Hollow Stone is a work in process. It's a fantasy young adult story on par with Stranger Things and Outlander. It deals with time travel and history.
Charlotte is a young French girl from 1972 who desperately wants to be free from her uncaring family. When she stumbles upon the Hollow Stone, a way to travel back in time, she decides to try to find the treasure that was hidden somewhere in her family castle centuries before.
It's based on the history of the family castle where my family and I spent our summers growing up. The castle, currently in ruin, holds a very heavy 1000 years old history, and of one family's history in particular. This story has the particularity of being based almost entirely on real events, recorded by this family's genealogist.
Working from the idea inception, I've first developed characters, I refined the tone to fit a specific audience, and a specific atmosphere. The French countryside summer mystery in the 70s tone is very much my focus. It's the feeling kids get about their summer vacation location. A place of timelessness.
I worked with artist to make that environment come to life, and develop an identity for the characters.
I've researched comparable titles, and find tentative financing opportunities based on those, as well as a tentative cast.
I've developed a pitch deck that represents my work on this story and my efforts to bring it to life.
We pitched the project and got legal representation going forward.
