NaNoBraSto 2008
= NaNo BrainStorming = generating ideas for NaNoWriMo = National Novel-Writing Month, which takes place in November and will have to be described on the thread.
Date: October 1, 2008
Categories: Fiction, poetry, and fanfiction
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Vixen in the Eyes of Moon
in October 1st, 2008 @ 01:17I’m writing about the dog’s uprising and taking over of the planet. Muhhahaha!
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Alice
in October 1st, 2008 @ 08:58Umm…. I don’t know. I’m getting along very well with West of West (soon to be renamed) and don’t want to distract myself with pointless goals and wordcounts.
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Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen
in October 1st, 2008 @ 10:12I’ll try a few stories, but I’ll probably abandon them (like always) and just switch over to poetry.
Oh yes, my first blogiversery’s on Nov. 6th, so I somewhat doubt that I’ll get much attention, like my birthday (week ago).
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♫ Syllabub ♪
in October 1st, 2008 @ 14:59I am going to try NaNo. Soccer will be over, so I’ll have more time. I have somewhat of an idea, but I’m not going to share it quite yet….
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♫ Agrrrfishi {Aggie} (14 piepoints, 22 sdpzk points)♫
in October 1st, 2008 @ 15:15I’m ready to finish The Underclassman’s Guide to Survival, and it’s already 32,477 words, 171,492 characters, and 111 pages long. I need to get working. I think that, once I finish, I might send it in to an editor. What do you guys think?
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Kiki the Great
in October 1st, 2008 @ 16:005- Well you can’t do a manuscript-in-progress for a NaNo, if that’s what you were thinking of doing.
I think my NaNo this year will be either a story about a genetic experiment superhero girl thing or, more likely, a fantasy novel with an ensemble cast. The main characters are a mage and his apprentice and an angel, and the antagonist is a God of War. I think I can work with that.
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Beavo (can haz 13 spdzk points?)
in October 1st, 2008 @ 16:04Chuss!
I have so many ideas.
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Cliff Eagle
in October 1st, 2008 @ 16:18YES I KNOW its not fiction, but I’m still going to (attempt to) write a Museblog memoir. I was thinking of the opening sentences and I came out with something like this (feedback?)
“When I tell people that I spent some of the best years of my life with people named Purple Panda, Beavo and the Taiwan Hippo Fan, they probably think that my best years were spent with some kind of crazy hallucinogen”.
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♫ Agrrrfishi {Aggie} (14 piepoints, 22 sdpzk points)♫
in October 1st, 2008 @ 16:576- Darn! Oh well. i’m going to impound upon my spy story then.
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The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and three B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points! And 0 Wung Points!)
in October 1st, 2008 @ 17:48I’m going to write a story called “The Oracle Must Die”. It’s a sort of a fantasy/parody/book-related story.
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Purple Panda
in October 1st, 2008 @ 17:518 (Cliff Eagle): That sounds great! I did a Muse Academy story last year and it was really fun. I think writing about Muse-related things always makes it easier to achieve 50K. There’s just so much to write about, you never really run out of ideas.
I’m still undecided. Every year (as in, the last two years), I tell myself that I’m too busy to do NaNoWriMo. I barely have enough time to do homework — how am I going to write 50K in one month! And each year, going into November, I still have no intention of actually trying for 50K. Yet every year, I always change my mind as soon as I start writing. I find the time to write, and I reach the goal.
And this year, I’m telling myself I’m not going to do it. I have too much work, too much stress, not enough time. But I know, in the end, I’ll end up doing it.
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The Man For Aeiou
in October 1st, 2008 @ 18:18Here’s mine:
Nano Ideas? start with A muse fan fiction about the oasis, a court case with Chris Baty and ninjas, two omnipontent narrator who can’t agree on what story to tell, and a frustrated writer. Throw in a wung, a thing, a kangaroo, a kola bear, and an emu, strange mac/windows/linux people, and robots. mix well. add three fates, a strange mystery, and pirates. add a pinch of salt, and bake well for 30 days. That’s my NaNovel.
50% of that came from No Plot? No Problem!
Yes, I own it.
yes, I own the kit.
yes, I’m going to use it.
No, you can’t borrow it.
The nanowrimo servers are down.
this is a stream of thoughts.
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KaiYves
in October 1st, 2008 @ 18:248- Good idea!
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Cat's Meow
in October 1st, 2008 @ 18:30I think I came up with a decent idea for my NaNo today without realizing it. I’ll probably end up being strongly influenced by Elsewhere, because it’s sort of the exact opposite. Instead of going there when you die, you go there at the start of your life.
Kind of like Peter Pan’s lost boys.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in October 1st, 2008 @ 18:31(12) I have the book, too. It’s very useful as well as funny.
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles
in October 1st, 2008 @ 18:32OH FABBITY FAB FAB!!!! I am so excited for this year’s NaNo! I have so many ideas…. one of the more prominent ones is one with a 12-15ish year old girl with a younger brother who has Asbergers syndrome. I can have many reference points, considering my brother…
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Beatlesrockr, John, and Hyjayko The Ingenious Swordsman
in October 1st, 2008 @ 19:05Hm, well, I now think I am going to do NaNo, even though I’m 10 :D. I might do something (realistic fiction) on my walks home with my best friend, and what we talk about (incredibly interesting, I swear). If that doesn’t work out I’ll just do maybe fantasy, the usual.
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Alice
in October 1st, 2008 @ 19:32Ergh. I am feeling the pressure of my peers.
But I know I can’t do it.
I’m doing so well with West of West! I have over 2000 words, I’m further plot-wise than I ever have been, and I’m even staying on top of that “EW-this-is-horrible” feeling. I’ve pushed all other ideas to the side and I think I may be able to get somewhere with this. If I do NaNo, I’ll kill it. If I try to use NaNo as incentive and just break the manuscript-in-progress rules, I’ll kill it. It’s such a delicate balance between Maybe-I-can-make-this-work and Horrible-horrible-horrible-delete that I’m afraid if I even think about NaNo, I’ll kill it.
I’m seriously considering blocking MuseBlog from my mind for two months and coming back in December. The play would be over by then, too. Hmm. I wonder how strong my will power is.
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Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen
in October 1st, 2008 @ 20:53But then again, I might write a collection of daydreams. I had one during Pre-Algebra (yech) today, about a library. Really great library, too…
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Kiki the Great
in October 1st, 2008 @ 21:21I have these great character sketches in my notebook.
There’s Kerynne, disgruntled apprentice of Maxemedras the mage. There’s Benevolence, the goth-rebel angel who prefers to be called Lennie. There’s Klips the Marketmaster, a little nerdy dude who walks around in a huge armored juggernaut. Romus the God of War is an, um, large god who has many, MANY girlfriends and is very vengeful. Caia, the flirty, flighty Goddess of Magic. Corona Bloodfeather, mercenary angel in the service of Romus. Ikhaya and Iphara, mischevious pixies bent on annoying Romus and all the rest of the Gods. And the five angelic, er, exotic dancers who, er, do it mentally by giving a taste of Heaven to mortal men. They’re in great demand. That’s Audelle, Avacy, Jille, Maire, and Kolonda.
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KarinnnTayyy
in October 2nd, 2008 @ 07:26I have no idea what to write. I’m actually going to try this year though. I’m at school so I have to leave now. Bye!
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles
in October 2nd, 2008 @ 15:20I had a great idea, but I forgot it.
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Cat's Meow
in October 2nd, 2008 @ 15:3122 – Don’t you just hate it when that happens?
