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Post by insanepurpleone on Sept 28, 2008 2:38:49 GMT -5
So.. Purple is doing NaNoWriMo! I have attempted before and failed miserably.. but I say I'm off to a fresh start this year and hope to complete NaNo this year! I'm still not sure on what I'm going to write about. I guess my biggest problem is that I can come up with story beginnings, but not where they end.. And I'm not that great at developing plots 'on the fly', it is usually somewhat of a slower process. Anyway, some ideas: I have one idea that may or may not involve a planet with three moons, will involve two brothers who are princes, and a farmgirl (the MC) that may or may not be accidentally/falsely accused of attempting to murder one of them. There may also involve an attempt to take over the throne from the prince who is supposed to be taking over.. Probably by an evil sorceress. The part about the princes/sorceress actually came to me in a dream.
Yeah, not really sure where things might be going with that one. I'm not even sure if it sounds good or sort of cliche or terrible or whatever. I've also thought about doing something based of the "They fight crime!" characters.
I might revive an ancient idea that I had before but didn't really use.
Or maybe do something with some characters I've drawn, give them stories. I have one who is supposed to be a racecar driver (nevermind that I know nothing about racing....) A graverobber who begins to be stalked by ghosts.
Something about.. band. Yeah.
Someone who has the opposite of mind-reading; everyone can hear his/her thoughts. And then maybe some more people with sort of 'reverse-powers'.. I dunno what else, though.
A magical university.. but done in a way as not to be lame or cliche or stupid.. Okay, my brain is dead now. I shall return when it isn't 12:30 in the morning. |
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Post by Dice on Sept 28, 2008 11:18:31 GMT -5
Ooh, those sound very cool. You could always combine...all...of them? xD
"She's a farmgirl from a three-mooned planet accused of murdering one of the princes. He's a musical-instrument playing graverobber being stalked by ghosts. Together, they fight crime!"
Seriously, though, I think the ideas sound very interesting ^^ Especially the reverse-powers. Those would be fun to read about.
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Post by Zylaa on Sept 28, 2008 12:11:19 GMT -5
It's fun to write without knowing where the heck things'll end up!  I like the ideas, and #1 has a lot of interesting potential. XDD Pyro. |
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Post by insanepurpleone on Sept 28, 2008 17:36:00 GMT -5
Thanks! I'm glad to hear idea #1 actually sounds interesting. That's the one I've got the best idea of so far, so I'll probably end up doing that. I suppose if I get stuck in the middle, I can randomly throw in one of the 'they fight crime' characters doing something crazy, and then try and figure out how it could actually be connected to the story.. XD
The reverse-powers thing will probably have to wait for another story, but I think I'd really like to try it at some point.
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Post by insanepurpleone on Sept 29, 2008 1:12:22 GMT -5
So.. my story still needs a title. I have no idea what to call it. If nothing else, I guess I can use the name of the planet as a placeholder, or something involving it.
OH YEAH, and my MC still needs a name. >.< I have the names for the three royal siblings, and they came to me pretty easily... but main characters are always the hardest. I've looked up lots of names, by origin, by meaning, etc., but I still can't decide. *sigh* Names either seem to come really easily without much thought, or I agonize over them for ages without finding anything that sounds right.
I've actually written pages worth of stories before that had scribbles or lines or whatever as name placeholders; many times for multiple names on the same page. That's always... interesting. And certainly not what I hope to be doing come November.
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Post by insanepurpleone on Oct 1, 2008 2:22:19 GMT -5
More dilemma for my story. I can't figure out the level of technology I want to be working with for it. I mean, if there are three moons, that requires space travel. But a lot of the things I was thinking about are way less advanced (zeppelins, anyone?). Or should I just mix it up? Less technology back on MC's home moon, but more advanced technology back on the main planet/ in the capital city? Which I suppose would work. I mean, Firefly had everything from spaceships to horse-drawn carts, and, y'know, if Firefly did it it must be okay, right? XD
Of course, that then begs the question of how much where... Although I suppose I've completely given up any hopes of this story not being fantasy, what with a multiple-mooned planet (with the planet and moons being inhabitable) and a possible sorceress. Though I'd actually prefer to lean towards sci-fi than fantasy, though I'm not sure what I should to with the sorceress in that case. What would be a rough equivalent that would fit with sci-fi?
