It has been a very hard time for the past few months. The transition into adulthood is somewhat very difficult and many problem caomes more than I expected. I have even failed the Spooktober. However, the same can't be applied to WorldEmber.
It's been pleasure to achieve such incredible challenge. Since I started my journey I've participated them 3 times - two of them got the badges. So I pledge to myself to reach the 10,000 words this December. Before the biggest challenge begin, the preparation(homework) has to be made. You can click on each headers to learn more details.
Prep I: Pledge Ember
I'm thinking of my overdue story's plot recently, and it is taking place in Sungear. So I think I'm going to focus on The Exotic Program with a story-focused worldbuilding. On the major scale, I'm going to focus on my biggest world Terraloga. When I look back after a long break, I felt like my world is empty and the pitch is unclear. So I want to fresh it out once more.
Which area of that world setting will allow you to achieve your goals (Continuing your novel/campaign, or starting a new one?).The dream of Valus the First must be continued. I'm going to focus on the next Channel War, a current conflict in Terraloga between two superpowers. With my rough draft from June, I want to take deeper in details in politic and military. In contrast with The Exotic Program, I'm going to expend on a single story, involving 2 main characters and a few new settings.
How will it help you achieve those goals?I hope I can finish the first draft of my long-overdue screenplay in The Exotic Program with a proper backstory, and the big, giant leap in the current affair of Terraloga with two possible short-stories.
Summary
The Trilogy
Prep II: Meta Ember
Terraloga
Scope
During the Second Channel War, there are two intertwined stories I want to write. The first story is on the political side. It's going to be taking place inside Irgian, so I want to focus on its politics and society. The second story is on the military side. It's going to take place in one of the naval battles, which might get complicated over with a twist. So I want to focus on their navy on both sides of the war such as warships, ranks, and technologies.
Theme
I want my first story to be about espionage. How did ancient people spy on each other? Or how do they keep the important operations secret? On the other hand, the second story is about heroism. What they have to deal with to win the battle, or how they react when the sudden twist happened.
Mood
I want to unwrap my Tom Clancy's collection right now.
Articles
Marin Porkin Geluvisa Theorum Prunos Rarmon Catasoon Triremes Galleys Battle of the Sria Ranks in Maritime Navy
The Exotic Program
Scope
For my story to be working, I'm going to focus on a few settings within the city of Sungear, and a few supporting characters for both the hero and the villian. For the past 7 years, I have had many ideas in my folder ready to be used, and I want it finished!
Theme
Theme might be the hardest thing to do. I have so many ideas to explore for years and I can't decide which. After rethinking for a few months, "Overcoming the Loss" seems to fit the story the most, so I will take a deep dive into it.
Mood
On visual aspects, I always imagine my world to be deep blue with warm lighting, or something like the 90's media like this or this. It feels nostalgic and I like that style so much. Other inspirations are movies I picked up from my main meta: Vertigo (1958) and Surrogate (2009).
Articles
Valoza Apartment 101/3 Commerce Villa III, Oracle Street Verdin Cinema Novem-Pine Market The Brain Schema Miller Cara Teddy Jake
Prep III: Organized Ember
As the main story is consistently updated, what I'm going to do is to recatagorize my works to fit the narration. Story-related articles are moved into specific chapters as well as giving them names. I also reduce the nesting articles as much as possible, meaning that some catagories might be unused, which is mean the homepage to be updated too. I'll use the tag system on refering the information from one specific article. Look at Daily Life of Valonian, for example.
Prep IV: Imagi-Ember
Honestly, I currently have no idea what visual should I make for upcoming challenge. I'm not sure if I'm going to make these arts until the December arrived. If so, I will use the sketchy artstyle on Terraloga, which you can look at my examples on the article block here - at the Artworks (Simple) section.
Likewise in the Exotic Program, but instead I'm going to use the Artworks (Complex), as well as a bunch of stock images.
Articles
Week One
No articles, only drafts
Week Two
Week Three
Week Finale
You get me this time, Moth-holders!
Good Luck!
And you as well. Thank you!
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