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles
in October 2nd, 2008 @ 17:0823- I know! I was obessesing over what it was for like 3 hours during study hall, science, and history… I get most of my thinking done in those classes… I mean, honestly, how many times does the government think we need to learn about simple machines????? I mean, seriously!! This is the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW I’ve had the terms ‘wheel, fulcrum, inclined plane’ drilled into my head!!!! AG!
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Sweet Melpomene
in October 2nd, 2008 @ 19:27OmigoshNaNothread!
I have no idea what to write…but, get this, my roomie has done NaNoWriMo. So we’re locking ourselves in our room on the first of November.
12/15- Roomie also has the book. It’s pretty great.
My basic plan was to do a large number of related short stories. Like The Martian Chronicles, without the whole Mars thing. I think I reference that book too much…but I digress.
Basically, it’s so difficult (at least for me) to keep one storyline going for 50k words, so I thought I’d just give up on pretending to have subplots and just do short stories instead.
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Kiki the Great
in October 2nd, 2008 @ 21:06I’m starting to sketch out a loose plot sequence. I’ll probably trash it.
I’m getting a laptop just in time to start writing! My old, 2003-era Sunflower Mac just doesn’t do it for me! So… laggy…
What should Kerynne’s last name be? Should she have one at all?
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Nora the Violist
in October 2nd, 2008 @ 21:18Guess what–my English teacher is gonna introduce the massive (12 to 15-page) sophomore paper in November. x_x And the first week of November I’ve got musical rehearsals and performances till 7:30. x_x But I will try anyway!
I’m thinking I’m gonna write a Les Misérables retelling-type thing, set in WWII. Les Mis definitely has enough awesome to get me through a month of writing. I wonder, though, if this breaks the original-fiction rule because a retelling isn’t technically original. …Pfft. I’m gonna write it anyway.
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The Man For Aeiou
in October 2nd, 2008 @ 22:34Look at this from the Site:
Procrastination Station
Posted by: Heather Dudley on 10/02/2008Plot Bunny Invasion!
Discover the best ways to not reach 50k.
Identify as many species of plot bunnies as possible!
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KarinnnTayyy
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 07:1228- :/ eep!
I started listing possible topics for my NaNo. So far I have a government secret/spy, normal outcast kid, faries, or diary/journal.
I think it would be really neat to have pictures and make it like a diary/scrapbook of the characters.
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AthenianPsycho
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 09:39I’ve never done NaNo before!
*is excited*
I’m hoping to do it this year, but I was also hoping to do PTA reflections this year and that was………epic fail.
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The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and three B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points! And 0 Wung Points!)
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 15:0729-How about spy fairies?
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 15:3231- That sounds interesting, but what would the plot be?
I love inventing characters, but after they’re made, I have no idea what I’m going to do with them.
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POSOC
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 18:12For the fans of my last NaNo, despair not! Windhenge approacheth!
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emmatheduck
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 19:42I’m trying to decide whether or not to attempt NaNoWriMo this year. Both of the last two years I’ve decided not to do it, but resolved to possibly do it the following year, and this year I’m starting to think that it might be fun to at least try.
The thing is, I know with absolute certainty that no matter what I do, I will not finish, or even come close. Please don’t try to tell me that I can do it if I’m more optimistic, because it’s not true. I start things all the time, but if they require any dedication whatsoever I give up very quickly. I have tried to change this, and failed, and if I ever do manage to cure myself of this habit, it will certainly be with something much easier than writing a whole novel in 30 days.
So, the questions is this: is it better to start out and at least know that I tried (even if I didn’t put a significant amount of time or effort into it before giving up), or to not even try? It seems like starting it with no intention of finishing would just be further encouraging a very bad habit.
On the other hand, I decided I wanted to be a writer about 4 years ago, and in that time I have done very little writing that was not assigned. So maybe I’ve already created a goal which I’m probably never going to achieve, and by starting NaNoWriMo, I would be getting myself at least a little closer to getting some much-needed writing practice. So…I don’t know.I also don’t have any ideas at the moment, but I guess I have almost a month to think of some, if I decide to do it.
So what do people think? Should I attempt and probably give up after 1000 words or less, or should I not even bother?
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Nora the Violist
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 20:3034, emmatheduck: I think you’ll feel a lot better if you at least try. No matter if you don’t “finish”–that’s not the point. And it’s also entirely possible that you’ll end up feeling really passionate about your story and be really motivated to write it. But the really important thing is that you will have taken the initiative rather than sitting on your bum saying “I wish I could write a novel.”
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Karinnn Tayyy
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 20:3634-Do it! I did it last year and didn’t get far at all. I probably won’t this year either, but it’s fun.
31-I’ve got an idea!
The government is investigating the military use of magic. They are getting all the magical beings they can find and testing their abilities. They’re being laughed at because most of the magic is fake.
Theodore and Cassandra are magical. Theodore is trying to hide it while looking for other magical people. Cassandra doesn’t know she’s magical and can’t control it. If the government finds out, they will be used as weapons and WWIII will start, most likely killing Ted and Cassie through exhaustion and destroying society.
Ted and Cassie are discovered and forced to attack the other country. War breaks out, and when the building they are held in is attacked, Ted and Cassie escape. They have to fix the world through magic, but they’re hated because magical people are blamed for starting the war.
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The Man For Aeiou
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 21:1134- just write. don’t care about reaching 50000 words.
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Pentalicious
in October 4th, 2008 @ 00:17I’m remixing Troilus and Cressida in a quasi-Asian setting. With lots of neon. And robots.
I can has pretension? Hold the parsley, please, it doesn’t suit my delicate constitution.
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Kiki the Great
in October 4th, 2008 @ 09:2138- Fun! Sounds very William Gibson. I like it! I can’t wait to read it. (Hey Penty, long time no see!)
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kiwimuncher (2 B-Day points) (50 Muszey points)
in October 4th, 2008 @ 10:05OK, NaNoWriMo is where people write a WHOLE novel in ONE month? Wowsers. I’ve been trying to write a novel for 3 years and I’m still not close to finishing it.
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Cat's Meow
in October 4th, 2008 @ 11:3133 – YAY!
40 – Part of the point of NaNo is to just get your story out there. Even if it is not even close to your best writing ever (I know my Screnzy certainly wasn’t), then you’ll still have some good experience and probably some good ideas for your next one. And, you never know – it might actually turn out really good!
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TNÖ
in October 4th, 2008 @ 11:51WEEEEEEEEEEE! I’m very very excited for NaNo. Shall I start a countdown? I think I shall.
I am also not going to plan this year. Plotwise, anyway.
All I know is I’m going to write from Chaos’s POV. Which should be interesting, seeing as how the story will have absolutely nothing to do with her. I might also set it in Chicago.
Also, as a dare from my friend who does NaNo with me, I am going to have a crazy old man (named Ernie) who wanders around in army-green garb, popping in at inopportune moments, muttering about doom. Mostly, I think, he will be a plot catalyst if I get stuck.
I think Kangaroo (from my Screnzy) might also make a small appearance, for old time’s sake…
TNÖ
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☮iŹ√Ҳ!☮ (400 piepoints 40 brain points, 9 wung points, 7 EBP in reserve)☮
in October 4th, 2008 @ 12:51I’m very excited about NaNoWriMo.
Some basic layouts are coming up.
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♫ Agrrrfishi {Aggie} (14 piepoints, 22 sdpzk points)♫
in October 4th, 2008 @ 12:55An amazing story idea just came to me in a dream. I’m going to write about the life of a boy who awakes on an island, where he meets a couple of children and they go off having a grand time. It’s like the Muses are whispering in my ear. Must go get outlining!
