Dramatic Dreams
I guess I should tell you how it all came about. I appologise for the non-linear structure of these posts, but hey... I'm writing as things come to mind.
The idea came to me from a dream I had. I live in Brisbane, Australia, and my perspective in the dream was as if I were standing on the boardwalk of Southbank (a cultural area of small parks, cafes, etc.) looking east towards the cityscape. In the sky above the buildings, I could see planets. Not just one or two ... but approximately twenty-six. Some were familiar, others were vaguely generic in appearance. Some could not be mistaken, such as Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, etc. But the thing that was different about the vision was that there were eight planets of Jupiter, five of Mars, six or so of Saturn, etc. I could see planets crashing into each other, sending enormous shockwaves through space. I woke just as massive fragments of the planets began to descend towards the city in a terrifying shower of burning hot rock and fire.
This dream took place approximately three and a half years ago... even before I met my current fiance. The dream was etched in my mind. It had been so vivid and life-like that I couldn't escape from its images. I decided to turn it into a book.
At first, the idea seemed stupid. Obviously, it was completely unbelievable, but I vowed to myself that I would try and push it into a realm of some sort of believability. I researched physics, quantum theories, and many other aspects which could shift the idea at least into a realm of more plausible proportions. Eventually, enough research had been made that I could at least explain some of the theories behind the anomaly, while also leaving an overall vagueness to it that the majority of people could just "go with it" without being bogged down into techno-jargon. It's not meant to be super real and it's by no means etched in fact. It's a fantasy, with as much realism as I can throw at it to make it sound just that little bit plausible.
From that point, I needed to establish characters, motives, twists, and events. I did this and developed a framework to my story. The skeletal structure allowed me a basis to work on, which I could flesh out and expand upon.
At first, the original story, simply titled "Beneath A Broken Sky", was a one and only. It focused only on Joseph and his journey. However as time went on, I began developing further plot points. He found a love interest, and experienced a whole new range of events. From these new plot points, I discovered I could elaborate and create a second story. Based a year after the first one, the sequal expanded upon the repurcussions of the original story, but provided an interesting twist. Then, due to the twist, I discovered I could create a prequel, which would show how it all began.
So from one dream came a story, then a sequal, then a prequel. I found ways to link everything together in an interesting and fluid way and, funnily enough, the books will be written in that order (2, 3, 1).
So there you have it. In further posts, I will continue to update you on things, as well as post basic outlines of each book's plot. Hopefully I won't give anything away.
Until next time, don't forget to take out the trash.
The idea came to me from a dream I had. I live in Brisbane, Australia, and my perspective in the dream was as if I were standing on the boardwalk of Southbank (a cultural area of small parks, cafes, etc.) looking east towards the cityscape. In the sky above the buildings, I could see planets. Not just one or two ... but approximately twenty-six. Some were familiar, others were vaguely generic in appearance. Some could not be mistaken, such as Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, etc. But the thing that was different about the vision was that there were eight planets of Jupiter, five of Mars, six or so of Saturn, etc. I could see planets crashing into each other, sending enormous shockwaves through space. I woke just as massive fragments of the planets began to descend towards the city in a terrifying shower of burning hot rock and fire.
This dream took place approximately three and a half years ago... even before I met my current fiance. The dream was etched in my mind. It had been so vivid and life-like that I couldn't escape from its images. I decided to turn it into a book.
At first, the idea seemed stupid. Obviously, it was completely unbelievable, but I vowed to myself that I would try and push it into a realm of some sort of believability. I researched physics, quantum theories, and many other aspects which could shift the idea at least into a realm of more plausible proportions. Eventually, enough research had been made that I could at least explain some of the theories behind the anomaly, while also leaving an overall vagueness to it that the majority of people could just "go with it" without being bogged down into techno-jargon. It's not meant to be super real and it's by no means etched in fact. It's a fantasy, with as much realism as I can throw at it to make it sound just that little bit plausible.
From that point, I needed to establish characters, motives, twists, and events. I did this and developed a framework to my story. The skeletal structure allowed me a basis to work on, which I could flesh out and expand upon.
At first, the original story, simply titled "Beneath A Broken Sky", was a one and only. It focused only on Joseph and his journey. However as time went on, I began developing further plot points. He found a love interest, and experienced a whole new range of events. From these new plot points, I discovered I could elaborate and create a second story. Based a year after the first one, the sequal expanded upon the repurcussions of the original story, but provided an interesting twist. Then, due to the twist, I discovered I could create a prequel, which would show how it all began.
So from one dream came a story, then a sequal, then a prequel. I found ways to link everything together in an interesting and fluid way and, funnily enough, the books will be written in that order (2, 3, 1).
So there you have it. In further posts, I will continue to update you on things, as well as post basic outlines of each book's plot. Hopefully I won't give anything away.
Until next time, don't forget to take out the trash.
posted by Tony D. Graham at 1:42 pm
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