NaNoWriMo is nearly here!! Fanfiction update.
I am very, very excited :D And in celebration that something half-way decent and exciting is going on (the housemate troubles I whinged about a few posts ago have expanded beyond reason in the last few weeks) I'm posting my "If In Doubt" list for NaNo.
Now, there are a fair few of these about, all slightly different, and undoubtedly I'll be missing out some ones that you yourself think are important - feel free to read through the list and let me know what yours are in the comments! :)
And before I go to the cut, fanfiction. During the month of November, I am not promising ANYTHING in terms of ff. I have some stuff nearly finished, and as I have a tendancy to fall back to other fic in order to get away from my NaNo, some things MAY be posted. Buuuuuut it's pretty unlikely. Other than that - and there will be updates about how NaNo and life are going - I will see you all in December!
If In Doubt...
... insert a dream sequence
... ressurect someone
... add a MacGuffin
... unexpected gunshot/arrow/spell
... random article on wikipedia
... describe/redescribe
... mysterious cloaked figure
... break the fourth wall
... give backstory
... insert flashback
... retcon inexplicably
... have someone get lost
... add lust/romance in an unexpected place
... kill someone (fictional!)
... unexplained oddity
... confuse someone
... you can never have too many MacGuffins
... rip off a disguise
... pregnancy
... Star Wars
... porn
... have someone vanish
... secret twin
... insert nerdy in-joke
... possession
... accidental time-travel
... bodyswap
... introduce a redshirt
... expand all contractions
... add adverbs and adjectives by the bucket
... add a Mary Sue (and DESTROY HER)
... create some Unobtanium
... give a character a phobia
... kill off your protagonist
... insert a fight scene
... insert a chase scene
... temporary memory loss
... insert weird hermit
... self-insertion
... self-insertion saves the day
I also tend to have the tv tropes website in my favourites during NaNo, just for my own amusement :P
What does everyone else use to survive the writing fest? And are you writing fanfiction, or original fiction? Or something else entirely? :)
Hazel
ps: There will probably be another post today about my personal NaNo - sorry to spam everyone's flists! H