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Novel Title: time for war, time for peace
Estimated length: goal is at least 50k
Your writing experience: have written a lot of short stories and have tried to write novels, but have never finished one
Your genre: YA
New genre? Or old favorite?: old fav
Other genres of your novel: Sci-fi? Fantasy? I'm not sure. And Romance.
Gonna publish?: I'd love it if I could!
Cliches/archetypes you're including (not necessarily a bad thing!): lover lying about his feelings to protect loved one, orphan who has loneliness issues
Cliches/archetypes you're avoiding: absolute good vs. absolute evil, happily ever after
Theme(s)/Issue(s) discussed: morality of war, love, growing up
What we (the readers) will learn: It isn't always black-and-white and right-or-wrong. There are the greys, the middle grounds.

Main character(s): Raysha, Jaimin
Secondary characters: Wildren, Hano, Temari, Oneria, MeLuun, the Council, lotsa soldiers
Protagonist(s): Raysha, Jaimin
Antagonist(s): MeLuun, the Council
What does your protagonist(s) or main character(s) want most in the world?: Raysha wants the war to end (with a rebel victory), and wants to live peacefully w/ Jaimin. (She <3 Jaimin.)

Setting: The Country (an unnamed, solitary continent that closely resembles the modern Middle East.)
Is the setting static or does it shift: static
Based on a place/culture/real-world environment?: Yes, as stated before.
Is a place/culture/real-world environment? (Which): The language references are Algerian Darja, a real language. But it's not a real place.

Main Conflict: The war; Raysha's questioning of the morality of the war
Sub Conflicts: Raysha and Jaimin's relationship
Obstacles in the journey: Raysha's sister's death, Raysha and Jaimin's seperation
Expected resolution(s): A final end to the war, emotional healing, forgiveness between sides of the war

Summary of plot: A former slave girl (Raysha) who was taken in by Amazons goes back into the "real world" with her adopted sister, a blood Amazon (Wildren) to discover that a civil war/revolution has broken out.
Tagline (a one-sentence slogan that sums up the tone and premise of your novel): Raysha didn't mean to fall in love or get caught up in a war, but she did. Now what?