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Yeah yeah, I know. Long time no update and no I'm not going to do my usual trick of saying that I'll make a big post telling you all of what's gone on. There's a lot happened, a lot of water under the bridge and a few bridges burned. Those of you who know me in person might have been told about it, if you haven't I probably had good reason for not telling you so don't pester me about it.

Next Sunday is Carnival of Souls and I'm looking forward to it, kinda nervous about the fact that I have a stall and visions of not selling anything.

Next month is NaNo...this is a good thing...at least it would be if I hadn't planned (yet again) to have finished Pryde and Honour all ready to start on part two (still working titled 'Tooth and Claw'). Still no badness right? Well I haven't done much more to P&H, still only on 70 something thousand words rather than the 100,000 of my target (Seriously, 50,000 in a month and nearly two years for the next 20,000 how does that work?!). Then I got new inspiration at some ridiculous hour last night...this is looking at a repeat of last year already. Ok so it's not really bad, just frustrating. I fully intend to complete my third year of NaNo with far less stress than last year (when I nearly quit half way through) or even '05 (when my computer blew up half way through). I should stop complaining really, I don't think I even had contingency inspiration this time last year, this is just my pre November freak out.

So, for those of you who are interested here is my random inspiration:

Really it's inspiration for an MC but, like all the best characters, she brings plot with her.

A teenage girl (late teens) was taken as a changeling when she was a baby. Something has led to her returning to the 'real world'.

The things I need figure out to make it a semi-decent plot line are:
What was the official explanation for her disappearance (if any)?
What is the "real world" time difference between when she was taken and when she returns?
Are her family/friends still around?
How is she going to react to the world around her, technology and so on?
What happened to the faery child left in her place?
How did she get back to the "real world"?
Did she escape or has she enjoyed her time in Faerie?
How is she changed from her experiences (and what were they)?

I'm sure there are a lot more which will come to me as I'm writing, I'm sure there were a couple more that I jotted down last night but I don't have my note book to hand. It all sounds a little Point Horror/Fantasy at the moment but I'd like to be able to bring something more to it. I don't want to be trying to rewrite 'Faerie Tale' and I certainly don't want shades of 'Once' in it but I'd like something a little better than bad teen fiction.
There's all kinds of fun to be had playing with Fae, especially The Rules. My biggest problem is likely to be figuring out where I'm going with it, if I don't do that then I'm really going to have to push for the 50,000.

Part of me is thinking that if I can just dicipline myself (and have a few days like I did at the end of last year when I managed nearly 10,000 in a day) I can not only write this little plot bunny but also finish the last 30,000 of Pryde and Honour. It would be a nice feeling that's for sure.

Comments

[wayzgoose.livejournal.com]

Nice to hear you back and plotting. How about an official explanation that says she was abducted by her estranged father or mother? It's pretty common. But do people know she disappeared? Isn't a changeling put in her place? I'm a little ignorant on that part of the lore.