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The Man For Aeiou
in October 4th, 2008 @ 17:0042- I think that that kangaroo will be in my NaNo too. He was a bit of good luck.
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The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and three B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points! And 0 Wung Points!)
in October 4th, 2008 @ 17:01I’m currently preparing for NaNo by attempting this month’s Genre Challengge, Dark Comedy. I’m writing a story called “Apple for the Teacher”.
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Nora the Violist
in October 4th, 2008 @ 21:48I want to include a sort of easter egg in my novel–an obscure reference to an inside joke or some such thing, which I will then include in any subsequent fiction writing, just for the sake of playing a game with the reader. I’m not sure what it’ll be yet.
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Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen
in October 4th, 2008 @ 21:59This is my last piece of patter. I might bring a bunch of character’s from old stories and such in one adventure where dimensions collide and all of them have to make everything right again. Yeah, that might work…
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Cinnamoon
in October 5th, 2008 @ 05:15I’m going to do it again this year, all though it could be interesting, as i’ll be travelling for almost half the month. Luckily, I won’t be at school for the rest of the month. Might work.
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles
in October 5th, 2008 @ 08:15My brain is like a dry well right now. I have zip ideas for NaNo. (No good ones anyway…)
I need to get the juices flowing. *hunkers down and thinks*
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Alice
in October 5th, 2008 @ 11:3349- WHOA! Cinnamoon! You’re back!
And it’s almost November! Whee kokon!
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emmatheduck
in October 5th, 2008 @ 12:29Ok, I’ve decided I’m going sort of going to do it, but changing the changing the rules somewhat to increase my chances of not giving up too quickly.
1. I’m not going to restrict myself to just one novel, because if I plan it badly or something doesn’t work or lose interest in it, I don’t want to have to just giving up on NaNoWriMo entirely. Instead I’m probably going to start 3-4 stories, and work on whichever I feel like writing at a given time. It’s very possible that I’ll end up getting more interested in one than the others and mostly doing that one, but I don’t want to commit to a specific story in advance.
2. I’ve never written anything very long before, but I do have a few stories I began a tiny bit (like one page), so I’m going to let myself expand on those, even though I’ve already sort of started them.
3. I’m changing the goal from 50,000 words to 42,000. This is not because I want to make it easier, I just find the number 42 more inspiring
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Nora the Violist
in October 5th, 2008 @ 12:4152, emmatheduck: *applause* Yay! Is the goal for combined words totaling 42,000 or for 42,000 in each story? I’m guessing the first one, because the second would require too much free time and maybe a robot.
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Beavo (can haz 13 spdzk points?)
in October 5th, 2008 @ 18:00I think I’m doing a Muse Academy one this year. Here’s a couple of character ideas:
The villain is a combination of Bellatrix Lestrange and Heath Ledger’s Joker. Mad, sadistic, etc. I think I’ll name her Emerald. Her favorite colors (like mine) are neon green and black, but (unlike me) it’s all she wears. Her style is kind of Victorian/Gothic era. She always wears two fingerless gloves. One black and one white. She leaves the white one when she’s made an appearence and leaves the black one when she kills. Her nails are one of her weapons, as they’re dagger sharp.
Her daughter is one of the main characters (although she dosn’t know she’s the villainess’s daughter, she finds out). Her style is more modernized and mainstream, but still dark. She’s spunky, but I’ll have to think of some other character traits to make her more realistic. I don’t know what her name is yet.
These two minor characters are my favorite, kind of pet characters. Nolan and Tyler Graves, the two troublemaker twins. They’re like Fred and George Weasley, except they’re morbid little freaks who instead of dumping water on you, they’ll dump a bucket full of dead chickens or something. They have natural eyeshadow, and they always dress in grey. They’re kind of like Edward and Ellen but less ugly and they’re not actually out to get anybody. They’re on the good side, but they just can’t help freaking people out.
I stole Shelbe and Jason from my previous (flop) Muse Fanfiction. They’re beautiful cousins who can get almost anyone to do almost anything. Their looks help their persuasive skills, but they actually hypnotize you to get what they want. There’s a gang at school who like messing peoples lives up, and they try to recruit Shelbe and Jason just for a sub-plot. They’ve tried to get the Graves brothers, but somehow most of them ended up with spider bites all over.
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emmatheduck
in October 5th, 2008 @ 20:1253-Definitely combined. I’m making this as easy for myself as possible while still forcing myself to write an excessive amount
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Cat's Meow
in October 5th, 2008 @ 21:29Well, I’m set. I’ve got a main character, minus a last name (her name is Ingrid, but for some reason I keep thinking of it as Indigo) and a supporting character (Danny) and a setting, and even a bit of a plot, which is honestly more then I had expected.
Now I just need November to get here. Grrr…
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The Man For Aeiou
in October 5th, 2008 @ 21:3355- good luck!
P.S.: If your under 17 (I think you are) you can do the YWP and set your own word count goal. J.S.Y.K.(Just so you know)
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Beavo (can haz 13 spdzk points?)
in October 6th, 2008 @ 17:48I’ve got some characters, a setting or two, and a bit of plot. I’ve got to work on the characters and plot, and I’ll be all set. Has anyone new signed up?
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles
in October 6th, 2008 @ 19:45I have the characters, but no plot.
OH! I REMEMBER MY AWESOME IDEA!!!!! It’s about a fairy of the wind and a hot emo guy. More updates on the plotline once I think of them. ^.^
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Beavo (can haz 13 spdzk points?)
in October 6th, 2008 @ 20:15Yes, I’ve decided that my villainess’s name is Emerald, although she christened herself that; her real name is Emily Helena Sans. Her daughter will also have the middle name Helena. How does Jade Helena sound? She wont have a last name.
Emerald has a religion (actually, more of a cult started by her and followed by her alone) that embodies all of her so called “morals” and beliefs, and she claims that all she does is in the name of her “Gods” or “laws” whatever else crap she can think of. I may actually detail the religion, but not now. She’s really creepy and mad. The song “Haunted” by Evanescence reminds me of her. It’s like, her song. Not the lyrics really, but just the sound. Don’t listen to the words, and you’ll get the kind of person she is. The reason she’s so horrid is because of a bunch of bad stuff that happened in her life (lost love, bad childhood, no friends, etc.). I kind of feel sorry for her, but with all the stuff she’s done to “avenge” her own bad life, I won’t go to far as to feel pity.
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♫ Agrrrfishi {Aggie} (14 piepoints, 22 sdpzk points)♫
in October 6th, 2008 @ 20:51Ahhh! I don’t know what I’m going to write about anymore! TOO MANY IDEAS!!!!!
*runs in frantic circles*
Pant, pant, wheeze.
Oh well. Better go brainstorm.
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TNÖ
in October 6th, 2008 @ 21:54Beavo: Your antagonist is awesome.
I think I shall have 2 main characters, regular-ish sort of people, who will get wrapped up in some strange subplot at the beginning (Ernie will help with this a lot). The subplot will lead into the main plot in some round about way and hopefully I will come up with 100,000 words. Or, you know, more. =)
Also, I will not stop writing for two weeks in the middle of November like last year.
