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Dasquian Belargic

Sep 16th, 2008, 12:42:34 PM

It's almost that time again, folks...

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

Who's playing this year? ;)

Peter McCoy

Sep 16th, 2008, 12:50:40 PM

I always say I will but I never do. I may just give it a go this time around. I'll brainstorm and see what ideas I can come up with. If I get a good'un I'll see if I can plow through 50,000 words.

Dasquian Belargic

Sep 16th, 2008, 12:51:48 PM

The main problem I have had the last few years, aside from my laptop dying, has been that school work tended to get pretty heavy around November time... but since I'm graduated now, I think I might be able to give it a go :)

Any ideas what you might write about, Peter?

Peter McCoy

Sep 16th, 2008, 01:59:49 PM

I came up with an interesting religious fantasy story about a guy who is granted tainted powers by a corrupt St. Peter. Heaven and Hell have an almighty clash with Earth and Mankind in the middle. The protagonist has this unholy strength which, when used, has different consequences that sort of favour Hell even though he's fighting for Heaven. I haven't thought much about it other than odd ideas floating around in my mind, plus a twist at the end which I think is quite cool.

Like I said, I'll brainstorm and jot ideas down. But the idea is to just write without stopping to edit, which is the best way to write IMHO. Editing as you go slows the process, causing you to second-guess and re-write and before you know it you've changed too much and lost track of the original thread. If I can get a good general backbone I can hang stuff on it as I go and be really creative.

What about you?

Baralai Lotus

Sep 16th, 2008, 10:50:51 PM

I do it every year, so, this year is no exception. Time to start brainstorming.

Dragon

Sep 17th, 2008, 12:25:39 AM

Dang it, last year may have been the best chance in my life to do it since I was out of school and hadn't found work yet, but there is no way I'm doing it while I'm in grad school.

Maybe a 10,000 word story...

Ilias Nytrau

Sep 17th, 2008, 01:08:07 AM

Maybe, just maybe. I've still got a month and a half until this starts, so we'll see whether my life will allow for it or not.

Captain Untouchable

Sep 17th, 2008, 05:34:51 PM

I'm tempted; depends if my brain is still working after the script writing competition I'm entering. >_<

Zeke

Sep 17th, 2008, 07:08:51 PM

Uh...maybe? I can't begin to think what I'd write about, or where I'd find the time or motivation.

Dasquian Belargic

Sep 18th, 2008, 02:42:31 PM

I'm probably going to put pen to paper (so to speak) on the fantasy idea that I've been mulling over for a while. The very brief blurb I wrote for myself is this:

"The use of magic has caused seemingly irreparable damage to the world. There is a threat now, however, which may only be defeated through the use of magic. How can the foe be stopped, if the only thing that can save the world might also destroy it?"

That is the main, over-arching theme I guess... combining fantasy/magic and almost environmental issues. Kind of like magic is a non-renewable energy source or fossil fuel.

Lilaena De'Ville

Sep 18th, 2008, 03:23:19 PM

I'm still struggling with my NaNoNoVel from last year :x I'm terrible.

And the only other NaNoNoVel I've tried ended miserably (except in it I came up with the Mer concept, which we're using in Myth, so hooray!)

Peter McCoy

Sep 18th, 2008, 04:40:21 PM

I came up with an interesting magical theory for a fantasy setting in my 2nd year of my Imaginative Writing university course. It was influenced by Final Fantasy VII a bit, in that all living things generate a life force which condenses deep within the earth. The energy can be found in a crystallized, liquefied or gaseous form. All forms can be harvested but the crystals emit magical energy (radiation) which can be collected with arcane crystals and stored in a sealed vault contained within a sub-plane of reality. The stored energy can then be utilised by an wizard of the same house that created the vault.

Hmm, I may very well tweak this idea and include it in my novel. Give it a heaven/hell twist. Maybe there are two different energy types - that which is created by inherently good-natured beings, and that which is created by inherently evil beings.

Oooh, just come up with a good idea for the Garden of Eden - that's definitely going to feature in the story! Where's my notepad!

Ilias Nytrau

Oct 1st, 2008, 01:06:17 PM

They relaunched stuff at the site, and I could log in, but was denied access to everything, and then my account didn't exist and then ....well, I signed up AGAIN. And am awaiting approval.

Wheeeee.|I

In any case, getting the gears of my brain running to cook up the fun (and insanity) for November.

EDIT: Okay, they had one of their big database servers succumb to disk failure on October 1st. In other news, my login issues were resolved. -shrug- Weird.

Dasquian Belargic

Oct 19th, 2008, 12:53:56 PM

November is creeping closer...

:eee

Rossos Atrapes

Oct 19th, 2008, 03:59:39 PM

I'm in, though I don't know how long it'll be since I'm already behind on my schoolwork. I can definitely spell P-r-o-c-r-a-s-t-i-n-a-t-i-o-n.

