Monkey Wrench

Title                                                                                                                                                                      Capital, Paradise Lost

Corresponding Macro-Story Beat:                                                                                                                       Beat-1

Short Story Synopsis:                                                                                                                                      Takes place early in the apocalypse. Two friends, Steven Wolf and Terence Jordan make their way from southern Virginia to Dc Where they hear of sanctuary. Along the way their friendship is tested, and they end up separating near the end, One of them end up in Repocity and the other ends up in Blackridge. This is the origin of the two leaders of the two respective cities. the two leaders of the two respective cities.

Genre-                                                                                                                                                              Thriller Action

Protagonist-                                                                                                                                                     Steven Wolf and Terence Jordan

Antagonist-                                                                                                                                                      The post apocalyptic world

Supporting Characters-                                                                                                                              Snoopy, the dog of Steven, who does not make it to the end. Samantha Jordan- wife of Terence, who does not make it to the end Jonny Sanches- man who joins group early on, shady street vendor who doesn't make it to the end

Primary Locations-                                                                                                                                              95 highway, leading from Virginia to DC. Potomac river, The river connected to DC, must cross at some point. Early form of Repocity. Early from of Blackridge

Additive Comprehension-                                                                                                                                    Origin story character

Target Market-                                                                                                                                                      18-45 year olds

Their Media Habits-                                                                                                                                            Most common demographic of book readers, and most socially connected demographic

Medium-                                                                                                                                                                Novel

Why It Works In This Medium-                                                                                                                          It works in this medium because, it is a story that is better to described through words as there is a lot of inner thoughts, and feelings on everything that is happening

Platform-                                                                                                                                                            Bound book and E-book

Why It Works In This Platform-                                                                                                                          It works in this platform because, some people prefer physical books while others like the convenience of an E-book

How This Story Relates To Corresponding Macro-Story Beat:

This story is our monkey wrench because its the apocalypse and this is what happens that throws the normal world out of balance and it starts the story world. Its our Act I.

The monkey wrench of Capital's story is the nuclear war itself. The leaders of the world finally succumbed to conflict and ended the world in a bath of nuclear flames. This cataclysm is what forces the few survivors to undergo countless struggles to rebuild a new society.