Hm… The name generator at Behind the Name is going to be getting a workout soon…
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles
in October 7th, 2008 @ 14:372 main characters, and I’ll have to brainstorm on names. Maybe Damian… or something… *musemusemuse*
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Kiki the Great
in October 7th, 2008 @ 15:31If you want cool fantasy/sci-fi names, there’s always the YAFNAG. Google it, it’s awesome! I got the names for five of the Angelic Prostitutes in my story. Yes, it’s as bad as it sounds. Audelle, Avacy, Jille, Maire, and Kolonda are five Heavengivers in the alleys of the Black Market. They owe Maxemedras the Mage a favor, and they help, though reluctantly, the three main characters on their quest to the Cradleflame.
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Aura
in October 7th, 2008 @ 15:35Hello! It’s so nice to meet all of you! [External contact info snipped. Admin.] I’m planning a 75-thousand word steampunk-ish work of whatever pops into my
filled head.Damian’s a cool name, MissSwan. If you don’t use it, may I?
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TNÖ
in October 7th, 2008 @ 16:57Rinkworks also has a nice, very customizable fantasy name generator.
So I wrote a poem-y thing in English today, which I have called Footprints in the Snow… It’s decent, I suppose, and it’s about war, so it’ll probably end up in my NaNo, heavily revised. I like metaphorical poetry.
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ZestyLemon
in October 7th, 2008 @ 17:07I’m not doing NaNo this year…unfortunatley. I’m doing a writing online couse instead.
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Alice
in October 7th, 2008 @ 17:56GAH. I dunno if I’ll do this. I want to, but… I might give it a shot, but homework comes first. ALWAYS.
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Aura
in October 7th, 2008 @ 19:55Bummer. I don’t know how I’ll manage this year. I figure I’ll bring my laptop to school if I have to!
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in October 7th, 2008 @ 23:54Rinkworks’ generator dosn’t turn out great results for me, but I’ll check out YAFNAG whatever that is….
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in October 8th, 2008 @ 17:3764- That is a cool website, and I have character envy right now.
65- Sure! I’ll let you know if I won’t use it.I’m having some mind blockage on the male character.
OH! ANOTHER IDEA!!!!! Modern day cliche ‘princess falls in love with a stable boy’ cliche!!!!!
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in October 8th, 2008 @ 18:08Thanks 71!
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in October 8th, 2008 @ 18:43Ugh, I need a male character. I have no ideas. I suck at male characters.
Oh, except there’s gonna be some gay guy. Maybe I’ll name him Chance?
As a sub-plot, there’s going to be another gay guy named Patrick who’s still in the closet, and he has a crush on this jock named Josh, who’s straight. Yeah…
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TNÖ
in October 9th, 2008 @ 01:0570: Rinkworks isn’t worthwhile unless you use the more customizable option (the lower box). It’s really quite simple and excellent if you have a vague idea what you want the name to look like.
For a good non-fantasy name generator (also I think there’s a surname generator) see Behind the Name.
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in October 9th, 2008 @ 06:5873, I think I like that name. You should use it.
Could someone help me think of a name for a michevious, mysterious boy who can turn into a white peacock and is under a curse?
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in October 9th, 2008 @ 08:28Something slightly unusual, I’d say: Owen or Aubrey or Dorian, maybe.
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Zinc the sorceress
in October 9th, 2008 @ 10:1775- My sister’s writing a bizarre Narnia/HP FanFic, and Harry disguises himself as a boy named Darion Elddir. You could use that; she never comes on here anyway (though how many times I have wheedled her to, I have no idea).
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in October 9th, 2008 @ 15:5475, Aura: I second Owen. That seems like it fits. Or you could just call him White Peacock Kid.
I need a male proper noun name–the colonial sort, like Faith-Hope-Charity but for a guy.
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles (No Potterpoints, so far)
in October 9th, 2008 @ 19:13Owen is good. Or maybe Lucius. Or… (thinks of white peacock sounding names) Brindlen.
78- Zephyr? Reverence? Alexander (not really the F/H/C category…)? This one is hard… ummm… Plower? (lame…)
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in October 10th, 2008 @ 14:2551- “kokon” ?
64- Ooh. Audelle is a really nice name ^_^
Is there a MB thread on the forums this year?
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in October 10th, 2008 @ 14:34– ♥ Owen- I have to say, that’s one of my favorite names.
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles (2.5 Potterpoint!)
in October 10th, 2008 @ 18:01Owen is not one of my favorite names; but it is a nice fit for the character.
64- Ooooo, Audelle, that’s beautiful. knew someone named Adelle… close, but Audelle is prettier.
So, I need a goth fairy-of-the-wind name. Any suggestions?
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in October 10th, 2008 @ 18:49Kirielle?
I have a friend named Owen who’s really hyper. Good times… *sigh*
What about Zephyr?
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in October 10th, 2008 @ 20:40I’ve been having a lot of trouble with a NaNo plot. Last year I wrote about Muse Academy. I really liked that topic, because I was able to ramble on and on about the different rooms and classes, etc. I could spend pages describing the wallpaper, or windows, or library system.
I need something like that again this year — something that I can endlessly describe, and have minimal plot. *thinks*
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in October 10th, 2008 @ 21:0971- Watching Princess Bride right now. :F love that movie.
82- How about Corona or Alenne? (actually Corona is the name of the goth evil angel in my story so don’t use that!)
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles (2.5 Potterpoint!)
in October 11th, 2008 @ 10:3383- Ah, gorgeous! *types into name idea list* Thank you!!!!
85- Hey, I watched that last night! Cool!
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in October 11th, 2008 @ 10:4382- Naeemah.
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in October 11th, 2008 @ 14:58i dont really knoow what this is but i think i am going to write a story where the main charachter is not the center of attention or a hero but merely a portal into a dirrfent world. i think the setting will be fantasy but not unrealistic. maybe a future that has evolved backward. i also think i’ll have the bad side win. either that or my charachter will be evil.
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in October 12th, 2008 @ 01:1688- Whoo! I like it! I would probably steal it if I was a nastier sort of person, and if wasn’t already planning to write from Chaos’s POV.
evil-guy stories are fun to write, it’s what I did for Screnzy this year.
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The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and three B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points! And 8 Wung Points!)
in October 12th, 2008 @ 10:07I wish November was here now!
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TNÖ
in October 12th, 2008 @ 14:51So do we all… 19 days!
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The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and three B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points! And 8 Wung Points!)
in October 12th, 2008 @ 14:59Countdown to NaNo!
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TNÖ who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 19 days
in October 12th, 2008 @ 15:22Oh, heck, why not? Why ever not?
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Beavo
in October 12th, 2008 @ 15:56I need a vampire name. Actually, three of them.
The Vampire Kisses series stole all the good names. Raven, Alexander, Jagger, and Luna are all gothic peeps. I was going to use Alexander, Luna, and Raven, but now I can’t.
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Zinc the sorceress
in October 12th, 2008 @ 16:2294- There’s a girl on my socccer team who introduced herself as Lady. Simply Lady. You could use Lady. And Bria. And Stephyn. And if you don’t want to use Lady, you can use Temma. Don’t worry, I don’t have a trademark on any of these.
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in October 12th, 2008 @ 18:4694- Adder, Kendra, Shay, Draco, Lily?
The capital city of my fantasy country/state is Fe Ryma. I need descriptions!
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Nora the Violist
in October 12th, 2008 @ 19:05I came up with a fabulous character name today during a three-hour car ride: Julie Broadway. And she’s totally begging for a novel. But I don’t think I can write about her as soon as November, so I’m sticking with my WWII-era Les Mis.
