I'm going to re-tell fairy tales! Maybe mix and match some lesser-known ones, or just pick a couple at random and delve right in. The beauty is they're already written; I get to give the story life. And shake things up a bit, claro
Can't wait! It's my first year, and really a trial run for me. So I'm jupming in head-first, and hoping for the best.
*pokes Nate* what's yours about?
***Under the Responsibility of S.P.E.W.*** (Sadistic Perplexion of Everyone's Wits)
Medieval Lit! Come here to find out who Chaucer plagiarized and translated - and why and how it worked in the late 1300s.
I've planned, not thoroughly enough. I should probably do more planning, come to think of it. I got to a certain point and stopped because it was too much work, that damn ending was frustrating me! I'm trying to rename my MC right now (and failing)
I've got a 3,000-ish word outline so... I guess I'm doing good. 6 days, not counting today, isn't it? How exciting!
yeah, Nate, what is your novel about?
“It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.” ― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Mine's an idea that I've had for a long time. It's about two groups of neighborhood kids who set up rival lemonade stands. I'm basing it largely off the area I grew up in Connecticut, but I plan on using it to demonstrate why the free market always works best.
So far I have a few pages written and I hope to have the whole thing done by the end of the month. Hopefully it'll turn out well.
I've planned it all, but I still don't think I'm ready. The outline is pretty bare still. It's hardly an outline, just a few sentences for each year/main event (my novel somehow thinks it will cover twenty years). But I don't have a job (and should have) so I'll have so much free time it would be sad for me to be able to do it, really. I mean, my evenings will probably be busy, and most of the weekend, but I can still get up at 9 and have 9 hours of writing time (about).
Nate wrote:And if YWS ever does become a company, Jack will be the President of European Operations. In fact, I'm just going to call him that anyways.
I have a vague idea for mine and changed many plots twists and such. I've settled on working on the beginning chapters with summaries as to what takes place in each part. The characters and technology are really coming along.
I'm about as planned out as I'm gonna get between now and November 1st. I have all my major plot points on paper and in the order I intend to write them. I just a lot of little filler things to figure out, which I will probably think up as I write them down anyways.
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. ~William Shakespeare, Othello Boo. SPEW is watching.
Like Dusky, I'm done my planning. I mean, I'm not actually fully planned--I have no idea what happens after chapter eleven or so--but I've done all the planning I'm going to do. From there, I'll ride on the wave of creativity that I'm hoping will rise when November comes.
"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring." -Chuck Palahniuk
I have plots for the next three years. Last year I got the idea for a four-book series. Hence why I already have my plots. But, I haven't actually done any actual PLANNING for this year until today. I wrote about a half page outline thingie.... Not very extensive. I plan on doing a bit more, but otherwise, I just wing it.
Cassandra just came up with an ending, or has come pretty close to it.
Isn't it great when inspiration strikes you at the most unexpected, inopportune moments? I should be going to sleep right now, but am I? Heck no! I must scribble done this idea.
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"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring." -Chuck Palahniuk
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