Word Count Total

Total for Nighttime: 1423 written, 48,577 to go!

Stolen Things:

Jewlry:
@rosiedoodle
An anklet made of leather string. It sits snugly around any person's ankle because it is fastened by tying the strings. Hanging from it are tiny stone carvings of different animals. There is a very worn, chipped unicorn, a wolf, a dog, a fish and a tiger on it, with room for several more to be added.

Ending Line:
@WaterViper
In his eyes, she could see only the wind.

Names:
@Behind the Name.com
Enid - Main character, means "Soul" or "Life"
Mira Sitara - Secondary character, means "Sea" and "Star"
はるき - Main male character. Pronounced "Haruki," and the kanji for his name, 晴輝, means "Spring Radiance"
Pranay - Brother to Mira. Name means "Leader, Guidence, and Love"
Aura - Secondary character, "Distinctive atmosphere or illumination"

When is it OK..

to switch stories?

I admit, I haven't been focusing on my story this time around. Many, many excuses for this, but none more than I am a lazy, lazy girl.

So, even though it is two weeks to the end of NaNo, and even though I don't have much in the way of plot, I am changing my story to something completely different.

Stars, help me!

Preperations..

Word war 1 is currently getting ready to commence.

Now, if I could get the desk cleaned off and ready to write..

Need to brew my tea and gather my inspiration.

Deep breath..

GO!

Daily Writing Promts 2010

Nov. 1 : Death and a Funeral.

Countdown 2010

It's officially less than three hours to the start of Nano. I have a vague plot, a few ideas for characters, and no outline.

Bring it on!

Fantasy Title Genny 2010

• Autumn and Chaos
• Celidon's Desert
  
• Child of Vengeance
  
• Dark Mistress of Wissan
  
• Demon of Pride
  
• Demon's Realm
  
• Desert of Legend
  
• Desert of the Silver Heart
  
• Desert of the Spirit Rune
  
• Dragon Demon and God
  
• Earth of the Eternal Emerald
  
• Fire and Realm
  
• Heroِ Winter and Night
  
• Hunter of Glory
  
• Keeper and Light
  
• Keeper of Vengeance
  
• Lady of Illusion
  
• Ladyِ Sun and Spirit
  
• London's Memory
  
• Mage, Children and War
  
• Master and Vengeance
  
• Repetidraz's Faerie
  
• Rune of Sorcery
  
• Scourge of the Western Goddess
  
• Seed of the Golden Apprentice
  
• Silver Ruby of Arandaria
  
• Summerِ Runeِ and Storm
  
• Sun's Destiny
  
• Swordِ Demonِ and Faerie
  
• The Autumn Storm
  
• The Autumn of the Citadel
  
• The Chaos of Cryslion
  
• The Crystal and the Autumn
  
• The Denudiar City
  
• The Doom of Xandibar
  
• The Dragon and the Summer
  
• The Dream and the Circle
  
• The Eldraz Stone
  
• The Enirte Keeper
  
• The Glory of Jinian
  
• The Legend of Celinill
  
• The Martzi Sun
  
• The Mists of Redullian
  
• The Night Faerie
  
• The Night and the War
  
• The Secret and the Dream
  
• The Spell and the Bane
  
• The Vevrilf Summer
  
• The Wildas King
  
• Wralandir's Winter

genny here

Plot Twist 2010

@falling_x:

Everything that has happened to your MC, happened millennia ago to the MCs ancestors.

@cynarion:

The protagonist set the events of the story in motion many years ago with a careless or thoughtless remark or gesture.

@love2write22:

MC finds out he/she's been lied to the entire story, and everything he/she thought they knew is wrong

@Bubbles_the_pirate:

The first tiny mistake the MC made set the whole plot into motion

Dialogue

@merry_abandon:
C1: You had better tell me where we are this instant.
C2: Somewhere.
C1: Thank you, Mr. Specific. Your attention to detail astounds me.
C2: I was rather eloquent, wasn't I?

