NANOWRIMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *spazzes*
Okay, I'm done now.
However, as it is officially thirty minutes until the Writer's Marathon begins, I'm impatient. It's SO much fun. However, I'm kind of going crazy. It's like trying to go to sleep on Christmas!
For those who are NaNo deprived, I must explain what NaNoWriMo is.
http://www.nanowrimo.org
NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month.
AKA: The month where all the crazy writers get together and have a marathon - those who dont' have the endurance don't win.
I'll probably be blogging through NaNo - because it's fun to blog. I know I kind of slacked off, (Sorry, general public of readers,) during school and student council elections and such, (which I really must tell you about! They were awful!) and didn't post anything for about a month. Excuse my while I go hide my face in shame.
*
Okay, I'm done hiding now.
Anyway, NaNoWriMo.
The Goal: 50,000 word novel in thirty days.
The Point: I have no idea.
So that is what I'm going to start in twenty-five short minutes! Sorry, I keep glancing at the clock in wariness and impatience.
Over the past week, I've been doing something I totally didn't do and paid for with sweat and blood last year - planning ahead. I downloaded this WONDERFUL program called yWriter, which is a huge help, and I basically have my entire novel planned down to the content of the chapters. However, I don't have all the scenes planned out yet. I think if I plan too much it'll lose the fun, dontcha think?
So far, I've done two character sheets, (I need to do more - guess what I'll be doing in class! Other than paying perfect attention, of course...) constructed a culture, a world, decided on a genre, story, plot, rating, and... need i go into it? Basically, I have this thing planned down to the random kitten I'm putting in as a dare. Yay, word padding. (it was a NaNo dare!)
I'm not going to release much of the story on the blog, except for some of the first chapter. This decision is subject to change, and I will be asking for y'all's help on different stuff, asking opinions on quotes, characters, events, what to name my random kitten that my main character is going to hate with the burning passion of a thousand hells, and other things that I'm SURE will come up.
As I'm now rambling with masterful ease, I'm going to go into the beautiful, wonderful thing that is talking about my story until I drop.
So far, this is what I've come up with. I've named it Babylon, after the title of the pirate ship that will figure largely throughout the story.
However, the name has a double meaning. I want this story to have deep spiritual meaning. I'm a Christian, and whether I like it or not, it's going to show up in my writing. Therefore, I'm very intent on making it extremely important for my character. Faith, that is. I really need to go find the french word for faith...
foi?
Maybe. Someone who knows, please comment and tell me! I never know whether these things are right...
Anyway, my main character, Charlize, is arrested for a theivery she didn't commit and.. an act she didn't do. Or so she says... She pleads innocent, but all the evidence is against her. She is placed on the prison ship "Dagger" along with a few other women prisoners and many other men prisoners, (in seperate sections, of course,) along with the crown jewels of the King of Italy, who exists in my alternate universe, okay?
Anyway, with five minutes left, I shall rush through the rest.
CharlizegetsanewnicknamegiventoherbyherfriendCoyaneandthengetspreggiebytheCaptain(notherwillofcourse)andrunsawayandisfoundbythearmyandthenjoinsanactinggroupforsevenyearsandthenrunsintothemagaiandmuchtraumahappensanddramahappensandamutinyaboardthebabylonhappensandthen... Ihaven't figured out how to end it yet. oops.
Will write more later! Promise! (and I'll tell you about my latest news at school - PROMISE!)
Okay, I'm done now.
However, as it is officially thirty minutes until the Writer's Marathon begins, I'm impatient. It's SO much fun. However, I'm kind of going crazy. It's like trying to go to sleep on Christmas!
For those who are NaNo deprived, I must explain what NaNoWriMo is.
http://www.nanowrimo.org
NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month.
AKA: The month where all the crazy writers get together and have a marathon - those who dont' have the endurance don't win.
I'll probably be blogging through NaNo - because it's fun to blog. I know I kind of slacked off, (Sorry, general public of readers,) during school and student council elections and such, (which I really must tell you about! They were awful!) and didn't post anything for about a month. Excuse my while I go hide my face in shame.
*
Okay, I'm done hiding now.
Anyway, NaNoWriMo.
The Goal: 50,000 word novel in thirty days.
The Point: I have no idea.
So that is what I'm going to start in twenty-five short minutes! Sorry, I keep glancing at the clock in wariness and impatience.
Over the past week, I've been doing something I totally didn't do and paid for with sweat and blood last year - planning ahead. I downloaded this WONDERFUL program called yWriter, which is a huge help, and I basically have my entire novel planned down to the content of the chapters. However, I don't have all the scenes planned out yet. I think if I plan too much it'll lose the fun, dontcha think?
So far, I've done two character sheets, (I need to do more - guess what I'll be doing in class! Other than paying perfect attention, of course...) constructed a culture, a world, decided on a genre, story, plot, rating, and... need i go into it? Basically, I have this thing planned down to the random kitten I'm putting in as a dare. Yay, word padding. (it was a NaNo dare!)
I'm not going to release much of the story on the blog, except for some of the first chapter. This decision is subject to change, and I will be asking for y'all's help on different stuff, asking opinions on quotes, characters, events, what to name my random kitten that my main character is going to hate with the burning passion of a thousand hells, and other things that I'm SURE will come up.
As I'm now rambling with masterful ease, I'm going to go into the beautiful, wonderful thing that is talking about my story until I drop.
So far, this is what I've come up with. I've named it Babylon, after the title of the pirate ship that will figure largely throughout the story.
However, the name has a double meaning. I want this story to have deep spiritual meaning. I'm a Christian, and whether I like it or not, it's going to show up in my writing. Therefore, I'm very intent on making it extremely important for my character. Faith, that is. I really need to go find the french word for faith...
foi?
Maybe. Someone who knows, please comment and tell me! I never know whether these things are right...
Anyway, my main character, Charlize, is arrested for a theivery she didn't commit and.. an act she didn't do. Or so she says... She pleads innocent, but all the evidence is against her. She is placed on the prison ship "Dagger" along with a few other women prisoners and many other men prisoners, (in seperate sections, of course,) along with the crown jewels of the King of Italy, who exists in my alternate universe, okay?
Anyway, with five minutes left, I shall rush through the rest.
CharlizegetsanewnicknamegiventoherbyherfriendCoyaneandthengetspreggiebytheCaptain(notherwillofcourse)andrunsawayandisfoundbythearmyandthenjoinsanactinggroupforsevenyearsandthenrunsintothemagaiandmuchtraumahappensanddramahappensandamutinyaboardthebabylonhappensandthen... Ihaven't figured out how to end it yet. oops.
Will write more later! Promise! (and I'll tell you about my latest news at school - PROMISE!)
