User:Mscoree/TwoWorldsNovelProject/PreWriting

This page details the overall pre writing for the Two Worlds novel project. This page is heavily under construction and is here simply to organize our ideas for the story. Elements from this page may or may not be utilized in the novel's creation.

Setting Idea(s) “Sister planet” to Earth will be named Contraterra by Earth’s inhabitants, and [Something else] by its natives.
 * Two opposing world that are “opposite each other” (ie two neighboring solar systems)
 * First planet is Earth, thousands of years in the future. Once a space faring nation, Earth fell apart due to unknown causes and is a ruin.
 * Second planet is a fantasy Lord of the Rings -style world.
 * The two planets meet, blending elements of science fiction and fantasy.
 * Early in Earth’s lifespan, it split into two. Before then, Earth was whole and complete. The farther away the planets get away from each other, the more different they become and more imperfect they become. About 500 years in the future, the planets are the farthest away from each other that they will be. Earth struggles under the legacy of a polluting, corrupt and warmongering humanity with various enclaves of stability with wild spaces inhabited by genetically engineered/mutated horrors. Contraterra on the other hand suffers under the regime of a corrupt warmongering Human-dominated empire of sorts, actively waging war against the less-civilized demihuman realms. Outside of that region is the Wilds, an area dominated by wild fantastic beasts.
 * I was planning on using my Meridian lore for this, in which case the planet is named Monsmanu. Alternatively Contraterra can be a second planet in this Solar System.

Story Outlines:

First Story
 * X flies to a remote outpost on a swamp that stretches for miles.
 * X goes to a bar and meets Z. They talk and X is convinced that there is something out there. *Reveals in flashback he accidently [insert something morally unapprehensible].
 * It is revealed that X is in this place because he has to [insert something morally unapprehensible] in order to get a ticket on a cargo plane out of country.
 * X steals [rare item] and instead of turning it into the ticket guy he attempts to steal it. *Ticket guy suffers third degree burns.

Second Story:
 * X’s brother, named W, is a soldier
 * W and Z are opposed to one another, like the planet