I'm 24 and this is my first NaNo, although I actually completed a novel 2 years ago but have been gravely unsatisfied with the outcome. In the past few years I've done more playwriting and have had one play produced so far...ah such is the life of a playwright.
I seem to write a lot about the Holocaust and I've really had this idea in my head for a long time. It is the story of a 10-year-old girl who was taken to Auschwitz with her twin and survived by being experimented on, however the story of my novel is about her coping with life thereafter. Since the death of her twin, she stopped speaking and the story is told through the point of view of her teenage cousin in the US who lives with her and the aunt. There are also some pre-camp diary entries from her sprinkled throughout. As I get farther along, more things develop and more stuff about the aunt and her daughter develop. There is a family secret involved as well that I had all along, but the secret itself has become an entity that has really shaped a lot of the character's relationships.
It'll be interesting.
Feel free to NaNo friend me! http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/461855
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I'm 24 and this is my first NaNo, although I actually completed a novel 2 years ago but have been gravely unsatisfied with the outcome. In the past few years I've done more playwriting and have had one play produced so far...ah such is the life of a playwright.
I seem to write a lot about the Holocaust and I've really had this idea in my head for a long time. It is the story of a 10-year-old girl who was taken to Auschwitz with her twin and survived by being experimented on, however the story of my novel is about her coping with life thereafter. Since the death of her twin, she stopped speaking and the story is told through the point of view of her teenage cousin in the US who lives with her and the aunt. There are also some pre-camp diary entries from her sprinkled throughout. As I get farther along, more things develop and more stuff about the aunt and her daughter develop. There is a family secret involved as well that I had all along, but the secret itself has become an entity that has really shaped a lot of the character's relationships.
It'll be interesting.
Feel free to NaNo friend me!
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/461855