infinikitten
big old brat tbh
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Camp NaNoWriMo - Writers Unite!
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LoonieToonies
niether here nor there
Oh my god this is a great idea! I absolutely love writing, it's been a passion if mine for as long as I can remember. As much as I love it though, I'm easily swayed and have difficulties sticking to a single idea before changing my mind and scrapping the work to start something new. I really want to start writing my supernatural/alternate history 'The Hour of Eden' and maybe this will be a good way to give me a kick start!
It takes place in an alternate timeline where the Black Death ended up decimating humanity and driving most of the world to extinction, and as such there was a large migration to North America very early on. The reason for the plague's destruction was due to the rise of the reapers, mysterious demons who survive by bonding with a single human host using venom and then feeding on their misery and life force. To protect themselves from the reapers, a clock tower was built at the heart of a great city called Morgan, and the song it plays keeps the reapers away and protects the humans. The song has something known as 'the bell range' meaning if you can hear the song you're safe, and it is illegal to go beyond it where the reapers live. However, for some mysterious reason, the song no longer works and reapers begin attacking withTon the bell range, facing humanity with yet another threat. It's supernatural with superstitious lore weaved in: iron is the only way to kill a reaper physically (since iron was used to keep evil spirits away) they like to give people opals because they are bad luck and ensure that the human holding it will suffer and, as such, feed the reapers, and so on.
It takes place in an alternate timeline where the Black Death ended up decimating humanity and driving most of the world to extinction, and as such there was a large migration to North America very early on. The reason for the plague's destruction was due to the rise of the reapers, mysterious demons who survive by bonding with a single human host using venom and then feeding on their misery and life force. To protect themselves from the reapers, a clock tower was built at the heart of a great city called Morgan, and the song it plays keeps the reapers away and protects the humans. The song has something known as 'the bell range' meaning if you can hear the song you're safe, and it is illegal to go beyond it where the reapers live. However, for some mysterious reason, the song no longer works and reapers begin attacking withTon the bell range, facing humanity with yet another threat. It's supernatural with superstitious lore weaved in: iron is the only way to kill a reaper physically (since iron was used to keep evil spirits away) they like to give people opals because they are bad luck and ensure that the human holding it will suffer and, as such, feed the reapers, and so on.
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SuperVandal
got a blank space bb
http://campnanowrimo.org/campers/supervillain
This is meee. I'm probably going to work on a spin-off of another story that I was working on like a year ago. Superhero genre, no biggie.
This is meee. I'm probably going to work on a spin-off of another story that I was working on like a year ago. Superhero genre, no biggie.
KaydeeKrunk
The Late Great Turt
I found my Ready, Set, Novel! book today which is awesome, it's by the NaNoWriMo folks and it is a huge inspiration, I wanted to try to do it in order even though I have a start and basic premise of my story already. There are all kinds of little activities to inspire and since doing them I came up with at least three more usable story ideas... most likely for short stories but STILL! Totally a worth while book to get!
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That sounds like an awesome idea!
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That sounds like an awesome idea!
Thank you for the kind words, KiloPatches. <3
I'm going to do so for both of them. If they knew I was moping and stalling then they wouldn't be happy! My ML used to message me every single time I didn't write, so she would most definitely scold me if she knew I'd been in a slump so long. Actually, upon writing that, I decided to check my inbox and found that the 2013 messages from her are still saved! And the very last one I received has just annihilated my excuse to use uni not to write next month:
And she did this every November for eight years. She was such an amazing ML. She even sent me this back in 2009 filled with chocolates!
Maybe I'll pull that mug back out for camp. I used it every day for over four years, but then stopped using it when she passed away because I didn't want to risk accidentally breaking it.
I've been sat staring at a document for two hours while trying to perfect a script that I've left far too late. It's for an eight-minute short film and we're filming in two days time - but the lack of dialogue frightens me a ton because that's my definite strong point in writing, both in prose as well as for the screen. But, anyway, working on this reminded me that we're just a few days away from Camp now!
I'm nowhere near ready, but definitely excited! I've settled on my idea, under the working title of Leslie. It's the prequel to an on-and-off again project I've been working on since July 2010 that has gone under so many complete rewrites (in the form of both prose and television scripts) but is still failing to achieve what I want it to. I think going back and exploring the protagonist a little more is necessary, and while I could do it in the form of a detailed bio I think a small project like this is going to be a good exercise to get me back into the habit of writing prose.
I'm seriously doubting being able to finish this April but I'm determined to give it a go.
How is everyone else feeling now that it's so close?
I'm sorry for your lossMaybe you could put a dedication to her in your novel this year? I don't know how close you were, but it could be a nice way to pay tribute...
I'm going to do so for both of them. If they knew I was moping and stalling then they wouldn't be happy! My ML used to message me every single time I didn't write, so she would most definitely scold me if she knew I'd been in a slump so long. Actually, upon writing that, I decided to check my inbox and found that the 2013 messages from her are still saved! And the very last one I received has just annihilated my excuse to use uni not to write next month:
And she did this every November for eight years. She was such an amazing ML. She even sent me this back in 2009 filled with chocolates!
Maybe I'll pull that mug back out for camp. I used it every day for over four years, but then stopped using it when she passed away because I didn't want to risk accidentally breaking it.