Okay. I just searched “julie broadway”…
Julie M. Broadway was promoted to executive vice president of Amron in 2005… 3 people apparently named JB have profiles on a website called LinkedIn… JB of York, England, stopped a burglar by having her husband sit on him… I kid you not… JB is a 6th grade guidance counselor is Spotsylvania, VA… again, I kid you not… JB is the director of the American Morgan Horse Association… odd, how you think you have something very original but there’s always someone thought of it before. ^_~
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in October 12th, 2008 @ 19:5894- Algol, maybe? That’s a star name, and Arabic for “eye of the demon”. Sounds pretty vampiric. (Is that a word?)
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The Bookworm & Lurline who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 19 days! (410 piepoints and three B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points! And 8 Wung Points!)
in October 12th, 2008 @ 20:03NaNo, here we go! (In 19 Days!)
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in October 12th, 2008 @ 20:07(98) The “gol” in Algol comes from the Arabic word from which we took the word “ghoul.” (“Al” just means “the.” Al-gul = the demon.)
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in October 12th, 2008 @ 20:5597- That’s crappy.
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♫Beatlesrockr♫, John, and Hyjayko The Ingenious Swordsman
in October 12th, 2008 @ 21:3294- Maybe Giselle? Krarle? Liera? Neica, Xanevele? I have tons. Or if you want some that are more modern try Bryce, Issac, Rosetta, Castor…
OK, so here are my maybe characters so far:
Sable Jennison: A rebellious 5th grader, and a teacher’s worst nightmare. She sometimes is a bit, well, crazy, but she is an over achiever. She likes to listen to music 24/7. She is tall with black hair and bright green, mischievous eyes.
(Mindy) Ting Mae: Sable’s best friend. A brainiac kid from China who loves school and is usually at the top of the class. A short kid with a bowl cut and a round face.
Mr. Erecson: The grumpiest teacher in the entire school. Tries to bust Sable all the time. Teaches 5th grade accelerated math. A short, almost bald man who wears nerdy clothes.
Mr. Curran: The odd school psychologist. Not much to say about him, but he doesn’t give up, and doesn’t take I don’t know for an answer (even though a lot of the kids he works with say that).
Mrs. Roberts: The school librarian, talks with Sable a lot when she’s there. An old, perky woman who’s technically the only teacher who is an exception to Sable’s rule, ‘Never trust a teacher.’ She enjoys long exciting fantasy books and The Beatles.That’s about it.
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The Bookworm & Lurline who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 18 days! (410 piepoints and three B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points! And 8 Wung Points!)
in October 13th, 2008 @ 05:55102-I like your characters, especially Mrs. Roberts and Mr. Curran.
18 Days!
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles (4 Potterpoints!)
in October 13th, 2008 @ 07:5594- Meh, I KNOW! It’s so annoying! I almost called my guy Alexander before I stopped myself. (damn you, Ellen Schrieber!!!!!) Norah? Gisella? Leisandra?
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in October 13th, 2008 @ 09:33101, Zinc: Not really. I figure if I can only find 6 people in the entire world named Julie Broadway, I’m pretty set.
102, Beatlesrockr: That sounds awesome.
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in October 13th, 2008 @ 12:23I have a character called Laurel who is really a powerful succubus/seductress called Allure (Anagram of Laurel) and seduces men and then sucks their life out of them. Kind of like the Velvets in Neverwhere.
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TNÖ who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 19 days
in October 13th, 2008 @ 17:30102- Like the characters, but you took my name. *pie* I was going to use Sable. Perhaps I will anyway… =)
My main character is Adele Moreno. Her best friend is Toby Hart. They live in Chicago.
“Adele Moreno” got 30 hits on Google. “Toby Hart” got 259… Hm…
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles (4 Potterpoints!)
in October 13th, 2008 @ 17:55Actually, no one use Leisandra. I need it.
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Beavo
in October 13th, 2008 @ 18:12102-Bias alert! That braniac kid from China is totally steryotyped. Didn’t you read that Muse article?
I’m adding a character. I need a dark/serious name for him. Something along the lines of Thaddeus Roth (but I can’t use that, it’s already taken).
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in October 13th, 2008 @ 18:33Okay. Here’s a couple of main male characters.
Aaron,
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Beavo
in October 13th, 2008 @ 18:54Um, sorry. Stupid submit button. *triple post choklit*
Okay. Aaron is a suicidal gay guy. He dosn’t act all depressed though, he puts on a happy face, and goes about life. Only a couple of people know of his less-than-rainbows past.
Angelica is this sweet little girl who got turned into a vampire. She’s one of the few who only drink blood when they NEED TO, and from willing donors.
Jessica and her clone/minion Ashley are sub-plot antagonists. They get what they want, unless they don’t, and then Jessica throws a fit and Ashley ruins people’s lives.
I stole Sean from my last NaNo. He was born into a middle class family, and battles the black guy=ghetto clothes and ghetto lingo steryotype. He’s Aaron and Jade’s best friend.
Daniel and Blake are best friends who just appear every once in a while. They’re good friends of Aaron, Jade and Sean.
Reid (otherwise known as “Dang!”) is Jessica’s boyfriend. He’s this Chav guy whose mind is as narrow as an earphone cord.
William, Travis, Brooke, and Kayla are all adopted siblings, who don’t talk at all. They’re modeled after William Becket, Travis McCoy, and Maja Ivvarson from the Snakes on a Plane (Bring It) song. I dropped Gabe Saporta because he was boring (no offense to Cobra Starship fans, I love ’em, but he dosn’t make a good character). In his place, I added Kayla, whose kinda scene. They’re all vampires.
James V. Shrub is the headmaster, and he’s a corrupted butthead. He dosn’t really run anything, he just sits behind a desk and puts out rules. He’s really run by McKenzie Bearde (the Vice Headmaster), who, despite his name, is bald.
Can anyone guess what James V. Shrub is making fun of? *obvious*
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Knight Hawk (Formerly Hafiz, Ptolemy, Frodo, Nobodydude)
in October 14th, 2008 @ 21:33I think I will write about a character who meets a guy who shows him all of the possible worlds, because in the Omniverse everything is possible, even Mostly Harmless.
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TNÖ who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 16 days
in October 15th, 2008 @ 08:42112- who says MH isn’t possible?
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles (7 Potterpoints!)
in October 15th, 2008 @ 15:02111- Wow. Interesting characters.
112- ANOTHER bird of prey??????????
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in October 15th, 2008 @ 18:29I chose my name after my school’s mascot. Improvised of course. And Mostly Harmless is still impossible, unless Muse buys 100billion barrels of oil and hides them in a secret bunker, then sells them when gas is over 15 dollars a gallon. Then it would work
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TNÖ who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 16 days
in October 15th, 2008 @ 19:12115- Oh. Funding. Right. Couldn’t we just hold a bake sale? Or three…
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles (6 Potterpoints!)
in October 15th, 2008 @ 19:30116- Yay! A bake sale!!! ^^
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Nora the Violist
in October 15th, 2008 @ 22:07Butbutbut the problem with a bake sale is that some poor unsuspecting Muser’s mother would bring pie and we’d have a field day and nothing would get sold because everyone within a three-mile radius would be running for the hills.
Anyway, this isn’t the MH thread. To get back on topic: I fear I’m losing interest in my novel before even beginning it. O_O
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TNÖ who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 16 days
in October 15th, 2008 @ 22:33We’d have to tell them to make muffins instead.
Oh, right, this is the NaNo thread. Toby Hart is now Toby M. Hart, and the M. thing may prove important. Also Adele Moreno is no longer a main character, but possibly a major component of the mysterious sub-plot which will begin the story. I do need another main character though…
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Knight Hawk
in October 16th, 2008 @ 05:59How about Fred Wagner?
