NaNoWriMo 2011

[PuzzleChick]

Well, I ended up re-writing my synopsis about five dozen times. Here's my new one:

“And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune." – Aldous Huxley

Reed Dupree. Shapeshifter by birth, fabulous by nature. Part-time car thief and forger for fun and profit. Occasional good-guy, when the inclination strikes, but never putting another person above his own concerns. He sees no way he could be knocked off his worry-free path, all funded by his less-than-legal talents and a hefty settlement from when his parents went sky-diving fifteen years ago, and gravity laughed in their faces.

Having a roommate of any kind was never one of his plans, but if it had been he certainly wouldn’t have chosen the studious, moralistic, too-righteous-for-his-own-good Alistair Scott.

But that was who he ended up with when he stole a 1967 Shelby Mustang, and saved the life of the dying young man he found locked in the trunk. He didn’t know about the assassins hellbent on finishing the job until later, and he didn't know why they wanted Al dead until much later. Now he's up to his ears with things to worry about, and somehow Al's safety has found its way to the top of that list.

The universe does so love to prove people wrong.

No, I didn't change my MC's name. I just took out a subplot that involved him having two names, so he can be described with his real name in the synopsis now. xD (Originally I had intended for the reader to think Jesse and Reed were two different people, and at the end of the story there was going to be this big plot twist where he actually IS Reed, and he's been using a fake identity all along because he abandoned his former self as a child as a way of dealing with emotional trauma. But I decided I wasn't in the mood to write about depressing things, so I scrapped that subplot. It was bogging down the whole story and seemed weirdly shoehorned in anyway, so I was kind of glad to scrap it.)

[bespecledcow]

^This sounds fuckin' awesome. *wants to read now*

[Rainbow-Lord Crowmunculus]

GUISE I'M DOING NANO THIS YEAR EVEN THOUGH I KNOW I'M GONNA CRY TEARS OF BLOOD. I'm less invested in my novel this year - I think my big mistake last year was trying to write my ~masterpiece~ because I was too invested in how it turned out. I have NO CLUE where I'm going with my idea this year, so I have room to experiment and room to mess up :'D


THE WERE-DYKE RIDES AT MIDNIGHT

Justine Heck: twentysomething-year-old from the sticks who moved to Seattle to escape her parents; apathetic homeless dishwasher by day, vigilante superhero by night, wolfwoman by full moon, and lesbian full-time.

Xandra Yong Moon: sixteen-year-old dropout disowned and kicked to the curb by her parents; bratty kid by day and equally bratty self-invited sidekick by night, sitting duck human by full moon, and babygay full-time.

The connection: a thwarted suicide attempt left Xandra without a home and Justine without the heart to turn her away, and now the two of them are stuck living out of Justine's ancient station wagon in the parking lot of the Small Fry diner. In the night they take to the streets as The Were-Dyke and Dykette, armed with Justine's werewolf strength and supersenses, the homosexual agenda, and a sparkly rainbow crowbar christened The Gay Bar.


lol derp that's all I have so far for a summary. I have a longer one in the works but it sucks just as bad >

Guise who are also doing NaNo this year - when it updates on the site, let's be writing buddies! I'm LillianCrow.

[PuzzleChick]

^ True story: My summary used to be in the same format at yours, Crow. With an intro to the two MCs and then a description of the zany connection between them. Then I was all, "I want to see what Crow's summary is!" And I checked your page and was like, "FFFFFF WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE GOOD IDEAS BEFORE ME."

So I re-wrote mine to what it is now. xD

This is in no way meant to be an insult and I think your story sounds fabulous. <3

[taranova]

You guys' stories sound so awesomely awesome. And gay. <3

[neoeevee]

I've, uh... got some ideas.

AVETHROP ANTHOLOGIES:

Present day, present time; a crack team of scientists with something to prove set out to create a subspecies of winged humans. Unfortunately for them, society, and most of all the bird kids they create... they succeed. This collection of short stories document the Avethrops creation, exposure to the world, and integration into society.

...it's also the biggest middle finger to that Maximum Ride travesty I can think of.

NOT QUITE WONDERLAND:

Alice is a normal girl going to a normal private school in a normal little town in England. But, as we all know, normal people in fantasy stories are not allowed to remain normal. One day, Alice is followed home by a cat calling himself the Knight of Chesire. The next day, she gets dragged off to In-Between, a world that both connects many different dimensions and makes little to no logical sense. Her problems don't stop there, as the cryptic Knight of Chesire she's now in charge of saving all the worlds.

... I don't know, these are just the things I come up with in creative writing.

[piedpiperpluto]

I'm thinking about doing this this year. Is writing out a script for a comic instead of a novel allowed?

[helle is a SLYTHERIN <3]

Nope.
That's for Script Frenzy in April.
100 Pages.
Also. That's 100 pages typed TNR 12 point, I think.
That's easily less than 50K words.

WHICH IS WHAT I AM DOING BECAUSE HOLY SHIT GUYS COLLEGE APPLICATION TIME WITH LOTS OF PHYS ED MAKE UP WORK AND STUFF.

Edit: Well, I mean, I don't think it's NOT allowed, but Script Frenzy would be easier and also classes tend to chill the fuck out by April.