WIP Update – 09 Dec 13
A burst of inspiration prompted me to take a couple ideas from the back burner and move them into preproduction. It’s still rather early, but I might be posting teasers on the site in the near future.
I’m thinking about starting up a whole new cycle of the Cross Arc for them. Whereas the Pre-Apoc and Post-Apoc Cycles deal with the lead-up and aftermath of Tara Ma’s Reunion, this new cycle would deal with the advances of a resurgent New Earth Empire.
The two stories split the difference between my two primary modes of inspiration: dreams and what-ifs. I’m going to talk a bit about the latter. The story tentatively titled Candidate 03 is based on my misunderstanding of what Evangelion was all about. It would’ve been 2000 when I first saw the series, but before that, I had no idea what it was about. All I had to go on were the video covers that I saw at Suncoast and a few out-of-context statements picked up on the Net. In particular, I remember one off-hand comment by someone talking about Rei getting turned into dogmeat. I don’t remember how, but I knew about Shinji being the Third Child and Rei being the First Child respectively. My leap of logic (or flight of fancy, if you will) led me to believe that one Child was a successor to the next and that Rei was already dead before Shinji began piloting the Eva. As a result, I figured one of the primary conflicts would be Shinji struggling to uncover the truth about the previous Children while trying to avoid sharing their fate. This was, of course, quite off base, but I’m of the philosophy that you should never let an interesting idea go to waste. While it was in my head all that time, it wasn’t until a few years back that I sketched out the basic premise for future reference. It wasn’t until yesterday’s little burst of inspiration that I decided to take the concept farther. (Usually it’s only a matter of time before those ideas on the back burner move to preproduction.) Anyway, this story will be a good test of my capacity to write thrillers. Stay tuned for more.
Tags: Cross Arc, WIP Update
Cross Arc, WIP Update | James Carmack | 10 December 2013 |
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