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Oct. 20th, 2007 07:21 pmWell the month seems to be looking up. The game last night had ups and downs, a lot of downs but all in all better than last week. Thorpe Park on monday courtesy of Lev, Birthday on Wednesday when I get to start spending the random £100 cheque I got in a birthday card from my Nana this morning! Stardust on friday (my treat for people) and probably Scion as well, depends how the time works out. Then we have Halloween/Samhain and as far as I know at least one person is thinking of having a party. Next stop Nano kick off parties and the frenzy of trying to churn out at least a semi-decent novel in a month. I'm sure this much stress shouldn't be looked forward to quite so much.
Novelling news, well there isn't much. I still haven't sorted out what my plot is doing, the idea of the Changeling and the human MC being twins of some sort appeals to me and I have something about shattered souls floating about in my head...Unfortunately that just brings images of Angel/Buffy episodes to mind. faerie with a soul, Vampire with a soul...not that huge a leap really. "But this is NaNo" you cry, "it isn't supposed to be good!" No it isn't but that's beside the point, I want a plot that won't make me cringe every time I sit down at the computer. Plot-phobia is not a healthy thing to develop in November.
So where am I?
I have a Fae Changeling and a Human MC. They are connected in some way that will require them to switch places either at birth or at a young age (5-7). Then, when the MC hits 17, something equally mysterious and probably magical will cause them to switch back.
I want a scene with the Human MC (Who is probably going to be called Sabrina) coming back to the 'real world' and finding it all a bit of a culture shock. That implies that, even if there has been contact between the two characters, she is not exactly familiar with this world or the things in it.
I want spangly scenes set in Faerie but I still want the human to be my MC rather than becoming incidental to the plot.
I like the idea of playing with the idea that Fae don't have souls but want to avoid getting into the christianity minefield. No, that's not exactly true, there's plenty of reincarnation in Celtic mythology which suggests the presence of something akin to a soul. I just need to pin down the definition I want to use.
I feel like I have a plot just hovering in the corner of my mind and it only needs one more piece of the puzzle to bring it bubbling up into a full fledged Nano. Unfortunately I don't know what that piece looks like never mind where it is! All help very much appreciated.
*pixie dust*
Novelling news, well there isn't much. I still haven't sorted out what my plot is doing, the idea of the Changeling and the human MC being twins of some sort appeals to me and I have something about shattered souls floating about in my head...Unfortunately that just brings images of Angel/Buffy episodes to mind. faerie with a soul, Vampire with a soul...not that huge a leap really. "But this is NaNo" you cry, "it isn't supposed to be good!" No it isn't but that's beside the point, I want a plot that won't make me cringe every time I sit down at the computer. Plot-phobia is not a healthy thing to develop in November.
So where am I?
I have a Fae Changeling and a Human MC. They are connected in some way that will require them to switch places either at birth or at a young age (5-7). Then, when the MC hits 17, something equally mysterious and probably magical will cause them to switch back.
I want a scene with the Human MC (Who is probably going to be called Sabrina) coming back to the 'real world' and finding it all a bit of a culture shock. That implies that, even if there has been contact between the two characters, she is not exactly familiar with this world or the things in it.
I want spangly scenes set in Faerie but I still want the human to be my MC rather than becoming incidental to the plot.
I like the idea of playing with the idea that Fae don't have souls but want to avoid getting into the christianity minefield. No, that's not exactly true, there's plenty of reincarnation in Celtic mythology which suggests the presence of something akin to a soul. I just need to pin down the definition I want to use.
I feel like I have a plot just hovering in the corner of my mind and it only needs one more piece of the puzzle to bring it bubbling up into a full fledged Nano. Unfortunately I don't know what that piece looks like never mind where it is! All help very much appreciated.
*pixie dust*
