Day Four

My story will more than likely take place in the capital city of the Philippines, which is Manila. I'm not clear if this is the distinct capital of the Philippines because there is said to be a lot of various capitals out there. The city I'm choosing is Manila because it seems like a generally nice city to capture a nice children's book in! I think a city like this will get the urbanite image, yet peaceful setting I'm trying to accomplish in this book. It seems like a place a person would really want to go to.

I haven't decided on names for the characters as to seeing that in the original story; the characters have no names (they go by Father, Mother, and Daughter.) All I know is I want to use really cool names, and bring a lot of cool new aspects to my story. Although I'm not totally sure on every single detail of the story yet; I think it's coming along pretty well. Since I'm bringing boxing into the story, I decided to make the boxing gloves formerly owned by the famous Manny Pacquiao (since he is from the Philippines.) I think since the Philippines are close to the United States that the Mother will go on a business trip to the states (To California, or something business related.) She will stay there for a long period of time while the Father, and Son are back home in Manila bonding. After the Mother comes back, I think that would be the perfect time for the Father to get sick. Then, he will reveal his life before his family; telling of his adventures of being the trainer of Pacquiao. Thus, the boxing gloves come into play! I like these nice sparkly gloves here :)

Most of the story (dialogue, etc.) will take place in the day time, except for when the Father dies; I want that to take place during the night for a more dramatic effect. Night time is always more dramatic than the day time simply because it's night, and no one really does anything in the day! I'm using this picture so the reader can get the feel for the whole night time theme, but the story won't take place in this particular area. The year hasn't been decided yet, but more than likely something close to our century. I want my story to be appealing to people.

The weather will be sunny, and tropically hot ALL THE TIME. Simply because as mentioned before, we're talking about the Philippines. I'm sure I don't need to remind anything of the temperatures there, but in case you were wondering; it looks something like this. Beautiful scenery isn't it? It makes me want to learn how to swim :) Hmm.. Maybe not! But it still looks great, and quite enjoyable. During the dramatic night time, there will be storms brewing in the area; showcasing very dark aspects of the Philippines (But not too scary... Don't worry.)

I think all bringing all these aspects together will create the perfect scenery, and great setting for the story. Almost forgot, I think the family will live in a wealthy mansion like this...

I believe this a good start to a good story, and setting :) I'm planning on trying to incorporate this little creature also... Isn't it just adorable. Maybe I could use it for the family pet or something unique?

Simply the cutest thing ever :)