The Locket

1. Scarborough Fair
2. tbd
3. tbd
4. tbd
5. 20 Good Reasons (lyrics)
6. tbd
7. tbd
8. Jar of Hearts (lyrics)
9. Sleep Well, My Angel
   

Character Names

FMC:

• Dame Samantha Elmstone
• Isabell Wilkins
• 
  

MMC:

• Baron Byron Hawkes

Secondary Characters:

• Georgia Hawkes
• Kathleen Bennett
• Carolyn Dean
• Sarah Foster
• Scarlett Benson
• Josh Noble
• Charlie Hanson
• David Welch
• Kian Lees
• Luca Forrester
• Kyle Rees

Places

- A festival of some sorts at night. Everything is lit up with colourful lanterns, hung from booths, draped from poles. Nearby is a large bonfire with more colourful lanterns. A band is playing, people are dancing and sitting around eating.

- A grand old house with a cold and clean cut entrance hall. Each wall formed of smooth, pale marble, the floors from deep grey stone. With only a single painting on the wall, 4 knights each in black armour with the sun riding behind them.

Titles 2010

Random Title Generator:

• The Naked Soul
• Visions of Thoughts
• Silence's Heart
• Twilight of the River
• Shards in Secret
• Trembling Memory
• The Last Touch
• Trainer of Slaves
• The Flower's Children
• The Game of the Mists
• Absent Legacy
• The Emerald Voyage
• The Touch's Magic
• The Ring of Stones
• Stones in the Flames
• The Swords's Danger
• Splintered Ice
• The Obsessed Tower
• The Illusion of Light
• The Prince of the Legacy
• Cold Touch
• Servant of Dragon
• The Angel of the Streams
• The Future's Shards

genny here.

From Adoptions:

• I love, therefore I perish
• Northern Stars
• Stealing Destiny
• 
  

NaNo 2010 Mantra

I can't promise that I will win, but I will give it all I have.

I can't promise it'll be the best novel ever, but it will be the best I have written to date.

I will live the plot.

I will LOVE the characters.

I WILL finish their story!

Challenge!

Another year has come and gone, and with it too many missed chances to write. The countdown has begun for NaNo 2010, and I am at a complete and total loss as to what I'm going to be writing about.

Like the new layout? I made it 'cause I decided that I needed a fresh look for inspiration. Blue was the color that helped fuel my writing when I was in high school, and I'm hoping to get that vibe back. The image is my own, the only bit that isn't is the font (I still can't make my own).

I'm issuing myself a challenge right now, and this blog will be the fruit of it (I hope). I have a new set of goals that I WILL have complete by the due date, and I WILL hit my word count goals.

Pardon while I do a bit of math here...

My new start date is today. My end date for getting my daily word count to a higher number will end Octover 31, which is 4 months and 28 days, or 150 days total, meaing that if I start with a word count goal of 500 words a day, I need to increase that each week by approxamately 350 words (with a goal of at least 7500 words a day).

Crazy, I know, so here's the breakdown (by week):

June 10: 500
June 17: 850
June 24: 1200
July 1: 1550
July 8: 1900
July 15: 2250
July 22: 2600
July29: 2950
August 5: 3300
August 12: 3650
August 19: 4000
August 26: 4350
September 2: 4700
September 9: 5050
September 16: 5400
September 23: 5750
September 30: 6100
October 7: 6450
October 14: 6800
October 21: 7150
October 28: 7500
October 31: 7850

These word counts can be for both writng in my novel as well as writing prompts, but not for outlines. I plan on having at least three full outlines complete by November 1, including my novel for this year. That corralates to 50 days per outline, which is comletely do-able.

Other than those two major ones, I also plan on writing on here every day (except for days that I have work later than 10 pm, which shouldn't be too many times). It's also my plan that I come up with mini-mothly goals and stick to them.

Check back tomorrow for the first post about this month, June 3-July 1. This could get interesting!

SoCNoC

Once again, I have found myself woefully under written. I didn't even get my novel off the ground this past year, and have since decided to re-try the idea because it does have some good plot points that I don't want to get rid of.

So, I have been reviewing my copy of First Draft in 30 Days, and have a good grasp at working through it. I'll post a count down for everything soon.

Also, since this book is about writing an outline and not the full story, I will be shelving it at the end of my 30 days, which is March 4, if I remember correctly. Perhaps I'll pass the outline around and see if there are any holes that need to be fixed before I write it? Hmm.. That is a thought.

Also, as to the title of this blog, let me assure you that it is relevent. I don't have the dates (though I think it is in June, which is right after school lets out for the summer), but I am planning on winning it this year! (fist pump)

So, happy plotting!