Erogalle
The title trips up many people. ee-rog-a-lay. Now say it quick. Ah, there you go. Was it so hard? But why? I'll get around to the interesting facts about the title later...
The story itself is an oddity. I like to think of it as an almost combination of Douglas Adams and J.R.R. Tolkien. But really, the "Style" of it has yet to be deciphered, as not very much of the actual story has been written. My hope is that I will write a basic skeleton of the plot right now (that of which i am in the process of) that includes all my brainstorming and whatnot for ideas to put in there. Next, I'll take that skeleton, and write a NEW skeleton of the plot which will occur in the order that I will eventually write it. From there, I'll add on the meat- the actual, verbose story. But that will only conclude in a rough draft. The final step will FINALLY be the revision of the entire story. From there, I have no clue what I'll do. Get it published? Naw, probably just wishful thinking. At any rate, it will be REALLY fun to write!
Alright- now for the title explanation. It sounds kinda weird...with a twinge of mystery- doesn't it sound a little familiar? Think about it again. Surely you're missing something. Or, maybe you could say it backwards. Hmm... "yal-a-gor-ee." No- but almost. Think of the original phoenetical spelling as "ee-rog-a-la." Now try it. "Al-a-gor-ee." Hmm... doesn't it sound like a word you should know? Now....just kidding! That's about it. Al-a-gor-ee. Not "Al Gore." Allegory. Ta da! What does it mean? Well, an allegory is a type of story in which there is a dual meaning for what's said. For example, in Animal Farm by George Orwell, you have a story about pigs taking over a farm, and its allegorical meaning of the rise of Communist Russia- with characters that represent Stalin, Marx, Lenin, and the KGB. No, Erogalle is no revolution of any country...nor about communism.... Instead, it is an allegorical sketch of my life (for the most part- not entirely)...where most of the characters actually represent somebody I know- with a verbal charicaturization. In other words, the characters are symbolic of defining traits of the people I know, exaggerated WAY out of proportion. For example, a certain friend of mine is the Oracle of the Shower- a lady who is perpetually in a shower that has wheels and an engine. The shower gives her her "power"...and she likes to race her shower in road races. An interesting visual, no? How is that drawn up anything like my friend? Well, my big bro always kidded about how my friend was always jumping into the shower- it seems she was always in the shower when you call- and I've experienced a piece of that when calling... thus the shower- and, she also likes cars... and racing and such... so, it all combined in one... You get the picture? I'm not sure if I want to attempt adding to the skeleton solely on here, or just type up parts of it at a time on here while I continue my notebook sketch.