Nano's probably a terrible idea for me this year, what with university and no write-ins on campus (distant wailing) but after two years of it, I can't stop myself.
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I was fortunate enough to snag matching usernames. Feel free to add me! I'm not a big fan of nano mail, so if you ever want to do a word sprint or something, messaging here on Meebz might be a bit better.
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Good news, everybody! I'm rebelling again. (I honestly don't think I've gone a year without being a nano rebel, so it really isn't much of a surprise. I never planned to rebel before though so there's something different.)
This year I have two main stories planned, but one's probably going to be written (and cried over) more. I'm not sure which I'll focus on yet, 'cause god I just love them both so much. In addition to that, I might do little side stories (probably one shots or very short stories) about the characters in my original and then a few unrelated ones.
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This one is just going to be terrible, oh man. I didn't put any disclaimers in the summary, 'cause I didn't want to scare people away, but there will definitely be some very mature, very weird themes. (I'll probably add something in the first author's note, and then in the little description thing when need be.) But wow, it's insane and I love it to bits.
I honestly don't know what to do for a synopsis for it, because there are just so many things I want to keep secret. But basically, it's from Georgia's perspective, who is sixteen and the third of four children. It mainly deals with relationships — between the siblings, between friends, between strangers. I have it down as Literary Fiction on the nano site because I do plan to do the whole themes, motifs, symbols shebang, but as of now it's mostly about the characters.
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This one is a fan fiction — Harry Potter, Marauders era, Remus Lupin. Disclaimer: it's sad. Really sad.
I think it started as a joke with a friend, me saying that I'd write a story about Remus, and then me taking it far — reading headcanon, following blogs, crying endlessly — and convincing myself that I actually should write a fic about him. I've seen some pretty upbeat ones about him (or at least, some pretty upbeat characterisations) but I've always thought he was more the melancholic type, especially when he's a little kid, so this story takes on more of a darker view.
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side story ideas
— based on House by Madeleine Thien
— Missing Man
— The Goose and the Common
— Project Potter entry
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(You may have noticed that I have very few side story ideas. It's partly because my main ideas are killing me, partly because the idea well has run dry. But mostly because my main ideas are killing me.)
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word count goals
El mentioned this strategy in her nanolog, and as fantastic as one word on the last day sounds, I just don't think it'll work for me, not with midterms and essays. So I'm kind of adjusting it.
Back in 2011 (ah, beginner's luck) I wrote over 4 000 words on the first two days, and then 2 000 for about a week after that. That is what I'm trying to do. I want to have a little leeway when week two rolls on in, because I know it's going to be a tough week for writing. (Basically I'm going to give it all I've got on the first couple days and then struggle to keep up for the rest of the month.)
And thankfully, I have an elaborate system to guilt myself into writing each day — this, like the incredible writing sprint, was also from nano 2011. I have a dry erase calendar above my desk, and in each day I will write my word count. Anything below 1 666 words will be in red, between 1 667 and 2 500 will be blue, and above 2 500 will be green. And, on the opposite wall, I have 50 sticky notes, each one numbered. When I reach 1 000 words, I rip the first one off the wall, which I have to say, is ridiculously satisfying.
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questions
— stoked for November (and/or dying because the story hasn't been planned enough)?
— reasons for doing (or not doing) nano this year?
— what's your story about?
— would you like to cry over words counts with me next month?