nanoMEME-o (more like nanolame-o)
Do you have...
A title? Pfft. Title? Are you KIDDING?
A plot (however vague)? Yes, at least.
And/or a tagline/synopsis? At a very young age Amelia Baskerville's father was stolen, whisked away by terrifying mechanical winged beasts (think wooden pterodactyls with headlights coming into your bedroom at 2am in search of your father!). Everyone else thinks he's dead, but Amelia has that inkling of a hope, and they forgive her for it... Until one day, sometime in her early 20s, she receives anonymous notification that Dorian is still out there, she just has to know where to look.
Main characters? Amelia Baserville!
Minor characters? Octavius Brown, Dorian Baskerville, Meridius Mix, Rob, Lucy Abendroth, Adelheid, Aleksander, and... that's all so far.
An emotional relationship/connection with your characters? Most definitely. Amelia is me, Octavius is my friend Martin, etc.
A beginning? Yes! Though it's just beginning...
A middle? A vague understanding that there will be a middle.
An end? Yes, in mind.
A setting/settings? Starts in England, goes to Germany, a brief stint in France and Russia, then the sky...
The climax? I'm pretty sure at some point it will climax, probably.
The resolution? I'm not good at writing things all pretty like this. I'll tie all loose ends but one.
A dictionary and/or thesaurus stationed nearby? Internet.
A bottomless coffee mug for inducing insomnia? No coffee. Not writing past 11, because I find if I write much later than midnight I have to rewrite entire scenes. :P
A notebook for when you can’t access your computer? Yeah! I've been using it at break during work & will use it for any Nano meetups I attend. I manage about 1200 words per hour this way. I'm pretty impressed with myself.
A word count goal higher than 50K? Kind of. I mean I know that to finish I'll have to get above 50k, and I know I'll definitely exceed 50k throughout the course of the month. But I don't really have an overall word count goal.
Pliers with which to cut your internet connection to prevent distraction? Clearly not.
Muses to keep your imagination sparked? Yes, Jukebox the Ghost!!!
An inner pep talker? By pep talking others, I indirectly pep talk myself. :)
An outer support system / someone to nag you? Every time Martin texts me with his word count, it's like a nag to keep going, so yeah?
A writing buddy (official or unofficial)? Yep.
A cage to lock your inner editor in (only for a month)? The only thing my inner editor comments on is how bare bones the story is, but she doesn't yell at me for it. She understands Nanowrimo now.
A pause button for your social life (if you had one to begin with)? No, this is the first year I've had to juggle friends and writing!
A reward if you reach your goal? Just the nice feeling of personal achievement.
A consolation prize if you don’t? I give $$ to literary charities if I don't.
Motivation? Finally getting the idea out of mind is my only motivation. And, I guess, being able to say, "I'm writing a novel," instead of, "I'm thinking of writing a novel." :P
Negative emotions (stress, panic, fear, etc.)? Disappointment that comes with procrastination and KNOWING I'M PROCRASTINATING but continuing to procrastinate.
Positive emotions (what are those again?)? Excitement.
Time? Definitely, if I get offline...
Sanity? Clearly not.
A title? Pfft. Title? Are you KIDDING?
A plot (however vague)? Yes, at least.
And/or a tagline/synopsis? At a very young age Amelia Baskerville's father was stolen, whisked away by terrifying mechanical winged beasts (think wooden pterodactyls with headlights coming into your bedroom at 2am in search of your father!). Everyone else thinks he's dead, but Amelia has that inkling of a hope, and they forgive her for it... Until one day, sometime in her early 20s, she receives anonymous notification that Dorian is still out there, she just has to know where to look.
Main characters? Amelia Baserville!
Minor characters? Octavius Brown, Dorian Baskerville, Meridius Mix, Rob, Lucy Abendroth, Adelheid, Aleksander, and... that's all so far.
An emotional relationship/connection with your characters? Most definitely. Amelia is me, Octavius is my friend Martin, etc.
A beginning? Yes! Though it's just beginning...
A middle? A vague understanding that there will be a middle.
An end? Yes, in mind.
A setting/settings? Starts in England, goes to Germany, a brief stint in France and Russia, then the sky...
The climax? I'm pretty sure at some point it will climax, probably.
The resolution? I'm not good at writing things all pretty like this. I'll tie all loose ends but one.
A dictionary and/or thesaurus stationed nearby? Internet.
A bottomless coffee mug for inducing insomnia? No coffee. Not writing past 11, because I find if I write much later than midnight I have to rewrite entire scenes. :P
A notebook for when you can’t access your computer? Yeah! I've been using it at break during work & will use it for any Nano meetups I attend. I manage about 1200 words per hour this way. I'm pretty impressed with myself.
A word count goal higher than 50K? Kind of. I mean I know that to finish I'll have to get above 50k, and I know I'll definitely exceed 50k throughout the course of the month. But I don't really have an overall word count goal.
Pliers with which to cut your internet connection to prevent distraction? Clearly not.
Muses to keep your imagination sparked? Yes, Jukebox the Ghost!!!
An inner pep talker? By pep talking others, I indirectly pep talk myself. :)
An outer support system / someone to nag you? Every time Martin texts me with his word count, it's like a nag to keep going, so yeah?
A writing buddy (official or unofficial)? Yep.
A cage to lock your inner editor in (only for a month)? The only thing my inner editor comments on is how bare bones the story is, but she doesn't yell at me for it. She understands Nanowrimo now.
A pause button for your social life (if you had one to begin with)? No, this is the first year I've had to juggle friends and writing!
A reward if you reach your goal? Just the nice feeling of personal achievement.
A consolation prize if you don’t? I give $$ to literary charities if I don't.
Motivation? Finally getting the idea out of mind is my only motivation. And, I guess, being able to say, "I'm writing a novel," instead of, "I'm thinking of writing a novel." :P
Negative emotions (stress, panic, fear, etc.)? Disappointment that comes with procrastination and KNOWING I'M PROCRASTINATING but continuing to procrastinate.
Positive emotions (what are those again?)? Excitement.
Time? Definitely, if I get offline...
Sanity? Clearly not.