2009 Genre Friending Thread!

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

So we're at day 17...

You've had a chance to meet new people daily on the intro threads...

You've had fun meeting people in the Regional Friending Thread...

How do we top that? With something completely NEW!

That's right, this year I'm starting up a thread in which everyone who writes the same genre can get together and talk about their ideas and inspire others who are writing in the same style.

It'll run the same way that the Regional thread went. First person posts the genre IN THEIR SUBJECT LINE, and everyone else who is writing that for their Nano tag in and talk about your projects and have fun. Everyone else read through the replies before posting your genre so there are no duplicates.

Why am I doing this? Thanks for asking! I've found that people who write in one genre tend to also read that genre the most. You'll not only be talking to your writing colleagues, but if you became big, they would also be your fans *wink wink*

Also, while I know some genres tend to be less PG friendly... I do ask that you try and keep the threads on a PG-13 level. Just because younger eyes will be scanning the thread.

Thanks and have at it!

2009 Genre Friending Thread!

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

So we're at day 17...

You've had a chance to meet new people daily on the intro threads...

You've had fun meeting people in the Regional Friending Thread...

How do we top that? With something completely NEW!

That's right, this year I'm starting up a thread in which everyone who writes the same genre can get together and talk about their ideas and inspire others who are writing in the same style.

It'll run the same way that the Regional thread went. First person posts the genre IN THEIR SUBJECT LINE, and everyone else who is writing that for their Nano tag in and talk about your projects and have fun. Everyone else read through the replies before posting your genre so there are no duplicates.

Why am I doing this? Thanks for asking! I've found that people who write in one genre tend to also read that genre the most. You'll not only be talking to your writing colleagues, but if you became big, they would also be your fans *wink wink*

Also, while I know some genres tend to be less PG friendly... I do ask that you try and keep the threads on a PG-13 level. Just because younger eyes will be scanning the thread.

Thanks and have at it!

Narrative Structure Question

[loki-scribe.livejournal.com]

Has anyone here written a nonlinear narrative?

One of my stories this year seems to be structurally demanding a nonlinear narrative, since so much of the past, and how it shaped the present, plays a major role in the story. I haven't experimented with nonlinear narrative very often, though, and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips or advice on dealing with that extra chronological dimension. I'd especially like to know about pulling the like off without flashing back in any particular order, as I doubt I'll be able to work the flashback in in any kind of chronological order. (The two writers that come to mind when I think of nonlinear are Ursula K. Le Guin and Steven Brust, both of whom entwined two different, mostly linear timelines in the nonlinear work I've read, so it is difficult to extrapolate from them and apply it to my plot.)

Anyway, any help/tips/suggestions anyone's willing to offer would be wonderful.

Cheers!

Narrative Structure Question

[loki-scribe.livejournal.com]

Has anyone here written a nonlinear narrative?

One of my stories this year seems to be structurally demanding a nonlinear narrative, since so much of the past, and how it shaped the present, plays a major role in the story. I haven't experimented with nonlinear narrative very often, though, and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips or advice on dealing with that extra chronological dimension. I'd especially like to know about pulling the like off without flashing back in any particular order, as I doubt I'll be able to work the flashback in in any kind of chronological order. (The two writers that come to mind when I think of nonlinear are Ursula K. Le Guin and Steven Brust, both of whom entwined two different, mostly linear timelines in the nonlinear work I've read, so it is difficult to extrapolate from them and apply it to my plot.)

Anyway, any help/tips/suggestions anyone's willing to offer would be wonderful.

Cheers!

character name

[natane.livejournal.com]

i'm writing a female character living sometime in the 1800s (possibly about 1870), in britain... only it's going to be semi-historical fantasy. she's almost upper-class. ish.

i need a realistic name for her. nothing too boring, but nothing completely out-there either.

i like amelia and clara, but i think they sound a bit too cliche. i'm honestly blank on what to call her. i've looked at too many naming websites and everything seems the same.

her parents would like to see themselves as very proper and correct, so probably a first-middle-last kind of name. it'd be nice if her first name was something that could be abbreviated to a more playful or boyish nickname. not samantha, though.

character name

[natane.livejournal.com]

i'm writing a female character living sometime in the 1800s (possibly about 1870), in britain... only it's going to be semi-historical fantasy. she's almost upper-class. ish.

i need a realistic name for her. nothing too boring, but nothing completely out-there either.

i like amelia and clara, but i think they sound a bit too cliche. i'm honestly blank on what to call her. i've looked at too many naming websites and everything seems the same.

her parents would like to see themselves as very proper and correct, so probably a first-middle-last kind of name. it'd be nice if her first name was something that could be abbreviated to a more playful or boyish nickname. not samantha, though.

Quote Me This (Warm Ups)

[age.livejournal.com]

Practicing my procrastination for November by posting this instead of trying to finish off my last assignment for my Monday class. Four pages double-spaced and a bibliography to boot. Just gotta finish the hellish reading for it and then off I go!

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/writers. We're just having a bit of fun. Not profiting, no suing, please :)]

Quote Me This (Warm Ups)

[age.livejournal.com]

Practicing my procrastination for November by posting this instead of trying to finish off my last assignment for my Monday class. Four pages double-spaced and a bibliography to boot. Just gotta finish the hellish reading for it and then off I go!