Mine is actually a fairly boring premise compared to some other ones on here. Presently it has the working title of The Epiphany Collector. It's about a young man who gets into the habit of writing down what people were doing and thinking about when they had epiphanies so that he can understand how to have the "ultimate epiphany". A little blurb explains it a lot better than any sort of synopsis I can come up with:

<link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CVinnie%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmso html1%5C02%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><style>  </style>[I]Have you ever been in the perfect moment? Y’know, that moment where all of reality just seems to snap together and you “get it”? Where everything else seems to fall away and all you’re left with afterward is a feeling of amazement and awe at what you’ve just experienced? ...<link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CVinnie%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmso html1%5C04%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><style>  </style><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CVinnie%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmso html1%5C04%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><style>  </style><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CVinnie%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmso html1%5C02%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><style> <style>  </style>[I]I think many people have experienced such a moment. Some might have experienced such a life changing epiphany contemplating the death or near death of a loved one, or watching a little baby, or their lover. Me? My epiphany came in the form of a sweet and tasty Valencia Orange. Not from tasting it, though. My epiphany came in the most common way I think an epiphany can come, from a glance.

I've based the main character loosely off Demetri Martin's characteristics, so it's gonna have some hopefully funny moments, but really, I just wanted to write about all the [I]wierd characteristics of the people I know, and this was the best way to do it.

Dasquian Belargic

Oct 19th, 2008, 04:55:19 PM

:twak get that school work done! You need to be in fit writing shape by Nov 1st!

:p

Dasquian Belargic

Nov 4th, 2008, 04:29:32 AM

<img src="http://www.nanowrimo.org/NanowrimoUtils/LiveSupporter/225320.png">

How's it goin, guys?

Guys? :uhoh

Peter McCoy

Nov 4th, 2008, 07:50:34 AM

Not good. Rather than try to do the whole NaNoWriMo thing I may use it as an excuse to make a proper start on something. It's certainly got me in the writing mood, but I'm in more of a slow, planning, contemplative mood than a blitzkrieg write-a-thon.

I managed 500 words the weekend. Plenty of ideas, just unable to commit them to the page. I think I'll slow down and be more deliberate with my writing this month. If I get enough done I'll crack on with it after the end of the month and produce something good as opposed to producing something for November just because it's NaNoWriMo.

I have to be the worst writer in the world. One who doesn't write.

Lilaena De'Ville

Nov 4th, 2008, 02:04:07 PM

Woohoo, go WriMo's, GO!

Peter, you fail. Tsk tsk. The point of this exercise is to WRITE, not to make something polished. If you spend all your time trying to polish it up before you write it, you'll never get anything on paper, which is your problem, yeah?

Bite the bullet and just do it! :whip

Dasquian Belargic

Nov 4th, 2008, 02:09:47 PM

^ are you doing it? :D

Lilaena De'Ville

Nov 4th, 2008, 02:14:37 PM

No, I just can't this year. Still trying to continue on with a current novel though.

Ilias Nytrau

Nov 7th, 2008, 02:41:08 AM

i'm doing it, but I'm sorely behind, due to a late start, and procrastination.

Peter McCoy

Nov 7th, 2008, 04:17:38 AM

I'm gonna blitz it this weekend. Make some notes tonight, get a good sleep and be up bright and early and write.

Dasquian Belargic

Nov 7th, 2008, 11:19:36 AM

Hell yes :D

Do you have a Nanowrimo account, Peter?

EDIT:

<table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tr> <td><table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'> <tr> <td> <img src='http://www.zokutou.co.uk/wordmeter/pel.gif' width='6' height='22' border='0'><a href='http://www.zokutou.co.uk/wordmeter'><img src='http://www.zokutou.co.uk/wordmeter/pk.gif' width='22' height='22' border='0' alt='Zokutou word meter'></a><img src='http://www.zokutou.co.uk/wordmeter/pc.gif' width='4' height='22' border='0'><a href='http://www.zokutou.co.uk/wordmeter'><img src='http://www.zokutou.co.uk/wordmeter/pr.gif' width='78' height='22' border='0' alt='Zokutou word meter'></a><img src='http://www.zokutou.co.uk/wordmeter/per.gif' width='6' height='22' border='0'></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align='center'><b>11,362</b> / 50,000<br>(22.7%)</div></td> </tr> </table>

Booooya.

Peter McCoy

Nov 8th, 2008, 06:23:13 PM

No I don't. I might make one if I can be bothered. I'm just about writing for now. And I'm way behind but I'll see if I can catch up.

Ilias Nytrau

Nov 8th, 2008, 07:08:11 PM

I have a nanowrimo account... ;)

Dasquian Belargic

Nov 8th, 2008, 07:09:54 PM

You do? Are we buddies already? :uhoh

Ilias Nytrau

Nov 9th, 2008, 11:19:01 AM

I don't know/don't think so. My username is Miriya.

Dasquian Belargic

Nov 28th, 2008, 08:28:44 PM

ahhh its the final weekend :eek

I'm not going to finish my story by the end of November, but I am confident about getting 50k words. Editting is going to be hellish.

Kelly Perris

Nov 28th, 2008, 11:33:12 PM

I am like... 16 1/2K BEHIND... as of now. I'll be lucky if I make it. >_>

Lilaena De'Ville

Nov 29th, 2008, 01:47:04 AM

Congrats! Good luck! :dance