What's your Nano about? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294 n_taber We do this thread every year (that I've been doing Nano, at least), and I'm shocked it isn't on here yet, so... What's your Nano about this year? Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:19:42 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_216127 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_216127 n_taber I'll go first: I have no idea. I think there will be gods, goddesses, aliens, and the end of the world. Perhaps even mutant hedgehogs. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:20:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_216138 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_216138 Ruffian1313 Mine is about a woman cursed with immortality that works for a secret government agency that protects mythical and supernatural creatures. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:55:05 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_216557 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_216557 n_taber Very cool! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:39:06 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_219732 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_219732 T.L.Phillips I'm still not sure how to explain what it's about, but it does have shape shifters and other supernatural creatures, betrayal, and even a steamy love triangle! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:51:44 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_220923 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_220923 Ruffian1313 Sounds interesting! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:07:42 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_227807 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_227807 n_taber Yummy steamy love triangle! (Did I say that out loud?) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:10:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_228364 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_228364 kingsandkeys there's a ghost. or an imaginary friend. or an astral projection. he hasn't decided yet. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:54:18 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_232247 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_232247 T.L.Phillips Awesome! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:19:31 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_234617 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_234617 jemzgirl161 mutant hedgehogs. please. I would love you forever. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:23:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_234687 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_234687 jemzgirl161 Uhh, so lemme try and sum this up. Jace, my MMC, is recruited to a treasure hunting team. The other members of the team aren't all that happy about their leaders decision to add Jake to the team, but have to get over when they get a call to hunt down a lost family heirloom for a Spanish business man whose business isn't going so well. The team sets off on a wild chase to hunt down the heirloom while competing with a rival treasure hunting team hired by a cousin bent on revenge. I hope that made sense. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:30:40 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_234799 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_234799 n_taber Yeah, I have a thing for hedgehogs Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:45:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_235055 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_235055 Ruffian1313 Oh! Cool! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:19:30 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245417 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245417 n_taber Nice. I like when things are/aren't there. Is he friendly? Misunderstood? Hot like Ghost Chili? Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:11:09 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245876 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245876 tcpink I'm going with Zombie comedy... a new artificial/nefarious sweetener turns the mainstream public into zombies leaving the less gullible to fend for themselves or something like that, I came up with the idea while trying to decipher my boss' handwriting Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:33:35 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_250917 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_250917 Leonor A lot of supernatural going on here, I love it! Mine's about a woman who wakes up dead and has to figure out the rules while finding out who killed her and dealing with the guy who thinks she's the reincarnation of his one true love. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:29:09 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_266406 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_266406 daphers_raphers A teen romance between a girl and a male-to-female transgender. Why? Because there needs to be some, duh. :) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:34:42 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_269499 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_269499 Twiki I'm doing a retelling of the Frog Prince. Originally, I wanted to have him kiss a girl frog and she turns into a human and helps him break his curse, but I couldn't figure out how she was supposed to do it. So, instead I went with a human Princess. Unfortunately, every time I tell someone about it, they automatically link it to the Disney movie, because when she kisses the prince, she turns into a frog. -_- It's really not like the cartoon, though, I swear! lol. He kisses her again and it turns her back into a human. Then they have to figure out why the kiss didn't work and find the witch who cursed him to begin with in hopes of breaking the spell. I also plan to play with the whole the-kiss-works-both-ways thing. Croco-frog and a castle full of confused, naked men anyone? XD Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:19:38 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_271859 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_271859 jesstopper Sounds like everyone's got great stories to tell! \m/ Mine is about an insomniac vampire who rides deep in the subway tunnels of NYC by day, rocks in a band by night, and juggles 3 very different women in his life... while his maker/mentor/"father" hovers over him in utter disapproval and dark fascination. I'm struggling with pigeon-holing it into the genre of horror/supernatural, as there is a lot of mystery and humor (and yes, love) in it as well. I'm a wimp who covers her eyes when any horror movie comes on TV and I never dreamed I would want to write a vampire story but VOX (my MMC) keeps whispering in my ear "do it do it do it"! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:24:37 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_279042 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_279042 Ruffian1313 Those artificial sweeteners! xD Sounds really cool! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:38:47 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_284008 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_284008 Ruffian1313 So, it's like a twisted romance? Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:39:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_284030 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_284030 n_taber AWESOME. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:19:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_297314 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_297314 n_taber As long as the "it" your MMC is whispering you to do isn't illegal, or causing harm to yourself or others, then hooray MMC! From time to time we all need the more insistent characters to kick us into gear, you know? It's how we grow. Awesome ideas from everyone! We have such a creative bunch here in Buffalo. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:22:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_297365 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_297365 heavy hedonist Interesting stuff happening... looks like mine will be the straightest, squarest novel written in Buffalo this Nov. I'm writing about a bar opening here during prohibition, and lasting under different identities but always the same name, till it's finally demolished 200 years later... when the alien whose research project it was part enough finally has enough data to finish his master's thesis. my hope is that through stories from many diffenrent time periods and characters, the character of the bar itself will emerge. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:36:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_297600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_297600 Soolseem This sounds great, I would absolutely read this. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:17:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_298250 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_298250 Soolseem In my story, everybody has the ability to go back in time to give advice to their past selves, but they can only make this trip once. My main character decides to wait until he is close to death to use this privilege, so the story follows his two parallel lives as we learn that we are defined by our decisions. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:19:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_298285 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_298285 Musicjunkie1213 Mine include a mermaid princess, an avian prince, and a dangerous panther prince. :3 There will most likely be a wedding, funny scenes, heartbreak, tears, joy, kingdoms, ballrooms, birthday parties, and a BUNCH of other stuff. I'm like, itching to get started. XD Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:47:56 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_300864 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_300864 Idril_Telrunya My novel is based on the Irish song, "The Maid on the Shore," which I heard performed by The Glengarry Bhoys. This is the synopsis: In the mystical land of Ireland, a shunned woman is irrisistably drawn to the shore several times a year, where she repeats the same actions over and over in order to gain wealth stolen by pirates. Why and how she is able to do this is elusive to her, but all of that changes when a young pirate captain takes her aboard his ship. Her powers hold no sway over him, and she finds herself far away from her homeland, fighting a conniving enemy bent on revenge. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:45:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_359870 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_359870 barefoottourguide My story's called "There Once Was a Man From Nantucket." It's a comedy espionage story about the six million dollar man built for twelve grand after budget cuts. Too bad he learns secrets that causes the CIA and MI6 to come after him. Garrett Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:26:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_365850 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_365850 Idril_Telrunya This sounds awesome...and something I would love to read for a really food laugh. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:20:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_414879 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_414879 Idril_Telrunya Ugh...and by food I mean good...XD Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:21:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_414889 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_414889 Idril_Telrunya I really like the sound of this! Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:21:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_414917 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_414917 Scajaquada Kinda cheating - setting Macbeth as a Western. But beginning to think it's going to be nothing like that story when I'm done, which is not of itself a bad thing. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:37:41 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_527018 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_527018 bleysofamber A man with no memory is pursued by a teleporting dwarf and falls in love with a coffee shop owning werewolf. There's also a good bit about the new Decemberists EP. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:21:09 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_588018 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_588018 Jessica_Lee I'm not really sure exactly how to describe mine, since I'm really not sure exactly what it is yet either, but here goes. Two dance companies, who will do almost anything to 'one up' the other, have been warring against each other for years. Up till now, it's only been a war of words and skill; but recently, it's escalated. Some people are convinced the other studio is sabotaging them and their dancers so they can't perform. Unbeknownst to them, however, their actions also dictate the fate of a fantasy world's fight. In a land far, far away, two kingdoms are preparing for a different, much more serious kind of war. And the outcome of these dancer's final show will decide possibly the greatest battle that's crossed the land in a century. It's sort of one chapter in the real world, one chapter in medieval fantasy world-ish.... Yeah, it's a work in progress. I'm curious (and slightly worried), would anyone not interested in dance actually want to read a story that's partly based on dance? It's not like they'd be super prissy "I broke a nail" dancers or anything, and there will be action, but I don't know how many people would really say "omg I wanna read about ballet dancers"... Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:37:02 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_598642 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_598642 heavy hedonist Lots of good reads here; in a year, when we've all (haha) finished editing and are querying to agents, let's have a party and talk about how off-the-plate our stories traveled. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:40:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=2#forum_thread_comment_617358 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=2#forum_thread_comment_617358 T.L.Phillips THIS JUST IN! New twist: one of the MC's just got turned into a shifter in order to save her life! eek she's not going to be very happy when she finds out! Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:30:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_739368 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-new-york-buffalo/threads/11294?page=1#forum_thread_comment_739368