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Angel, demon, hero, villain
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Synopsize Me, Baby (NaNo 2010)
NaNo is approaching. Do you have your plot ready? Were you looking for somewhere, anywhere to share it? This is the place.
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Writing Ninja
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
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Lewis Mulligan and the Pandemonium Engine
Lewis Mulligan is a scrapper in a textile mill in England when an aging aeronaut hires him on as cabin boy and apprentice navigator. They're transporting a bizarre clockwork device known as the "Pandemonium Engine" which draws the attention of a mysterious group of aristocrats known as the League of Solomon, as well as the ire of some church inquisitors known as the Malleus Maleficarum. All this month I'll be posting crew profiles on my blog.
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i write words
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: texas
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Two possible options right now. But one I'm thinking about;
A futuristic dystopia has two stunningly divided cultures due to complete freedom of money. One rich man has nothing he can do about it but is sick of watching it from afar. |
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I'm quite put out.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In a warm, bubbly, relaxing bath.
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As usual, I'm between 583 plots and with none of them I have any more than the context. I usually just start writing and see where this takes me.
Which then leads to me failing. I seriously should start plotting.
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A bit of snow's better than nothing
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lost in the Wyoming mountains. Don't try to rescue me.
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Time: 1930s-ish. Place: Mountains of Wyoming. Main character: A woman hotelier and her experiences with locals and guests. Genre: either a love story or a mystery (or both). I can only snatch a few minutes a day to think about it, so I may have to take all until November 1 to figure it out! But at least the story's starting to gel.
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Darkly Romantic Curmudgeon
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Pacific NW USA
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This is close to what I have posted at the NaNoWriMo site:
An American woman, Neely, is arrested and extradited to England twenty five years after her involvement with a terrorist group and their British kidnapping victim. In a series of interviews, conducted as her murder trial unfolds, her interviewer learns that the victims and criminals aren't nearly as black and white as the press would have the public believe. And Neely is guarding more secrets than just those of a criminal nature.
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Avoids editing by procrastinating
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: North Carolina
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Myself, I'm going to be writing what is essentially a romance but after being married for a while, the woman develops breast cancer and has to deal with her disease. So, I guess it's really mainstream fiction with strong romantic elements.
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I'm just a girl.
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Somewhere between 1750 and 1889
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Mine is Crusades, Templers and the year 2010...Other then that I don't have anything.. |
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Angel, demon, hero, villain
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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I have two I'm deciding between. One is a sequel to the novel I'm revising, Hero/Villain. I love that book and the characters, so I'd be very happy writing a sequel. I'm not going to synopsize this one because that'd be spoilery if one of my betas happened upon this thread
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Teacher by day, YA writer by night
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: College Station, TX
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
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A love story during a religious war pretty much sums mine up. Oh, and armageddon.
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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Avoids editing by procrastinating
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: North Carolina
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This made me giggle. Sounds like a good one.
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![]() "If a teacher told me to revise, I thought that meant my writing was a broken-down car that needed to go to the repair shop. I felt insulted. I didn't realize the teacher was saying, 'Make it shine. It's worth it.' Now I see revision as a beautiful word of hope. It's a new vision of something. It means you don't have to be perfect the first time. What a relief!" —Naomi Shihab Nye |
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Plot Monkey
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: In the conservatory with the lead pipe
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I've gotten as far as: A ghost story. Pathetic, huh? I'm hoping to start playing with an outline later this week, so I'm sure something more elaborate will present itself. I hope. Maybe.
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
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![]() It's not actually meant to be funny, but if I can make a writer laugh, then I must be doing *something* right...
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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Avoids editing by procrastinating
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: North Carolina
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Gosh, I can hardly wait for Nano!!!
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![]() "If a teacher told me to revise, I thought that meant my writing was a broken-down car that needed to go to the repair shop. I felt insulted. I didn't realize the teacher was saying, 'Make it shine. It's worth it.' Now I see revision as a beautiful word of hope. It's a new vision of something. It means you don't have to be perfect the first time. What a relief!" —Naomi Shihab Nye |
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Angel, demon, hero, villain
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So... I might be doing something totally different for NaNo than either of the projects I mentioned above. LOL
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
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Nice.
I'm resolutely determined to write the story I came up with a month ago... But I have since changed the sub-plot to be a romance told from 3rd person. *Sigh* What happened to my religious war 1st person text?!? *grumps*
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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Shut Up and Write
Join Date: Feb 2005
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The opening scene goes something like this:
A girl comes up to a guy and asks him his name. When he tells her, she looks momentarily puzzled and then explains that she's dating somebody who looks just like him. It's a long distance relationship, via the internet, but they've exchanged emails and photographs and such. She pulls out her cellphone and shows him a photo. "Doesn't he look just like you?" she asks. "That is me," he replies. . . . and it kinda goes from there. Last edited by Sarashay; 10-12-2010 at 02:46 AM. Reason: Spoiler by mentioning a film it resembles, but not quite. |
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i write words
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: texas
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Plotting murder..most of the time
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Ontario
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haven't really decided. It's between a murder mystery, romantic drama, thriller, or a suspense....yeah...I might not know until October 31st what I'm writing the next day lol
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i write words
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: texas
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Avoids editing by procrastinating
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: North Carolina
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No reason not to include a little bit of all of those, just for fun.
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Plotting murder..most of the time
Join Date: Feb 2010
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hey, who knows? maybe I'll create another sub-genre or even a new one? lol
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i write words
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: texas
Posts: 845
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I love how everyone in this thread (including me) is so excited for NaNo 20 days in advance :P
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