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*

----------

( The First Sentence )

( The Non Sequitur )

( The Last Straw )

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

Another question for you!

[fenrischained.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure when I dropped the idea of writing the next book of last year's NaNo, but I have, in favour of a modern fantasy into which I can drop random ideas without having to worry about where the plot's going or whether such-and-such a character would do that. And here's the issue...

I've got the characters. I've got the ideas. I've got a basic skeleton of a plot (because that whole spontaneity thing is something I fail at rather more than any NaNo-er should), but there's an issue with it that's bugging me, and it'll probably come in quite early on.

Can anyone think of a way that - totally accidentally and yet in an easily traceable way - a single father and his son could bring down a curse onto a small British town? Fairies will be involved - and by fairies, I mean as in the Sidhe, not as in the Tooth Fairy, obviously - and so will a woman with no mouth, because she won't get out of my head and it's freaking me the hell out. But I can't work how to tie together one sixteen-year-old boy and his father, the Sidhe, the mouthless woman, the girl the boy meets up on the castle (she is definitely flesh and blood, if a bit of a dreamer) and a totally mundane English town without any magical roots to speak of (my home town, because I am boring). I don't want it to be a cliche, like they fulfil an ancient prophecy by who they are or something - I want it to be something that the boy and his father do, on purpose but without realising the consequences. I think the closest parallel I can think of would be that episode of Merlin with the unicorn (for anyone who's watched it) - something they do that's wrong without realising how wrong. But it's definitely limited by just how much the father cares about his son - it has to be something they'd do together, and the father wouldn't let his son do anything obviously dangerous or obviously wrong.

Any ideas?

Another question for you!

[fenrischained.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure when I dropped the idea of writing the next book of last year's NaNo, but I have, in favour of a modern fantasy into which I can drop random ideas without having to worry about where the plot's going or whether such-and-such a character would do that. And here's the issue...

I've got the characters. I've got the ideas. I've got a basic skeleton of a plot (because that whole spontaneity thing is something I fail at rather more than any NaNo-er should), but there's an issue with it that's bugging me, and it'll probably come in quite early on.

Can anyone think of a way that - totally accidentally and yet in an easily traceable way - a single father and his son could bring down a curse onto a small British town? Fairies will be involved - and by fairies, I mean as in the Sidhe, not as in the Tooth Fairy, obviously - and so will a woman with no mouth, because she won't get out of my head and it's freaking me the hell out. But I can't work how to tie together one sixteen-year-old boy and his father, the Sidhe, the mouthless woman, the girl the boy meets up on the castle (she is definitely flesh and blood, if a bit of a dreamer) and a totally mundane English town without any magical roots to speak of (my home town, because I am boring). I don't want it to be a cliche, like they fulfil an ancient prophecy by who they are or something - I want it to be something that the boy and his father do, on purpose but without realising the consequences. I think the closest parallel I can think of would be that episode of Merlin with the unicorn (for anyone who's watched it) - something they do that's wrong without realising how wrong. But it's definitely limited by just how much the father cares about his son - it has to be something they'd do together, and the father wouldn't let his son do anything obviously dangerous or obviously wrong.

Any ideas?

Sprint, Sprint, Sprint Away

[aurumsisters.livejournal.com]

Some of us are hanging out in the AIM room writingsprints if you care to join us!

Come get some planning done.

Come get some writing done.

Come get some socializing done.

Take your pick - we're open to all three.

IM LittleBlondKitty for an invite.


Cross-posted toallyear_sprints, autumnwrite, nanowrimo

 

Sprint, Sprint, Sprint Away

[aurumsisters.livejournal.com]

Some of us are hanging out in the AIM room writingsprints if you care to join us!

Come get some planning done.

Come get some writing done.

Come get some socializing done.

Take your pick - we're open to all three.

IM LittleBlondKitty for an invite.


Cross-posted toallyear_sprints, autumnwrite, nanowrimo

 

Wordcount Calendars?

[tehmerlechan.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone! Last year for NaNo I used a desktop wordcount calendar to see how many words a day I needed to write. It helped me out a lot, and I'd like to use one again this year, but I can't find them on the forums at all! I know I got the last one from the forums but I absolutely cannot find a post about it this time. Will someone post some closer to the start date or am I missing it completely? Thank you in advance for your help.

Looking for someone graphically blessed

[rednuck.livejournal.com]

Can anyone make a NaNo calendar out of this picture? Like on the plain white boards on the front? I'm just looking for dates and the word count you should be at. It doesn't have to be fancy. In fact, it would be fine if it's just a list of dates and word counts. It doesn't necessarily need to be blocked like a calendar.

http://a.espncdn.com/i/insider/magazine/body/skins/skin_4a.jpg

Looking for someone graphically blessed

[rednuck.livejournal.com]

Can anyone make a NaNo calendar out of this picture? Like on the plain white boards on the front? I'm just looking for dates and the word count you should be at. It doesn't have to be fancy. In fact, it would be fine if it's just a list of dates and word counts. It doesn't necessarily need to be blocked like a calendar.

http://a.espncdn.com/i/insider/magazine/body/skins/skin_4a.jpg