Intro
Down deep in an underground city nestled in a vast cave system, Inno struggles within her own culture of the harsh laws spun by the religious elite. It's the unlikely discovery of an ancient lost piece of technology which allows her to transmit text-based messages that becomes her vice. With it, she comes into contact with Kex, a man living somewhere on the surface. Almost immediately they begin obsessively messaging, finding comfort and solace within each other from their otherwise stressful lives. They fall suddenly, and insanely in love. Inno and Kex vow to find each other in person, and to be together despite everything, but it isn't something so simple. Inno and Kex live a world apart, both culturally and ecologically, each living a life unfathomably alien to the other. Is it even possible for them to overcome all the insurmountable barriers between them? And if they do, will they even like each other in person? Because making life sacrifices for someone you've never met is their ultimate gamble. (*Inno and Kex are just working names for these characters and they will likely change.)Current Stage: Outlining
Outline completion: ~45%
Current outline word count: 2,500 words
Current world building word count: 30,000 words
Current & Upcoming WA events: Summercamp
This section serves as my pledge & focus for Summercamp 2023. While I want to say my goal is to achieve a gold, more importantly my goal is to use this Summercamp to exclusively world build around things relevant for my outline of Nevermet. I don't want to get distracted by building in a separate setting or making pieces of the Morticene that will most likely be totally irrelevant to the scope of my book just for the sake of a better badge. That said; I hope my creativity of deep diving into the tight restrictions of relevant world building will allow me to achieve at least a silver. Mostly though, I'm in CAMP CHILL, aiming to make non-stressful but good progress on Nevermet!Summercamp Prep Homework
Week 1 theme: Power In Nevermet, both POV characters have to deal with overcoming complex power dynamics in their lives. Where Inno lives in Cobalt, power of society exists solely within the hands of the religious elite who control every aspect of the average citizens lives (including Inno's). This organization is coldly scientific, running society strictly off maximizing outputs based on data, and because of this creating all artwork is illegal due to what is perceived to be a waste of resources. This is how Inno discovers the power of rebellion through embracing one's personal creativity to become a voice of defiance. Meanwhile in Kex's world, power becomes something more concrete -- the power of a beast or a monster to end lives with its unpredictable will, and the fragile nature of the actual electrical power which keeps a city running when it's dependent on social politics. Possible article subjects for the Power theme:- Exploring deeper into the religious organization that rules Cobalt
- Inno's art style, and the details of her story arc related to it
- Details of the rebel group Inno gets tangled into
- An important character (or a small cast) in the religious elite
- An important character (or a small cast) in the rebel group
- Detailed article about the Meidesum antagonist character
- An article exploring the relationship between Cobalt/Raelocke and how the rebellion effects the electrical power
- Deep analysis of the Taeniit cave system, creating different chambers and microhabitats within
- Flesh out the 'fungal wastelands'
- Flesh out the 'acid marshlands'
- Bring back the megafauna
- Deep design the river that runs through Raelocke
- Flesh out the 'braided mountains'
- Brainstorm new transitional ecosystems, and new fantasy species
- Think about the 'frontier' of research Kex is involved with, and design fantasy creatures for his little collection
- The communication devices, including how they work/origins, how they are found
- Frozen man character design
- More tech relics used exclusively by the Taeniit
- Technology or culture relics exclusive to the Rhylic
- Archeological relics relevant to Kex's story line
- Biological relics displayed in species to showcase natural history
- 'The Scavengers Outpost'
- Kex and Inno character profiles
- Re-examine Taenic language
- Inno family character designs
- Kex best friend character design
- Kex's school/research organization
Summercamp Submissions
Prompt 1: The Thawless Prompt 4: MycosynthThis page chronicles the progress I'm making on my novel called Nevermet. The story takes place in the Morticene setting and the world building for that will remain private, except for articles released during WorldAnvil challenges like Summercamp. Those articles will be linked at the bottom of this page while they are public.~Victoria Stone
by Rin Garnett
MY SECRETS: After outline is 100%, a progress bar for % done of first draft will display. Current wc of manuscript and world building will display, but the % on the progress bar is based on the ratio of the outline bullet points completed.
Wendy Vlemings (Rynn19)
I am very intrigued by this and want to wish you all the best for writing your novel. From what I read here I would buy your book if it was already available. It sounds like such an interesting story. Good luck with Summer Camp as well! I hope you enjoy the prompts you get to write.
Victoria Stone
Awe thank you for reading and leaving a comment (: I appreciate it. May your Summer Camp be fruitful as well!
Wendy Vlemings (Rynn19)
You’re welcome and thank you!