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Post by Tashni on Nov 1, 2006 3:57:57 GMT -5
Well, I stayed up far too late and wrote 2,127 words after midnight. It was all on a short story for the NT I'm working on, though. It might be cool, so I won't be posting exerpts of it. Sorry! ^_^
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Post by Tashni on Nov 2, 2006 2:12:16 GMT -5
Didn't have much time today, so now I'm at 3308. But I am still withing the first 24 hours, so I'm doing pretty good. I've done some of the neo story and some of the Jaiina story now. I'll post an exerpt on the front page.
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Post by Tashni on Nov 3, 2006 2:19:39 GMT -5
I'm up to 5,093 words now. Yay! I've been writing on my neo story called "DA," as well as "The Life and Times of Jaiina Miaax," and even "Temath." This is a very interesting thing, NaNoWriMo. It actually made me start on "Temath," something I haven't had the guts to do in a while. I'm just going to write it, darn the consequences! In the end, at the very least I'll have a firmer grasp on all of my characters.
Nothing's excerpt-quality just yet. Maybe tomorrow, although I have a very busy weekend ahead of me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2006 17:17:31 GMT -5
Tashni, I just got to reading the two excerpts you have on page one.
The one from D.A. was great! I found it not only entertaining, but also very amusing and comical. It was great. I also read the clip on your NaNo profile, and that made me even more interested in reading the rest of this. I can't wait till it's in the Times. ^_^
There wasn't much from Jaiina's story, but what was their has definitely intrigued me, a lot. When I got to the end, I even got goosebumps. Very good writing, indeed.
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Post by Tashni on Nov 5, 2006 0:12:34 GMT -5
Tashni, I just got to reading the two excerpts you have on page one. The one from D.A. was great! I found it not only entertaining, but also very amusing and comical. It was great. I also read the clip on your NaNo profile, and that made me even more interested in reading the rest of this. I can't wait till it's in the Times. ^_^ I'm actually really intrigued by "D.A." (Am I allowed to say that about my own writing?) It's something I've never tried before. I had this idea for a really mysterious character, but I also wanted her to be my main character. Now, how exactly can you be inside your character's head and keep her mysterious? Well, I decided to write the story from everyone's POV except her's. That way I get several different interpretations of who she is, and the reader can decide for him/herself what to believe. So far, I have 5 POVs planned, all of them watching D.A.'s actions. (D.A. is her name. Mysterious, eh?) So, yeah, I'm enjoying it. Hah, too bad it didn't actually happen that way. Well, it sorta did, but . . . oh, heck I'll just add to the excerpt and you can read it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2006 21:49:17 GMT -5
Tashni, I just got to reading the two excerpts you have on page one. The one from D.A. was great! I found it not only entertaining, but also very amusing and comical. It was great. I also read the clip on your NaNo profile, and that made me even more interested in reading the rest of this. I can't wait till it's in the Times. ^_^ I'm actually really intrigued by "D.A." (Am I allowed to say that about my own writing?) It's something I've never tried before. I had this idea for a really mysterious character, but I also wanted her to be my main character. Now, how exactly can you be inside your character's head and keep her mysterious? Well, I decided to write the story from everyone's POV except her's. That way I get several different interpretations of who she is, and the reader can decide for him/herself what to believe. So far, I have 5 POVs planned, all of them watching D.A.'s actions. (D.A. is her name. Mysterious, eh?) So, yeah, I'm enjoying it. Hah, too bad it didn't actually happen that way. Well, it sorta did, but . . . oh, heck I'll just add to the excerpt and you can read it. Yes! You can surely be intrigued by your own story! *admits to being intrigued all the time with mine* lol. D.A. IS an interesting, intriguing name... As is the prospect of writing from everyone's POV except the main character's. ^_^ Well, I haven't yet read the expanded excerpt, as things came up today, and I was totally swamped and unable to get online for a while. Continued good luck to ya! ^_^
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Post by Tashni on Nov 8, 2006 3:15:59 GMT -5
Thanks, Wolf.
Well, I'm very proud of myself. I have been gettig a LOT of work done on my fantasy novel! YAY!!! I'm trying to make it the focus of my nanowrimo, seeing as it's been my "to do/work on/complete" list forever. I've started and scrapped and rewrote it more times than I can count, so nano is good for. It's pure output, just to get the thing out. I'll post an excerpt of it later, maybe.
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Post by Tashni on Nov 22, 2006 1:49:31 GMT -5
Well, I haven't updated in a while. Here's an excerpt from "Temath":
“It will take us twelve more days to get to Sel’kesh,” Wolfain said, running his finger over the map along the line that represented the trail they were now on. “This is a well enough traveled road, few reported incidents. However, we can take this trail through the pass,” he said and motioned to a thinner line on the map that ran between two mountains and led straight into Sel’kesh. “It is more dangerous, harder to find food, but there is water and little snow this time of year. It will take three days off our journey.”
Stanzi frowned slightly, more to herself than any one person. She recalled an old trader back in Tir’shan once speaking of this very road, the Slate Pass. His experience had not been good, and apparently many had troubles. Many Ne’oi had died in that place, seeking to shave a few days off their trek to Sel’kesh. “No,” she said to Captain Ironglade’s plan.
