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NANOWRIMO
By: Captain Castaway Date: October 26, 2013, 7:22 pm
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I KNOW MONO'S DOING IT
AND I KNOW RED'S DOING IT
I KNOW ALL
also everyone else should be doing it too it's grat fun and very
good and stuff |3
anyways, I've got five ideas for a novel this year, and I was
wondering which one you guys would most want to read?
A) The Legend of Jack Finch: Rogue of the Wandering Isles
Genre: Fantasy
I've had Jack Finch's story bouncing around my head for several
years now; this would be the first book in a series of 5,
detailing how one charming, dashing, and mysterious rogue named
Jack Finch came to be known as the Bane of Kings (Among other
titles, all of which are the titles of the books in the series,
save for book 3, which is more focused around two other
characters and their story and how it relates to Jack's story)
Rogue of the Wandering Isles is how a barkeep's son named Tom
meets a charismatic thief calling himself Jack, and how both
accidentally wind up on a ship and subsequently get marooned on
an island that was supposed to be nothing but a myth. In order
to survive, they'll have to fight their way through the
not-quite-so-friendly natives, and the even less friendly crew
of the ship they'd stowed away on, including her dangerous
Captain. That is, if they can stop arguing long enough to work
together.
B ) Where the Sea meets the Sky: A Jack Finch novel
Genre: Fantasy
This would be book 3 of the Jack Finch books, timeline wise, but
this was the first story in that universe I actually had come up
with; really, either could be read first, and either could be
written first. This can technically be seen as a stand-alone
story, but the events in this book change the course of Jack
Finch's story dramatically.
Where the Sea meets the Sky is the story of Avon, a young woman
from deep in the mountains, and her quest to find both the Sea,
which she'd heard many stories about, and the young girl she met
years ago who told her of just a place. When she finally reaches
her destination, she will find herself embroiled in the
political turmoil of the region (Stirred up by none other than
Jack Finch himself), and entangled with the role that the girl
from her childhood has in everything.
(And if that isn't enticing enough, this book is chock full of
lesbians. And some het romance but you get my point. This is
mainly a love story between two young women. And a bunch of
other crazy crap that's happening at the same time. Y'know, like
demons and crazy kings and a prince and princess who won't stop
trying to blatantly kill one another, and Jack Finch being Jack
Finch)
C) Stormcaller: Book one (Until I can think of a better title)
Genre: Fantasy
This one has been brewing in my head for years, and is the first
of an 8 book series that I have completely and utterly outlined.
For all I know, though, I might wind up changing it to be a
graphic novel. Haven't quite decided yet, still kinda leaving my
options open for the moment. Anyways, this was constructed from
bits and pieces of as many dreams as I could cram into there,
with recurring characters and settings and whatnot.
StormCaller is the tale of a mad man, a slew of dragons-- each
tied to the world in their own way-- a girl and her brother, and
the end of the world. After a period of 1000 years of Silence,
the Mother Storm covers the world and threatens to destroy it
and then rebuild it anew, should her Herald be unable to focus
the powers within themselves and awaken the six dragons that
protect and inhabit the world. Should the Herald complete his or
her task, the Mother Storm will return to sleep, and the world
will have another 1000 years of Silence. The 1000 years of
Silence has passed, and the new Herald is nowhere to be seen.
The task has fallen to her older brother to search for her, and
to try to awaken the six dragons himself, all the while dealing
with the destruction of his home country and the subjugation of
his people, a betrayal of those he thought closest to him, and
the White City's political grip on the majority of the world.
And when the world finds it's Herald once again, she will not be
the same girl she was when she disappeared.
D) The Heart of the Sun
Genre: Fantasy
This is the first book in a series I only came up with recently
while kinda depressed and nostalgic for those days of long
series of heroes starting from nothing to becoming ridiculously
powerful and whatnot. And out of that came several characters
and settings and plotlines and the whole shebang and I still
haven't named the main characters. (Any possible names would be
greatly appreciated. I can't just keep calling them "Hero" and
"Girl" and "Witchy" forever.)
The Heart of the Sun is the story of a City locked from the rest
of the world, and guarded by a powerful spirit. The spirit is
benevolent to those in the daylight, but woe betide anyone who
is outside once night falls. After a rebellion that happened
several years ago, the locks around the city have been bound
even tighter, and no one can get in or out due to a mysterious
power underneath the city that no one quite knows about, other
than the whispers and the sighs that seep into their dreams when
they think no one is there. The story revolves around a
(currently unnamed) boy raised by bandits, fully knowing that
they aren't related by blood, but having nowhere else to go
considering the rest of the city would have him dead. Which is
okay with him, he actually likes his foster family. The world
makes sense to him. At least, until a rogue priestess from the
top of the City seeks him out and tells him that he's supposed
to be the one to destroy the Spirit. And from there, things keep
getting worse.
((Kind of a stupid summary, but this one hasn't had as much time
to mull over as the other stories have |T )
E) The Curious Tale of Oliver Wight
Genre: Fantasy
This is literally the only story here that's a standalone, and
has been bumping around my noggin for a year or so.
