"Scan the perimeter."
"Negative on adults. We're clear."
"Good. We've finally shook 'em."
This is a teens-eyes-only thread, so if you're any older than 19, take your listening devices elsewhere. You can start your own thread. You can call it "The thread for people who still like the old James Bond movies"
This is where we teens talk about plots, secret maps, and ninjas; commiserate over wordcount, two-dimensional characters, and overprotective parents; seek comfort, criticism, and metaphorical coffee; and join together in one unstoppable word-frenzied force that the old folks wouldn't dare try to take down.
50,000 or bust. It's them or us, agents, and out of personal experience, I prefer to be in the purple by the end of November. That means a little hard work, a lot of inspirations and whims, and a lot of coffee.
Are you ready for this? 'Cuz I am.
This message will self-destruct.
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Scorpio
75,257 / 50,000
Oct 8, 2009 - 13 24
I just wanted to slip into the safe house for a moment to say that we're glad to have young people noveling in our region. Teens are welcome at our KOs & write-ins. If your parents are uncertain, tell them to contact me for any questions or concerns. I know where they're coming from.
Now, if I only knew where I'm going--how to I get back out? I can't re-find the secret door...
----------poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat
2,271 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2009 - 14 42
It is called a secret door for a reason, you know... =P
103,301 / 50,000
Oct 15, 2009 - 03 57
typing with my eyes closed for I may act like I'm a pre-teen most of the time, I am chronologically somewhat loder than thant
you can't tell me that there aren't more teens or adolescents to post in here - come one Scorpio is pretty awesome
shout out at least.
mike
38,411 / 50,000
Oct 15, 2009 - 05 12
VirgoMaiden here and I'm shouting out! I don't know if I'll be dropping in this forum much, but I definitely AM old enough to be here :P
*strikes super ninja pose*
----------http://madelinebemel.livejournal.com
20,012 / 50,000
Oct 17, 2009 - 09 11
Glad to see I'm not the only insane high schooler here. I might actually be able to make it to a couple write-ins this year too, once I get my license halfway through the month.
So anyone else trying to get extra credit from this? I'm trying to convince my English teacher it's worth a few.
----------2009 Novel: The Eye of the Storm
Cups of coffee: 0
Sex scenes: 2 & counting
Characters dead: 2
36,425 / 50,000
Oct 18, 2009 - 08 27
I do my main classes through homeschooling-- at least this year. So I can't convince anyone this is for extra credit.
Yo, it's {.simplymad__xx and I'm a teenager.
What's my age?
... Classified Information. ;)
----------NaNoWriMo 09: Grasps Of Reality
NaNoWriMo 10: The Child Inside {GoR Prequel}
Important Characters: 8
Character Deaths: 1 planned
Dares used: 6
Dream sequences: 3 or 4
Species Used: 5
Beverage Of Choice: Coffee <3
91,991 / 50,000
Oct 18, 2009 - 10 35
edit: wrong topic. gotta watch where I post :P
In other news, oh hey, this door leads somewhere! :D
----------To victory!
42,305 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 20 40
I'm 16 and writing my third story (see sig). :D I'm excited.
----------Using NaNo to complete my second book in this imagined series...
In Search of Truth: The Sherwood Chronicles
1. Stained
2. Forest of Lies (written!)
3. Unbroken
4. The Bow (NaNo)
and hopefully more...
0 / 50,000
Oct 21, 2009 - 05 19
*saunters in*
...Ninjas? I was told this would be a pirate convention!
That blasted scallywag.. I'll get him eventually..
After I get over nineteen, perhaps.
I'm in homeschooling, too, and I totally convinced my teacher last year that writing a book was worth some *major* extra credit points. Sadly.. I didn't finish NaNo last year. But eets the bloomin' point that matters, right?
What all are you landlubbers writing about~?
----------.::Aliarcy::.
~Give Into Your Fantasy~
42,305 / 50,000
Oct 21, 2009 - 08 28
...land. *nods sagely*
In reality, I'm still deciding. It's a toss-up between a sequel to last year's book and an entirely new one. The sequel I really really like, and is not outlined. The other one I like all right and IS outlined. The sequel is set in Medieval England and would require quite a bit of research. The other one is set in the future and would not. The sequel I'm a bit worried about writing in a month, because I want it to be good. The other one I'm less worried about.
...my head and my heart are disagreeing.
----------Using NaNo to complete my second book in this imagined series...
In Search of Truth: The Sherwood Chronicles
1. Stained
2. Forest of Lies (written!)
3. Unbroken
4. The Bow (NaNo)
and hopefully more...
12,451 / 50,000
Oct 21, 2009 - 16 09
*poofs behind Aliarcy*
愚かな少女は、不潔な海賊よりも私たちは影の高貴な戦士たちを侮辱するよく知っている必要があります。
...*cough* I mean, uhh...
