This is the reason that I haven't written much on my most beloved story.
I'm still questioning if I should really start as close to the end as possible, or if I should start at the beginning of the end and make it into a series that follows my MC's from their teens through their 30s.
If I start as close to the end as possible it'll start with my werewolves, two best friends, Rio and Isaac, in their early thirties as they are reunited after they've been through a ton of life changing events. Isaac comes back into Rio's life after he is done with the military and he enlists her help on a mission. The two of them being back around each other after so long brings back a lot of painful memories, and also causes their entire world to fall apart because of some emotionally based choices that put both of them in more danger than they could ever have imagined.
If I start in their teens, right before their first shift, this would let readers experience their lives and struggles up through their thirties. I feel like a lot of their past is important (and there are also scenes that I'm just madly in love with) and want the readers to experience as they happen instead of through flashbacks and dialogue. I just feel that they would be more powerful that way, but I could be wrong. A lot of their past involves heart break and tragedy, as well as cementing their strange friendship and the build up of a possible, twisted and toxic romance.
Doing it this way would allow for a series, or a really long ass novel. I wouldn't take them through every year of their lives mind you, It would jump around to cover the major points. For example, one book would cover Rio from sixteen up untill right after high school graduation. The next book would pick up a few years later with her in her eraly to mid-twenties and cover all of the major thhings during that point in her life. Then the third would pick up with them reuniting in their early thirties.
I get that readers will catch on (if I start with the reunion in their thirties) that the two of them have a long history and that there are possible romantic feelings between them. But i'm not sure if readers would want to cheer them on. i'm worried also that readers would think that Isaac is just a hardhearted bastard and that Rio is a reckless, mean bitch. (Which is true for both of them. They're really not nice people.) But I feel that if I start with them as teens these flaws that both of them have will be more easily accepted and understood and the characters will be loved by readers as much as my friend and I love them.
Which ever path I take I'll need to create an entirely new werewolf myth for them, more in depth than I have currently. These characters and this story are based on a story from a "Werewolf: The Apocalypse" game that a friend and I role play online and the last thing I want is to get my ass sued by White Wolf!
So if I start with them in their thirties the myth wouldn't have to be nearly as detailed as it would need to be if I start the story off at their first shift.
I've talked to writer friends about this before and the answers seem to be pretty equally divided. Some of them think I should do flashbacks, others think it would make for an awesome series and the series would have a better chance of being picked up as a show because of it.
I'm just still really unsure. I just know that I have to do this right and don't want to have any regrets about it.
If I need to supply more plot info to help out the discussion I can, just ask!
I'm still questioning if I should really start as close to the end as possible, or if I should start at the beginning of the end and make it into a series that follows my MC's from their teens through their 30s.
If I start as close to the end as possible it'll start with my werewolves, two best friends, Rio and Isaac, in their early thirties as they are reunited after they've been through a ton of life changing events. Isaac comes back into Rio's life after he is done with the military and he enlists her help on a mission. The two of them being back around each other after so long brings back a lot of painful memories, and also causes their entire world to fall apart because of some emotionally based choices that put both of them in more danger than they could ever have imagined.
If I start in their teens, right before their first shift, this would let readers experience their lives and struggles up through their thirties. I feel like a lot of their past is important (and there are also scenes that I'm just madly in love with) and want the readers to experience as they happen instead of through flashbacks and dialogue. I just feel that they would be more powerful that way, but I could be wrong. A lot of their past involves heart break and tragedy, as well as cementing their strange friendship and the build up of a possible, twisted and toxic romance.
Doing it this way would allow for a series, or a really long ass novel. I wouldn't take them through every year of their lives mind you, It would jump around to cover the major points. For example, one book would cover Rio from sixteen up untill right after high school graduation. The next book would pick up a few years later with her in her eraly to mid-twenties and cover all of the major thhings during that point in her life. Then the third would pick up with them reuniting in their early thirties.
I get that readers will catch on (if I start with the reunion in their thirties) that the two of them have a long history and that there are possible romantic feelings between them. But i'm not sure if readers would want to cheer them on. i'm worried also that readers would think that Isaac is just a hardhearted bastard and that Rio is a reckless, mean bitch. (Which is true for both of them. They're really not nice people.) But I feel that if I start with them as teens these flaws that both of them have will be more easily accepted and understood and the characters will be loved by readers as much as my friend and I love them.
Which ever path I take I'll need to create an entirely new werewolf myth for them, more in depth than I have currently. These characters and this story are based on a story from a "Werewolf: The Apocalypse" game that a friend and I role play online and the last thing I want is to get my ass sued by White Wolf!
So if I start with them in their thirties the myth wouldn't have to be nearly as detailed as it would need to be if I start the story off at their first shift.
I've talked to writer friends about this before and the answers seem to be pretty equally divided. Some of them think I should do flashbacks, others think it would make for an awesome series and the series would have a better chance of being picked up as a show because of it.
I'm just still really unsure. I just know that I have to do this right and don't want to have any regrets about it.
If I need to supply more plot info to help out the discussion I can, just ask!