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Post by Zylaa on Oct 1, 2008 13:30:21 GMT -5
As far as zeppelins go, a classic sci-fi book about the colonization of mars has zeppelins as an important transport on the surface of mars. Just because we've stopped using zeppelins doesn't mean they can't be improved and high-tech in fiction. And yes, if Firefly did it, it must be good! If the "sorceress" had access to technology that nobody else had, perhaps by being dictatorial and sponsoring a hidden lab, that could work. After all, what was that quote about any sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic? |
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Post by insanepurpleone on Oct 3, 2008 2:13:56 GMT -5
Ooh, a secret hidden lab could be really cool. With minions in labcoats. XD
I'm still not quite sure on what her role in that world is, yet (aside from being the antagonist, obviously). Perhaps she works for the royal family and tries to take over from the inside. Or she is from outside, but tries to infiltrate.. I dunno yet.
Now for what happens after my MC is accused of attempted murder. A few things could happen. One of my first ideas was that the prince could disappear for some reason, and so they really think she did kill him (in which case her being locked in jail would be a rather boring story, so that looks like it'll be scratched). But obviously if she didn't kill the prince, he would defend her and make sure she wasn't punished. I would like to end up with her working in the castle, though. Maybe as a punishment for the trouble she's caused (stowing away, leading people to believe she had attempted murder, etc), she has to work there, but ends up liking it. I'd really like to have her working in the library.
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Post by insanepurpleone on Oct 13, 2008 1:21:05 GMT -5
*sigh* Now I'm getting nervous about this. I'm starting to feel like I'm not going to have anywhere near enough time to do NaNo.. I don't really know if I will be more or less busy come November. I suppose it won't hurt to try, though.. and there are a few people in my band who might be doing NaNo as well! And they'll have similar issues with time, so.. *shrug* Just needed to get that out there. Just a few more weeks before it begins!
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Post by Zylaa on Oct 15, 2008 11:33:50 GMT -5
It never hurts to try! =D
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Post by insanepurpleone on Nov 4, 2008 2:48:13 GMT -5
NaNo updates:
* I'm behind on my word count. Yesterday I actually got above the 1667 for the day, but Saturday and today didn't go so well. I should get more time to type tomorrow, though.
* I am using the original idea I planned, but I'm throwing in some other stuff, too. Such as the cyborg I got from the They Fight Crime! generator. I've actually got a vague idea of how to work him into the story. Should be interesting.
* Also, a YAY moment: The planet/kingdom/capital city in my story are named Lorraine. It was a name I chose just because I liked how it sounded, and I thought it worked. Well, of course Lorraine is a real name, so I looked it up yesterday on Behind the Name. Guess what it said? "From the name of a region in France, originally meaning 'kingdom of LOTHAR.'" So I actually chose a name with a very fitting meaning, completely by accident. It makes me happeh. ^_^
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Post by insanepurpleone on Nov 5, 2008 3:46:16 GMT -5
For anyone reading this post, I ask for your help on two things with my story (please?): My story needs a title... any suggestions? I seem to be terrible at them, myself. Also, I would like to see if this situation seems plausible, in terms of what my character does. So I have this planet with at least two inhabitable moons. They are all ruled by the same government. Well, at some point, one of these moons decides that they want to leave and have sovereignty over themselves. My character, Kevin, ends up fighting in the war that ensues, on the side of the planet, which is trying to keep the moon under said planet's rule. Kevin is not happy about fighting in the war. At some point, Kevin gets very, very badly injured, as in completely mangled. The only way to save his life is through extensive surgeries, including giving him false limbs and organs and things. Basically, he becomes a cyborg. Kevin is very Not Happy about this. The war ends, and Kevin recovers. He is angry at the military and the government and blames them for what happened to him, so he leaves to live on the moon that he had previously been fighting against.
Plausible? Decent idea? Please let me know what you think. |
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I like the ideas, and #1 has a lot of interesting potential.