Tag: nanowrimo 2017

Lucid chapter summaries, 100% serious.

Chapter 1

“You’re new,” Jay said to the creature.
“You’re new,” the creature said to Jay.

Chapter 2

“You look like you want to be invited in.”
“I get that a lot.”

Chapter 3

“Aw man, a service dog is so much cooler than a succulent.”

Chapter 4

“Why is your hand in boiling water?”

Chapter 5

“I’d make a pretty boy.”

Chapter 6

"I have a key to his place.”
“You have a lockpick.”
“To his place.”

Chapter 7

“My mum’s face is dead.”
“Uh. Elaborate?”
“Her face is DEAD!”

Chapter 8

“Wrong window, Romeo.”
“My only Juliet’s landlord threw me out of her flat, can I crash at yours?”

Chapter 9

“The Day of Wreckoning is near.”
“That’s… dramatic.”
“I spelled it with a w, so like… wreckoning… like the wrecking ball… cause they’re gonna… wreck… the building…”
“We get it.”
“Do you?”

Chapter 10

“You told everyone your dad was dead.”
“Mm-hmm.”
“He’s at the door.”
“I lied?”

Chapter 11

“Can you come get me?”
“Where are you?”
“In a phone booth.”
“And where’s the phone booth?”
“Just sort of… around…”

Chapter 12

“They told me ‘nan, there’s a weird girl at work and she’s always sad’.”
“That’s me alright.”

Chapter 13

“We’re gonna have to loot a lot of vending machines to buy this.”

Chapter 14

“He didn’t survive the night.”
“Wait, that’s not funny.”

Chapter 15

“Excuse me, ma’am, is this imaginary shadow creature bothering you?”

Chapter 16

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we
truly are.”
“Is that from Harry Potter?”
“How’d you know?”
“You just called me Harry.”

Chapter 17

“Send the crying children forward.”
“But they’re not crying.”
“Make them cry then send them forward.”

Chapter 18

“What does CPS stand for anyway?”
“Children Protect Snails.”
“Cheerful Pals Singing.”

“C’mon, Pancakes Suck.”

“Celebrate Pediculosis Secretly.”
“Ew.”

Chapter 19

“I tried sneaking in but I fell up the stairs so I had to pay the security guard to not tell anyone. And also to let me upstairs.”

Chapter 20

“Listen I’m a queer kid living in a conservative household, far be it from me to recommend anything
that involves the word therapy but…”

Chapter 21

“Hey… what’s my name?”

Chapter 22

“This is usually where I’d have to monologue for a few minutes but I’m afraid of public speaking.”

Chapter 23

“Alibis are like underwear. I just love it when they match.”

Chapter 24

“I should’ve read the Terms and Conditions.”

Chapter 25

“Oh no, we’re stuck in a badly written metaphor!”

Chapter 26

“Are
you for real right now?”
“I don’t know, am I?”
“That’s not funny.”
“Isn’t it?”
“I’m gonna…”
“Are you?”

perringcentral:

shadywritings:

Trueeeee… But does it have to be?NaNoWriMo is about gaining momentum. In the end, I don’t care whether I win or lose, because looking at past NaNoWriMo counts there’s a definite increase each year I participate– both in quantity and quality. Even if you’re wayyy behind, you’re creating something and practicing your craft, so you’re one step ahead of where you were at the start of the month.

If I make an effort to post my favorite line/passage written for each day of NaNo, would anyone else be down to share theirs? ❤

im actually planning on posting snippets 😉

Yeah I mean I’ll probably be posting the chapters as I go. I’ve heard it’s a bad idea but I’ve never had a good idea in my life so 😀

Boss: the poster needs to be done to-DAY!
Co-worker: we have to do last month’s event’s budget this week
Boss: we have a public hEARING DUE NEXT MONTH
Other co-worker: WE NEED A POSTER RIGHT NOW
Other boss: SCAN ALL THESE PAPERS STAT
Me: hmm…. I’ll make moodboards for my OC’s when I get home today…….

Every year I do this darned thing so let’s goooooo

Working Title: Lucid, cause I couldn’t think of another thing and I’m like, queen of short titles.
Genre: young… adult? Is that… a genre?
Word Count: ~90k I reckon

AT THE START DO YOU:

Have an outline? 

[[zach piona voice]] I’ve NEVER missed an outline.

Scene-by-scene? yeah I guess I do, not as precise as in 2014 but it’s enough, hopefully.
Know how it starts? yah but I don’t like beginnings they’re hard as fuck.
Know how it ends? yah it’s fun o/
Have your climax in order? I’m trying to keep it PG so no climaxing, thank you.
Have your main characters yet? I do o/ There are four o/
Plan to draw on your experiences? I’m not good at drawing, no.

IS YOUR WORK GOING TO BE:

Funny? first I’d have to be funny and since that’s a hard no already….
Serious? it’s the only way bAY-BEE
Sad? I’m sad
Semi-Autobiographical? UH it’s, no, actually not. The story isn’t about me, it’s just the embodiment of my fears and of my experiences. The main character isn’t me and the people in her life aren’t people in my life, she just plays a part in situations where parallels could be drawn between things I’ve experienced and the thoughts I’ve had… about those experiences and the effect those had… on me. I think.
Based on another story? only the other stories I’ve had that I bastardised

HOW MUCH HAVE YOU PLANNED? HAVE YOU USED:

A paper journal? save the trees, no
A computer? [[jacksfilms voice]] no the fuck is you
Index cards? index cards are for people who got time and I ain’t got no time
Bulleted lists? I’m pro-gun control so no bullets, no.
Character Charts? they’re too useful, no.
Character formulas? don’t ever talk about chemistry at me.

ODDS AND ENDS:

Favorite writing resource? m’head
A line you would like to use: “Jub Jub wants rub rub.” *sitcom laugh track plays* Thank you, thank you, I’d like to thank Jacksfilms for 80% of my sense of humour.
A scene you would like to include: I hope to include all of them, honestly.
A concept you would like to explore: UHH ACTUALLY I DO HAVE A CONCEPT THIS YEAR, I NEVER DO BUT THIS YEAR I- YES. SO THE CONCEPT IS, BASICALLY, WHAT I WAS THINKING OF, THAT SO MANY TIMES YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU END UP HURTING THEM AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR INTENTIONS WERE GOOD SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA NOT BE THE HERO BUT THE SILENT OBSERVER OR RATHER THE PERSON WHO’S READY TO HELP AS SOON AS IT’S SAFE AND THE PERSON THEY WANT TO HELP GOT THEMSELVES TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE HELPED. CRYSTAL CLEAR, RIGHT?!
A cliché you would like avoid: why would I want to avoid the only thing I’m good at?
A character you would like to use: G, I feel like it’s the year of the character G, I predict it will make up roughly 1/20th of my novel.

FORWARD THINKING:

Do you expect to be able to complete it? NaNo I can complete for suresies, I can write 50k in a day, but to live up to my own expectations and finish the story itself? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH 
Do you intend to complete it? No I aim to fail, duh.
Would you ever try to publish it? oH WOULD I?! *crickets chirping*
What do you expect to get out this month of frantic writing? to have explored a new genre, write a more personal thing I can be proud of, learn new things, get some XP, level up, have another story under my belt that I’m satisfied with. ‘scool.

f-oolsbeloud:

Me: *the story I’m writing comes along really well, I like the characters and all the possible plotlines and arcs I can come up with excite me*

Me:

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