My GA Literary Debut
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So I finally did it. I finally managed to sit still and focus on an idea long enough to produce a first chapter.
It's a story idea I had about 2 or 3 months ago. I frequently come up with story ideas. I even often conceptualize them to a high degree and plan out the plots and characters. Getting them down on paper is the hard part though, but I finally did it! I'm really excited about the story too.
I hope to post it in the "Sneak Peaks" section within the week. I might still add a few things to the first chapter so I don't want to commit to it going in as the "official" first chapter yet. Ideally I'd also like to write the 2nd and possibly 3rd chapter before I start posting them in eFiction so that hopefully I can have a new chapter to post every week or two weeks.
So a little bit about the story without telling you anything about the story. 
First off it's pretty dark. They'll be quite a few heavy issues covered and while I'm not promising a miserable ending for any or all of my characters I'm definitely not promising a happy ending for them either. (so basically they may all end up miserable or they may all end up happy just be prepared for either contingency. 
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There's essentially 5 or 6 "main characters" though if you absolutely cut out the strong supporting characters you could get it down to 3. There's also several "significant" characters so as of right now the main cast is about 12-15 strong. Each of the main characters have a story to tell and I'm not going to end the series until they've each told it. That said I have a very definite ending in mind, so this isn't going to stretch out and be a "never ending" story. It might be long (actually it definitely will be if I'm going to do it properly) and I reserve the right to alter my plans as I go, but I do plan to resolve the major issues and stop.
So what kind of story is it? I want it to be taken on a philosophical, "what do these things say about life" level. Hopefully it'll make people re-examine some of the "certainties" to which they subscribe. (So obviously if you don't like your certainties questioned you probably shouldn't read it.) That said though it probably fits best into "drama", though I'm hoping to add quite a bit of mystery/suspense. There's a romantic theme running through it and I hope to make the readers "invest" in the relationships, but while that's a part of it I wouldn't even say that's the main part. The nature of friendship is also a major part. So hopefully there's something for everyone.
Anyway I'm really excited about it and I hope you guys like it, but again these AREN'T admirable characters and while I think they have something "teach" about life I definitely don't want anyone using ANY of them as rolemodels 
I'll let you guys know when I post it and PLEASE give me your honest feedback (all positive AND negative criticism is desired) I don't expect people to "like" what some of the characters are going through, but if I'm not presenting it in a realistic and compelling way then I want to know.
Anyway take care everyone!
Kevin
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