2010 NaNoWriMo.

[WT]

Sky already knows that I'm loving his idea. =3 (The first one, that is... not so sure about the others yet...)

Kayla, I'll be fighting homework the whole way, too. Student crackpots NaNo writers, unite! xD And I love having sympathetic antagonists, so that sounds great.

CC, historical fiction makes me a happy duck.

Phunke. Phunke? I love you and I want to read that someday. @_@ Please, please write it.

Wicked, don't worry too much about the 50k. The point isn't necessarily to write a lot- it's just to write. I only got to 20125 my first year, and one year my dad only hit 5k, but both of us had a blast even though we didn't hit the mark. ^^

Thumbelina? Ella, you're amazing. I adore the Thumbelina story.

Sounds fantastic, Luru. ^^ I admire you for having a plot that's fleshed out that well.



NaNoWriMo is the meaning of my life in November. It helps that the Austin community gives you so many cookies that is so involved and supportive that it’s effortless to get caught up in the community and really want to keep going. This will be my third year; the first was a war-themed fantasy that hit 20125, the second was a post-apocalyptic... er, book that hit 53k during November. (It later got to 65000, but I lost 15k due to a technology malfunction. It was already full of holes and bad characterization anyway, so I’ve given up on it... for now, at least. I’m so proud of the complex character relations web that I may go back to it someday, but it’ll need major revamps...)

My problem with this year is that I have a main character, and a summary blurb, but no actual plot. No events, no real arc, no anything except a general idea. xD However, this isn’t really a problem per se, because last year I had no plot at all until I started writing and it only began to solidify into something manageable after several days (for a time, I was just writing random scenes). Besides, the adoptables threads are my friends. <3333 Adopt-a-plot, anyone?

Anyway, I mentioned my character and the blurb, so maybe I should provide, hmm?

Imagine that you grow up knowing that you only have so much life. Just for a moment, allow yourself to know that there is a certain point in time past which you can only continue to live by stealing life from someone else- and you don’t get to pick who, either. It could be a stranger, a friend, a starving child in rural India, your own mother. Maybe all of them.

It’s not just life, either. Quickly approaching is the moment you’ll use up the last of every quota- if you haven’t already. From then out, every soda you drink is one another person can’t have. Every child you bear is a miscarriage elsewhere in the world. Every word you speak makes someone forget what they were about to say, and every time you hear someone tell you they love you is a moment of heartbreak for someone else. Maybe many someone elses.

You got all that?

Good. Now tell me what the hell I do about it.




Ophelia Arcadia (Saeb? Jamison? Mason?) is a sixteen-year-old girl. Her birthday is November eleventh. Her looks are currently undefined (I know they involve mousy brown hair, light brown/hazel eyes, and pale skin, but that's it). She’s altruistic and generally a nice person, but unfortunately can be a little... overenthusiastic about such things, and can come across as having a bit of a holier-than-thou attitude, especially since she sometimes contradicts her own ethics by being kind of selfish. Unless a concern is immediate, however, she doesn’t think about it (hypothetical scenarios, distant issues, and preventative measures are all easier said than done to her), so she can come across as shallow. She’s not really shallow, though, just... transparent. She’s exceedingly open- so easy to see through that it seems as though there’s nothing to see. She doesn’t hide anything, not her attraction to girls or her adoration of the Welsh language or the fights her parents get into, not her sometimes-volatile moods or general contentedness with life.

She's only ever had one secret: the quotas. Everyone is born with a set amount of everything. Heartbeats, breaths, toothpicks to use- above all, the amount of life they have. It takes effort, but Ophelia can sense them- not exactly, but well enough to tell whether someone has a lot of water left to drink or not very much at all.

Her own, however, she can figure out exactly. So exactly that she's managed to figure out that they're all leading up to one point: the moment of her death. Well, her supposed death. She's seen people survive the end of their life quota, but the only way to do it is to steal life from the pool that everyone takes from- that is, to limit how much someone can live. That pool isn't limitless; she's seen it in her dreams, has seen what becomes of people living too long. There will be consequences one day, drastic consequences, if too many people break the rules...

