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tDaily Intro Post - October9th
Hey everyone!

Please feel free to use this post to introduce yourself to the community! Talk about yourself, what you're writing, and how excited you are!

Also, if this is your first time in the community, please take a moment to review the community rules for October here

Need some writing warmups? Find a link with all this year's warm-up exercises HERE!

And remember that you can pimp your Nano LJ's and other websites in the 2009 Pimping Thread!

Chat away!

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[jynxgirl.livejournal.com]

tDaily Intro Post - October9th
Hey everyone!

Please feel free to use this post to introduce yourself to the community! Talk about yourself, what you're writing, and how excited you are!

Also, if this is your first time in the community, please take a moment to review the community rules for October here

Need some writing warmups? Find a link with all this year's warm-up exercises HERE!

And remember that you can pimp your Nano LJ's and other websites in the 2009 Pimping Thread!

Chat away!

So I need some advice...

[stariebleangel.livejournal.com]

I've been plotting out this story for NaNo that is set in the future, where faeries and magic and Nature rule the world and humans are a kind of scattered mess. My problem is this: some of my characters can to telepathy, communicating with each other without anyone non-magical knowing about it. So how do I put that into text without using quotes? I was thinking something like this:

I don't know what to tell you, but these people should be able to help. Landon's voice whispered through Kisa's mind.

Kisa looked across the room to where Landon was crouching unseen by the humans. I will see what I can do.

Any suggestions would be helpful. Oh, and Kisa is my MC and Landon is a  major SC.

So I need some advice...

[stariebleangel.livejournal.com]

I've been plotting out this story for NaNo that is set in the future, where faeries and magic and Nature rule the world and humans are a kind of scattered mess. My problem is this: some of my characters can to telepathy, communicating with each other without anyone non-magical knowing about it. So how do I put that into text without using quotes? I was thinking something like this:

I don't know what to tell you, but these people should be able to help. Landon's voice whispered through Kisa's mind.

Kisa looked across the room to where Landon was crouching unseen by the humans. I will see what I can do.

Any suggestions would be helpful. Oh, and Kisa is my MC and Landon is a  major SC.

Sprint post

[jynxgirl.livejournal.com]

Today's sprints are as follows:

Day Sprints
10 AM CST - 4 PM CST
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10pm CST until 2:00 am
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(morning sprints are open now!)

Come join us in writingsprints on AIM for some writing fun!

Sprint post

[jynxgirl.livejournal.com]

Today's sprints are as follows:

Day Sprints
10 AM CST - 4 PM CST
Host Jynxgirl11
Late Night Sprints
10pm CST until 2:00 am
Host eightysixtam

(morning sprints are open now!)

Come join us in writingsprints on AIM for some writing fun!

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[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Well, I totally scrapped my previous plan for NaNo (which was a time travel story that I asked questions about here before) and I'm actually attempting to write in a genre that I've never written in before: fantasy. But I'm having a bit of a problem working out the intricacies of one of my characters and I'd like to see what you guys think.

The king of the kingdom I'm writing about, King Alarich, used to be a dragon. He's in human form now, though. I have a couple conundrums:

1. I can't figure out how he became a human, and why that happened. I don't know if it would be better to have him become one because he wanted to, or be cursed to become one.
2. And if he is king now, how did someone who used to be a dragon become king of a kingdom? This sort of rules out inheritance because obviously he didn't start out as part of the human royal family.
3. Additionally, he has a wife, a son, and a daughter. I'm not sure whether his wife knows that he started out life as a dragon, but his children certainly don't. I want his kids to be full human, not half dragon, and I'm wondering if that's feasible. If he became a human prior to getting married and having kids, would it make sense to do a bit of a magical hand wave and say that's why his kids aren't part dragon?

Sorry if this is confusing... I've never written fantasy before, and I'm having a logistics problem.

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[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Well, I totally scrapped my previous plan for NaNo (which was a time travel story that I asked questions about here before) and I'm actually attempting to write in a genre that I've never written in before: fantasy. But I'm having a bit of a problem working out the intricacies of one of my characters and I'd like to see what you guys think.

The king of the kingdom I'm writing about, King Alarich, used to be a dragon. He's in human form now, though. I have a couple conundrums:

1. I can't figure out how he became a human, and why that happened. I don't know if it would be better to have him become one because he wanted to, or be cursed to become one.
2. And if he is king now, how did someone who used to be a dragon become king of a kingdom? This sort of rules out inheritance because obviously he didn't start out as part of the human royal family.
3. Additionally, he has a wife, a son, and a daughter. I'm not sure whether his wife knows that he started out life as a dragon, but his children certainly don't. I want his kids to be full human, not half dragon, and I'm wondering if that's feasible. If he became a human prior to getting married and having kids, would it make sense to do a bit of a magical hand wave and say that's why his kids aren't part dragon?

Sorry if this is confusing... I've never written fantasy before, and I'm having a logistics problem.

Too cliche?

[imaginepageant.livejournal.com]

So. I've been scrambling to find a plot for this year's novel, and all of the ideas I've considered are okay, but none of them have run away with my muse, screaming WRITE ME OR ELSE. I've been brainstorming at night in bed (already sacrificing sleep for Nano, sigh), desperate to find something that clicks... and last night I came up with something I actually really sort of like, and which is threatening to grab my muse and run at any second. I'm just worried that it's a bit too cliche.

It's a human/vampire romance.

Yeah.

( Cut because this got really long, oops. )

So, what do you think, fellow Wrimos? Cliche? Overdone? Or an acceptable twist on an old idea?

Too cliche?

[imaginepageant.livejournal.com]

So. I've been scrambling to find a plot for this year's novel, and all of the ideas I've considered are okay, but none of them have run away with my muse, screaming WRITE ME OR ELSE. I've been brainstorming at night in bed (already sacrificing sleep for Nano, sigh), desperate to find something that clicks... and last night I came up with something I actually really sort of like, and which is threatening to grab my muse and run at any second. I'm just worried that it's a bit too cliche.

It's a human/vampire romance.

Yeah.

( Cut because this got really long, oops. )

So, what do you think, fellow Wrimos? Cliche? Overdone? Or an acceptable twist on an old idea?

Quote Me This (Warm ups)

[age.livejournal.com]

Sorry for not posting in the last couple of days. Between school, work and doctors time got away from me.

As always, reply to this post with your answers, and pop by (here) for rules and explanations.

If your entry requires more than 1 reply, please post the whole thing in your own journal and then reply once here with a link.

State clearly any warnings/ratings in the subject line of your reply (or at the very top of the body of your reply) so that people can be forewarned. Consider it a bit of CYA tactics *wry*

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Quote Me This (Warm ups)

[age.livejournal.com]

Sorry for not posting in the last couple of days. Between school, work and doctors time got away from me.

As always, reply to this post with your answers, and pop by (here) for rules and explanations.

If your entry requires more than 1 reply, please post the whole thing in your own journal and then reply once here with a link.

State clearly any warnings/ratings in the subject line of your reply (or at the very top of the body of your reply) so that people can be forewarned. Consider it a bit of CYA tactics *wry*

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( The First Sentence )

( The Non Sequitur )

( The Last Straw )

[Disclaimer: The above quotes belong to their respective speakers. We're just having a bit of fun. Not profiting, no suing, please :)]