. 

My love of history, and facts in general, will not let me be with that matter.

How does it happen?

Yes. . .

It's been plaguing me this last week.

Again.

Yet again, look at how I'm building some of my story worlds.

Kingdoms that imitate our past.

People groups that share characteristics with ones here.

That's usually where I end up standing still and pondering how they show their own individualism.

Lately it has really struck me that my worlds might even be too closely imitating ours.

My question then is 'Why is that bad?'

Don't readers want something similar to our world that they can latch onto?

Well, I suppose the answer is a simply 'No, it's not necessarily bad.'

My objection to it is mainly that I want to create each world like an individual entity or character, complete with its own personality and feel to it.

In my head, I can almost picture how they appear, how their lands would be to the five senses, the history behind all of it.

I don't want to create something so similar to our world that you could have read something similar from any historical fiction novel in the stores.

I so badly wish that I could work all day on writing my stories or building my worlds.

Of course, as a sensible college student (which I doubt I am, but God is still working on me. . .) I need to be working on more than that.

We, created in God's image, are meant to do things together, to learn, and communicate face to face.

Sitting in a 'closet' with a notebook/laptop writing all day doesn't really come out as that.

Sometimes I forget that a good thing can go sour.

Well, I'll head to bed in a moment here.

Thanks for listening to my odd ramblings, I hope they made sense!

Keep on Writing

God Bless,

SDG

Joy