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Kiki the Great
in October 17th, 2008 @ 16:18Well, I decided that my novel doesn’t have a clear antagonist so I invented one. Katra is a sorceress that is bent on destruction of the Cradleflame, and when she discovers that the Cradleflame is flickering but the three protagonists are saving it, she sends her servant Trick to infiltrate their group and stop them from saving the Flame.
You likey? I was bored.
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Knight Hawk
in October 18th, 2008 @ 05:41You need a better name than Trick
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in October 18th, 2008 @ 21:18122- He’s a shape-shifting, mischievous small creature. I decided he didn’t really need a complicated name. Trick describes him perfectly.
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in October 19th, 2008 @ 10:3897-WWII Les Mis sounds amazing…
Actually, all of these ideas are really good.
I’m officially doing it, but I’m not really sure what I’m planning Because I have no time, but I’m a dummy and signed up for NaNo anyway.
I still want to find that group in my school that does NaNo, but no luck so far… because I haven’t really bothered asking anyone. I did find one or two people at dance camp who had done it before, though.
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Nora the Violist
in October 19th, 2008 @ 12:53124-Thank you! I pretty much stole the idea from my friend though. She’s writing Les Mis as a high school drama (but not for NaNo T_T) Yes, we’re obsessed.
Hmm. I need to plan out my scenes. I wonder if my Sunday School teacher would be horribly offended if I brought my notebook to class…
Does anyone know if sharing NaNo account names is against blog rules?
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Kiki the Great
in October 19th, 2008 @ 13:01I just made my cover. It’s so cool you cannot believe. Usually I draw my covers but then I realized that it wasn’t so professional-looking so I did this one on Photoshop.
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Kiki the Great
in October 19th, 2008 @ 15:15125- Well a lot of us usually use our Blognames as our NaNo names, to make things a bit easier.
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in October 19th, 2008 @ 15:40o.O
I just discovered that I, weirdly enough, have two NaNo accounts. One is the account that I’ve been using this year, and the other is the account I’ve used for the past two years, has all my buddies, and all my info. Should I switch back? I’ve already uploaded my novel info and everything.
Durr. I guess I’m switching back.
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Alice
in October 19th, 2008 @ 16:29I have a PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNN. So happy!
I’m going to write a story about a wealthy family in a semi-Victorian era (think the Wolves Chronicles; I’ll use normal places in incredibly inaccurate ways, ignore standard timelines, and maybe invent some random monarchs that never existed), and their cousins who want to kill them all so they can get the fortune. FUNFUN! The family is huge and the will is complex, leaving money to various stable boys and distant greengrocers. Then when I get writer’s block I can kill another person. The story revolves around Samantha, the lunatic child which the family keeps locked up and hidden away, Frances, Samantha’s sympathetic older sister, and Eliza, their eccentric cousin, the only cousin who has no desire to murder them. In the end they escape and take up jobs in a remote village, the house and fortune slides over a cliff, and poor Thomas Wells, the only person to get any money out of the will, marries Bessie Shaw, the daughter of a well-to-do confectioner.
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in October 19th, 2008 @ 19:54129, Alice: Oooh, that sounds cool. ^_^
Awright. Since it sounds like were allowed to share our NaNo usernames, mine is [Sorry, we aren’t going to make it that easy. –Admin.] Surprise XD
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Nora the Violist
in October 19th, 2008 @ 20:37Nngh?! Butbutbut… O_O *confusion* Whoops.
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purplefinch
in October 19th, 2008 @ 20:43“Then when I get writer’s block I can kill another person.”
Of course, Alice.
That made me smile.125-You’re welcome!
And the last time I checked, the forum search wasn’t working. If there is such a thing…
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in October 19th, 2008 @ 20:43So all I have planned for my novel so far is a semi-horror passage involving being stuck in an airport that is actually hell.
Well, it’s more than I had last year…
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in October 19th, 2008 @ 21:15133: Like, allegorically hell or literally airport-up-in-flames hell? I think that could have a lot of funny potential, because airports are so awful normally… you might have a hard time keeping people from laughing at it if you’re intending it to be serious.
So today I went to a symphony orchestra concert. I brought my planning book and wrote out all the scenes for Part One and some for Part Two. Yay! I’m having a lot of difficulty calling my characters by the names I’ve given them rather than their Les Mis names, which makes for a lot of crossouts.
I dropped my pen under the car seat on the way to Sunday school, though, (I think the Pen Gremlin ate it) so I couldn’t do any outlining during that hour.
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Kiki the Great
in October 20th, 2008 @ 20:33Rigid outlining makes my stories suck. Not outlining at all makes my stories suck even more. So what do I do? Loose outlining! Yay!
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in October 20th, 2008 @ 20:40(135) Kiki, have you heard of the snowflake method? Google it, if you haven’t. I’ve been meaning to try it, or a modified version of it, anyway, as it offers an alternative structure for those of us who don’t find outlining useful for fiction.
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Armada (17 piepoints)
in October 20th, 2008 @ 20:41I’m probably just incredibly ignorant, but could someone explain to me exactly what NaNo is? I get the National Novel Writing Month thing, but other than that I have no clue. Is it something from a website, or something from a magazine, or something that was started on MB, or what? And what are the rules/regulations?
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TNÖ who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 11 days
in October 21st, 2008 @ 19:54Not ignorant at all, NaNo is an unofficial thing (like Screnzy) that was started by Chris Baty (right? right?) at some point in the
futurepast. It’s sort of an MB tradition though… And it’s lots of fun!
As to rules, find them on nanowrimo dot org. I think in the FAQ.
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Beavo
in October 21st, 2008 @ 20:04Emerald is going to have a couple of sidekicks, after all.
Liam, who’s this punk guy, who was pretty much just an underground school bully until he got blackmailed into joining Emerald’s cult thing. He’s good at being subtle. Somehow, he got turned into a vampire in the middle of the book.
Rachel’s in for the money, and plus, she can handle knives pretty well. She ususally ends up as Emerald’s main sidekick when they enter a scene.
Sandra kind of the manager. Her day job is a bank owner, but she handles the financial stuff.
Therman is a geeky computor guy who was like Laim, except behind a screen. He was one of those hackers who hack to make life hard for website owners. He gets paid better in Emerald’s group, so he joined.
McKenzie Beard is being blackmailed by Rachel, so even though he’s not in the group, anything they want him to do gets done.
Ahh, it’s so lame. I need a couple more cool evil peeps.
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TNÖ who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 11 days
in October 21st, 2008 @ 22:03Alice: “then when I get writer’s block, I can kill another character.”
You make me laugh. And your idea is sweet. =)
139- Not lame!My 2nd main character is now called Morwenna Berry. She got 39 hits on Google, so I’ll probably stick with it. 39 hits between the 2 main characters is good enough for me.
I need an antagonist… Fate’s obviously going to be a minor antagonist purely because he and Chaos hate each other so much, but that’s really just going to be something for me to nibble on while I’ve got writer’s block… Grr… *wracks brain and BTN*
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in October 21st, 2008 @ 22:55Ok, here is what I have so far as far as characters.
Chaos: The narrator. She’s basically the physical embodiment of Chaos, one of the “principles”. She’s in Chicago because Fate exiled her to earth for a year.
Fate: A minor antagonist for when I get writer’s block. He’s basically the ruler of the “principles”.
