Part 3 Development - 1

Part 3 is basically the part that builds for everything that will come after Mutation.  It goes into the story of Rose, her past, her present, and her future.  It goes into Roku, and Pa'jagat.  Gideon's story becomes much more developed, preparing for big things to come in Maturity and Mutiny.
Here are just a few of the things I hope will turn out well in Part 3:

Rose: While you may not see it at first, she is the central character of this trilogy.  She's the heroine, the big kahuna, the person you root for on the sidelines.  She will prove herself to be a powerful, fiesty individual and show that she has honor and dignity to go along with all her power, too.  She's strong enough to make Voldemort, Ganondorf, and every single Lannister cry themselves to sleep.  Or at least, that's what I'm aiming for; undoubtedly I'll at least succeed in that, given how Part 3 focuses solely on her.

Gideon: For Gideon's part, things are going to start moving fast.  New characters will pop up, a central villain will appear, and the actual goal for his story will be revealed.  Additionally, I want to capture the sure devastation that occurs in the city, and the systematic approach the villain takes to achieving that goal.  I've been paying a lot of attention to Crysis 2 and Half-Life 2 as far as how the city should appear and react to the events that are going on, and I think it will be a suprisingly fun challenge to create this atmosphere of sheer devastation, because I'm going to have to make the reader actually try to understand what has happened, and how terrible things have become in words, rather than flashy graphics.

Thirteen: While Thirteen has ended up taking a back seat in this re-write compared to the initial version, his development, per se, is still crucial to the story.  I guess development isn't quite the right word so much as the perception the reader gains as they learn more about him; for the most part Thirteen remains exactly the same throughout the story.

Devastation of War: Part 3 is the part of war.  The part where the battles take place.  There is death.  Murder.  Sacrifice.  My goal is to show how the city has become ravaged by the infected, and how the infected are banding together and actually planning, that they are more cunning creatures than they were in the original version.  The goal is also to show how smart plans can overcome the most powerful of enemies, both on the good side and the bad side, and showcasing how Rose has a natural military instinct that the others simply don't.

Part 4 may be the conclusion to Mutation, but Part 3 is the climax, and in my opinion the climax should be incredibly important - if not more so - compared to the ending.  With a little bit of luck, it'll turn out to be absolutely epic.

Until next time, (every)one.  Writr, out.

P.S. To my few audience members (I think there's two of you at the moment), if you wouldn't mind commenting on this or something, it would make me feel like I'm actually doing this for a reason. :P  If only everything came with a "like" button.