What is the plot of YOUR novel?

EvelJerome — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:48:45 -0700

let's see who is writing mainstream. i wan't to see your plot ideas, even if all you have is the main idea in your head. nice, outlined plots are apreciatted. -- i'll start: plot: Samantha has a job. A nice job, new friends and coworkers, a good boss. Reading the wrong file and realizing potential of the information ends with Sam having a couple more zeros added to her bank account and a new job. The new job and the new boss seems nice. She meets a guy. Everything is good. Until Sam discovers that her new boss is trying to destroy her previous boss, there is a hacker having fun with the company's website, and there is also an oncoming federal investigation, but she has a way to turn all of the happening to her advantage. Ensue power play, intrigues, placing blame on a third company and Sam right in the middle of everything. comments: in my head it's as mainstream as it gets, with a flavour of a thriller.

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Apflamous — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:20:07 -0700

@EvelJerome: I think that's a really neat idea. It looks like you'll have a few subplots and people can relate to that kind of thing. Thumbs up! As my way of exploring American history (being Canadian), my novel is about a guy (John) who is finding stories about his deceased father's life. [Note: his father was a bit mad] His father (currently named Jerry) was born in the south of the US (not sure where yet) in 1928 and grew up there, smart and educated, and spent most of his days on the side of town where black people lived. Being the thirties, this was not exactly normal. He fought in World War Two along with his brother, Simon, and his good friend, who was black (unnamed, any suggestions?). His friend died, but both Jerry and Simon survived. After the war, people noticed Jerry was a bit mad (well, more mad than he used to be). He also blinked a lot and cared far less for strangers, and was even a bit estranged by his family. Nevertheless, Jerry married the girl(unnamed, suggestions?) he had been in contact with during the war in 1951. Two years later, John was born. He worked as a radio broadcaster and became very popular during the Vietnam war, giving regular updates and lightening people's mood about the tough situation. I will be telling the story through different mediums and likely out of order. Different people will tell different stories, I'll have some of the letters he wrote during the war and a few radio broadcasts, too. Oh, I've been asked this, and yes, it's fictional. Jerry is not based on anyone I know, knew, or have heard of. Suggestions (names!), tips, comments?

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EvelJerome — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:42:38 -0700

thanks, i do have several sublots and enough characters to make it very interesting. this - seventh sanctum is a vonderfully useful tool for creating names for characters. "Quick Character Namers" under "General" is good for everyday names in mainstream fiction. i like your novel idea, it's interesting. is Jerry clinicaly mad or just because he choses to?

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ramblingbard — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:31:53 -0700

@Apeflamous: Roslyn is a good stand by for a name of that Era - or something out of religious texts. Sounds like a nifty concept and like it'll be a lot of work collectively with some research needed and stuff. An encyclopedia online mixed with Wikipedia would be your best help for a mix of actual and speculative information. Me, my novel was inspired by Deadpool (a coworker, my brother, and I talk about Deadpool at work when we have time to kill and can't wait for the movie - tenatively scheduled to be released in 2014 with the Zombieland writers as the two main writers of the movie *gush*). Anyways, plotting. I only have a skeletal plot so far, but - the story follows Jack Smit (my Deadpool based character) on his antics from going from just plain ol' villain to super villain with a nemesis and everything! It starts with him sending off some minions on a robbery while him and his childhood best friend go out clubbing, looking for chicks. While out clubbing, he spots a catch - a chick telling off her date/bf who promptly leaves the club - and charms the crap out of her. Well, he's putting the moves on her, getting hot and heavy, then gets interrupted with a call from his number 2 guy (cause he doesn't consider his best friend an underling) who informs him that their robbery was a disaster (guys are arrested, one's killed...and his second in command is getting med treatment back at base). So, he neglects to inform the chick that he's going to his hide out - okay, kidnaps her - and starts sorting everything out. There's footage of the foiled robbery, which the chick identifies the super hero party pooper as her bf. *awkward!* So, Jack goes, grabs his latest copy of modern fiction plot/story structure, and starts hamming it up! Several times during the book, he makes reference to the hero breaking protocol of the story (like showing up early for a fight or doing something not hero like to get to the villain) as my way of working in Deadpool's traditional breaking of the forth wall and making comments about being in a comic book. In the end, Jack gets the girl, the hero dies, and a new hero shows up (kind of like the ending to Astroboy) to establish as an epilogue that there may be another story or that at least, this is was only the beginning of Jack and his antics. Initially, I had no name for my MC. Then, one day, I decided to ask him and his best friend some questions and discovered his name and catch phrase. His name is not originally Jack Smit - he had it legally changed so he could use his signature catch phrase: "If you think you know what's going to happen, you don't know Jack Smit." and his last name is Smit only because he didn't want to have sh** as his last name.

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Apflamous — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:58:29 -0700

He chooses to. The war made him rather bitter, as well.

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honeywell — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:02:46 -0700

I daresay this is the first year I have no main plot. I have a subplot or two, and my main cast of characters though. I've always written the same cast every year, but this is the first year I plan on focusing on my usual protagonist's best friend- how exactly is what I can't figure out. Gary is in his mid-twenties and works in the accounting department for a nonprofit that does... things... that aren't going to be relevant ever. He's quite extroverted, loves jazz and his clarinet, and makes his girlfriend roll her eyes on a regular basis. One subplot involves Emperor Norton, a locally famous hobo who lives in the park, vanishing without a trace. The other subplot involves Gary's best friend, Tim, being set up on progressively bad blind dates because a couple of biddies at the graphic design firm he works at have decided that there is no way he can be happy single. Somehow I also have to throw in the five people that donated to my Night of Writing Dangerously page (one of them will work as a park groundskeeper). I'm hoping in the next week the real story will come so I can start outlining it.

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heathershizzle — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:30:23 -0700

Unnamed Boy is depressed for unknown reason and jumps off a bridge. But he doesn't die; he wakes up somewhere that I'm just going to call Narnia right now but I'll have to find a new name for. Point being, it's a lot like Narnia. Magic and whatnot. Anyway. He lives here, meets a troupe of people who shenanigan all over faux-Narnia, either Robin-Hooding (helping the poor) or pulling a Prince Caspian (overthrowing a corrupt government). Anyway, they're doing something for the greater good. He meets Girl Wonder and starts to think, hey, maybe life is good after all. (Maybe this is more of a fantasy novel? But fantasy isn't the point I'm trying to make. God, I don't know.) He starts to realize that this troupe of people are others who tried to kill themselves. New people join them fairly regularly; on occasion someone simply disappears (like Girl Wonder). Eventually, Unnamed Boy is pulled out of the river in which he tried to drown himself. Who saved him? GIRL WONDER! end scene. How fake-Narnia works: You try to off yourself. You are unsuccessful. Alright well welcome to fake-Narnia, you're there until you decide that you are happy and don't want to off yourself anymore. Or until you have escaped (maybe people who have closed their mind to the idea of happiness? then they succeed.) It kind of works like actual Narnia, in that 1 year, 2 years, 30 years in fake-Narnia may be a matter of minutes in the real world. I don't know if that made any sense. But I know where I'm going with it.

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ramblingbard — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:55:42 -0700

This sounds like a really cool concept. I'd like to offer you a name for your faux-Narnia. Terinyx (pronounced pretty much how it looks) is a world I had come up with in a dream about ten years ago and wrote the skeleton of an outline for, basically the name which came to me in that dream along with the character descriptions and some other vague details of the world. Or, there's always the adoption center. But I like your concept and it sounds like something I'd be interested in reading.

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heathershizzle — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:04:12 -0700

I like the name Terinyx, it's fantasy-esque and so kind of adds to that element, but doesn't sound enough like any real word to make you associate it with anything other than what it is, if that makes sense? Although I really don't know if fake-Narnia needs a name. I haven't decided... I honestly only came up with this idea today while buying Narnia soundtrack music off of iTunes so I'm just going to run with it come November. I just need to solidify character details (i.e. names and motives for suicide) I'm glad you like the concept, I'm always worried that people will think my ideas are stupid!

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daqu — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:41:59 -0700

There are two (fictional) countries sitting right next to each other: Jerrinstan and Wipal. Jerrinstan is a free, democratic nation, and Wipal is run by a dictator. My MC, Tamra, was born in Wipal and grew up there and had a pretty normal, happy life. I mean, as much as she realistically could, under the circumstances. She was happy, though. Then when she was 18 her parents took their whole family and escaped into Jerrinstan in search of a better life. When my story opens, Tamra (who is 21 at this point) is living in Jerrinstan but wants to go back to Wipal. So she does, and she brings her Jerrinstanian girlfriend Felix, a professional comedian, with her. For reasons unknown to pretty much anyone, the dictator offers her a job as his personal assistant. And about halfway through the novel, Wipal is going to conquer Jerrinstan, bringing about a whole other mess of problems. And there are going to be other complications and subplots, but the basic idea of the story is Tamra kind of drowning in darkness and becoming evil right before her own eyes, but she doesn't realize it until it's too late, and then she's left to decide what's really important to her and how she should proceed to live the rest of her life. I wrote the prequel to this novel for NaNoWriMo last year, and I've had the idea for the story since I was about 17, so I'm really excited to finally force myself to write the whole thing next month!

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knittingkneedle — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:11:12 -0700

I am also pretty confident in the mainstreaminess of my novel- it's far too frothy to be literary fiction for a start and there a no crimes (save for avoiding the home office and slightly bending the VISA rules) and no one has magical powers: Above a Burger King in South London, The Lewisham School of Language welcomes a new class of students wishing to learn English as a second language. Meet Raj Puri,a twenty nine year old Pakistani-born and proud first generation British Citizen . He loves fish and chips, football, Princess Diana and his dream is to meet Ian Beale from EastEnders.He is also a woefully incompetent language teacher just starting out his career. The Students, including a Korean divorcee, a cantankerous seventy five year old Polish builder, an African refugee and a glamorous mail order bride all have their different reasons for studying English;and indeed vastly different reasons for leaving their homeland but they are all the same in their isolation from the country they inhabit- hindered and hidden behind that very large barrier of language. And then there's Heather, the best student in the class- which is unsurprising given that she was born in Ealing and has a C in english literature at A'level. A lonely college drop out and failed writer, she joined the school,posing as a foreign language student, just because she's never been the best--or even good-- at anything before. Raj's methods are unorthodox, his pronunciation and grasp of basic grammar is poor but over ten week's through terribly written essays and an overdose of British soap operas both the students and Raj learn something--if not how to pass their end of year exams-- about struggles that transcend language, about prejudice, friendship and what it means to be a citizen of the world.

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novena — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:04:28 -0700

Shortly before her first Reconciliation my seven-year-old MC (whose name still eludes me) tries to kill her older sibling (who I thought was a sister but may in fact be a brother). Sure that she is going straight to hell, she is determined to give the Best Confession Ever, convincing God to forgive her and rid her of the horrible violence that defines her thinking. The book follows her from the scene of the crime through the realm of child psychology, to school, to church and back.

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CrossEyed7 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:09:57 -0700

This sounds really good. I like it.

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CrossEyed7 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:11:40 -0700

In the late 21st century, the meat industry transitioned to completely lab-created animals. Several companies got into a size war with their lobsters, culminating in a model that was the size of humans and walked on its hind legs. Twenty years later, these lobsters, whom we had accidentally made sentient, staged a revolution, enslaving the entire human race for three years before we were able to defeat them. Now, at the dawn of the 23rd century, giant tacos from space have arrived and have started consuming people. When we fought the lobsters, we could kill them, but the burros can't be killed, because they're not alive. This war will never end. The story follows a young soldier who leaves his squadron and is nearly mortally wounded, then nursed back to health by members of a lobster sleeper cell -- one of whom he may be falling in love with. Can humans and lobsters put their differences aside and stand in solidarity against the burros? (Spoilers: Probably not.)

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Almond — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:00:45 -0700

I really like your idea and can't wait to hear how it turns out!

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Almond — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:02:55 -0700

If this was back cover blurb I'd buy the book! Looking forward to seeing how it pans out.

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Judypumpkin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:22:55 -0700

I love knittingneedle's plot - definitely a book I would read, maybe because I teach English to speakers of other languages. My novel has an adult education theme too. It's about a group of mums from an inner city area who get together to do a parenting course. I haven't worked out the details yet but the novel will explore their characters and their reasons for doing the course, and how they change as a result of doing the course. At the end of the course they have a session on getting back to work and they end up starting a business together making and selling cakes.

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EvelJerome — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:53:24 -0700

i want to read this story. now. -good luck on it, i hope it goes well

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perpetual_blockage — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:51:17 -0700

This year's is (hopefully) the last of a (hopefully accurately-named) trilogy, and I haven't worked it out very well yet (least of all the ending), but the basic conflict of this one is: Two vigilantes. One, motivated to destroy the prolific mob in her city, newly reformed under a cold and ruthless boss, and avenge her dead mob boss brother while she's at it. The other, pulled by the desire to end the mob, as well, but constrained to do nothing in order to preserve his anonymity (as the entire structure of the New Mob knows them by name and sight). Meanwhile, the city is utterly falling apart, because until this point, they HADN'T been doing nothing and now the city is falling under mob rule. I actually have no idea how this is going to be resolved, and this is my first year doing NaNo as a college student, so what I'm saying is it's gonna be a fun ride.

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Madkat2 — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:47:52 -0700

I personally like the name Fake-Narnia as the name for the place. It could be the "inhabitants" way of making some lightheartedness out of their rather odd predicament. Or at least the MC could refer to it as that when they first arrive - having no other name to call it by until the real name of the place is given.

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NJC — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:55:06 -0700

I would read that.

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NJC — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:01:14 -0700

I wrote the first of three parts for the 3-Day Novel Contest in 2009. A high school senior is stalked by a classmate. She graduates and moves off to fashion design school, hoping she covered her tracks well enough to leave her stalker behind. He finds her, abducts, tortures, rapes, and leaves her for dead. She begins to recover when he turns up and is shot by police while attempting to abduct her again. She attends his funeral and stabs his corpse. The first section ends with her being charged under the Criminal Code of Canada for this crime. Part Two (that I'm writing this year) is the story of the investigation and trial. Part Three will be how she picks up her life again after the trial and punishment. I originally envisioned this as a trilogy, but I think it works better as three parts of a single novel.

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dreamingheart — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:03:04 -0700

I wasn't sure I belonged here, but I read the defining mainstream fiction thread and I can answer yes to all of those questions, although I dislike the "stereotypical" bits. Meagan Hoyle's life has been on hold for eight months as she hides in a witness protection program. Only allowed to see certain people until the conclusion of a trial accusing the son of a prominent man of murder, she has developed an affectionate attachment to the defense attorney. Now that the trial is done, Derek has admitted his interest in his ex-star-witness and proposed. Even though the trial is done and the "evildoer" has been put away, though, Derek continues to receive death threats and has decided to get out of Cincinnati for the winter. Finally able to go places and resume her career, Meagan is instead whisked away to New York City, subjected to a very large surprise, and abandoned as her fiance is forced to choose between safety and sweetness. Coupled with Derek's twin brother, she must get back to Ohio, make a stand, and catch a killer - and time is running out.

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mrvg — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:13:13 -0700

Two possibles that have been rumbling around for a long time ... These are my two seeds ... I have a lot of ideas for each one but looking forward to seeing which ideas develop ... just not sure which I am going to do in November! 1. Fast Car (provisional title): a family's journey to their remote Lake District holiday home takes a sinister turn, with abandoned service stations, violent squalls and a horrific motorway pile-up and abandoned theme parks ... Eventually arriving in darkness at their destination, they find that someone has got their before them, and locked them out. Meanwhile, in the seemingly dead world beyond the light, something stirs. 2. The Christmas Storey: in the freezing gutter beneath a snowbound Glasgow tenement, a man lies half-naked, bleeding and broken, and looking down at him are a small group of boys. One of them lifts the man's coat, whilst another urinates into the gutter, whilst another looks with increasing curiosity at the tramp's face. A girl, leaning against a lamp post. watches them all. "... looks like Father Christmas," the third boy observes. Whether he is, or he was ... the residents of Windest Place will win, lose, suffer and survive to pilfer, provoke and finally protect the stranger that from nowhere, came to town.

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Kaserl — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:10:23 -0700

Jeslyn is in high school, and loves to write. However, her parents and her English teacher are doing all they can to discourage her. She is on the verge of giving up when a new boy named Cory starts going to her school. They become good friends, and he keeps her from giving up her creativity to avoid criticism. Jeslyn begins a novel, and it's becoming really good when her English teacher finds out that she is in the last few chapters of her book, and thinking about trying to get it published. He'll do anything to stop her from finshing, and Jeslyn and Cory fight back. In one of their most intense fights, Cory is killed. Jeslyn is furious, and so are all of the other students. They finally rebel against the English teacher and all of the other teachers, and get them fired, despite the fact that there's no proof they ever did anything wrong. Jeslyn is really sad over Cory's death, but is eventually sent a letter he wrote her a few hours before he died. She recovers enough to continue living, and has a long, happy life, but never forgets Cory. I'm not 100% sure where exactly the story will end, I don't really like the last line. Do you guys like it?

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Kenzie1261 — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:52:08 -0700

This is my first NANO ever and I'm a little aprehensive about it. I'm pretty sure I belong here.. Anyways, My story is about a high school whose football program dominates every aspect of the school. It is a huge deal for the school and the entire town. It's a small town (havent decided where yet) and the entire towns life revolves around the high school football program. The football team makes it to the state playoffs and leaves early on a bus to head to their rival school to get ready. On the way the bus gets totaled by a logging truck, leaving most of the team dead or in the hospital with fatal inguries with the acception of a few players. My story will focus on the loss the school feels from the loss of their students, how the survivers change their lives, how relationships were crushed, and how old pregiduces dont seem to matter anymore. sound ok?

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TeamKnightly — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:51:20 -0700

Rebecca, Jack, Katie, Wes, Adam, Amelia, Deborah, Abena, and Dan live in five different countries, are all different ages, and live completely different lives. However, they have one thing in common. They are all sad. This one similarity leads to danger and mystery, other-dimensions and mad old women. Will they ever escape? You could say that I'm excited :)

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mrvg — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:50:35 -0700

I love the potential of this story ... So many ways it could go ... In the editing process later on, get the detail and the relationships refined and this could be fantastic!

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EvelJerome — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:09:37 -0700

other than the motivation for the English teacher to forbid the publishing which i don't understand, it sounds very interesting.

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novena — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:24:34 -0700

Great! Thanks :)

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novena — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:29:23 -0700

That's an interesting outline for sure. I always like aftermath stories.

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gray.skies — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:00:03 -0700

Wonderful concept, I'd definitely read it! Good luck! :D

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gray.skies — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:02:21 -0700

This sounds absolutely fantastic!! Quirky and interesting and human, which is everything a mainstream novel could aspire to be :D Best of luck with it, hope you share bits of it as you make progress :)

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qpidity — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:52:21 -0700

Juliene Cortez has wanted nothing more than to be a chef like her mother. So when her only parent died, Juliene decides to honor her legacy by pursuing the culinary path. To quicken her pace, she decides to reveal herself to the father she never knew: executive chef Jamie Gonzalez of the world-renowned amaranth. Juliene doesn't actually have any physical evidence of being chef Jamie's daughter, save for the fact that her mother's last words were his name over and over again. Despite not admitting anything, Chef Jamie immediately makes her his apprentice, an honor everyone else has been working their respective asses for. It isn't smooth-sailing for the young chef as she soon finds out that the glamourous restaurant isn't at all that glamourous from the inside. Both sous chefs seem to be sleeping with her father: sous chef Nadine seems to be dating one of the line cooks as well while sous chef Caitlin's daughter has chef Jamie's financial support for what seems to be obvious reasons. Plus, one of chef Jamie's line cooks used to be his college rival, the maitre d' is a two-faced bitch, and the kitchen assistant is just plain creepy. Juliene must be way in over her head if she thinks she can even survive this hell of a kitchen. Yes, this is my synopsis. xD

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Kaserl — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:34:03 -0700

I have a motivation all worked out, I just need a way to fit it into the plot, preferably without a classic huge villain giveaway speech......

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CreativeUserNameHere — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:09:09 -0700

This is also my first Nano and I have my plot planned out in broad strokes. It's still a general idea but I'm pretty excited at the potential. I decided to stick with what I know for my first attempt. So hopefully it will make things easier. The MC and her boyfriend have been dating for six months. He has decided to take her home to meet his quirky, female dominant Italian-American family. The story explores the boundaries between what is funny and what is dysfunctional, when it comes to family dynamics. I still have time to flesh out, right? ;)

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Gracefully — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:22:55 -0700

I'm a newbie to NaNo and creative writing in general, so I'm not entirely sure I've got my genre right, but I do have a basic plot idea that I'm fiddling with. Pointers/feedback greatly appreciated! =) Georgie is a single 32-year-old career woman who works as a naturalist at a preserve in central Florida, where she specifically focuses on exotic animal dentistry and alligators. She's obsessed with her job, and it's really the only thing she has in her life - she lives in a doublewide trailer with her parents because she can't afford rent, she's never been in a romantic relationship, and her only friend is the preserve's groundkeeper, Sam. Due to budget cuts, however, Georgie loses her job and is left with an utterly empty life. Dazed, she ends up in a used book store and starts browsing the shelves, where she stumbles on a Swahili-English dictionary. The dictionary sparks her to do something impulsive and "crazy" for the first time in her droll life. Georgie buys a one-way ticket to Nairobi. From there she travels to Nyahururu, a town by the Ewaso Ng'iro river, to try and start her life over while studying the river's Nile crocodiles. From there I'm not sure what exactly is going to happen. I'm mostly trying to explore how people can start their lives over at an age that's typically seen as "too late" for that sort of thing. Human malleability and resilience, yes? Right now I think a big emphasis is going to be the relationships that Georgie forms with the people who live in Nyahururu, including a romantic interest. Major sources of conflict that are coming into play so far are the obvious culture clash, poacher issues, HIV/AIDS crisis and its impact on the community, et cetera. It's a little open-ended and fuzzy right now, honestly... I was sort of hoping I'd just get started and things would become clear as I went along. xD

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EvelJerome — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:23:04 -0700

i love it. i'd like to read it once its done actually. (:

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tigerlily515 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:40:31 -0700

Mine is called The Cat Burglar's Club Four women who are very different from each other are all conned/seduced by the same man online. They discover each other as they each discover their own betrayals. After meeting, they decide to find out exactly who he is and make him pay. And they find out that they are pretty damn good at it. The authorities get wind, and they begin working as a team on a regular basis. Each woman's story is told, and of course there are twists and turns along the way. I guess it is sort of Stephanie Plum meets First Wives' Club meets The Net.

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knittingkneedle — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:04:58 -0700

LOVE it. love a ensemble cast

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JessWavesHello — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:29:05 -0700

Corrigan sees her on the train. She’s pretty with a sense of allure, and he watches her as she pours over the journal on her lap. When the train arrives at her stop, she leaves the journal behind for Corrigan’s taking. He takes it home, and over the next few weeks he finds himself pouring over it and its contents. He becomes more and more involved in who she is – or rather, who he has built her to be. Upon close inspection he notices a small phone number scrawled in the margin of a page. He calls it in hopes of reaching this unattainable girl. What he finds out sends him on this odd, whirlwind journey to find her.

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Meiveva Sirenice — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:40:10 -0700

That's really interesting! I would definitely read it.

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Meiveva Sirenice — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:41:02 -0700

That sounds pretty interesting! It kind of leaves me wondering if Corrigan is psycho or not (and that's a good thing!).

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Meiveva Sirenice — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:41:23 -0700

My story is (tentatively) titled 'Jericho': The United States has crumbled from the inside due to disgruntled citizens. Jericho, once a thriving metropolis, has suffered greatly from this collapse. It has been split into three parts, two controlled by rival gangs and the third by the remaining law enforcement. Veronica is a hacker trying to be as anonymous as possible in a sea of oppressed people, living under the strict governance of the police force. Tory DeLune is a journalist attempting to jump-start her career and get around her jackass boss while drifting through the lawless sector controlled by a brutal gang. Gracie Moon is a surgical intern who is constantly avoiding the her old acquaintances in the gang that controls the third sect. Riley Bennett is a sniper, recently brought in from another city. Every night he sees the same woman through his scope and begins to form an obsession. When a simple hacking scheme escalates, all the characters are pulled into a plot that may change the city as they know it.

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NJC — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:50:03 -0700

Thank you.

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Jac_Tay — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:54:48 -0700

my rough novel idea is this MMC is a guy in mid/late 20's falls for his manager (my MFC), a woman in her early 40's who is married to a business man who knows all the big wigs in the city...but the marriage is not happily (even tho to everyone else the marriage is perfect) her hubby is abusive. there is another FC who is younger, probably 18/19 and she likes MMC but she finds out about the affair and resorts to blackmail. thats the main plot, i think....sub plots are 1) mmc lost his parents when he was a kid and and i think i will put some flashbacks to his life and the things thats made him who he is today...2) MFC's daughter is away at uni and comes back for holidays, she has a new boyfirend, may get her pregnant and then dump her (not sure yet)... 3) i am going to include more charactors in the office who have there own issues but dont know what yet as you can see, very rough, lots of dont knows, can you tell this is my forst nano lol

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

Crunchy — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:32:28 -0700

Mine is called 'Songs from Mars'. This is what I have for a synopsis so far: "Since she was eight years old, Lillian Gruen (Lily) had been diagnosed with musicogenic epilepsy - a rare disorder that triggers seizures every time she hears music. Plagued by her phobia, she takes comfort in living a quiet life in her grandfather's home and closed off from the rest of society. Ten years later, her sheltered world becomes shattered after her grandfather's heart attack. Knowing she cannot rely on him forever, Lily struggles searching for a job to pay for both her grandfather's medical care and herself. Times are difficult for Lily when job openings are impossible to find without the risk of triggering seizures. Music streams in every path she crosses: through car radios, televisions, and even cell phone ringtones. With her money thinning, her grandfather's health deteriorating, and her life being endangered every day, Lily is close to her breaking point until a chance encounter captures the handsome and smooth-talking William Bellman's interest. The manager offers her an opportunity Lily has no other choice but to take - to sell her poetry as song lyrics for Nate Saturns, a washed-up singer who's fresh from rehab but stale in the music business. Unexpected friendships form as her life becomes intertwined with theirs, but will Lily survive with each step closer she's taking to what she fears the most?" I usually write sci-fi, adventure, or fantasy so this is very new to me. I put my story under mainstream since it didn't seem to fit anywhere else.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

amybelle — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:18:43 -0700

I'm assuming mine is mainstream fiction. I can't think of anything else it could be. It is yet to be titled. Addie is fighting for her life, while her parents, Josh and Rebecca are fighting for their family. They adopted Addie from a frightened young girl 11 years ago. They now must go back and find Addie's biological parents, and hope they can give her the one gift that John and Rebecca can't. Cara has a life, a family now. But she often thinks about the baby girl she gave up 11 years ago, and the life she gave up in order to protect the secret. She tries to push her feelings of guilt and longing to meet her baby to the back of her mind, until she receives desperate visitors at her door. Peter can't find himself in a serious relationship. One night stands, binge drinking, living the bachelor life. Until a stranger from his past shows up and makes him face his fears, and Peter is faced with the first grown up decision of his life. They are forced to meet for one little girl. A little girl with his blue eyes and her bright red hair. Her life is on the line, but is that enough for these 4 people to face their pasts and the secrets that wait for them.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

A. Leigh — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:08:46 -0700

That sounds like a very interesting foray into mental health and the effects of war. I'm in! My only suggestion would be to push up the date of the father's birth. If he was born in 1928, he would have been 13 when America entered WW2 in 1941. Even being born two or three years earlier would make the story stronger. As for names, my grandmother's name was Ila, and since my father was born the same year (1953) as John, it should be pretty time-appropriate. My plot is not nearly as thought out. It takes place in the present day. FMC enters college and meets MMC. Some things happen that help them discover that they each have super powers that rather suck. She can read minds, but only gets every third word or picture, and he can teleport but leaves behind an article of clothing every time he does. Hilarity ensues. Together, they discover that one of the deans is an evil super-villain and they fight. And then there's and ending. lol It's a comedic look at college life and a spoof on superhero genre. I think it counts as mainstream? Name suggestions would be super. (pun completely intended)

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madammadman — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:57:34 -0700

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard of.

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madammadman — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:26:43 -0700

I'm hoping this is mainstream fiction. Otherwise god knows. It's currently nameless. The Woodruff Center of the Arts is home to the summer camp for young teens 'A Walk Through Ourselves'. Run by former Broadway King Davidson Cooper, eight lucky kids have been selected to write and star in a play of their own that they have two months to prepare and create. Too bad these are probably the most incompatible kids on earth. Their personalities are based on Pearson's Heroic Archetypes, and things seem to pile up for the group of them while trying to figure out who they are and how the hell the show is gonna go on. That is the vaguest thing ever, but that's all I've got.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

Caia Marie — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:34:53 -0700

Elsie's parents always told her she could be whatever she wanted to be when she grew up, so it comes as quite a shock for her when she graduates from college and realizes that it doesn't quite work that way. In debt and unable to land a job with her shiny new Journalism degree, she's forced to move back home to the small Central Jersey town she grew up in. At home she runs into Sean, an old acquaintance from high school and one of the few people in town who seems genuinely happy to see her. Sean graduated college a year earlier and now has a fulfilling career as the assistant manager of a Wawa; he can relate to Elsie's job woes and the two quickly become friends. As their families constantly press them about their "relationship," Elsie becomes preoccupied with a dark-haired, dark-eyed woman who is a regular customer of Sean's. As she struggles to establish herself as an adult while living in a room she decorated when she was 9, Elsie begins to question her goals, her job path, her sexuality, and her sanity. ...Writing this summary is probably the most thought I've put into my plot thus far. Amazing how writing something out makes it seem that much clearer.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

CLMoose8 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:28:02 -0700

This is my synopsis for my story, it's a sort of satirical thriller about reality television called "Video Nasty." I wrote this on the novel info page: Brilliant television producer Wyatt Wheeler was one of the first innovators of reality television, whose groundbreaking, wildly popular shows helped elevate the genre to unheralded levels of popular, critical and financial success. Times have changed, however, and once-quality reality television has given way to entire networks devoted to show about cupcakes. Wheeler, desperate to maintain his relevancy, proposes a one-night-only reality show extravaganza, a contest of champions composed of past reality show superstars of all shapes and shows. When the network dismisses his proposal and quietly shuffles the special to a terrible timeslot, Wheeler decides that the only way to draw the attention his opus deserves is to orchestrate a hostage crisis during the live broadcast. He recruits five reality star celebs: 1. Calvin "Chugga" Baehr (The Puck): One of the original reality stars from the "Real World" era, Calvin has a hard time adjusting to the new wave of reality stars. Where he rocketed to fame based solely on his fun-loving personality, he can't adjust to the new generation of fame-whores, gimmicks and trainwrecks. 2. Ampersand (The Bitch): Winner of an "Apprentice"-styled show, Ampersand is unsatisfied with her prize: Being a glorified gofer for an insufferable billionaire. Devious, conniving and utterly amoral, Ampersand will trample without mercy anyone who stands in the way of her success. 3. Marco Tibbetts (The Survivor): Brilliant but paranoid, Marco has spent his live preparing for whatever apocalypse the world will choose to throw at him. From zombie siege tactics to enduring a nuclear wasteland, he used his skills to win a "Survivor"-esque competition. Parlaying his winnings into a massive underground bunker, Miguel formed a small community of nerd survivalists who train and await the day when the jocks are wiped out by a comet. 4. Arnie Gunther (The Hoarder): Arnie rocketed to fame after his remarkable house/junkyard/unsanitary hellhole was showcased on a show about compulsive hoarding. On the strength of his charisma (or insanity), Arnie soon found himself hosting his own antique picking/appraisal show. In the face of fading ratings and recognition, he purposely developed an addiction to crystal meth in order to appear on a televised intervention and jumpstart his career once more. 5. Vicki Baldonato (The Chef): Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of her experience winning a cooking competition show with a particularly psychotic head chef. Once the cast arrives at the enormous reality show mansion and the program begins, Wheeler springs the trap on his inadvertent contestants. Brandishing a machine gun, he soon takes over the broadcast, captivating the jaded TV nation. As the world watches, Wheeler and the contestants compete in a twisted elimination-style reality competition that's equal parts "Network" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

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tigerlily515 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:01:31 -0700

That is an amazing story

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pencil — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:16:24 -0700

Video Nasty sounds brilliant - I've a real thing for putting a malicious bent on the whole reality TV thing. The characters sound fleshed out too definitely one I would read. You've also just put my plot on the back burner while I reconsider - 50,000 words, can't start that on something you're unsure of can you? - last time I did that I had to rewrite 100,000 words six times before I binned the sodding thing...

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-parker- — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:15:14 -0700

I kind of suck at summaries... I want to include more, but I don't want to give too much away, ya know? Here's mine so far: Ryan is a new bartender at Railcar Restaurant & Taproom. He always seems to be one step ahead of the waitresses with their drinks; he's just a little too good at his job. Holly, one of the night shift waitresses, thinks there's something off about him, but she can't put her finger on just what it is. When Ryan uncovers a scandal at the restaurant involving undocumented immigrants, he's not sure if anyone will believe him. When the situation escalates, he has to take action, and he'll need the help of the waitresses to do it.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

aggieamy — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:51:45 -0700

It's my first time attempting anything mainstream fiction but I think that's what this is. A young female doctor (FMC) had recently gone through a long process of healing after being stabbed and almost dying. She's feeling smothered by her good intentioned friends and decides to take a long weekend to get away from the memories and over protective friends so she plans a trip to NY, where she used to vacation with her grandparents. While there she witnesses a store clerk being murdered. Haven't exactly worked out how it's going to happen but the FMC will get involved with MMC who is a detective and was supposed to be protecting her until she could testify in front of the grand jury. They have a fling, she testifies to the grand jury, and is then put on a plane back home. She is embarassed about having a fling because it's out of character for her. She's a conservative Catholic and a self proclaimed goody two shoes. Once home she doesn't tell anyone what happened and tells everyone she had a lovely uneventful time in NY. This goes fine until she discovers she's pregnant. She plans to raise the child alone and doesn't have any intention of telling MMC that she's pregnant but through an unrelated case he happens to run into her in her hometown. And from there I'm going to start pantsing it.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

Aladdin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:33:20 -0700

This is my first NaNo and I'm not sure this belongs in Main Stream or not. Eric is a man in his mid-twenties who has had a hellish childhood. He marries in his early twenties and has two small children. His wife wants a divorce. He snaps mentally. He burns the house down and takes hostages. Afterward he ends up in an institution. 15 years pass and a young man volunteers at the institution and becomes friends with Eric. The young man (Kevin) become friends with Eric. Eric refuses to take his medicine to help his "voices" go away. Kevin begins to reason with him and he takes the meds. After a while Eric begins to be better and can take day trips. Kevin is getting married and wants Eric to be there. Eric goes to the wedding and sees his ex-wife, he then begins to put things together that Kevin is his son. He feels betrayed by Kevin because he never spoke of his family. At the same time, Kevin feels betrayed by Eric because Eric never spoke of his children. Kevin no longer visits, Eric no longer takes his med. Eric dies with his head in his hands calling for Kevin.

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P2GURL — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:47:45 -0700

@EvelJerome: Cool! That's a really cool plot! The main character's name is Madele Peirce (Madele is an African name, don't know what it means.) Her dad left her mom and her when Madele was 6, in the book he comes back, offers Madele a recording contract, and doesn't actuallt realize that she's his daughter until pretty far into the book. Then she gets all mad at him for running out on them without warning, and then I have no idea what happens ;) -P2GURL

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littlesara — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:31:05 -0700

I love it! I want to read it :) Good luck!!

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littlesara — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:04:24 -0700

Wow! That sounds like you have a great start!

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littlesara — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:18:55 -0700

Michel, late twenties, is left running his father's shop after his parents pass away suddenly. Feeling the burden of responsibility sinking in little by little and not having the chance to finish school, Michel feels his life is over. All he has to look foward to are the years left spent doing what his father so cared about. Michel had dreams of his own, but living out his father's legacy is the right thing to do. The only thing to do. Centered in the heart of Paris we will learn about a young woman who apparently committed suicide in the late 1880s but no one could identify her - she became known as L'Inconnue de la Seine or the unknown woman of the Seine. To what appeared to be the most beautiful woman the pathologist in the morgue had ever seen, he made a mask of her face so her features and legacy would live on. Her death mask was an icon during the early 1900s and Michel's discovery of such a death mask leads him on a journey he will never forget.

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tentonbricks — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:10:30 -0700

First attempt at this whole NaNoWriMo thing. Gonna give it the ol' college try with absolutely no literary training, and having never made any such attempt before. My very very very early idea: Man wakes up in hospital with no memory of what happened to him, but everyone around him seems to know his name. He goes through some drastic reconstructive surgery to reconstruct his face from what was apparently a horrific train wreck. Eventually makes it back to living a somewhat normal life, but is constantly haunted by dreams of violent crimes. Doctors tell him it is just stress from the accident, but he slowly realizes (through external stimuli) that these are not dreams, but memories, and he's not who everyone thinks he is. He's actually had the identity of a man he killed thrust upon him). He has a dark past that he must now grapple with in order to answer his own question of "am I who I was, or who I have become?" Still working out the fine details. I'm sure they'll come along. Can't help but think this has been done before, though. That's my biggest fear. I don't want to write 50,000 words only to find out that all I did was write a 50,000 word novelization of last summer's blockbuster movie based on the previous year's best-selling novel, which is an adaptation of Jane Eyre :)

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tentonbricks — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:11:38 -0700

Love it. I'd read it.

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Mweinstein — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:02:52 -0700

my story is based on the made up fact that when people dream, they are in fact subconsciously communicating with other entities. for example, when I dream about my father, its actually my subconscious reaching out to my fathers subconscious. If i dream about a horse in china, its my subconsciousness reaching out to a horse in chinas subconsciousness. The story is that a young man develops a brain tumor which gives him the ability to CONSCIOUSLY unlock this ability; he can choose to communicate with whoever he wants. there is a ton of directions this could go on, so give me feedback! message me too! thanks

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Aladdin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:16:31 -0700

Thanks!!

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Aladdin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:44:17 -0700

It sounds good. Not sure if its been done before, but even if is has, it hasn't been told from your point of view. Just like singers can take a song and remake it. You can take an old idea and make it new and fresh. I'd definitely read it.

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ScriptedSilence — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:50:54 -0700

[quote=honeywell] I daresay this is the first year I have no main plot. I have a subplot or two, and my main cast of characters though. I've always written the same cast every year, but this is the first year I plan on focusing on my usual protagonist's best friend- how exactly is what I can't figure out. Gary is in his mid-twenties and works in the accounting department for a nonprofit that does... things... that aren't going to be relevant ever. He's quite extroverted, loves jazz and his clarinet, and makes his girlfriend roll her eyes on a regular basis. One subplot involves Emperor Norton, a locally famous hobo who lives in the park, vanishing without a trace. The other subplot involves Gary's best friend, Tim, being set up on progressively bad blind dates because a couple of biddies at the graphic design firm he works at have decided that there is no way he can be happy single. Somehow I also have to throw in the five people that donated to my Night of Writing Dangerously page (one of them will work as a park groundskeeper). I'm hoping in the next week the real story will come so I can start outlining it. [/quote] Emperor Norton, locally famous hobo, that, sir, is incredible! Just had to say that. I'm too tired to be reading full plots tonight but I was skimming through and that caught my interest because it is so wildly different!

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ScriptedSilence — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:55:24 -0700

This is a cool spin on things :)

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ScriptedSilence — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:58:09 -0700

Sounds like something I'd read :)

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krazikrys — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:23:34 -0700

An accomplished author has to have a manuscript into her publisher by December 31st. Joan Chandler can't seem to get anything written. Her agent tells her about NaNoWriMo. After looking at the website and the list of published novels that have come from it, she decides to try it. She's a wife and mother of two school-aged boys, so actually sitting down and writing is harder than it seems. She comes up against all the problems that show up trying write fifty-thousand words in one month, not to mention her agent and publisher breathing down her neck. Is she going to make it? Is there even going to be anything salvageable at the end of the month?

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

tigerlily515 — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:41:36 -0700

Well......I changed my mind. Though I think my original idea is fun, four women going after the internet Don Juan who scammed them....I'm still a bit ticked off by a real life Don Juan to write it. Probably need something more uplifting - baha. So.....I am starting the story I have always wanted to write......the story of my own adoption, fictionalized just enough.

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FerionDecadentePrimus — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:35:34 -0700

I'm new here so forgive me I'll sound quite incompetent. I've been working a novel out. And so, the synopsis. REBIRTH Dom'Are Sancforth couldn't believe he defeated Ferion Decadente Primus -- the one they call the Last of the True Lions -- who led the uprising against the foreign Serpentile Emperor, wielded the two Alphaen Blades, annihilated the Empire's Southern forts, united the strayed Lion tribes, and humiliated the Emperor's personal generals in just three years. Harab, one of the two Alphaen Blades chose he whose blood is descended from the Serpents who tainted, spurned, remade, and rewritten New Earth from its peaceful yet baffling past. Secrets were bound to be seen as lies are to be brought alight for the unready and the prepared. Twelve years pass, and Dom'Are's daughter, Elizabeth, flees for safety and is saved by Agmar -- the outcasted yet dearly beloved golden-eyed, river-dwelling lowlander. Their fate changes forever when Agmar finds out about his father -- the Great Ferion himself. Thus, their journey starts without them knowing. Would the truth be better concealed from them or not? The destiny of New Earth as a whole hangs in the balance as lies, forbidden knowledge, Silencers, and ancient histories -- forged or genuine -- come their way. The end has begun. --- so it has a bit of sci-fi in it and mystery too. Though its predictable, Agmar and Elizabeth are bound to be in love but there ancestry separates them. What they'll go through would be some tempering that would shape them to crucial pieces in the chessboard. Well, takes time i think. It's setting dates almost six centuries after the Third World War and the Age of the Red Sun. If you're wondering why humanity is back to the "swords, arrows, and catapults" stage, well, they will also search for the answer for that. :)

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omgitsviva — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:38:58 -0700

Here is my synopsis, I keep trying to figure out if I'm more mainstream or more literary. I keep going back and forth trying to decide. It’s been two years since the tornado ripped through Picher, Oklahoma and it seems like nothing has recovered. Most people left when the government offered buyouts. The ground has split open and is swallowing what decomposing buildings remain, pulling down the structures with veins of vegetation. Necklaces are still hanging from branches in the trees, a baby doll still pendulous from her dress that is tangled in a downtown stop sign, and the river, polluted with mining iron, runs red like wine. The town, near depopulation, is the wandering ground of twenty-seven year-old Benjamin Butler who chronicles his own hopelessness and cynicism in Picher. Ben, and the remaining dozen or so odd residents, provide a worm’s eye view of human suffering, loneliness, and disfigurement as they attempt to imitate a sense of right and wrong and pass time through destructive and lewd behaviors. Their way of life represents the bitter-sweet mentality of society’s perpetual dissatisfaction with the current way of things, but also their unwillingness to create the change.

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omgitsviva — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:45:55 -0700

This really interests me a lot. I would totally have bought this book had I found this to be a blurb on the back. Great work, and I hope you all the best on your NaNo this year!

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GeoffreyWood — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:30:42 -0700

A unwitting author meets "amish" roller derby chick and they run afoul of a new breed of vampires intent on taking over the world via social media. Tale of Two Twitterers I will be releasing a fresh chapter (plus extra bits) each day in the month of November. Please, read along at taleoftwotwitterers.tumblr.com thanks, g.

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Exhilaration — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:28:30 -0700

Wow, that sounds really interesting! I would definitely read it!

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Exhilaration — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:30:32 -0700

This is mine! It's technically been a story three years in the making, but I'm using NaNo as a chance to jumpstart the story and get it on its feet. I'm really excited about it! :) Title: Like Banyan Trees in Cornfields This is the story of three months in the lives of Bindi and Fallon, once best friends. Bindi is in the summer before her senior year of college, and Fallon is a single mother of a six year old who works at the local Dress Barn and owns her own photography company. When Fallon wins a small fortune in the lottery, Bindi uses the occasion as an excuse for visiting her and making amends for the event that ruined their friendship but inadvertently ends up inviting her and her daughter to come with her on her annual family trip to India instead. Once they arrive, Bindi finds herself playing second fiddle to Fallon and begins to feel a mixture of resentment and guilt at feeling jealous of a friend for whose entire life situation she feels indirectly responsible, while Fallon finds in Bindi's family a joy and acceptance in life she never thought she could have again. But when Bindi's cousin runs away and she and Fallon embark on a cross country trip to find her, both are forced to confront their hidden problems and test the limits of their friendship in the backdrop of a country filled with struggles of its own.

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Exhilaration — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:32:54 -0700

I think your story sounds like it has a lot of potential! Good luck getting everything sorted out! :)

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Exhilaration — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:34:42 -0700

I would read the hell out of this! I love multicultural fiction and I love London. :)

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USMCWife0352 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:26:04 -0700

My piece this year is in two subplots. One follows Marine Corporal Dade Mitchell as he comes home from a previous deployment, reunites with his wife and sons, gets promoted to Sergeant, knocks up his wife, and fights the urge to kill himself and/or others while dealing with the demons that followed him back. The second follows Sergeant Mitchell on his next deployment fighting to keep his Marines alive all the while really not sure he'll be seeing his family again.

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MCat — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:07:34 -0700

Here's my synopsis (and I would love your advice on whether this is mainstream fiction or not - it isn't purely mystery): When one of the teenage generation's most popular writers, Shanie Lennox, goes missing, it's up to Bree Michaels to find her. She's sure she can do it - of course - she's one of the CIA's most successful junior agents. But there's just one problem. No one seems to know what Shanie looks like, or where she lives! She's never used descriptive author bios, or pictures. She's never even had book signings. Come to find out, some say she's a recluse. Others claim that she actually lives on some remote mountain in China. Has Shanie been abducted? Will Bree be able to find her before it's too late? Thoughts?

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EmyPink — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:32:27 -0700

My first foray into mainstream fiction, after two years of children's/middle grade ... at least I think it's mainstream because it doesn't fit anywhere else perfectly ... Anyways, onwards and upwards. My synopsis, as seen on my author page: Chloe Granger is broke. Her part-time job as a magician isn’t bringing in the money and University life is expensive. But that all changes the night Chloe watches a heist movie. Inspired by the actions of the conmen, Chloe spontaneously decides to try conning someone using her magic tricks just to see if she can. Enter Julian Cooper, heir to a multimillion dollar fortune and Chloe’s first mark. Unfortunately, Julian has had magicians at his birthday parties since, well, forever and sees straight through Chloe’s attempt at grifting. But they strike up a conversation and soon Julian is very interested in Chloe’s theory that grifting is just an elaborate magic trick. He’s bored, so what the heck. Their first ever grift fails spectacularly, so Julian ropes in old acquaintance Arlo Burke, who’s serving community service at the University for starting a drunken fight, as their criminal mastermind. Only thing is, Arlo’s a petty criminal rather than a grifter extraordinaire. And then there’s Peter Tully, the genius already studying for his PhD in psychology, who wasn’t “accidentally listening on purpose” when Julian cornered Arlo. Now a crew of four, their second con almost fails but a last minute save by Samantha Arlington, waitress at the seedy cafe across the street and aspiring actress, seals the deal. Slightly richer, this unlikely band of five decide that they might be good at this confidence trick thing after all … if they work together.

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Mathewiredale — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:13:37 -0700

My basic plot is a combination of two ideas I’ve been kicking around for a while. The fiancée of the son of a local gangster is killed in an apparent hit and run accident but upon interviewing the 5 witnesses, the police realise that they are actually dealing with a murder. Their investigation is hampered by the local gangster himself, who decides to take matters into his own hands by carrying out his own investigation, and also by the mysterious disappearance of the witnesses, one by one. One of the detectives investigating the crime is Jenny Thurley, at 22 the youngest detective in the country. She is highly intelligent and motivated – she turned down a place at Oxford to join the police, her dream since childhood – but she is still a quite naive and lacking in confidence. Basically, I hope to explore Jenny’s growth and development as a person using a plot with a few twists and turns that will (I hope!) really test her character, her beliefs, her intelligence, and so on. We shall see!

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FoxyMoron — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:42:20 -0700

MFC (protagonist?): mid 20s film student working for absurdly garish reality TV production company in a "crew" type capacity, although she wants creative input. Introverted and getting by in life, but just coasting. Doesn't identify with anyone around her. Ultimately cautious and analytical. Dissatisfied with her life and what she sees around her, but seemingly content to blend in. MMC (antagonist?): mid 20s English major. Floundering perfectionist. Newborn alcoholic. Has a male best friend who lets him couch it as he hits rock bottom. Ultimately narcissistic and uncompromising, although introverted. Disgusted with his life and what he sees around him, but determined to make his mark somehow. In their local college bar on a Tuesday night, she spots his sorry drunken trainwreck ass doting over some notebook while trying to sneak booze from his backpack and scarf cheap bottomless appetizers. She discreetly thrives on his turmoil from her stool. Dude gets thrown out for brown bagging it, makes some cynical drunken scene, but leaves his notebook. She snoops it and finds a free verse poem/abstract essay about modern man being lost in his own dumpster (or something like that) and being too cheap to pawn to himself. She gets an epiphany for the greatest meta-allegory for reality TV ever, piggybacked on the dumb but apropos salvage/pawn trend. Dumpster Hustlers. She plans the show, but is too nervous about her boss' opinion of her creative input, so she tracks down MMC through craigslist lost and found and gets him to act like he's partner in the idea. She has to teach him about film, corporate culture, and general responsibility. She plays big sis/mommy to him during his crisis, but finds him a little too pathetic to fall for. He unwittingly shows her how to stubbornly stick up for herself against all odds, but finds her too boring to fall for. His artistic bravado brings the show to unanticipated, surreal depth, while she learns to elbow her way into the inner circle of her production company and becomes anointed with creative license. Poetic hilarity ensues.The situation wears thin, they emerge changed by both the situation and each other, and go their separate ways. Both still completely alone and still lost in the mundane alienation of modern life, but bled into each other without fully acknowledging it. There will be caricatures of text messaging, internet fame, corporate culture (including "progressive" google/apple type parodies), mass media, and institutionalized social anxiety. They will never realize they were actually looking for each other all along.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

True Blue Fool — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:09:40 -0700

Mine is based off of the song "Transfer" by Five For Fighting. In the 1960s, an unhappy business man stuck in a bad marriage and a job that he hates, buys the first train ticket out of town. He ends up snowed in at a tiny transfer station in the middle of nowhere and falls in love with the young ticket seller there. The tracks are eventually cleared and the two part ways, vowing to meet up once more when they'd gotten their lives in order. The story will be following their lives after love at first sight.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

LongRoad — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:48:13 -0700

I'm a newbie and this is all I start with> Liv Philips a young woman setting out in life is made to work in a care home where she meets an elderly international aid worker who has come home to die.Their relationship develops to friendship and Liv is entrusted to read the older womans story through her diaries which are later bequethed to her. Liv the writer is born just as the old woman dies.

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talkingfrog — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:20:40 -0700

Here's mine. The title (subject to change) is 'A New Stage'. A cockroach wakes up to find that he has been transformed into a human. Obviously, the set up is inspired by Kafka, but I don't see it as a retelling of Metamorphosis. We follow the MC as he struggles to survive in human society, since he can't get back to his insect self.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

bigmentalross — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:59:23 -0700

Duncan Neil suffers from Spontaneous Invisibility, a newly recognised and extremely rare disorder with only 3 reported cases, himself being the first recognised in the UK. Even worse, Duncan's case is extreme, as comorbid with this he suffers low-level intangibility and inaudibility both at seemingly random times and in moments of stress. For Duncan, however, these moments of stress are becoming more frequent. Can he handle a career while maintaining his composure? And why do is he being told he only has his job BECAUSE of his condition? The MoD aren't making it easy, questioning his motivations and testing him at every opportunity. And why do people keep trying to obtain blood samples from him on the street? And why does he feel compelled to steal, and only when he can be seen? And on top of this, who keeps calling him and hanging up? This would all be a lot easier to deal with if he could talk to Lauren, his oldest friend, who he may or may not be madly in love with, but for the first time in his life he finds he can't make that happen. After two decades of being absent during some of the key moments of his life, can Duncan finally make his presence felt when it matters most?

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bigmentalross — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:00:31 -0700

Cool idea. NO idea where you'll take it but I'd be interested to see.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

talkingfrog — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:09:28 -0700

Well, I have a month to find out! To be honest, I have only a vague idea about the plot. But we'll see...

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

OpheliasMusing — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:13:55 -0700

So this is the first place in any of the forums I'm going to go ahead and spoil my own ending :) Would love thoughts (esp if this qualifies as mainstream fic)! International food critic Rionna returns to her native Ireland after 15 years of estrangement from her mother, Mary, when her grandmother, Anne, is in failing health. Rionna and Mary try to patch up their relationship over an as yet to be determined conflict/dispute. Rionna realizes she might be back in Dublin for the long haul and works with her editor to do a series of reviews of eateries across Ireland. Just as her relationship with her mother seems to be on the mend, Anne's condition takes a turn for the worse. Father O'Brien is called in to perform Last Rites. Before he does, Anne becomes increasingly violent and disturbed and demands the priest leave. Exhausted and dying, she mumbles her last words, relatively unintelligible to her family at her bedside. Anne passes in a fretful way, unsettling her daugther and granddaughter. As Mary packs up her mother's belongings and Rionna explores the Irish countryside to reconnect with her roots, they learn of a dark family secret that shakes them to the core. The secret is encoded in one of Anne's handwoven wool sweaters. Spoiler alert: We learn that Anne was not born Catholic and isn't Irish at all. Anne, whose real name is Hannah, fled Jewish persecution in France in 1944 under the Vichy regime. She fled with her infant daughter - Miriam - who grew up as Mary - to Ireland. Hannah left behind three sons and her husband, who would not survive the war. Mary and Rionna learn of their lost relatives by finding various obscure articles of Judaica in Anne's belongings, forged documents, and through the meanings of the cable stitches in her treasured sweater (when I was in Ireland, I talked to someone about how Irish cable stitches sometimes represented the number of children a mother had). Rionna claims her Jewish identity in her Irish homeland, after years of wandering.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

tyrantswine — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:01:24 -0700

Not much of a real plot to speak of- my main influence here is Cannery Row, which if it had a plot dang if I knew what it was. Much more about describing an era- the unusual "twist" I'd say is that that era is the present (I'm describing the Occupy protests that I'm a part of- mostly due to the vividness and abundance of wonderful characters). There are some threads that sort of run for a while then resolve themselves- small subplots I suppose. But mostly it's just about a political movement and the people in it. That being said, if things radically change over the course of NaNoWriMo, I'll be able to write an interesting and unexpected ending. Maybe even a whole plot will emerge. Certainly if this is completed it will be interesting to edit at a later time; I imagine a lot of the plotlessness, at least in the latter parts, will be addressed.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

ItsADrizzit — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:33:44 -0700

I'm still trying to figure out if my novel is LitFic or Mainstream Fic (being considered a "LitFic author" scares me a little, TBH) Here's the premise: Nathaniel Harris has spent all 24 years of his life doing what he could to conform to the person his parents had wanted him to be from birth. He's never really complained about that as long as he was allowed to pursue his one passion in life, soccer. But, after a breakup with his girlfriend--who he never really considered a girlfriend, but more of a best friend anyway--he decides to finally leave behind the life that was set out for him and move across the country to figure out what it is that he wants. Along the way, he meets a pretty crazy group of people that he never would have thought he'd consider his best friends. He learns that relationships are way more complicated than his overly religious parents ever led him to believe they were. And he learns that even if life is hard, as long as you're doing what you love and you have your friends by your side, every day will be worth getting out of bed for. I apologize profusely for being insanely horrid at synopses. It's a curse and a plague that I've suffered for years.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

J_S_C — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:02:45 -0700

Mystery Clake at the age of sixteen learns that she has androgen insensitivity syndrome, the normal genitallia of a female, but is genetically male (XY). This diagnosis causes her father who is unable to handle the thought that his little girl is not his little girl, to abandon her and her mother after Mystery's brother dies in a sporting event. Told through a series of flashbacks, Mystery tells us of her conflicts with gender and sexuality, love and sensuality, the difference between the love of a man and a woman, and the differece between settling for the one you are with and the one that you love. In the telling she experiences moments of catharsis about her relationship with her father and the problem of asking for forgiveness when the sin is too great. --JSC

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

cubfan0510 — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:03:46 -0700

A high school basketball player beats a rival school and arch nemesis on a game winning shot. on the car ride home with his parents the car crashes leaving the mother dead and the child crushed.(I might change this because I think it needs to be more mysterious) The father moves the two into a smaller home unable to afford the rich community they were living in, placing the kid in a new school, further pushing him into a deep hole. The kid prepares to attempt suicide, but is stopped by a dream of his mother alive again. The story continues as the kid (Luke I think i'll call him) continues to recover emotionally, learns to play on the new basketball team (all leading up to the must-have rematch with the nemesis) and continues to learn more about his mother's death through dreams and visions all concluding in some sort of twist which hasn't been decided yet.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

ianthine9 — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:16:08 -0700

Ashley Nicholson is a former PI who lost her license after a drunken bender ended with her accidentally running over her client, who had hired her to find out if her husband was cheating. Finding herself no longer able to work in the only field she was ever happy in, she finds herself the secretary for her next-door-neighbor and fellow drunk Mike Beach's ambulance-chasing law firm, used to representing both sides in personal injury suits (generally not at the same time), small claims cases, and generally the ass-end side of law. Realizing that she can help him win his cases with her knack for investigation, she puts her old skills to good use. All is well and good until Adam Brager walks through their door, asking for representation in what seems like a fairly cut-and-dried personal injury case.Things are complicated, however, when they find out that Brager is a CIA agent who happened to find the most mundane way to get injured in his line of work. (tripped over a loose bit of carpet and fell headlong into a clothing rack while trailing a suspect through a department store, resulting in a concussion, three stitches, and a possibly permenent knee injury). They find themselves suddenly involved in a multi-continental operation against a drug cartel, and while Mike is used to death threats, he's not used to them coming from people who can do more than drunkenly yell at him over the phone. Suddenly in way over their heads, Mike and Ash find themselves having to use all their skills to managed to smooth-talk and barter their way out of death at the hands of international drug dealers or the risk of treason. ...It's a little too light-hearted and irreverent to really be a mystery or a thriller, a little too mysterious and thriller-y to be a straight up humor type thing. So i'm shooting for mainstream.

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xxCoFxx — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:36:12 -0700

Warren had it all: 3 kids, a wife, a good house. Then his drinking problem spiraled out of control, ending with his being exiled from his family. While driving around aimlessly, he stumbles across two talking ferrets who are determined to help him get his life back on track. In the meantime, there's a little romance, a lot of soul-searching, and a good deal of contemplating the results of our actions. There's also quite a bit of comedy, but possibly no happy ending in sight.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

Haley Smutzer — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:31:58 -0700

Your sentence...Life on Earth. Your release.... Death. As young New York City nurse Maddi Baker soon realizes, life is not what it seems. On the night of her murder, Maddi is thrown into an alternate dimension in which Earth is a mere creation- designed to house the sentenced criminals of her world. With no knowledge of her previous life or crimes for which she had been removed , Maddi is thrown into a storm of confusion, betrayal and terrifying secrets as the world she once knew comes crashing down. Once released, Maddi's only ambition is to discover the haunting truth of her past, all the while under the watchful eye of the Alliance, a power-craving government who seeks to destroy the slightest rumor of rebellion, coincidentally rekindled by Maddi's release. Trapped in the confinements of the many districts surrounding what is known as The Sage, Maddi is caught in the struggle of what she thought her life on Earth was, and what it was created to be- a sentence. As her life before Earth begins to unfold a shocking truth about her sentence reveals yet another intertwined murder, and this time she is the criminal.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

GypsyLuc — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:38:26 -0700

Totally digging it! The best plot outline I've read on here so far!

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

GypsyLuc — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:41:16 -0700

Sweet. it's fresh, now, happening. Write it while it's hot!

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rubydian — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:25:52 -0700

Still stalling on an overall plot idea, but the concept so far: Bobby Glass is forgettable, though that is only a comment on what he is, not who. Aside from family, anyone who sees his face will forget who he was unless they see him again within twelve hours... and then the countdown begins again. If half the day does pass, it's as if they've never met him or he never existed to them at all. It's a constant struggle to keep people's memories of him alive.

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

PrettyGirlNerd — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:12:25 -0800

I am not sure what my genre is. It has fantasy, action, romance, thriller, comedy, and mystery all bundled into one. Here is my synopsis. Will you tell me what you think? Scarlytt Burke has problems. Major problems to be exact. Abandoned at birth and left on the doorsteps of an orphanage with a boy, Alex, who later gains her heart, her past is shrouded in mystery. Everything seems normal until Alex makes the mistake of grabbing her arm. Something inside her snaps. A power is unleashed that has been buried deep inside. She brushed it off as a freak thing. But it happens again with her best friend Carter. Answers come to her in a mental hospital. Where she meets a patient who looks exactly like her. Then a roller coaster of events conspire that brings Scarlytt to the threshold of her mental capacities. Romance ensues but with who? Mysteries fill the story of Siren. Will you try to unravel them?

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

Kozmic — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:47:42 -0800

Max, a young, hard-headed, unmotivated pessimist decides to travel, wishing to escape his suburban lifestyle and a messy breakup, and find his calling in life. When the fun of his adventure wears off and things can't seem to get worse, he meets his shining star, Aurélie: an art student and ambitious optimist. As Max needs a place to stay, and Aurélie wants to learn English, they quickly set up an exchange. But as Max is introduced to her world and positive outlook on life, the exchange turns out to be as much of a learning experience for him as for Aurélie. Think it fits right in with mainstream fiction!

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

darklai5544x — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:49:36 -0800

Delilah McIntyre tries to find a way to escape her abusive boyfriend and get her life back together. ^pretty simple right now since that's all I got planned XD

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Marie Ellen — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:11:50 -0800

This isn't my usual type of thing but it sounds INCREDIBLY interesting. Awesome plot.

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micahdawson — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:23:27 -0800

My story originally was going to be a fanfic to Michael Grant's Gone but i wanted to create my own character and mythology so i deviated from that :) Something dark and wicked has crept upon the residence of Harmomy Island when an eclipse causes every resident to pass out simultaneously. When they awaken, a group of teens discover that they are the only ones who are accountable for. But they will soon discover it's not just the people who have disappeared they should worry about...it's their own selves. Angelic & Demonic origins are awakening within the children, causing them to make a choice between Heaven & Hell....and An unspeakable evil has awakened and is hell bent on collecting the souls of each child....For each soul it collects, the closer it gets to walking the earth freely and unleashing complete hell on earth.

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AsAboveSoBelow — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:52:38 -0800

I'm -pretty- sure I'm writing mainstream fiction? Plot: Tamara is a floundering 20-something (25 to be exact) with the unfortunate luck of being born into a world where being Super is kind of the standard. She's got the powers for sure but she wants nothing to do with the world saving that's expected to come with it. Her relatively mediocre life gets a forced 180 when she catches the eye of a young man who's far beyond persistent with his intentions. After being saved by a vigilante hero who's born without any kind of a special gift, will she decide to take up the life of a masked crusader? Well, no. But the adventures that come with knowing one are tales that she'll never forget.

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I_Just_Want_To_Fly — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:40:10 -0800

My novel is half mainstream, half science fiction. Helena, an 11 year old spy-in-training birdkid, wakes up from a nightmare at 3 in the morning. She decides to go for a walk through her spy school, as she has nothing else do to. But before she can get out of bed, a swirly, lollipoppy symbol appears above her bed, glowing, and swirling. Once it dissapears, she goes out walking and finds a nice friendly VORTEX. She falls through, and ends up in the universe of Tintin, a creepy dude her age with creepy hair. Somehow she ends up being stuck on a trip to the moon. Scary part? This book was written in the 50s, OH SNAP. During her fun little vacation, she discovers a stowaway, nearly blows her cover to bits, explodes a crater, eats more Japanese Gummy Candy than most people's stomachs can handle, dies, comes back to life, watches Tintin die, watches him come back to life, discovers she has electricity powers (and Tintin is a little bratty Wolverine and her friend Delanie can transform and mimic anything) , and saves the universe (as well as reincarnating the Sphinx into a holographic supercomputer she invented to control the rocket.) In the end, the oxygen recycler is busted, so everyone else nearly dies (the O recycler in her spacesuit still works, and hers is the only one with one, and it's too small to work on a whole rocket) and the rocket is actually not able to handle the friction when reentering the atmosphere, and parts of it fall completely off. Somehow, she manages to save the rocket from exploding on impact, and barely saves her friends- but nearly kills herself. In the end, she goes through another vortex and ends up exploding something there, barely survivivg.

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Esperanza243 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:18:41 -0800

My story is called "On the Bridge of Death." (I got the title from an inspiring song by Eric Idle, one he performed while on Craig Ferguson's show.) The book is about a man, Devon, who used to be a lifeguard. During a gun fight between a cop and someone else, Devon gets involved when the person gets a really bad wound. In the process, he unintentionally gets shot. He ends up getting this ability to hear people's last thought before they die. For five years, he's had this ability and still has no idea he has it. He's fed up with the new law that took affect four years before. No one helps anyone anymore, unless they have a license to do so.

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Midnight Rider — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:18:37 -0800

This isn't the story I was planning on doing for Nano, but I feel like sharing it anyways. The story is set on Marshall Island, a fictional location home to the secret military facility that conducts illegal research. When communication is lost, Task Force Alpha-One is sent to investigate. From the moment they arrive in a crash landing, it's clear something has gone very awry. Workers cower in fear in the bloodied halls while mind controlled security guards carry out their unforgiving orders handed down by the project director who insists everything is alright. Something unspeakable stalks the island in search of people to kill and things to destroy on its bloody rampage and the black market smugglers who unwittingly started it all still have their eye on the prize. It's story of survivors trying to scrape by, schemers scheming, whatever the hell it is madmen do best and they're all trying to answer the same question: What went down on Marshall Island?

Re: What is the plot of YOUR novel?

kitten2469 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:28:43 -0800

Um... lets see. I guess in a way its a sort of ugly duckling sort of thing. My main character is named Ryver and she is married to a total jerk who cheats on her all the time. Why does she put up with it, well she's of mixed blood. My story revolves around 5 different Wolf Clans two of which who are always at odds with each other even though no one really remembers why (until Ryver starts having some very interesting tell tale dreams). Ryver and her twin sister are a product of a marriage between those two clans. Early in life, she gets attacked, looses her father to death (or so she thinks), her mother goes insane, she and her sister are raised by their uber strick Grandmother who is a member of the Clan Council. Ryver grows up feeling different and wrong, until finally she meets Michael. In the end, she dumps the crappy hubby, falls in love and gets preggy by Michael, and ends up being a important visionary for the Clan. Its reality based where these werewolves (for lack of a better term) and shifters exist all on their own, sort of like the American Indian Tribes. They are left alone by the Government, but only b/c the Government knows to go to war with these people would be the end of them. There are varying degrees of how much wolf someone is, from your full blown werewolves that are the size of small ponies, to partial shifting, to simply just super speed and super strength. In the end Ryver finds out that not only is she worth being loved but also to be happy. But there are those who would gladly see her dead if they could, specially when they find out she's pregnant. Why though, I'm still trying to figure that part out. :-)