The Execution

The Execution is a dystopian novella by Jake Hopkins following Arthur Ceaton in an end-of-the-world type environment. It features high stakes, and the story centralises around the threat of the eradication of the world and the human race.

Setting
The Execution is sent in a dystopian world ruled by the mysterious government known as The Executive.

Behind the scenes
Written by Jake Hopkins

Work began on The Execution on the 19th February 2020 as part of a school project for the ASDAN qualification. It was only intended to be a short story at first, but quickly became something much larger - a novella. I alternated the writing between school and home, constantly emailing myself the newest copy between my school email and my personal one. When I was halfway through the third chapter I held a test read among family, which inspired me to finally finish the novella on the 30th March 2020.

I then designed a mock-up cover using the tool Canva and I formatted it ready for print, telling myself that one day I would print it using a print on demand service. But that all went out the way when I started work on The Mark of Shadow s.

When writing The Execution, I was heavily influenced by works such as George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm.