A mysterious gateway appears in Arendelle, Burgess, Scotland, Berk and Corona. Some say the gateway leads to paradise. Some say the gateway leads to heaven or hell. Some say it leads to outer space. Some say it leads to another world.
But one thi...
Here are some behind the scenes! Want to find out about the origin of this book? Want to know the story behind it? Want to know about some deleted scenes of the book? Keep reading!
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With that being said, let's get onwith the behind the scenes!
~Facts~
- Actually, I had this idea ever since the early chapters of The Dare That Became A Reality. It was an idea that I kept in my head for quite a long time, I had no idea how to start writing it.
- The writing of this book was inspired by The Land Of Stories series by Chris Colfer.
- I had another title in mind for the book which was "In Another World...". I then decided with the current title because I could end the book with those words. (The same way I ended The Dare That Became A Reality.) People liked the way I ended that book and so I decided to do the same for this.
- The idea for the riddle from chapter 15 came from The Land Of Stories (The Wishing Spell), where you had to collect a series of items to form the key back to home.
- In chapter 37 where Pitch is taking control of Jack was also inspired by The Land Of Stories (An Author's Odyssey) which was dark magic entering a person's system thus taking control of him/her.
- The breaking of Jack's spell was inspired by one of the cartoons I watched during childhood, Winx Club.
- There were 3 versions of Elsa's confession to Jack in chapter 45, I kid you not. In the end, I took a part from each.
- The idea of them losing their powers in Alternia was from Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. If you had read the book, the peculiar children would age if they linger outside their loop for too long. I took the concept and changed it my way to cause the loss the magic in them.
- The idea of Aidan, Cleo, Darrel, Ethan and Isabelle having powers was a last minute decision. That's why their powers were mentioned rather late in the book. I wanted them to have a bigger part to play in the story.
-Originally, instead of a gateway, it was supposed to be a magical forest, but I couldn't quite fit it into the book cover. So, I decided to change it to the gateway and use the magical forest for chapter 15 instead. This forest below was supposed to serve as the way to Alternia.
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~Deleted scenes~
- Olaf wasn't included in the book. He would have stayed behind to take care of Sven. Astrid was supposed to go with Hiccup to Alternia as well.
