Lagging with Nano

Just an update to mention that I haven't given up on Nano, even though I'm super duper behind cause I got frustrated with my main plot. Now I realize that I'm much more into my minor characters subplots than my main plot. I think it's because I know what the conflict is in my subplot, and I haven't really unearthed it in my main plot. Mostly because my main character is all angsty and moody all the time. She doesn't talk enough to other people around her to actually conflict with them yet.

NEED Conflict!

Nano widgets and progress

Well, my widgets are finally working! yay! Unfortunately, they show how horribly behind I am. So basically my goal is to make one of those days in November green.

How far am I into the story? Chapter 2. Yep. I'm still in the expositional phase of the story. And this post is a shameless procrastination.

So yeah. Back to writing I go!

Happy Halloween, and Nano's Eve!

Yes! Only 3 more hours until It begins! The mad marathon of writing called Nanowrimo. I'm jumping in again this year with my 2yn story idea, since I never really did start it. I've been doing some plotting in the past couple weeks though, so hopefully it goes smoothly.

Last year I participated in Nanowrimo, starting off with nothing more than a plot idea. It was a fun crazy random story and I didn't finish it, but I had a blast! I won the 50K goal even if I couldn't end it, and I learned a ton about noveling in the process.

So this year I'm going to make a further goal beyond just reaching 50K. This year, I'm going to finish the story! This is pretty significant, because even though I've been writing since I was 12 or 13, I've only finished the story I was writing about 3 or 4 times. So that makes about a dozen years of unfinished storylines! I'm going to do it this year! I will!

1st or 3rd person narrative? That is the question.

At the moment I'm sussing out whether I should go with 1st person or 3rd person on my Rebound novel project. So I'm writing up a blurb of each to see how natural they feel. You can expect them both in another day or two depending on how busy I am the next couple days. Will post both soon!

Lillith finds a home

So I've decided my 2YN character lives in Iowa. I think this is removed enough from me, but close enough to be the same kind of lifestyle that I would know for her. She's a mid-west gal from small to mid-sized town America.

So her high school is not horrible, but its no private school. It would be the place that good and ambitious kids come out of and make the town papers, the unmotivated slackers come across as "rebels" and cool within their own groups for being so, and the middle of the road kids graduate with little notice outside of their own lives. The local Universities and colleges are cheaper, and one is most likely to come across a good number of people they already know or are acquainted when going there. There are several big cities within 3-5 hours driving time that have colleges and universities that one who would leave town would be more apt to go to.

That's what I'm going on so far.

Teen Vs Gov Plot

I'm nicknaming my tale of the adolescent who defies the government "Teen Vs Gov". This is NOT going to be any kind of a title for it, but I need something to refer to to it by. I'm posting my progress on this plot also.

One-Line summary:

A Junior High student goes up against the government when her parents' conspiracy theories turn out to be both true and deadly.

Expanded Version

Celia Brodie is in Junior High, and just trying to gain some good grades and a little popularity in spite of her slighty wacky conspiracy theorist parents. These efforts are dwarfed when a horrifying series of terrorist events leave the President and Vice-president of the United States dead and the whole country dissolves in chaos. A new government emerges with dark suppositions and she begins to realize some truths of her parents theories. It is too late for going back however, when the New Government agents shut down her school and begin hunting people on their “Green List”. That last normal day Celia looked out her classroom window and saw the lines of Nova Military vehicles turning into the school parking lot, she knew it was time to run…

Genre: Young Adult, Social Science Fiction?, Subplot may have some elements of romance, mystery, and thriller

Theme: Self-Discovery amid Rebellion

Before normal life collapsed for her, Celia was happy to be just whatever people around her wanted her to be. What she really wanted was people to like her. When her life is turned upside down she finds herself forced to try and find out who she is and what she believes in the midst of becoming a government rebel.

Symbolism- to be determined as Plot progresses.

Yay! I'm going somewhere with this!

2YN- Rebound

I wanted to make a post for my 2Yn even though I said I wouldn't be following that story here. Mostly because I've chosen a name for my main character! Her name is Lilith, but she often goes by 'Lil'. Sometimes she gets called Lily, but she hates it...

I'm excited about this a lot, because I was kind of apprehensive about not having a name for her even though everything I could think of just didn't seem to fit. Today I was giving thought to some of the interesting stories of names in legends and myths. I was intrigued by both Lilith's and Lorelei's stories.

Both of them would fit as part of my theme and symbolism for my story, but as I was trying them out Lorelei only brought up thoughts of the Gilmore Girls, and I wanted a name that didn't constantly make me think of a wholly different story. The more I thought of Lilith, the more it started to fit. Now I can't think of anything different. Yay!

Jane Doe, I hereby christen you Lilith.

Now off to find a last name...