He looked at her as if it had never occurred to him that she would disagree with him.
“I am sure it would take some time off our trip, but that is a very dangerous pass, even I have heard of it. I would rather be sure of a good outcome than hopeful of a great one.”
His face was cold, but stern in a reserved kind of way. “I have much more experience traveling than you, and it is my experience that dictates that it is best to get their as soon as possible. If there are master alchemists out there, we must learn of them as soon as possible so that we can defend ourselves and get them out of our territory.”
“Yes, but we are no good to anyone if we are dead!”
He opened his mouth to protest again, but Stanzi shook her head. “I am sorry, Captain Ironglade. I am extremely grateful for your help and advice, but I was put in charge of this group and it is up to me to make the decisions. As a representative of all Ne’oi, I say that it is more important to get to Sel’kesh safely than quickly.” At that she stood up and walked a few paces away from him to lay down on a bedroll. Stanzi had desperately hidden it from the Captain, but she was trembling all over. She was not used to taking such a stand against a person who really outranked her in experience, but she knew she was right. Everyone knew Raokines, their soldiers in particular, were impatient to a fault, anyway. Her decision was the right one, she only worried how this would affect the already steep tension among them tomorrow.
Whatever words were spoken over the next two days inevitably ended in uncomfortable silence. Stanzi was getting so that she felt she could barely breathe. One afternoon when they finally stopped to camp for the night, Stanzi helped them start the fire and get their goods in order before the sun went down. In the hopes of getting ten minutes peace from Wolfain, Bi Jo and Merrig, Stani excused herself in the name of finding wild berries in the forest.
The sound of their grating voices was soon replaced by the soothing quiet sounds of the forest. The evening was beginning to cool and orange tinged light sprinkled the forest floor. The scent of clean, green air cleared her head. Her ears picked up the sound of running water, and noting the direction of the camp site, walked towards the sound’s source. She soon came to a small stream, flowing over gray and honey color stones. She took a deep breath next to the flowing water and sat down on a rock on its bank, among the mud and sandy grass. It was quiet here; not the tension filled silence that plagued her caravan, but instead the peaceful kind.
She took a biscuit out of her pocket and started nibbling on it. A few crumbs spilled over into a pool of still water below her. Beneath the surface a brown fish glided to the surface and sucked down the crumbs floating on the water. A smile cracked her lips. She broke off a piece of the biscuit and crushed it between her two fingers, making crumbs to feed the fish. She sprinkled them into the water and watched the little fish eat up those pieces, too. ‘It must be nice for you, fishie,’ she thought to herself. ‘No problems, no cares. In the quiet of such a lovely place like this forest.’
A cool pine-scented wind passed over her skin. The fish, having finished the last crumbs, watched her from below the water, clearly asking her for more food. “Alright, little fish,” she said. “I will give you just a little more, or you will get fat!” She broke of a bit more of the biscuit and began to sprinkle it over the water—
An object stabbed through the calm water. Her little fish was now impaled. Stanzi’s wild eyes jumped to the source of its death. Wolfain stood not far behind her. Bewilderment was her first reaction, followed by unparallel annoyance and anger. Wolfain shrugged. “Dinner,” was his explanation. He retrieved the fish and continued walking up stream. She stabbed at him with her eyes, while her mouth hung open. Dinner that night around the campfire was a time of silent brooding for Stanzi, and the overall tension was palpable. Wolfain was roasting several fish on sticks in the coals of the fire. Once they were finally ready, and Stanzi would never admit for the rest of her life that the fish smelled good, Wolfain picked them up and offered the first fish to Stanzi. There was an evil flame in those steel gray eyes of his. She gave him the dirtiest look she cold muster and then viciously bit into her fish dinner.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2006 19:01:11 GMT -5
Tashni, that was pretty good. I loved how you made it get so serene and then, BOOM, Wolfain killed the poor little fishie and fed it to Stanzi. >.< Nevertheless, the writing was wonderful.
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Post by Tashni on Nov 23, 2006 2:37:45 GMT -5
Tashni, that was pretty good. I loved how you made it get so serene and then, BOOM, Wolfain killed the poor little fishie and fed it to Stanzi. >.< Nevertheless, the writing was wonderful. Thanks, Wolf. I had a lot of fun writing that scene. ^_^
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Post by Tashni on Nov 29, 2006 15:29:29 GMT -5
It is FINISHED!!!! The rough draft, anyway. A very, very rough draft. No one shall ever see that draft and live to tell of it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2006 23:30:44 GMT -5
Congrats, Tashni! Really, really great! Yippee!
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Post by Tashni on Dec 1, 2006 0:33:43 GMT -5
Indeed. I shall revive this thread in Jan 2007 as my TaNoEdMo--Tashni's Novel Editting Month!
My english teacher gave me extra credit for the novel, too. ^_^
I would very much like to come up with a decent title for this novel before my profile is locked for the year. Temath? The Balance of Temath? Soldier Boy Meets Farm Girl? Anaku? Of Earth and Alchemy? Collide? Collision?*sigh* I have three hours to choose.
UPDATE: I think I shall call it "Soldiers, Monks and Farm Girls."
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