Spritely: Chaos’s slightly goofy sidekick, was exiled for life by Fate due to activities of
coughquestionable legality.Thus ends my, um, magical characters.
Mains:
Toby M. Hart is obsessed with his parentage, as he was brought up in an orphanage of questionable credentials. He’s brilliant but lazy and prone to procrastination.Morwenna Berry comes from a rich family but prefers the company of what her father calls “inferior types”. She’s about average intelligence-wise but she’s got plenty of common sense. She’s also highly superstitious.
Then there’s my antagonist who is, as yet, unnamed. He’s abrasive and ever-so-slightly pyro. He started off as a decent guy, a fireman, but then he got involved in Alias and switched to professional arson. A few years prior to the story he apparently vanished, leaving the authorities at a loss to his whereabouts. From his hiding place he controls a small and efficient troupe of assassins who act on his every whim. He’s depressed and plans to return to his fire-starting lifestyle as soon as key law enforcement agents are taken care of.
Majors:
Adele Moreno lives a quite life just out of Chicago. She’s clever, cat-loving, and unintentionally funny. Wise in the ways of poison, she’s often sought out by business people seeking… creative solutions to sticky situations.
Minors:
Ernie is my plot catalyst. He’s a crazy old man, dresses in army-green and with a scraggly beard down to his knees. Wanders the streets of Chicago randomly stopping passerby to rant about doom and the upcoming Apocalypse. Generally he shows up at the most inopportune moments (read: when I am stuck) to preach to anybody who will (or won’t) listen about our inevitable doom.
Kangaroo is my “easter egg”, as Nora the Violinist put it. He’s a humanoid robot called Kangaroo, created by a mysterious and secretive company known as Alias. He has the ability to see dimly into the future, off and on. He runs on organic material and has a particular penchant for zucchini. *big smile*
Not Quite a Character but Important All the Same:
Alias is a company shrouded in mystery and conflicting gossip. It was founded by one Dr. Carey years ago, and since has been rumored to be involved in unethical experimentation and criminal activity. However, no evidence to support these claims has ever been uncovered.
Advice? Criticism? A name for my antagonist, perhaps?
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in October 22nd, 2008 @ 00:19I’m not sure if I’ll be able to do NaNo this year.
I’ll do my best, but don’t be surprised if Windhenge remains unfinished on Dark Thirty.
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Alice
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 08:55Hm. I think I may have to scrap my lunatic child. We were having breakfast at Eva’s and Opal was eating sugar and being generally obnoxious, so I said “Maybe I’ll put you in a book. You can be the crazy kid that the family keeps hidden away.” I didn’t expect to get anywhere with that idea, but then Ideas started flying thick and fast. Only it doesn’t really seem fair to make her insane, even if she is obnoxious.
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La Mort, La Vie, L'Amour
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 09:44Guess who’s doing it this year?
Moi, bien sûr.
Is there a group on the NaNo website for MBers?
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Nora the Violist
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 19:05141: Nuuuuu! You’re the second person, at least, who’s called my viola a violin!
Nora the Violinist (a person named Nora who plays the violin)
Nora the Violist (a person named Nora who plays the viola)Difference, see? ^_^
Anyway, I found the MuseBlog NaNo clan just now. Muahahaha, I win. Now I’m having a severe internal debate about whether to add you all as buddies instantly
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Nora the Violist
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 19:08Aaaargh! I was going to add a period to that sentence, and maybe ramble on a bit about how difficult simple things are to decide when placed in a social context and be all deep and such, but my mouse was over the submit button, and I hit the mouse button with my wrist. Curse you, unintended trackpad input.
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The Man For Aeiou
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 19:21i’m just wanting out the days.
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La Mort, La Vie, L'Amour
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 19:35If you guys want to find me on the NaNo website, just search for [snip!]
[Sorry, we’re not going to advertise NaNo screen names. –Admin.
By the way, nice to see you, La Mort!]
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La Mort, La Vie, L'Amour
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 19:50Oops. Sorry about that.
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Kokonilly
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 20:07Hey! I think I know what my plot will be (for next year; I’m not 13 yet)!
It’s kind of odd.
A narcoleptic prophet who experiences their visions while in REM.
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La Mort, La Vie, L'Amour
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 20:55I’m thinking (possibly) a world without culture.
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ebeth
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 21:47151-you’re seriously not doing it because you’re not 13?
wait…hold on…this means that…
you don’t sign up for websites that require you to be 13 and over?
*falls over in shock*
i can’t even begin to tell you how many times i checked the “i am 13” box when i was 12…
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TNÖ who can not WAIT for NaNo to start in 9 days
in October 22nd, 2008 @ 22:20146- Ggh, sorry.
I don’t read things carefully enough.
148- “just wanting out the days…”
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purplefinch
in October 23rd, 2008 @ 13:13GAhhh, I’m seriously beginning to reconsider doing Nano… but I have to do it.
Have to.Happy Mole day, everyone!
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Nora the Violist
in October 24th, 2008 @ 19:11154: That’s okay, really. ^_^
155: Yes! You should do NaNo! *encourages* If you stick with NaNo, you will write something fabulous. I promise!Mole day! I’m irritated that my chemistry teacher didn’t manage to introduce us to the mole on Mole Day. Perhaps she didn’t know what day it was, but that would have been awesome. (She gave us a thing about it today.)
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Beavo
in October 24th, 2008 @ 20:23Hi, La Mort! Long time no blog! *black pies*
Okay, I just drafted a little part of the novel. This really happened, and I’m replacing all the real names with fake ones, but this actually happened to me. I’m Aaron, my friend Karla’s Jade, and I added in Sean. Ms. Webb is really my substitute for Civics, Ms. Webber. All the other names are real. I made it a little more interesting and Aaron a bit more badass, and I didn’t get his punishment, but it was pretty much like this…
***“And, in fact, right here in this town, there’s an example of libertarians. Lyndon LaRouche, I think, he has his headquarters here. One of his girls, Nancy Spinach-â€
“Spanus,†Aaron said, without raising his hand. Jade mouthed “How did you know that?†but he ignored her.
Ms. Webb looked down her nose at Aaron, obviously wondering the same thing as Jade. She reached a conclusion in her head, decided he was harmless, and continued.
“Spanus, yes, he’s an example of third parties who never win anything, I just sign their petitions to show them how pathetic and meaningless their opinions are, I mean, no one important signs them-â€
“Ms. Webb?†Aaron raised his hand.
Ms. Webb started as if someone had bit her, and looked in Aaron’s direction. Her nose wrinkled. “Oh, it’s you. What?†Aaron’s second interruption seemed to have irked her.
“I was just wondering if you considered Rosa Parks’ opinion pathetic.â€
Ms. Webb looked surprised again. She had been thinking he wanted to go to the bathroom. She wrinkled her nose in the same way she had before. “No, I don’t. She’s a heroine of Civil Rights. Why would you ask that?â€
Aaron raised his eyebrows innocently. “I was just doing a report on LaRouche, and I was looking up the time he spent in jail, and I found this petition to get him out. Do you know anything about that?â€
“No. Get to your point.â€
“Well, Rosa Parks signed it. And you said their opinion was meaningless, but then you just said she was a ‘heroine of Civil Rights’. I’m sure it was an accident, but you just contradicted yourself.â€
Jade’s eyes couldn’t have gotten any wider. Sean’s mouth was open, and his gum was teetering on the edge of his tongue, in danger of falling out of his mouth.
