NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month discussion Options

[blockhead]

We've been starting to discuss NaNoWriMo on the coffee shop thread and it seems that it might be a good idea to give it its own thread. Wow, I haven't started a thread here in ages ... since the start of my Bloodmoon fanfic.

Essentially, from November 1st to Nov 30th one writes a novel of 50,000 words. This is about 1667 words per day (consider that November is only 30 days, not 31). Emphasis is on creation, not on editing. One must disable ones "inner editor" for a month.

Rather then me blather on longer (and perhaps get it wrong) here is the site: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ and here is the FAQ section: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/basics

So I'm signed up on that site as lokken. Good luck everyone.

(I spent 16+ bucks for the "No Plot No Problem" book (yikes) , so I have to finish this now!)

For myself, I hope that this gives me the needed kick in the behind to write an original story.

[jack cloudy]

Well, that's too bad. To be honest, I doubt I'll reach the full 50k myself.

So, what shall we talk about in this thread? How about beginning with a discussion on the stories we’re going to write? I’ll start.

I ditched the scenario I spoke about in the coffee shop. It won’t work with that little time. The setting deserves more worldbuilding than a rushed job like that.

So my new setting is more science-fiction. I’ll be using two worlds. One is the afterlife, located at the center of the milky way galaxy, and the other world is plain old earth. A sort of Prime Directive (The Rule) prohibits any contact between the two worlds. Earth has yet to move out into space beyond orbit, but there is a new megastructure on the surface that can be seen from space. I’m talking about the artificial island Atlantis. (Note: This is not influenced by Stargate’s Atlantis. I got this idea years before that show came around. Besides, mine can’t fly.)

Now there is no real plot. I’ve simply decided to take two main characters, and form the story based on their desires. I’ll just list them.

Name: Brian Amgin
Gender: male
Description: A man with an eagle-like face (nose is the beak). Grey beard and hair. Tall. Dresses in a brown raincoat and always has a hat.
Age: I’m too lazy to calculate. He died in 79 when Pompeii was drowned in ash. The starting date is 2056, so yeah, he is old.
Likes: unknown
Dislikes: unknown
Fear: See a pattern? Unknown.
Medical afflictions: None. Unless you count his instinct, that is. It is so good, he can nearly predict the future.
Starting location: Atlantis.
Occupation: temporarily retired.
Goal: To cause an arms race on earth, one that makes the Nuclear crisis during the cold war look like a joke.
Status: badass Antagonist.
Perspective: third person.

Name: Emmerald Cliff, usually just Emmy.
Gender: female
Description: Green kneelength hair, always irritated red skin, green eyes, looks like she is about twelve. Likes to dress in frilly dresses with the emphasis on cute. (So much, you want to puke.)
Age: 17 Yeah, and she’s already making career. The afterlife doesn’t mind child labour. By the way, she died at birth so she was basically born into the afterlife.
Likes: Real Mecha, stories about earth, shows about mecha, the occasional badassery.
Dislikes: Having a hangover, which is like 24 hours a day, 7 days a week now.
Fear: Growing up. (She undertook surgery to prevent this. So this is a serious trauma. If I was there, I would have sent her to a psychiater.)
Medical afflictions: Extreme clumsiness due to faulty neural overhaul. (Translation: The surgeon messed up.)
Starting location: Ibliss (Afterlife capital. BIG city with a population just over a billion.)
Occupation: Shopkeeper at the Lang corporation. Also works in development at the same company.
Goal: Quit her job, then join the field branch of the Life Afterlife Violation Inspection, the only job that will give her a legal reason to visit Earth.
Status: Protagonist.
Perspective: first person.