Nano Update

[garnigal]

Well, everyone (except the woo) seems to be voting for original. Thanks guys. Did you not get the hint that original is much harder?

Not only is writing original fic harder, so is coming up with an idea in the first place. I've been wracking my brain, trying to come up with a premise. Not even a whole plot, just a premise.

Finally today on the walk from work to the bus, I had an idea. In fact I had two ideas. Once again, I'm putting it to my friends list - which one should I work on for Nano.

Whichever premise you choose, I'll spend October working up character backgrounds and a few plot points - just to make sure I have someplace to start, come November.

Idea 1 - The Band

A group of young people form a rock band. They are searching for fame, but what they find is far more valuable.

Obviously, this is a Young Adult concept. It follows a group of high school students as they discover themselves through music and friendship.

Idea 2 - The Psychic

A young woman has found success running her own business as a psychic. But why can't her gifts find love for herself?

This is going to be a paranormal romance. The twist is that she falls in love with a man in her dreams, only to realize that he's been dead for 5 years and is haunting her.

So, what do you think?

Comments

[jen-the-great.livejournal.com]

I really like the second idea. I think it's a great concept for a television show if you want to take it in that direction.

The band thing seems kind of hokey to me, in a bad ytv drama sort of way. I guess that's what young adult is supposed to be though.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

I need to stop watching YTV. Idea 1 is kinda from the show about the teenage girl who travels with her dad's band (lunchtime on YTV) and kinda from the show about the band that sees dead people and has to convince them to "move on" (evening on YTV)

Smartass.

[midknightwriter.livejournal.com]

The second one might make me cry. I say do it.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

I really expected you to go for the band idea. You are always a enigma.

[midknightwriter.livejournal.com]

And if you throw in some dancing skeletons, it'll be all the better!

[sandraregina.livejournal.com]

I'm in agreement with the above. The band idea just doesn't grab my attention. Then again, I've never been one for 'straight' novels - I like a little weirdness thrown in. I'd say go for the second. Depending on where you put your focus, it could be a romantic drama with a tinge of the supernatural, or a modern fantasy with a hint of romance. Plus you could twist it into something really scary, or leave it bittersweet and sad, or go for the happy ending. Lots of thematic/mood possibilities.

Original stuff may seem scary, but you have all the control and make all the rules. Well, until the characters take over, but that's a different issue all together...

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

I'm totally happy ending girl. I just haven't quite figured out how to get there.

D did mention it sounds like the plot of the new Reese Witherspoon movie. Fortunately, I haven't seen it, so I don't know if I'm ripping it off or not.

[sandraregina.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it either. Don't care, though - every idea is from *somewhere*. You just have to work in enough of yourself to own it for your story.
My NaNo idea comes from X-Men, the plot of my friend Mic's NaNo last year, a book about a neglected kid I read in highschool, my own feelings of depression, and reading/hearing/noticing trends regarding people with mostly or only online friendships. And James Joyce.

So there. ;0p

Oh, and I don't know if you saw it on the nanowrimo community or not, but someone posted something about 'magna cartas' - ie lists of things you really like in novels, and things you really hate. For example, you would probably put down 'Happy Endings' in the list of things you really like in a novel. Me, I like 'Creepy Weird Twists', happy ending optional. ;)

[dothewu.livejournal.com]

I enjoy the 2nd idea ^^

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

et tu, woo?

[dothewu.livejournal.com]

:: grins::

I have an aweesome name, I know

~w00