Foolish girl, you filthy pirates should know better than to insult us noble warriors of the shadow.
Anyway~
I'm also pondering on what to do. I've been working on this fantasy world for a long time, and I think it'd be really cool, just not sure which era I should do it in. I've tried writing for the world before, but sometimes it just comes off as...horribly cheesy and cliche. Still...it can be really cool and amazing if I could just shove past that. <_<
2,271 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 21 02
I'm probably just winging my Nano novel again this year.. all the planning I've sat down and tried to do so far has only succeeded in frustrating me quite a bit.
I'll probably end up writing something more Fantasy-themed, though, probably involving some form of global destruction.
Maybe a set of short stories (short as in 5-15k-ish each) that all have a common theme of completely improbable (but explained in a way that it didn't seem so improbable) ways the planet was destroyed... you know, that actually might be a good idea... and then, I could... yeah, that just might....
/rambling
I'm off to jot down a couple ideas, at the very least this could end up as an interesting project to work on later, since I'm not sure if I'd want to have a bunch of short stories as my "novel"...
36,425 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 02 23
My homeschooling is through a satellite school though, the work is printed off multiple choice sheets and so are the tests. No wiggle room. :/
----------NaNoWriMo 09: Grasps Of Reality
NaNoWriMo 10: The Child Inside {GoR Prequel}
Important Characters: 8
Character Deaths: 1 planned
Dares used: 6
Dream sequences: 3 or 4
Species Used: 5
Beverage Of Choice: Coffee <3
18,248 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 08 30
Hey, I'm fourteen, and am rewriting my "baby" for the fourth time. I've had this series in my head since I was seven, but can't seem to get t down.
Fair warning. People think I'm eighteen, but I'll act like a four-year-old.
BTW, the ninjas have it out for me. Don't tell them I'm here.
----------Oh, yeah. I went there.
20,012 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 10 04
I've changed my plot idea about 3 times in the last month. I'd had this awesome idea festering since June that I swore I was gonna do. Then come mid-September, another plot pushed that one out and insisted that it was better and would produce a much better novel. Torn between the two ideas, I struck a compromise with both and decided to combine them.
The result is a modern-day story set on a ranch in Montana. We'll just have to wait to find out exactly what happens.
----------2009 Novel: The Eye of the Storm
Cups of coffee: 0
Sex scenes: 2 & counting
Characters dead: 2
50,258 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 13 19
"Hey, did you get those passwords changed? I told you book titles were too easy."
"Yeah, I changed it to something non-teens will never guess."
"What?"
"Movie titles."
Anyway, I will most likely write a sequel to A Christmas Carol. It sounds hard, but Dickens wrote the book in six weeks' time. I figger I can get a rough draft in four, no problem.
Does anybody have a good character or two? If so, can I borrow them?
----------Scorpio
36,425 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 23 10
I can come up with a few easy if you give me a rough draft of genders/basic personality traits. I can have them done by the kick off. :D
I roleplay alot online, so coming up with characters is a snap for me.
----------NaNoWriMo 09: Grasps Of Reality
NaNoWriMo 10: The Child Inside {GoR Prequel}
Important Characters: 8
Character Deaths: 1 planned
Dares used: 6
Dream sequences: 3 or 4
Species Used: 5
Beverage Of Choice: Coffee <3
42,305 / 50,000
Oct 25, 2009 - 08 05
Yes, I do believe I have good characters. However, I'm using them...Hmm...you can borrow Much! He's available...
Much: Hey!
Me: He's several centuries too old, though...*muses*
Much: I refuse!
Me: Aww, don't be a baby...
Much: I'm NOT being a baby.
Me: But you're being grumpy and un-Much-y.
*snickersnort from somewhere*
Much: I HEARD that, Marian!
Marian: Me too! What'd'ya suppose 'twas?
Much: *glare*
Marian: *glare*
Robin: *rolls eyes* Children!
*is mobbed*
Me: Errr...*stuffs characters in closet* Sorry.
Marian: Yeah, sorry for breaking your smooth exterior of sanity...
Me: *bops* Back. In. Closet.
----------Using NaNo to complete my second book in this imagined series...
In Search of Truth: The Sherwood Chronicles
1. Stained
2. Forest of Lies (written!)
3. Unbroken
4. The Bow (NaNo)
and hopefully more...
50,258 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 14 06
"Would you tell those ninjas and pirates to keep it down in there? I'm trying to decode this message."
"Yeah, so long as you're selling life insurance, too. I might end up with six throwing stars and a cutlass stuck in me."
"As if us spies didn't have enough to worry about . . ."
Anyway.
Lady Nai: Ah, well, perhaps I can give Much a small cameo (if he's not being too much of a baby).
simply: The characters I need most are very minor ones, who are always the most interesting and versatile, anyway. Most anybody could be modified to fit the occasion.