Ms. Webb didn’t notice, because she was briefly stunned, but recovered. “There might have been one important person, but-â€
“Oh, what about James Bevel? He was pretty important in Civil Rights, too. And Amelia Boynton Robinson, who was the one who invited Martin Luther King to Selma, and walked with him at the march. And don’t forget about the former president of Argentina, and Eugene McCarthy, former Senator of Minnesota, they signed it too. Plus, there were cultural people, like William Warfield, and Norbert Brain. Or haven’t you heard of them? Don’t you listen to classical music, Ms. Webb?†Aaron smiled sweetly. Nobody heard Sean’s gum fall out of his mouth, not even Sean. A pencil or two fell to the floor along with the gum.
It was a full thirty seconds after Aaron’s little speech that Ms. Webb’s eyes un-glazed, her lips pursed while the bottom of her chin trembled, and she took a couple of steps backwards. The click of her stilettos were loud in the silent classroom, and everyone winced each time they hit the floor, which was a total of eight before she stopped stepping backwards. After opening her mouth a couple of times, she finally found her voice. “House office. Now.â€
Aaron smirked, got up, and left. Sean noticed his gum was gone, and moved his foot hastily over it so it wouldn’t be caught in Ms. Webb’s dagger-like shoes as she returned to her desk, the atmosphere around her pale and her face red.
“Nobody will say anything for the rest of class, or they’ll join… Andrew? Oh, whatever his name is in the office. Do I make myself clear?â€
The class was silent, but the assent was clear. The people who would have said something couldn’t talk anyway, and although Ms. Webb was red and irritable for the rest of class, she continued teaching without interruption.
***You like? COMMENT PLEASE.
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Purple Panda
in October 24th, 2008 @ 21:27*has mental breakdown*
I have no idea what to write about. None. Whatsoever.
Last year everyone wanted me to continue my Muse Academy story, but that would actually require plot. And plot requires too much thought, which requires too much time, which is definitely not the best way to finish a novel in 30 days. Last year, I just skipped the chapters that required too much thought.
So now, I’m stuck.
*dies*
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La Mort, La Vie, L'Amour
in October 24th, 2008 @ 21:57157- Hi Beavo!
I like that little scene. I can actually imagine that happening with people I know….So here’s my basic plot idea (comments please):
Part 1/Prologue: Environmental disaster causes a new Ice Age; people are chosen to go underground to continue civilization; those who stay above die. Group of reactionaries gradually uses mob mentality to eradicate “the culture that caused the catastrophe”; mob starts killing all those who support the arts.
Part 2: Few hundred years later: Culture has long since been completely erased; actual story starts, showing what life is like in this world.
Part 3: Main character meets Resistance Group.
Part 4: Mob discovers that main character is going against their ideals. Trouble ensues. At the end of this part, the main character is killed.
Part 5/Epilogue: One hundred years after that: to be announced. Surprise, somewhat disheartening ending.
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Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen
in October 24th, 2008 @ 22:14157- I’ve done that sort of thing. I think that’s why my old fourth grade teacher started hating me, and was reluctant to say I had the right answer. And then she started pointing out my obvious fantasy in my stories and saying, “Reality, please.” My stuff isn’t that obscene! Sorry, ranting. I’ll shut up.
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Beatlesrockr, John, and Hyjayko The Ingenious Swordsman Who Is Feeling Ignored
in October 24th, 2008 @ 23:05KOKONILLY: There’s a NaNoWriMo Young Writers. The only reason the two are separate are prolly because of ability to write, in the Young Writers you get to set your goal, and in the regular one, you have to get to 50,000 words (175 pages). So you can go ahead and do the regular one, or if you don’t want to, you can just do young writers.
I don’t know which one I’m doing yet. Prolly the regular one…
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Beatlesrockr, John, and Hyjayko The Ingenious Swordsman Who Is Feeling Ignored
in October 24th, 2008 @ 23:28(Sorry about the double post!)
I now have someone to base Mr. Curran on. He seems exactly like the character. The librarian is based on the school librarian that retired last year *sniffle* and Ting Mae is based on my best friend (teehee!). I’ve got another scene stuck in my head. I got it today in class (the scene is technically what happened in class, sorta like what Beavo did, awesome, by the way!).
The psychologist goes to classes to observe students every once in a while. Unfortunately for Sable, he comes during English, a subject in which she goes a bit overboard on the craziness. She has many mental disorders, but has only been to the Psychologist a few times, usually she is alright. She has obsessive compulsive and hyperactivity disorders, depression, and Schizophrenia. Right then, she starts to hallucinate, and she doesn’t stop writing the word and.
It’s kinda odd, but I like it!
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Beavo
in October 25th, 2008 @ 15:39La Mort: Sounds like something I’d read! Can’t wait. I love it.
160-This wasn’t written, though. Like, I actually pissed off the sub because she was lying her ignorant head off.
It was even funnier because she was saying how LaRouche was a Radical and Radicals blew up stuff, and I had a mental image of all the poeple I know from the office downtown blowing up the Capital Building. Like, except for the LYM, they’re all in their sixties. Nancy “Spinach” is going on what, sixty nine? I can totally see her wreaking havoc on Washington DC with a bunch of middle-aged people singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” or doubling the square.
I still have no plot, though. Or background.
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The Man For Aeiou
in October 25th, 2008 @ 19:13161- It’s a law thing, really.
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La Mort, La Vie, L'Amour
in October 27th, 2008 @ 21:265 days left?
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Jadestone
in October 28th, 2008 @ 16:14Oh dear.
4 days.
Oh dear.
I am doing book II from last year’s half-way done story.
And did anyone see the email from last year about the prize? The free printing of a copy of your story? *wantwantwant*
I’d have a lot of editing to do, though… there’s 5 more months to get it though.
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TNÖ who CAN NOT wait for NaNo to start in FOUR DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in October 28th, 2008 @ 19:05166- I saw that. Pity my novel was tripe… And some other things I cannot say in polite company.
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Zallie
in October 28th, 2008 @ 19:16I still haven’t decided if I am doing NaNo this year. I will probably decide Nov 1st, haha.
I don’t want to ruin my 3 in a row wins (3 for 3!), but I’m SO busy this November.
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Beavo
in October 28th, 2008 @ 20:584 DAYS! CANNOT WAIT!
Still no plot. Looks like I’m going to have to log onto the forums.
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La Mort, La Vie, L'Amour
in October 29th, 2008 @ 09:28I changed my plot. Completely. Because the forums were rather discouraging.
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Purple Panda
in October 29th, 2008 @ 18:58NaNo is just a few days away and I STILL don’t have a plot.
*dies*
Ah, well. There’s time.
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TNÖ who CAN NOT wait for NaNo to start in FOUR DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in October 30th, 2008 @ 00:30So my friend and I are going to celebrate the start of NaNo by staying up late/early watching Tin Man, Lord of the Rings, Princess Bride, Sweeney Todd, etc, and getting buzzed off of the candy that we will have previously legally robbed from the nearby houses (she’s Ernie, I’m Mrs. Lovett, if anybody cares), and basically discussing our upcoming novels and then we’re going to write.
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Beavo
in October 30th, 2008 @ 15:59I only know one person (that I’ve actually met) who’s doing NaNo, and she lives in England now.
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Mission: Improbable
in October 31st, 2008 @ 15:42153 – Well, another reason is that I’m far too busy for my own good.
P.S. This is Kokonilly. I have been banned temporarily from MuseBlog because of a low-ish grade, and my parents know my name. REPEAT: This is temporary. My alter egos, costume, and BA characters will remain the same.
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