Once upon a Lonely Beach, there was a Lonely Lighthouse that
sent a Lonely beam of Light across a cloudy sea to safely bring
in the ships that never came. Oliver Wight is the lone occupant
of the Lonely Lighthouse, the previous owner having taken him
in, taught him to survive on the Lonely Beach, and then sailed
off to never return. The only thing he has ever known was to
never stray too far from the Lighthouse, and to watch over the
creatures that lived in the Dark Forest that surrounded the
Lighthouse. Since the previous owner sailed off, Oliver hasn't
seen another human being. At least, until a castaway washes up
onto the Lonely Beach. And when Oliver nurses him back to
health, he returns to the sea to sail back home, and Oliver
believes it to be the end of his encounter.
At least, until the castaway returns with others.
The Lonely Beach isn't quite so Lonely anymore.
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Re: NANOWRIMO
By: Red Date: October 26, 2013, 8:01 pm
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My initial goal is 20,000 words, not NaNo's 50,000. If I'm at
around 20,000 in the first two weeks or so I might shoot for 50,
but we'll see haha. I'm not going to divulge anything about my
ideas yet because I want to see what comes out on paper first.
Personally, I don't think these things can be rushed, and will
probably use NaNo mostly as a starting point and then see if I
need to write more after it's done.
To anyone who's doing it, have you started outlining for
anything yet? I'm going to have to write out a whole blob of
text before I figure out how the story's going to go, I think,
then go from there. Once the ball gets rolling, I tend to want
to go off on like 20 different tangents, so we'll see what
happens.
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Re: NANOWRIMO
By: Captain Castaway Date: October 27, 2013, 12:00 am
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Well, let's see. For the most part, I have a basic idea of where
the stories are going for each idea. Most of them are pretty
much outlined.
Although, last year was kind of an on-the-whim thing, since I
didn't even know I was doing this until Mono signed me up for it
two days prior. XD
Children of Icarus just sort of... happened. I don't think I
even got to the 20K word count during the month last year, but
it was a big enough starting block that I can't stop writing it
because I've gotten so far. I don't expect to make it this year
either, just get enough of a headstart so that I can continue to
work on it even while I'm finishing up and editing Children of
Icarus.
((Speaking of stories seriously which one do you think? I'm
taking votes here c'mon I need input.))
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Re: NANOWRIMO
By: Red Date: October 27, 2013, 1:04 am
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I, personally, would take the one you've developed the most or
put the most thought into. Having the universe and plot vaguely
or barely visible will give you a good launchpad for writing on.
Alternatively, take the one that's most unknown to you and go
wild with it as you write it. Roll dice if you have to mix up
the story line and keep it interesting, just keep the plot
moving and figure out what parts need more elaboration as you
enter and leave them, then make up the word count by going back
and clarifying things or polishing dialog, just a thought.
If you're REALLY stuck, I say start on your first plot you
listed, and if you're stuck further on that, start in the middle
at some arbitrary part, it can make the rest of the book more of
an adventure in my opinion if you get writers block. You
probably already know all this stuff, i'm sorry D:
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Re: NANOWRIMO
By: Gris Date: October 27, 2013, 10:47 am
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Jfc when am I supposed to start on this
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Re: NANOWRIMO
By: Captain Castaway Date: October 27, 2013, 3:28 pm
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.... Red that literally does not help whatsoever.
I'm not asking which one would be easiest, I'm asking which one
you would like to read. I'm actually pretty curious on this
point. XD
Aaaaand during November? That's generally when Nanowrimo is?
write 50K words in november?
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Re: NANOWRIMO
By: Red Date: October 27, 2013, 4:31 pm
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I'm really digging The Heart of the Sun.
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Re: NANOWRIMO
By: Captain Castaway Date: October 27, 2013, 4:49 pm
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Sweet! :D
*jots down vote*
#Post#: 1346--------------------------------------------------
Re: NANOWRIMO
By: Red Date: October 31, 2013, 12:10 pm
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This is tomorrow holy crap. I'm not that scared, mostly a little
annoyed at an increased workload but I doN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE
WORTHWHILE SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT MATTERS *smiles enthusiastically
as tears of sorrow fall from my eyes*
What're your guys' daily goal? I'm shooting for 2,000 a day.
People are expected to be finishing up by the 25th if I grasped
that correctly. Also, [s]do you know if we're supposed to read
over and edit it before we submit it or is it just going to be a
huge blob of stuff that we shoot at the people?[/s] They just
want a blob.
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Re: NANOWRIMO
By: MisterCuttlefish Date: October 31, 2013, 12:21 pm
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You just submit what you have written when you're done. You can
always make corrections later but I think the people do actually
go through it or they like scan it or something to make sure you
aren't just pulling their leg... or at least that's what I got
from the faq, though their faq is actually kind of confusing and
doesn't explain a lot. Maybe its better now?
My goal is about that much a day and depending on how I'm
feeling, I can always make up what I lacked in previous days.
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