----------Scorpio
42,305 / 50,000
Oct 27, 2009 - 18 20
Hmm, perhaps I should isolate a Much-scene and send it to you or something...since you don't really KNOW him. (I have a bunch of people who would probably play him perfectly...)
Much: Oh brother.
Me: *pats* *whispers* He's usually not this...er...cynical, or something...he IS the guy who jumped into a charrie lounge with a dramatic "SPROING!" at one point, after all....
----------Using NaNo to complete my second book in this imagined series...
In Search of Truth: The Sherwood Chronicles
1. Stained
2. Forest of Lies (written!)
3. Unbroken
4. The Bow (NaNo)
and hopefully more...
50,258 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 14 21
"Hey, wake up! We're just getting started."
"Yes, Boss. Whatever you say, Boss."
"And take those earplugs out."
That goes for everyone! It's not the end of anything, excepting October.
Don't let Lady Nai be the only one introducing her favorite characters. Open up those character closets, bring out your dead! (For me, that's literal.) Can we see Ebenezer Scrooge talking with a vampire? Robin Hood with an alien hunter from the twenty-fifth century? You bet!
So, here are my additions to the character coffee shop:
Enter Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge, both dead.
Ebenezer Scrooge is an amiable spirit, who delights in pleasing, and vise versa. Since he lived in the nineteenth century, he's a little shorter than today's average height, so he stands on any convenient stair or curb to look you in the eye. When he thinks, he puts his hands deep in his pockets, and wrinkles the familiar lines in his brow.
Jacob Marley limits his smiles to the crafty side, but those come often enough to make up for it. He solves the height problem simply by floating a good six inches off the ground, where he can comfortably criticize you through his spectacles. He and Scrooge jest at each other often, but any real argument between them is short and to the point, as they used to before Marley died.
Scrooge and Marley pull out their pocketwatches unanimously. "Where is everybody?" says Marley, annoyed at this lack of punctuality.
Indeed, where is everyone?
----------Scorpio
42,305 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 16 18
Hmm, an RP-ish thing opposed to a character lounge. Character lounges (mostly dialogue, with a few *action* things) are easier for me to come up without taxing my writing creativity....I'll try to think of something and who and what...
----------Using NaNo to complete my second book in this imagined series...
In Search of Truth: The Sherwood Chronicles
1. Stained
2. Forest of Lies (written!)
3. Unbroken
4. The Bow (NaNo)
and hopefully more...
36,425 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 20 51
Lilila, an old vampire who looks 6 and has a God Complex enters, her eyes a bright blue like the sky{due to contacts she has to change every 3 or so hours}, along with her Elf Slave{butler?}, Kierian. The two have known each other almost Lilila's whole life. The elf stands at 7-8 feet tall and has very pointy ears. His black wavy hair is mostly up-done, but straggles of waves have come undone, partially hiding his ears. His eyes are a hazy purple.
Isabeau and Phreaq{pronounces "Freak"} also enter, arms locked together. Vampire twins-- they both have bleach-white skin and dark raven colored hair and the same red eyes. Isabeau wears a red miniskirt, a white button up shirt and carries a black jacket on her finger over her shoulder. She is also a Pyromaniac and has a thing for setting her hand on fire.
Phreaq wears baggy black pants and a semi-form-fitting plain black T-shirt, and is holding an expensive looking camera. Izzy's hair is mostly straight, with a curl near the bottom and goes to the small of her back. It is very full and soft-looking and has an appealing shine to it. Phreaq's hair is also mostly straight in the same fashion, however is cut along her chin line and looks more profession.
They both have crimson red eyes only Izzy's seem to appear sharp and piercing whereas Phreaq's are more soft and caring.
Damien and Amyas also walk in. Damien is Isabeau's boyfriend and a demon. The very definition of juvenile delinquent, only punky. He has one small hoop earring, short, spiked hair, wears a leather jacket, blue jeans and a plain white shirt that shows off his muscle. He is a Kleptomaniac. He is also dirt poor, although super-smart. His eyes are amber-colored.
Amyas is a werewolf and is mad in love with Phreaq, but is too shy to tell her. Usually dressing up in a nice expensive-looking suit with a rose in hand, he mumbles to himself alot. He is a perfect gentleman and a dreamer. His eyes are also amber-colored.
They all look around awkwardly at first, before Izzy pulls out a lighter and starts to play with it and a piece of paper, Phreaq starts taking pictures of it like none-other, Damien watches the two, Lilila rolls her eyes and stands there, as does Kierian, and Amyas looks at the rose and mumbles sadly to himself.
----------NaNoWriMo 09: Grasps Of Reality
NaNoWriMo 10: The Child Inside {GoR Prequel}
Important Characters: 8
Character Deaths: 1 planned
Dares used: 6
Dream sequences: 3 or 4
Species Used: 5
Beverage Of Choice: Coffee <3