The Secret Portal
The Secret Portal is a YA sci-fi fantasy series planned to have five books.
What is The Secret Portal about?
A group of young adolescents discover a dimension connected to ours, called Alium. Alium is populated by a group of people called the Alii, who are each granted powers at the age of 10. However, there is a relatively rare gene that causes some Alii to be born without any powers to speak of. These two groups of Alii are now at war.
What are the origins of The Secret Portal?
When I was in fourth grade, I wrote the first draft for The Secret Portal for a creative writing assignment. It was about 15 pages long (handwritten on lined notebook paper).
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Over the years, I ended up becoming obsessed with this idea, and it evolved until it became what it is today.
Where am I in writing The Secret Portal?
I plan for The Secret Portal to be a five-book series, with each book referred to as a "part". Part One is completely drafted, and I plan to revise it thoroughly one more time with a focus on character voice and character dynamics. Part Two has a rough draft, and I am currently going through another, cleaner draft that currently has 20 chapters. Part Three has an extremely rough draft. Part Four has about ten chapters of a rough draft.
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Currently, I am focusing extra hard on character voice and dynamics in preparation for the revision of Part One. After that, I will seek publishing.