No one else can help, though. The few people she tried to beg advice from heard about three words and sent her to a counseling center. Now every day, the people around her try to tell her that this thing- this theory, this belief, this truth that she built her life around- is a lie. She doesn't believe it, she knows she's not crazy, but they all say she is. None of them understand that she's just trying to save someone, maybe everyone-!

Time is running out. She has only so many days to live life to its fullest- at least, to do so without compromising her beliefs. Because above all, the ultimate question looms: will she leech off of others’ lives to preserve her own, or will she kill herself for a belief that everyone tells her is a fantasy?

[Skylar]

Wolf Tears, Wolf Tears. You've never ceased to amaze me in any of the writing that you ever produce, and this might of just topped them all (the character/plot/summary thing.) I know that you can get to 50k with that plot, and just. [flails] I really want an imagination like everyone else has.

[[Ree]craft]

I just joined NaNoWriMo... and well, I have no idea what I'm doing. I have several plot ideas, and also several historical fiction idea (I <3 sixteenth century england), but I also have a novel twenty one pages in and over ten thousand words. So I don't know if I should do my current novel, or start a new one.

I don't want to do my current novel, because I feel like that's cheating. On the other hand, my other plot ideas aren't the greatest.

Plot #1: -Unknown Name- was used as a human test to see if they could cross breed humans and animals. But the test failed miserably and Unknown Name was scarred and hideous for life.

Determined to be fixed and returned to normal human being status she searched for months, but someone found her first. A secret underground agency has a use for people like her, who are, though ugly, have some animal like abilities that can be used for the better. They try to recruit her for their cause, but Unkown Name refuses, knowing little that this will mean her life will be at stake.

So yeah, I'm not crazy about that one.

Plot #2: Historical Fiction about Elizabeth Seymour, Jane Seymour's sister.

Plot #3: Koalas in pink capes riding around in go carts saving the world.

Plot #4: Well, I have no idea, which is I think the point of this post: To get an idea

(Will edit this later)

[Skylar]

1 and 3 are best imo. xD

<333 Don't do current novel if you want to feel the pride and joy of writing a novel in one month.

random italics. O,o

[[Ree]craft]

I think I've ruled out historical fiction. I'm too lazy to research enough to do historical fiction. Maybe I'll do it next year. I honestly don't have much interest in number 1, and I'm not sure about the mechanics of number 1 either. Like, How do they test stuff like that? Before she's born or do they have to put the DNA in all of her cells? That would take to long, so it has to be when she's a fetus. It's horridly confusing, so I dunno if I'd do number one.

So that leaves me number 3!

[wickedchick]

So, I kinda have an idea for my NaNo book. I came up with it in my contemporary world affairs class yesterday and started planning it out today. I hope it sounds as okay to you guys as it did in my head XD

Scientists say by 2050 our global population will be between 9-11 billion people. But after global warming, pollution, and the series of wars of the early 21st century, the Earth is left with limited resources to support such a booming population. So what do the world leaders of 2042 do? They create the 6 Steps. 10 people from around the globe, between the ages of 13 and 70 are placed together for 6 months inside of a biodome type environment. This biodome simulates the environmental conditions expected on Earth in 2050 as well as the amount of resources available. Together the 10 are known as a "tribe".

However, unbeknown to the main 10 of our story, there are 5 other biodomes just like them. Though each biodome is only aware of their existence, they have no idea of the other 5's existence. Each biodome is set up with a different form of governing (democracy, dictatorship...etc) while each of them must try their best to complete the 6 basic steps to survival:
1) Find food and water
2) Construct a shelter
3) Be prepared for disasters
4) Avoid predators at all costs
5) Know your leader
6) Survive.

So, it'll be basically a story about the main 10 of our story trying to survive the conditions this biodome throws at them. There'll be natural disasters, shortages of food, predators, and fights amongst the 10. And for the finale, well, there's going to a big fight to the death type deal...between who and who you'll have to see.

Does this sound okay???

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[Tea]

Tea is so determined to finish her NaNo this year! Last year, midway though the month, her immune system decided to be mighty handy and get pneumonia. Long story short, she couldn't finish.

BUT SHE SHALL THIS YEAR!

I'm sure it'll help that she has just about the easiest most slack semester of all time.

[Micra]

I'm thinking of a children/teens story about five kids who are kidnapped/chosen as part of a government time travel experiment. It goes horribly wrong, and the kids have to fight through past and future to get back to their homes.

