Stolen From evil_caffine :P
1- Have you participated in NaNoWriMo before? If so, which years and what end result? If not (or even if so, for that matter), what’s your connection to writing? Why do you want to participate this year?
Yes, 2010 - i got up to 20,000 words or something, fail. I want to do it this year, because I feel like this is my last year i can truely focus on it before going to uni or whatever.
2 - What’s the title of your story? Why did you choose the name you did?
Sherlock Holmes and the .....
3 - Pick one of your female characters. Introduce your readers to her.
I haven't decided yet, but she will be the introducer of the 'crime'
4 - What genre is your novel? Why did you pick it?
Crime/mystery maybe a slight crossover with romance. Why? because I've been reading a lot of sherlock holmes stories atm and i really like the genre.
5 - Name two songs from your playlist that you feel are connected with your novel in some way, and explain how they are.
I don't have any atm
6 - What is your one biggest stressor related to forcing yourself to write at least 50,000 words in a span of 30 days?
Time - college work!
7 - Where’s your favorite place to hunker down and write?
My room - everywhere else i'm interuppted
8 -List your current, most up-to-date word count. Are you satisfied with your progress thus far?
Question is irrelevent because it's not quite November yet! - ditto that
9 - Have you told anyone else you’re doing NaNo this year? Who? What was their reaction?
Yes - steph.
10 - How does your love of writing manifest in non-NaNo months?
a lot of poetry comes in.
11 - Ever tried collaborative writing (such as play-by-post roleplaying)? If so, what do you think of it?
No.
12 - Imagine you’re behind in your word count goals (even if you’re not) and are going to pull an all-nighter to catch up. Screencap or write out a playlist of inspirational music you would use to get you up to speed.
1 We are golden - mika
2 doctor who soundtrack
3 faith - george micheal
4 Carla Bruni albums
5 enya
6 classical music [so i'm not distracted by lyrics]
7 something jiggy to keep me awake. :P
13 - Name a male character from your novel. Describe him.
Sherlock Holmes, deduction genius, curly hair, carries a pipe, always thinking, mumbles to himself alot.
14 - Is the sexuality of your characters a large part of your novel’s story? If so, are there characters who deviate from the heterosexual “norm”? In what way?
not really. they may be a section with a halusenagenic drug involved and holmes and maybe watson get it on. idk yet.
15 - Do any of your characters have a disability or mental illness? If so, how does that affect their development throughout your story?
nope
16 - At around the half-way point, it bears mentioning that most of us wrimos have other obligations beside simply hitting that elusive word count. What else do you have going on in your life (work, school, children, neurotic pets, etc.), and just how much are you shafting it to win NaNo?
college work - i may shaft a bit of sleep but then my college work may suffer then that's out of the window
17 - In what time period is your novel set? Is it in this world or another?
1900's/2011
18 - Who is the antagonist in your novel? What drives their actions?
i am unsure what this means
19 - Which authors or books have inspired your own writing the most, and why?
Plath - i love her poetry and novel, it says so much.
Arthur Conan Doyle - creator of sherlock holmes.
20 - If you could meet one fictional character from any book you’ve ever read, who would it be, and why?
Too many to choose!
21 - what are your plans and goals for your novel, should you successfully complete it?
Edit a bit. print out?publish?
22 - If you’ve participated in or won NaNo before, what happened to your other novel efforts? Still in the revision process/querying publishers/scrapped it immediately/etc.
I think it disappeared when my computer blew up :P
23 - Do animals play any part in your story? If so, how do they add to it?
maybe a cat :P
24 - Is religion featured in your novel at all? If so, which ones? If it’s/they’re your own creations, describe it/them and how it/they play(s) a part in your characters’ lives.
I'm not sure
25 - What are the names of at least two of your main characters? How did you choose their names?
Sherlock Holmes
John Waston
26 - Was any research involved (historical or otherwise) in your NaNo prep?
a tad - reading/watching other sherlock holmes
27 - What’s your word count now? Are you satisfied with your progress or panicked that you won’t have enough time to finish by November 30?
n/a
28 - Name one thing you shafted all month in favor of participating in NaNo.
tut
29 - Name one thing in which you will indulge as a treat to keep yourself motivated and writing that you wouldn’t otherwise have done.
hot chocolate, cake!
30 - Share a link to either your NaNo profile or a location on the internet where your story can be found. If someone offered to beta read for you, would you be willing to do the same for them during the subsequent editing process?
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/7_lizzie_7