The above circumstances being what they were, what I came up with as my story is a sort of coming-of-age story but not in the typical sense. It begins with a 16 year old boy getting his driver's license, swearing that he'll live a "Dramatically Monumental life, be it Monumental Sucess or Monumental Failure," and setting out to make good on this. Unlike last year (which was not a successful attempt) I haven't been planning this for months. I'm letting it take me where it will. So far I have my unnamed main character (think Narrator in Fight Club) getting his license, taking out a girl on a date where he discovers his boss (the head of the local public tv station) having an affair, blackmailing his boss for an hour of TV time, using the TV to transmit a blackmail message to the principal of the local high school (he assumes that everyone is hiding something, despite not knowing if the principal is in fact hiding anything). I want to have this characters resolve and wit and intelligence and luck leading him to bigger and bigger and more interesting things, ultimately making him a person who could be judged as either a monumental success or failure.
The style is a little bit like Special Topics in Calamity Physics, with the character speaking directly to the reader. He acknowledges when a cliche is used, he'll make a Personal Note, or express his thoughts. He's a little bit crude, but not too much considering that he's a 16 year old guy.
Anyways. I don't know what my point is in typing this, I suppose I'm just looking for validation and/or thoughtful criticism.
Gratzi!
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"No Ma'am, I'm just a very thorough note taker..."
HIGH SCHOOL NANOWRIMOers
50,529 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2007 - 11 40
i know nothing of this "THC" you speak of (...)
but i will say this:
your story sounds interesting to me already.
and i will follow up with a question:
is your username a reference to Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" or was that a coincidence?
10,105 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2007 - 05 41
THC? Look it up....
My username is in fact a coincidence, though that trilogy is an INCREDIBLE series which I absolutely adore. The story behind my username is that I used to use "the reactor" as a name, because I theorized that life (especially writing) is just a series of things reacting to other things. That is, until wise man told me that I should be a CREATOR, not a REACTOR.
----------"No Ma'am, I'm just a very thorough note taker..."
HIGH SCHOOL NANOWRIMOers
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Nov 7, 2007 - 20 26
Just to let you know, Creator, I love your quote. I have been doing NaNo since my freshman year of highschool, four years ago, and I have yet to have a teacher ask me what I am doing. But, if I did, that is exactly what I would say. :)
Also, I think the "..." after the question of THC was sarcastic. Most everyone knows what THC is.
Which, of course, isn't nessisarily the best thing.... but oh well....
Your plot sounds good for something NaNoWriMoish. You michg run into a wall though, when you run out of things for him to do. 'Cause that can be an issue when you are cramming words in for NaNo.