It's a work in progress...

[sbeeg]

I just joined like five minutes ago and I have an idea of what I'm going to do. It isn't COMPLETELY thought out yet and subject to change... dramatically.

However I do know it will have romance in it because I'd put it in no matter what the story was anyway.
--Choice 1--
Two lands that aren't exactly enemies, but not friends either. One is significantly larger than the other but the smaller of the pair has valuable resources and such so if either tried to attack the other it'd just kind of... fail. So to break this tension the younger sister of the heir to the smaller kingdom's throne is sent to the larger kingdom.
--Choice 2--
That freaky sci- fi thriller dream i had that was like Full Tilt but more Hunger Gamesish... well it was an uber long dream and I remember well it enough and can build around it enough to make an actually story out of it.


Needless to say I'm uber excited



EDIT: I thought of another choice

[~Kayla~]

Ooh so I have another idea, besides the bad guy one. It's really under developed but I really like it. I like both of them but here's my second one:

Enya is a medieval person (haven't figured out what yet) who falls in love with a blind kid. In the medieval country (made up) from which they both originate, 'defected people' such as blind people, are shunned and made outcasts. So when people find out about Enya and her beau (don't have a name) both of them are banned from the country and have to leave. The rest of the story is about their journey together and stuff.

My first idea was the bad guy thinks he's the good guy thing. I personally like Enya's story better. It could be just as moving, but in a more dramatic and poetic way. Not to mention it'll probably be much easier to write. Which one do you like better?

[Prince Inigo]

I have obviously much less time due to college to do anything like NaNo I don't know the rules of NaNo other than the 50,000 word count, so... just providing my two book ideas that I WOULD have done for NaNo? xD


Fable: In a rural town where everything seems stuck in the past, one older teen tries to live the norm, fitting in with the crowd as he possibly can; however, the clandestine advanced parts of the village keep an eye on him. Two secret factions will go into a miniature war for something that concerns him. His existence raises two age-old questions: Are humans really that superior over all life; and, how far should technology go before perverting life as we know it?
Genres: slice-of-life, literary fiction


In Darkness Reigns: The world of Mrkz is constantly in danger, both on a natural and surreal level. Many die or have disappeared; one urban city is raided by monsters, and it is never known why all forget their existence each time they attack. A trio are unaffected and, while trying to balance reality and fighting, try to uncover the ironies and coincidences that tie them together.
Genres: Mystery, fantasy, action


At this rate, I don't know if I'll ever get around to doing these, and these are my serious projects. Not like my fanfiction or little Mary-Sue writing before. D8

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[sbeeg]

I truly don't know what to pick. MY sci-fi thriller one is just kinda odd and had a lot of twists and turns and has a lot of death while the other one is more... simple? But the dream/sci- fi one has so many little details and add that onto to a intro and ending it'll be pretty long.

My first option, well I'll give more detail:

So you have the girl who goes to the larger kingdom (Which I have named Brute for explaining and plotting purposes.) and she's there just to kind of be an ambassador while her cousin (yeah i changed it to her cousin) is beginning his rule over Ivid (small kingdom that needed a name that will more than likely change). While there she's supposed to meet with the Prince of Brute who has completely avoided his guests for at the least two days. Fed up with this behavior she dress like a young boy and follows him out into the woods at night after getting some info from a servant. That's where the two meet and thus start off by hating each other's guts because they're personalities clash.
After a distasteful week, news comes to Brute that the main girl's cousin has died and, as the next heir, she is now ruler of Ivid.

That's all I'll say now but I just don't know which one to make ARGGG I need help.
...I guess I need to do an actual summary of the other one then too.

Okay starts off with the main girl (yeah i work better with girl's minds) at school and thus introducing all the characters blah blah. I haven't quite decided how the shift will be but suddenly after something blacked out her vision she wakes up in a holding cell with a bunch of other kids- some she knows but most she doesn't. The metal doors slide open reveling a large room with blue carpet on the ceiling, floors, and walls. They're kind of forced into groups and shoved into various parts off the room in order to pass to the next part. To get to the next rooms it involves, sacrificing one of the group, figuring out mind puzzles and crossing a death trap course. At the end of it we meet the characters that own and run this "business." Some old guy whom I haven't named yet and his son, David.

