Hurray!
So I've been thinking about this year's NaNoWriMo and how I wasn't going to participate, and how sad that makes me. Last night at a friend's house, we watched the fourth Pirates movie, the one with the mermaids, and it hit me! I'll use an old story idea that I came up with a few summers ago for NaNo!!
I'm going to give it a bit of a face lift, of course. I'm changing the character's names, attributes, ages, maybe the setting. But the plot is going to basically stay the same.
Evelynn McKay is a twenty-two year old college drop out. She went only to please her widowed father, who wanted her to become a well known and well distinguished doctor. She lives in a small town in California in a cheap, old studio apartment with her cat Pickles. Thankfully, though, she lives just down the street from her best friend, Matt Cartwright.
Evelynn works at the local supermarket and generally keeps to herself most of the time. She loves to spend any free time she has with Matt; that is, when he's not out of town in boot camp for the Air Force. But when Matt is sent off to be stationed in London, England, Evelynn spins into a bad bout of depression. The only way she feels better is when she's walking along the beach of the local lake.
But one day, while spending time with old friends on a small party boat, Evelynn hits her head and falls into the water. In the next moment, she is rescued by a mysterious stranger. She spends the next few weeks trying to find him to thank him, but only danger and uncertainty come back to greet her.
WOOT!! I actually have characters, setting and PLOT! YEAH!
So Doctor Who fans might find this funny (I know I thought it was funny) but I'm basing Evelynn on Karen Gillan's appearances, and I'm naming her best friend Matt, based on Matt Smith....BAHAHA!!!.....okay, so I'm the only one who think's it's funn. That's okay! :)
Anyway. I think I'm ready for NaNoWriMo now! Sweet. I'm excited! I've also got my orientation for Target tomorrow...kinda freaking out. But I'm gonna be great!...I hope.
I'll write about it tomorrow :D
I'm going to give it a bit of a face lift, of course. I'm changing the character's names, attributes, ages, maybe the setting. But the plot is going to basically stay the same.
Evelynn McKay is a twenty-two year old college drop out. She went only to please her widowed father, who wanted her to become a well known and well distinguished doctor. She lives in a small town in California in a cheap, old studio apartment with her cat Pickles. Thankfully, though, she lives just down the street from her best friend, Matt Cartwright.
Evelynn works at the local supermarket and generally keeps to herself most of the time. She loves to spend any free time she has with Matt; that is, when he's not out of town in boot camp for the Air Force. But when Matt is sent off to be stationed in London, England, Evelynn spins into a bad bout of depression. The only way she feels better is when she's walking along the beach of the local lake.
But one day, while spending time with old friends on a small party boat, Evelynn hits her head and falls into the water. In the next moment, she is rescued by a mysterious stranger. She spends the next few weeks trying to find him to thank him, but only danger and uncertainty come back to greet her.
WOOT!! I actually have characters, setting and PLOT! YEAH!
So Doctor Who fans might find this funny (I know I thought it was funny) but I'm basing Evelynn on Karen Gillan's appearances, and I'm naming her best friend Matt, based on Matt Smith....BAHAHA!!!.....okay, so I'm the only one who think's it's funn. That's okay! :)
Anyway. I think I'm ready for NaNoWriMo now! Sweet. I'm excited! I've also got my orientation for Target tomorrow...kinda freaking out. But I'm gonna be great!...I hope.
I'll write about it tomorrow :D