The first two chapters of the first draft are complete. It took me a little bit to get the rhythm going again, but I think I managed. After I went back and read through both chapters again, I can already see some spots I'm going to have to flesh out a little more at some point. But that's going to have to wait until later when I have a little more of an idea of what I'm working with as far as the story goes.
That being said, I think I'm going to go with a working title of Nemesis. It fits in with what the central theme of the story is going to be about, and it just kinda sounds cool all on its own anyway.It's giving me some cover ideas to go along with it as well. Which I may have to wait on until I'm certain of the overall direction I'll want to cover to go into.
But, two chapters in, and already a fight scene between Sasha and another wolf. That's the scene that I may have to flesh out a little more. Just because there are some elements I'm going to want to be sure to highlight. Not just for the story, but for future reference and world building reasons as well.
World building is really important to me. The modern world with supernaturals introduced to it, and I think I've mentioned this before, would have a lot of changes. Most of the world we'd be able to recognize, but a lot of it would be so dramatically different from what we're used to. Just the introduction of werewolves and other shapeshifters would alter military history and how wars are fought just on its own. Then when you start adding other supernatural elements all out in the open to it, a lot of other things are bound to change.
A lot of it is going to be background stuff. Finding where certain elements are going to be able to naturally and logically fit into the world. Since the series is so far taking place in the United States, it's already been established that until the mid 1800's, people thought that shapeshifters and vampires were more of a European problem, and not something they had to worry about. It helps set up that, unlike in White Wolf type settings, the supernaturals aren't like some shadowy figures manipulating the world from behind the scenes. And there is actually an in world reason for why that doesn't/hasn't happened to any large extent.
I'm actually fiddling around with the prospect of having the supernatural world have some influence, to what extent I'm not sure, over the two World Wars, I'm just not sure how much of an influence. Some factions in real world WW2 were heavily involved in occult and the supernatural, so that would fit. I just need to decided how they would all fit in with a world that not only knows these types of creatures exist, but has been struggling against them for most of recorded history in one form or another.
The good thing about Nemesis, is that a large portion of the backdrop, is about how one particular group of supernaturals fits into the world, and the role they play on the world stage. Well, the supernatural world stage anyway. And it all should tie into the overarching theme of the series as a whole. That's the intent anyway.
For now, everything seems to be going good and moving along smoothly. Let's keep this going shall we.
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