I don't want so say all of it cause it'll just give away the story. I'm not sure which to use since the 2nd one is like a rip off of Saw and Full Tilt so... tell me what you think!!

[Gorim]

I myself am torn between two stories, and two heros.

The first story is this. The hero is a man or woman who has been let down by the current god of Justice, Larrick. S/he makes a deal with the Goddess of Death; s/he joins the Goddess's church as a "Gravekeeper", and when the Goddess feels s/he is strong enough, she will tell her/him how to kill Larrick.

The story continues with the hero fighting Croaks, or zombies, and being saved by Kaz, an Angel of the Goddess of Death. Kaz explains that, in order to kill Larrick, s/he must also gain the trust and support of the rest of the pantheon. The Goddess of Death has shown her support by sending Kaz, and now they must go across the land and do services to for the other gods and goddesses in order to receive help from them.

The second idea is one that's been in my head since I was twelve.

It's set in a sort of alternate reality, in the middle ages. The world is controlled by the Apostle Bloodlines, but the Bloodlines are split into two factions, one of which is led by the Bloodline of Peter, the other by the Bloodline of Judas. The polarized Bloodlines have been warring for centuries, with the Heirs to the Bloodlines wielding Grace (on Peter's side) or Temptation (on Judas' side). Grace and Temptation are mysterious things; sentient and powerful, capable of transforming into anything but a living creature, and emotionally and mentally connected to their respective Heir.

Just as the War gets more intense, however, the Grace and Temptation all tell their Heirs that they all need to have a meeting. When the Heirs gather, Grace and Temptation explain that the Apocalypse is coming, but that it isn't by God or the Devil's plan. It's been sped up by the Angels of Purgatory and the Seven Deadly Sins, who overthrew the Devil to start up the Apocalypse.

Those are my two ideas for stories. Now, these are my prospective heroes.

One is a girl, as of yet Nameless. Nameless is red-headed, blue eyed, and trained in the use of an axe. She's pretty, but in a strong way, with a square chin and high cheekbones. She's charismatic and practical, but she can be occasionally a bit condescending. It's a constant headache to her that, had she been born a man, things would be a lot easier for her. She has a sharp wit, and mixed with her easily sparked temper, it can make for some hurtful comments. She's a hard-worker and something of a perfectionist. She's afraid of spiders.

The other is a boy, who's name is Nea. Girly, I know, and so does he. He's dark of hair and eye, and has dark, olive toned skin. He has a baby face, and will probably look twenty until he has wrinkles. He's a mage, but he also prides himself in being something of a thief. Calm and good-natured, he enjoys playing pranks on people and messing with those he deems are a bit too serious. Despite this, he's essentially kind, has a soft spot for women, children and animals, and only steals from people he feels can take it.

GRAH. Which story; which hero? It bugs me sooooooooo!

[aya]

So I've got kind of no idea for a plot... except for this one I just got. Kind of inspired by how Cinder occasionally mentions that "Aya is Satan; Lulu is God" and if you haven't noticed, me and Lulu have this sort of love-hate friendship in a way. So I figured, it'd be interesting if {assuming god and the devil exist, which I do not believe, which allows me to be as blasphemous as I please} the devil and god actually were decent friends, but they bicker constantly. And the whole "Fire and brimstone! Grr! Evil Devil!" thing got a bit lost in translation...

I just got this one funny mental image where they're picking for a team of some sort, and it's basically like this:

Devil: Alright, I've got dibs on the gays.
God: No way, I've got them — you've got half the democrats as it is!
Devil: Exactly; you won't be sustaining a heavy loss there. And you've got the hippies anyhow.
God: What about the gay hippies?
Devil: Mine.
God: But that's, like, all of them!
Devil: I get the gays. Ever hear of the term 'flamer?' Think it might apply to, you know, hell?
God: ...fine. But you have to take the senators, too.
Devil: But —
God: It's a fair trade.
Devil: Hm. Okay. Tell your people... put it in that novel you're working on — "The Devil gets the Gays."

Which plays out more like a cartoon as of yet, I realize. Think it's got potential to make a decent dark humor/satire/social commentary, though? It's not serious, which might actually allow me to work on it pretty quickly...