NaNo '23: The Gift and the Ghostspeaker

Voidsoul · 2023-11-01T20:23:03Z

Hello humans I decided to make a thread here because why not. Welcome to the chaos that will be my progress-tracking of The Gift and the Ghostspeaker :D WARNINGS: 1. This is a work of allegorical Christian fiction. I'm not trying to deter anyone from reading by any means, but just thought I'd put that out there. 2. This work of allegorical Christian fiction contains the following sensitive topics: A suicidal character A character who is abused in one chapter/has a trauma disorder Demons, possession/drawing power from demons, and Nephilim (from a Christian point of view) There are two rules in the post-apocalyptic Blanklands of Zephan: don’t go out at night, and don’t mess with the supernatural. Valentine Lucen is the supernatural, and so are her targets—the immortals who rule the Blanklands with an iron fist, taking advantage of their once thought-to-be divine blood. But they’re not the only ones who are Gifted, and Val’s own Gift is her key to revenge. Back in the safety of Zephan City, Val’s estranged brother Rhys lives in luxury as the only son and heir of Ghostspeaker Nikolai Lucen. But he and his family have a secret; one they have to reveal in order to prove the sovereignty of the Ghosts once and for all. But when the plan backfires, Rhys has to protect their secret and take it on the run, even while discovering his own Ghosts and their shocking command: to rid the world of immortals, and with them any evidence of the once-worshipped deity. As Val slowly befriends an immortal named Kairo, who is desperate to return to his origins; and Rhys gathers a team of immortal killers, including a guilt-ridden Mage on a mission to heal his dying sister, a traitorous immortal who will do anything to stay alive, and a rebel who holds the secret to destroying the immortals; they all discover that maybe the immortals aren’t the only ones in the wrong—and maybe they themselves are even worse. Status: 5 chapters / around 5000 words written Table of Contents Characters Ebony - grumpy immortal sniper and traitor - https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=114789#p1650704 Val - bipolar vengeful Mage and Ghost fanatic - https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=114789#p1650705 Kai - stubborn immortal with a death wish Nat - annoying anarchist who really doesn't care Ellis - insecure Ghostborn boi with weird theology and angst Sterling - traumatized Mage murderer we must defend with our lives Rhys - adorably clueless Ghostspeaker and babysitter Fallon - cool-as-heck rebel therapist extraordinaire Lev - immortal rebel leader and the group’s mostly unofficial dad Ori - eccentric uncle with wings and naivete Brynn - two-year-old winged cinnamon roll Niko - second worst dad in the book and cult leader Evi - token skeptical bookworm with trust issues Status Updates Day Two - https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=114789#p1650798 Day Three - https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=114789&start=15#p1650873 Chapters Prologue - https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/work/Voidsoul/The-Gift-and-the-Ghostspeaker-Prophecy-Poem--Prologue-156419 Chapter One - https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/work/Voidsoul/The-Gift-and-the-Ghostspeaker-Chapter-One-156424

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Sat Nov 04, 2023 6:01 am

Voidsoul says... · Sat Nov 04, 2023 6:01 am

Day three went awesome, I got almost 3k words written!!

Last sentence written:

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The walk from the parking lot to the Startemple had been longer than usual, filled with horrible dead silence, but we had finally arrived, gotten in, and taken our seats.

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Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:18 am

Voidsoul says... · Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:18 am

morning morning it is 4 am I wrote 3k yesterday and I am back for more apparently

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Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:15 pm

Spearmint says... · Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:15 pm

eyyy amazing job with the word counts so far!!

mint, she/her

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Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:17 pm

Voidsoul says... · Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:17 pm

i am so behind at 8500 ;-;

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Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:27 am

Carlito says... · Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:27 am

I'm right around the same place as you! It's possible to catch up (if you want to), trust me!

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Ask a Therapist!
I want to beta read your novel!

Ask me anything. Talk to me about anything. Seriously. My PM box is always open <3

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Sat Nov 11, 2023 3:31 am

Voidsoul says... · Sat Nov 11, 2023 3:31 am

Carlito wrote:I'm right around the same place as you! It's possible to catch up (if you want to), trust me! :)

That's super encouraging, thank you!!

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