Hells to the freaking yes, I have finally started writing the script for Kami-sama. I've had this story in my head for 2 years, and it has really developed into something Im quite proud of.
Basically, this post is just to let people know. Writing the script could take months =___= Everything is basically set in stone though, so all I need to do is just type type type.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Shattered Glass
These past few weeks...no, ever since last summer I've been working on a new story for a manga. After spending about a year developing Kami-sama (I'll be posting info about this soon, since it's my only completed manga story so far) I decided I wanted to create another supernatural, slice of life romance.
This one however takes a different approach from Kami-sama, and it follows the same kind of Linear Girl Story Progression (fan made term, by me, but I think you understand) that you see in Visual Novels and even some anime (which are mostly VN adaptations anyway). A main character meets several girls as the story progresses, however, I've taken a different approach.
In most of these types of things, you meet the girls early on as side characters and they hardly get a lot of screentime until their arc occurs, and then either the story restarts itself, or it moves onto another girl. In my story however, all stories begin at once, and each of these stories is woven and (fused?) into the main plot.
Eh, its hard to explain, but it doesnt move onto one girl at a time. All stories link, and as the central character learns from experiences of the last girl, and uses them in the future in the actual main plot. Its hard to explain at this stage.
It works because these mini stories only help to support the main story, which Im not spoiling at the moment. The title, Shattered Glass, is a metaphor for the main female character. When you think of broken glass, obviously you think of 1 solid piece of glass that then breaks into many smaller pieces. In a way, that's perfect to describe the main female character, a "broken" girl with her pieces scattered across the world (or city).
I can't really go on more, but its about a guy trying to find these pieces and save the girl, before she completely becomes unrepairable.
It also doesn't help that the reason the girl is "broken" is because of an experience involving the main male character.
What are these pieces though? No, the girl doesn't have her arms or legs or even her head scattered across the world (nasty?) but rather pieces of her "heart". What do you think of when you think of "heart" (no not the organ)?. That's right, emotions.
And this girls broken "heart" pieces, or emotions, are scattered across the world, and make their way into new vessels, with each specific emotion going into a "vessel" who best matches it, or even a character who completely lacks that piece.
Then there is one emotion, with which gives birth to all emotions, which makes another vessel that is KEY to the whole story.
Do you understand it? Its about a guy trying to find these broken pieces and restoring them by helping each of the characters who have one of those pieces. In the end, the main character shall learn the importance of each emotion, and how it works etc. With each new piece he will grow, and the girl will be closer to being saved. However, while his views on life may grow, his views on a certain character will also grow....and maybe he wont want to save this broken girl anymore.
There is also another concept to this, restoring each piece in the correct order. Obviously, if he restores anger into the broken girl, and only anger, the girl will be...well angry. Anger isn't a positive emotion. What about sadness? A person filled with only sadness is a tragic character. The main character has to make sure things are done right. In a way, this means as the story progresses, it only gets more tragic.
That is the basic gist of my story, but I kept things either vague, or just plain basic. I feel really good about this concept though, and I hope I can create a touching story from this
I'll have some artwork and more details in the future. Thanks a bunch.
This one however takes a different approach from Kami-sama, and it follows the same kind of Linear Girl Story Progression (fan made term, by me, but I think you understand) that you see in Visual Novels and even some anime (which are mostly VN adaptations anyway). A main character meets several girls as the story progresses, however, I've taken a different approach.
In most of these types of things, you meet the girls early on as side characters and they hardly get a lot of screentime until their arc occurs, and then either the story restarts itself, or it moves onto another girl. In my story however, all stories begin at once, and each of these stories is woven and (fused?) into the main plot.
Eh, its hard to explain, but it doesnt move onto one girl at a time. All stories link, and as the central character learns from experiences of the last girl, and uses them in the future in the actual main plot. Its hard to explain at this stage.
It works because these mini stories only help to support the main story, which Im not spoiling at the moment. The title, Shattered Glass, is a metaphor for the main female character. When you think of broken glass, obviously you think of 1 solid piece of glass that then breaks into many smaller pieces. In a way, that's perfect to describe the main female character, a "broken" girl with her pieces scattered across the world (or city).
I can't really go on more, but its about a guy trying to find these pieces and save the girl, before she completely becomes unrepairable.
It also doesn't help that the reason the girl is "broken" is because of an experience involving the main male character.
What are these pieces though? No, the girl doesn't have her arms or legs or even her head scattered across the world (nasty?) but rather pieces of her "heart". What do you think of when you think of "heart" (no not the organ)?. That's right, emotions.
And this girls broken "heart" pieces, or emotions, are scattered across the world, and make their way into new vessels, with each specific emotion going into a "vessel" who best matches it, or even a character who completely lacks that piece.
Then there is one emotion, with which gives birth to all emotions, which makes another vessel that is KEY to the whole story.
Do you understand it? Its about a guy trying to find these broken pieces and restoring them by helping each of the characters who have one of those pieces. In the end, the main character shall learn the importance of each emotion, and how it works etc. With each new piece he will grow, and the girl will be closer to being saved. However, while his views on life may grow, his views on a certain character will also grow....and maybe he wont want to save this broken girl anymore.
There is also another concept to this, restoring each piece in the correct order. Obviously, if he restores anger into the broken girl, and only anger, the girl will be...well angry. Anger isn't a positive emotion. What about sadness? A person filled with only sadness is a tragic character. The main character has to make sure things are done right. In a way, this means as the story progresses, it only gets more tragic.
That is the basic gist of my story, but I kept things either vague, or just plain basic. I feel really good about this concept though, and I hope I can create a touching story from this
I'll have some artwork and more details in the future. Thanks a bunch.
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