The Stig
05-05-2011, 02:32 PM
Ok everybody....Fall Out is clearly coming to an end. Wish the timing had been a little different so more people could have enjoyed it but such is life.
In any event, I am in the process of deciding what to do next. Here are the options:
1) A follow up to Fall Out. I have the basic plot outline worked out and have actually written the opening chapter. It's the same players but 1.5 years later. Suffice it to say life has changed a lot in the country in that time. I think you'll enjoy the twists and turns in this one (let's just say it ain't going to be pretty)....but it's the forth part of the same story. I don't want to bore people.
2) A prequel to everything focusing on what Miller did in his past life. Would be totally new characters in a totally new setting.
Honestly, the prequel interests me very much. I've been mulling that over for a while, and a trusted adviser indicated this might be fun. The problem is I have to come up with a whole new scenario and it has to be one I believe in.
The backdrop to the first three stories was easy because it's based around the areas I've lived in or visited. I can see the location in my minds eye so it's easy to describe.
More importantly, if I drop Miller into the middle of a revolution in the Ukraine (for example), I want it to be believable. I can make up the scenery, but I don't know any of the culture, customs, language or other tidbits that make a story believable. Just calling the bad guy "Yuri" doesn't seem to cut it.
In short, I'd have to do some real research to make the story real (or at least real to me).
So the question becomes this: do I write the follow up to Fall Out now, which would be comparatively easier....or do I delay the introduction of the next story (which excites me more) while I do the ditch-digging to come up with the facts needed to make it believable?
Input from those of you kind enough to read my ramblings would be much appreciated.
In any event, I am in the process of deciding what to do next. Here are the options:
1) A follow up to Fall Out. I have the basic plot outline worked out and have actually written the opening chapter. It's the same players but 1.5 years later. Suffice it to say life has changed a lot in the country in that time. I think you'll enjoy the twists and turns in this one (let's just say it ain't going to be pretty)....but it's the forth part of the same story. I don't want to bore people.
2) A prequel to everything focusing on what Miller did in his past life. Would be totally new characters in a totally new setting.
Honestly, the prequel interests me very much. I've been mulling that over for a while, and a trusted adviser indicated this might be fun. The problem is I have to come up with a whole new scenario and it has to be one I believe in.
The backdrop to the first three stories was easy because it's based around the areas I've lived in or visited. I can see the location in my minds eye so it's easy to describe.
More importantly, if I drop Miller into the middle of a revolution in the Ukraine (for example), I want it to be believable. I can make up the scenery, but I don't know any of the culture, customs, language or other tidbits that make a story believable. Just calling the bad guy "Yuri" doesn't seem to cut it.
In short, I'd have to do some real research to make the story real (or at least real to me).
So the question becomes this: do I write the follow up to Fall Out now, which would be comparatively easier....or do I delay the introduction of the next story (which excites me more) while I do the ditch-digging to come up with the facts needed to make it believable?
Input from those of you kind enough to read my ramblings would be much appreciated.