So I want to talk a little about my current story, whose working title for the moment is simply the Riftwalker (RW) project*. I envision it as a series of books, likely a trilogy, and have a pretty firm idea of both a beginning and an end to the tale. The protagonist and other major POV characters are largely known at this point, although fleshing them out fully will necessarily entail seeing exactly where they fit into the overall story. I'm (obviously, I think) really big on planning and outlining, but I still recognize that the story will dictate at least some of the terms as things evolve.
For the moment I'm spending most of my writing time on plotting, and am hoping to have a proper outline of keystone events nailed down by the end of the month. Once done, I can start connecting the narrative dots with a more finessed touch – get myself down in the weeds, and all that.
I don't want to be too specific yet, but the world will likely be familiar to fans of darker, trending-epic medieval-fantasy fare. There's also an undeniably post-apocalyptic undercurrent to things, which is both super fun for me personally and serves as another angle for thematic exploration. Put differently, two of my three favorite genres of fiction are getting together, with every intention to create something worth reading.
I'll do some brief write-ups on the tentative backstory of the RW universe when I have more time, so stay tuned for that.
*To be clear, there is no relation to this Kickstarter or any of Raymond Feist's books, although I am admittedly envious of the names of several of his trilogies.
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