ANYWAY, IT'S ALREADY MARCH 26TH
I've been sat staring at a document for two hours while trying to perfect a script that I've left far too late. It's for an eight-minute short film and we're filming in two days time - but the lack of dialogue frightens me a ton because that's my definite strong point in writing, both in prose as well as for the screen. But, anyway, working on this reminded me that we're just a few days away from Camp now!
I'm nowhere near ready, but definitely excited! I've settled on my idea, under the working title of Leslie. It's the prequel to an on-and-off again project I've been working on since July 2010 that has gone under so many complete rewrites (in the form of both prose and television scripts) but is still failing to achieve what I want it to. I think going back and exploring the protagonist a little more is necessary, and while I could do it in the form of a detailed bio I think a small project like this is going to be a good exercise to get me back into the habit of writing prose.
I'm seriously doubting being able to finish this April but I'm determined to give it a go.
How is everyone else feeling now that it's so close?
I'm super nervous. I haven't tried writing a story in forever, and I'm starting to not feel confident enough in my writing abilities to do this... I've got so many ideas with a lot of potential, but actually typing them out is going to be hard since I'm not really proud of anything I do
I wasn't planning on participating in this, but seeing as how my current novel is soon being finished, then I might consider participating in it. I'm still learning how to write and I want some time to edit my current novel so I might not be able to participate, but I just might decide to. If I do enter, I'll probably write something fairly short.
KaydeeKrunk
The Late Great Turt
I have had friends who've wrote and love it, wrote and hated, or even wrote and then proceeded to delete half of the writing. Basically how I think of this is just to get as much as possible out onto the paper. I'm not super confident in my writing abilities, I always go back and read through old stuff I wrote and hate it, but I am forcing myself to do this anyways so I can improve and see what I am capable of!
Good plan. I'll just do it anyways!
KaydeeKrunk
The Late Great Turt
If anybody is still looking for a cabin me and my friend have room!
infinikitten
big old brat tbh
Bumping since it's almost time :3
Has anyone been doing any planning? Who's gonna wing it completely?
Has anyone been doing any planning? Who's gonna wing it completely?
I've spent the past few hours panic-planning. I work better under pressure, so it's going surprisingly well - despite me getting distracted by trying (and failing) to make a cover haha. I know the overall plot and the key events and where in the story they will happen, but I'm not 100% certain of the ending. I also need to flesh out the characters a little more.
Note: there are still available spaces in the cabin! Let me know your Camp username for an invite!
Note: there are still available spaces in the cabin! Let me know your Camp username for an invite!
SuperVandal
got a blank space bb
I've spent the past few hours panic-planning. I work better under pressure, so it's going surprisingly well - despite me getting distracted by trying (and failing) to make a cover haha. I know the overall plot and the key events and where in the story they will happen, but I'm not 100% certain of the ending. I also need to flesh out the characters a little more.
Note: there are still available spaces in the cabin! Let me know your Camp username for an invite!
invite me pleaseeee
@SuperVillain
Ah, this thread reminded me to enter^^ (thanks!)
I won NaNoWriMo 2013 but didn't have the time to participate since then. I'm going to continue writing on my NaNo '13 project; it's going to be a whole lot longer than 50000 words I guess.
What is your writing goal for this month?
I choose 1000 words a day.
And it would be cool if they'd let you choose your cabin with selecting the language you write in. I write in German because my English isn't that good and now I have no one I can bother with "aaah this sentence sounds wrong! What shall I do? D:" and stuff like that ._.
I won NaNoWriMo 2013 but didn't have the time to participate since then. I'm going to continue writing on my NaNo '13 project; it's going to be a whole lot longer than 50000 words I guess.
What is your writing goal for this month?
I choose 1000 words a day.
And it would be cool if they'd let you choose your cabin with selecting the language you write in. I write in German because my English isn't that good and now I have no one I can bother with "aaah this sentence sounds wrong! What shall I do? D:" and stuff like that ._.
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I decided to change my entire story the other night. Oh, well...these things are more fun for me when I have a slight handicap in starting, anyway.
Though, that's prolly a result of my first year, when I didn't hear about NaNoWriMo until the 12th of November; signed up that day, started writing, and finished about a day or two before the 30th. Unless I'm super busy, an entire 30 days is a bit generous to me.
...or, in this case, when I change my entire story (even the genre, though it's still YA fiction) the night before the event starts. XD
Hope everyone else is ready to start! Maybe we can do some word wars (within the TBT cabin, and with other cabins since it sounds like some users here are in a different cabin).
Though, that's prolly a result of my first year, when I didn't hear about NaNoWriMo until the 12th of November; signed up that day, started writing, and finished about a day or two before the 30th. Unless I'm super busy, an entire 30 days is a bit generous to me.
...or, in this case, when I change my entire story (even the genre, though it's still YA fiction) the night before the event starts. XD
Hope everyone else is ready to start! Maybe we can do some word wars (within the TBT cabin, and with other cabins since it sounds like some users here are in a different cabin).
SuperVandal
got a blank space bb
hmm i've been thinking of incorporating a strong mother/daughter relationship in this story that has yet to come fruition
idk if it's just me but it feels like there are very few mother/daughter relationships in media. books, tv shows, comics, etc. like the only one i can think of off the top of my head is the relationship wonder woman has with her mother lol.
idk if it's just me but it feels like there are very few mother/daughter relationships in media. books, tv shows, comics, etc. like the only one i can think of off the top of my head is the relationship wonder woman has with her mother lol.
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