Finally finished Chapter 6 today. It’s a long one, over 6,700 words, but I think that was the only way to completely tell the story of a new character who goes from a horrific life to one peace, but full of questions. Sorry about being so vague, but, you know, that’s just the way it goes.

The next set of chapters will move up in time allowing each character to come to terms with their existence on Hercules III. The future still looks a bit vague, though. I know where I want to go, but I’m not certain the story will necessarily end there; this is mostly due to the fact that people live so many years between age levels. The protagonist in Chapter 6 starts at age 15, but it takes him 11 years to reach age 16; and, it’ll take another 65 years until he’s 17. It’s already come up that the teenagers feel like they’re really old, when in reality they just stay at their current physical age so long.

At least the primary antagonist has been set, though sometimes secondary antagonists will be introduced to keep the story going. Sometimes I find it difficult to introduce people who are what one might call evil and watch how they interact with the protagonist(s). I think it was Martin Scorsese who said (tried to Google it, but failed), ‘A good story isn’t good without an antagonist.’ (or something like that) So, this story does have a bit of evil and meanness in it. Plus, I’ve tossed in a few bits of fun. Actually, there is one in Chapter 6.